What is your religious preference

[bluestateguy]

I'd like to get a sampling of the religious demographics here at DU.

[fortyfeetunder]

1. Non-practicing Episcopalian

One day I'll go back...probably in support of the new Bishop Robinson. 'cause I am probably one of those outcasts he's talking about!!!

[RebelOne]

91. Me, too

but I'll stick with atheism.

[flamingyouth]

2. The "get-out-of-my-face" variety

is my all-time favorite.

[arcos]

3. I had to vote "other"...

I'm kind of agnostic myself, but to traditional religious figures. I do believe there's a superior... "thing". I don't know if it's just plain energy, some sort of "map" that guides the world (and especially humanity), "mother nature"... I really don't know.

But I don't believe that we are here by a coincidence in evolution or that we were especifically created by a god.

I hope I explained myself... not sure :P

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[4323Lopez]

78. (cough) BUSH (cough)(cough)

:nuke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

86. Oh yes! Thank God! Another one who thinks only Christians have a moral

center!

Come on out and say it - only Christians know how to behave properly, ethically, and morally, right? In a pinch, you'll allow that a Jew can have moral behavior, but you'd prefer not, right?

And even though yu've cloaked your ignroat bigotry under the mantle "religious", will you accept that Hindus, Muslims, wiccans, and zoroastrians have moral centers?

or are you Christian-specific only?

Pfagh on such unadulterated idiocy.

Yeah, like Shrub, Falwell, Robertson, Swaggart, Fred Phelps, or any other of a host of "Christians" have some kind of @*^$$#(&%^@ monopoly on telling right from wrong.

@**&##&*$.

[Rabrrrrrr]

87. Damn, I knew it. He's been tombstoned.

Shouldn't have wasted my post.

I stand by my words, though.

[arcos]

90. as long as you don't do any harm to anyone else...

you can do whatever you want to do. Yes, very libertarian. But that's what I think...

[youngred]

97. not either

but how about common sense.

Sorry Bullshit Question

[Don_G]

4. Holy Cow

I'm an agnostic carnivore.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Recovering Catholic.

[LittleApple81]

10. Hello, soul sister! Well I think I recovered a long time ago but

a Catholic always a Catholic... in the sense that when I am in a tight situation I cross myself and other traces that appear when I least expect it.

[4323Lopez]

84. so true!

[Nailzberg]

6. I'll give you one guess.

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[HPLeft]

7. Spiritual, Not Religious

[salinen]

8. paganism

very fundamentally anti-born again.

[caledesi]

9. Deist. 'nuff said No organized religion. nt

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[greatauntoftriplets]

13. Uh, if you read this site...

..you will find that we take stands. Religion or not.

[Skittles]

14. OH PLEASE

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Who taught you that nonsense - the 700 Club????

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[greatauntoftriplets]

17. I am a recovering Catholic.

I avoid the church.

Is that enough of a stand for you????

On edit: I would not call Skittles "hon". LMFAO.

[Barbicel]

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[Maddy McCall]

24. And skittles should take some rube seriously who can't refrain from...

hitting the "post message" button twice.

A tombstone in 5, 4, 3, 2, ....

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. And what religion are you???

Do tell! And please avoid the double posts. They are damned annoying. Also, please do not call me "sweets", babycakes.

Oh, I have never been divorced. And Skittles likes to KICK ASS.

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[greatauntoftriplets]

35. I take stands every day!

Pray tell, where do you stand?

You seem to be all in favor of the war in Iraq. Have you enlisted yet?

[Maddy McCall]

37. If you are a practicing catholic, why in jebus's name aren't you at

church or something? Decided to stay home for our sake?

Well, WELCOME TO A MORE ENLIGHTENED POINT OF VIEW, BARBARELLA!

:hi:

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[Maddy McCall]

44. Never have been a catholic, barbarella

All that brick-in-a-wall shit is damned scary.

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[Maddy McCall]

50. I am thoroughly committed to and take plenty of stands on...

the removal of Monkey Boy from the oval office.

So, besides being a church urchin, are you committed to anything? Lemme guess, your HUSBAND! How sweet!

