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Religion
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Teh Ebil Snorlax
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Christian. And I believe that religion is more tradition that faith. Being Christian has less to do with believing that the son of God died for our sins than with celebrating Christmas. Likewise for all other religions.
So, I'd say anyone who exclusively celebrates Christmas and Easter and all of them Christian holidays is indeed Christian :D
And yeah, my grasp of other religions isn't the greatest...
So, I'd say anyone who exclusively celebrates Christmas and Easter and all of them Christian holidays is indeed Christian :D
And yeah, my grasp of other religions isn't the greatest...
I was raised Christian by non-denominational mom (really, she was too lazy to stick to one denomination more than anything). My dad was an atheist, but he stayed out of our religious upbringing and wanted me and my brother to make our own decisions about religion. I was Christian for a long time, but I was never a very strong believer. After toying with a few other beliefs (Wicca and Buddhism), I eventually became a hard atheist, and I'm very happy with that.
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Ahhh sorry, I really know absolutely nothing about Judaism. But I believe they are... somewhat connected or something so I put them together. :(
Tarvos
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Christianity is a descendant of Judaism - they share part of their holy books (most of the Old Testament is shared by both although I believe that the stories aren't written in exactly the same way...). You can barely classify them as being the same as the nature of their religion is very different: Christianity has core moral codes - Judaism doesn't.
Jews are not allowed to utter the name of God (often writing it as G-d or G!d) instead).
A lot more things are different.
But I don't really expect anybody to study that kind of stuff, so don't take it personally.
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has gone on an epic journey to find herself.
No.
You'd have every orthodox member of each of them on your heels trying to kill you. Because while the book of faith is relatively the same, the practice is radically different. When it's existent, anyway.
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...my religious studies exam was split up into different courses, all on the same exam, so Judaism would be right under Christianity even though we're meant to ignore it. Judaism wasn't mentioned, only 'G-d' and I seriously thought this was some kind of futuristic deity pronounced 'Jee-dee'. >_>
Which kind of proves just how shittily we're taught about this kind of stuff at school.
sreservoir: I would have used Abrahamic religions, but I decided to split most of them for the reason Esque said. And before that I was going to just put monotheism, but I supposed that's kind of vague and might offend someone easily offended.
Tarvos
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No, since this is obviously a New Testament tenet - and Judaism only has like the first five books of the Old Testament. So that is implied, of course. But yes, that is a great, great difference with Christianity who has Jesus as a central character.
I agree, we should split all the Abrahamic religions because the core basis, even though they share a historical origin, their central ideas are very different. Noting the historical similarities is fun, though. Makes you see humans are diverse in their imagination but not their nature.
Cirrus - I wasn't taught the God thing at school either, I believe. Learnt it from reading about gods and mythology myself. Do not rely on formal, institutional education to teach you everything. It is very good at making you learn what they want you to learn. Curiosity is good.
Saith
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Voted other, 'cause I'm a Naytheist.
I believe a deity (deities?) exist, but I think he's a cock.
When I die, the first thing I want to do is plant my foot into his omnidimensional ball sacks.
I believe a deity (deities?) exist, but I think he's a cock.
When I die, the first thing I want to do is plant my foot into his omnidimensional ball sacks.
Wargle
Dirty minds think alike~
Well judging by the above post, I spent 2-3 years as a Naytheist. But then I went to full Atheism.
And is it just me, or is the whole 'Freedom of Religion' thing in the United States becoming more and more of a 'Freedom of Christianity' thing?
And is it just me, or is the whole 'Freedom of Religion' thing in the United States becoming more and more of a 'Freedom of Christianity' thing?
This is what I get from that rule anymore:
'Sure you can have whatever religion you want but unless you're Christian you're a Freak of Nature.'Speaking of, you know what I really hate? People who say "Well having 'Under God' plastered on everything is a-okay because 'God' can mean any God, so it covers all religions lol!" Uuh, no it doesn't. What about polytheistic religions? Or...*gasp* people who don't have a God in the first place. It really is a BS argument, yet I hear it everywhere.