Your Religion

[OLD ACCOUNT]

Just LOL... That's why I can never take Christianity seriously - the Bible was translated just. So. ... Well, wrong. Lol, 'detested'. Ah, well.

But yeah they have to have scales and fins, and no, eels aren't kosher. They have to have both. But kosher =/= clean or evil or anything; it just means you can eat them. You don't detest things that aren't kosher (unless you're insane, yaknow). Ah well.

But you can't eat food if it has ANY blood in it. I dunno where you heard that tradition (I guess some people keep it and others don't?) but, my family cracks eggs in a cup, checks for blood and THEN puts it in with the other food just to be sure. Noooo bloooood. <<;

Tbh though keeping kosher isn't hard at all in Israel. Everything's kosher. You don't even have to check the stuff you buy. And it's even worth it, since non-kosher food has disgusting stuff in it (like bug jello and bug candy D: ew).

Oh and the slaves and mistreatment of women are outdated parts of the Torah (dunno about Bible); I don't know why they're considered outdated and not other clearly outdated parts, but, yes. NO Jews pay attention to the slaves part, at least, though I know chareidim certainly like the mistreatment of women part... <<; Peh.

 

[Dannichu]

Things like circumcision, on the other hand, are good for hygiene, look nicer and increase your pleasure during sex despite being a bit creepy, so hats off to you guys for inventing it.

Female circumcision is absolutely horrific x.x
And I think there are some human rights groups that protest circumcision in general, but I'm sketchy on the details.

Oh and the slaves and mistreatment of women are outdated parts of the Torah (dunno about Bible); I don't know why they're considered outdated and not other clearly outdated parts, but, yes. NO Jews pay attention to the slaves part, at least, though I know chareidim certainly like the mistreatment of women part... <<; Peh.

Again, completely depends on the branch of Christianity. For example, women still can't be ordained in the Catholic Church, and while the Pope says some pretty backwards-thinking things from time to time, Catholic families, from what I know, treat their women the same as pretty much everyone else. Most of the more liberal churches, like the CofE accept female ordination and are all whoo!equality, and slightly less forward-thinking groups like Jehova's Witnesses still post leaflets through my door (that I angrily read while eating my breakfast) that, under the "Family" section, tell women to obey their husbands, and the suggest to the husband to not treat his wife like complete crap if he wants :/

 

[Zhorken]

Things like circumcision, on the other hand, are good for hygiene, look nicer and increase your pleasure during sex despite being a bit creepy, so hats off to you guys for inventing it.

aaa no

- negligibly good for hygiene at most
- if a guy wants to be circumcised because he thinks it looks good or whatever he can choose to be when he's old enough to choose; parents shouldn't choose for babies (and doctors really shouldn't have any part of the choice*)
- no, it only does bad things for sex

*I've heard of parents suing doctors for circumcising babies without asking first and winning B3

EDIT: See DH thread I guess

 

[shiny jiggly]

I chose Agnostic because I'm really not sure which way to lean. I just prefer to straddle the fence between things.
My family is kinda Christian (just enough to celebrate the holidays, but that's just about it) but they don't really do much. I remember when I used to go to a church where they made kids memorize stuff and they served free food on Wednesday nights (my dad wound up taking over as the cook there and the things he made were delicious). Anyways, they kicked us out after I had a temper tantrum that I can't remember for some strange reason.

I'm open to other ideas and such but I still kinda cling to the old thing like the decaying skeleton of a blanket.
Basically, until I get some straight answers (which should be pretty much impossible), I'm not going to devote myself to a particular thing (though I'll still participate in the candy-type holidays).

 

[J.T.]

Catholic, but Atheist.

wait what

 

[Crazy Linoone]

Catholic, but Atheist.

How does this work?


But, um, I'm an atheist. I don't believe in god/gods. I am open to the possibility that god/gods might exist, but since there's no evidence that I'm aware of that proves his/her/its/their existence, I don't believe in him/her/it/them.

I am willing to believe in god/gods if someone can come up with enough evidence that is not "because this [insert religious text here] said so" or "you can't prove that [insert god/gods here] doesn't/don't exist". I want scientific evidence, please.

 

[Harlequin]

I'm a hardcore atheist and anti-theist.

 

[Elfin]

I'm a Christian, have always been, always will be. Woot. Saying that.. I sort of think there's that and the big bang, dinosaurs, evolution and all that lovely scientific whatevers. Both. Somehow. So, basically as Blastoise428 said. I'm a hardcore lazy theist. xD

 

[foreign contaminant]

How does this work?

i think he is saying that his parents raised him catholic, but he is atheist on the inside.

 

[Mirry]

Well, this knocks out all Bible-following religions, so...

Well, I guess you could take that metaphorically like Whivit said. But I wasn't trying to argue that evolution and Bible-following religions were compatible; I just meant that the existence of evolution doesn't mean that there's no god. Think the Deist's version of a god if you will.

And I don't think I'd be very good at eating a kosher diet if your food can't have blood in it. I love me a nice, bloody steak. :P

 

[Vyraura]

I'm a Christian, have always been, always will be. Woot. Saying that.. I sort of think there's that and the big bang, dinosaurs, evolution and all that lovely scientific whatevers. Both. Somehow. So, basically as Blastoise428 said. I'm a hardcore lazy theist. xD

no, you're a heretic, stop trying to be accepted by the church and just fucking let go already, you're already halfway there.


I'd put Agnostic but too many morons thinks it means you can't decide or you whine that you can't ever know wah wah wah. It actually means you know that you don't really know, but since all logic and reason defies it, you're saying it's all fake unless the laws of physics change. 'Technically' it's the only correct viewpoint since idiots can always say 'BUT YOU CAN NEVER REALLY KNOW SO I WIN' but saying atheist is an easier way of identifying yourself because of the whole definition issue I mentioned at the beginning of this.

As it is, I'm very strongly against any religion that tries to expand its base proactively. If you're evangelical I hate you. Which is pretty much all the bad religions anyway (real Buddhists are actually cool folks).

 

[opaltiger]

I'd put Agnostic but too many morons thinks it means you can't decide or you whine that you can't ever know wah wah wah. It actually means you know that you don't really know, but since all logic and reason defies it, you're saying it's all fake unless the laws of physics change.

Not necessarily. The definition of agnosticism varies. What you've said is one way of defining it, but not the only one, so saying "atheist" is always the better option.

And while I'm here, no, it's not technically the only correct viewpoint. Atheism is lack of belief in a deity or deities, thus you cannot pull the "but nothing is ever certain!" card because there is nothing to be certain about.

 

[Jason-Kun]

And while I'm here, no, it's not technically the only correct viewpoint. Atheism is lack of belief in a deity or deities, thus you cannot pull the "but nothing is ever certain!" card because there is nothing to be certain about.

Plus there's the fact you can be an atheist and still be religious. I point to Buddism and Hinduism, they agree.

 

[Mirry]

Plus there's the fact you can be an atheist and still be religious. I point to...Hinduism

While this statement isn't technically incorrect, I would hasten to point out that the most popular and widespread brand of Hinduism is devotional.

 

[Jack_the_White]

what do these words in the poll mean?

edit* just remembered what Atheist means

 

[TANMAC43]

Hinduism believes in hundreds of gods and goddesses.

 

[Mirry]

Hinduism believes in hundreds of gods and goddesses.

Generally, yes; but Hinduism is a very vague term applied to a wide range of belief systems, and there are a few atheistic schools of thought in Hinduism. Although, as I said in my previous post, devotional Hinduism is by far more common.

 

[Vyraura]

Hinduism is actually monotheistic as all gods are simply aspects of Brahma, since the humans cannot understand his real form (surprise surprise)

 

[Jason-Kun]

Hinduism is actually monotheistic as all gods are simply aspects of Brahma, since the humans cannot understand his real form (surprise surprise)

o.o I was told in World History class that they were neither monotheistic nor polytheistic.

 

[Mirry]

Guys, Hinduism doesn't have one exact doctrine like Western religions do. :3 Different Hindus believe widely varying things, but they're all considered orthodox Hindus. Some of them buy into the "brahman is the one true reality", some of them don't. It's not like Christianity where everybody's like, "You must accept Jesus as your Savior to be a Christian. Period." In Hinduism you can worship your favorite god/goddess, all of them, or none of them.

So you're all right, basically.