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[Maddy McCall]

61. Respond to the rest of my post.

You can't because you have no life. How sad for you, barbarella.

[Wonk]

72. You're talking to a tombstone. nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

73. Dammit! I hate it when people are tombstoned before they truly

disrupt.

Oh, well. She was annoying, anyway.

[MissMarple]

42. You don't sound quite like the good Catholics I know.

And I know a quite a few, all across the spectrum. I'm related to some, and have friends who are quite excellent Catholics. And I have met some who actually seem to glow with purity and good intentions. :D

You don't sound like any of them at all.

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[MissMarple]

54. Do you enjoy highjacking threads, to bicker and not discuss?

So, how would you describe your religious beliefs? :D

And, how do they relate to your current counterproductive behavior in ridiculing fellow Catholics?

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[MissMarple]

80. How would you know? I don't think you are Catholic at all.

You sound more like a person who likes to argue for the sake of argument, who is combative, but must look for combatants. So, what's the deal? Why don't you want to be yourself? Are you tilting at windmills? Need friends? Just generally unhappy?

There are nice people here who will actually interact with you on an honest basis. Why do you feel the need to stir things up? Has someone hurt your pride? If so, it was not personal. Most of us don't actually know anyone here in person. Honest.

[jonnyblitz]

59. oh yippee...a low post count "religious" person is here

to enlighten us sinners. praise jesus. :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

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[Rabrrrrrr]

70. Ah, more O'Reilly-ish thinking

He calls you something becuase of your abrasive and offensive posts, so you immediately determine that he's calling all religious people right wingers?

That's just stupid logic.

[Maddy McCall]

30. Anyone else notice the O'Reilly/Hannity style of

restating a distorted version of what the person she is questioning originally said?

Methinks barbi needs to turn off Fox once in awhile and develop her own opinions.

:wtf:

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[Maddy McCall]

38. I am a free thinker, not a drone.

Isn't it time for choir practice, barbarella?

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[Rabrrrrrr]

45. Wow, that's arrogant

I'll give you credit for that.

[Maddy McCall]

48. Here's a free thought for ya...

Evidently you find something valuable about DU, and you are here to learn from us, or you wouldn't persist, now would you barbarella.

Glad to have you on board. Welcome to DU! Admitting the flaws of your past beliefs is the first step, and you have done that--we look forward to witnessing your progress, PRAISE GOD!

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[Maddy McCall]

51. Well expound please!

I'm not too smug to hear any knowledge you may have; as of yet, all you have done is blather endlessly on right-wing talking points.

When you have anything constructive or informed to say, perhaps we will listen!

And, no, I don't think anyone is going to alert the mod on you--I quite like toying with you much as a cat does a rat. :-)

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[greatauntoftriplets]

65. Hey!

jchild has been around for a long, long time. Obviously, we like what she has to say.

:shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

71. Nope, nope, nope. I just called you out in another post

about the stupidity of equating smeone challenging you with challenging all religious people.

Try not to follow the rhetoric of the right wing, please, and enjoin us in the Du style of debate, which involves a more evolved form of thinking and response.

[Cat Atomic]

81. No, I think the poster was saying that the sort of arrogance

and intellectual laziness you show in your posts is characteristic of pretend-moralists who spout right-wing talking points instead of thinking for themselves.

[MissMarple]

23. Barbicel, you need to get out more, sweetheart. I'm a Deist.

I've always had problems with dogma, it's so... dogmatic. And, it's easily twisted for manipulation of the congregation who cannot deal with the contradictions inherent in many religions. Religions are made by man, not God, they don't require faith, only actions and professions.

And I don't disparage the truely sincere folks who strive to serve God through their particular religious path. Faith and positive values transcend religion.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Haven't seen much of the world, then, have you?

I should say that being athiest IS taking a stand, just in the same way that claiming to be Hindu is taking a stand, claiming to be Christian is taking a stand, etc.

Your triumpahilist religionist attitude is, well, unconvincing, to say the least.

Oh, and it's insulting to all intelligent people, as well.

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[greatauntoftriplets]

55. No, I would consider it taking a nap.

How old are you that you need a nap?

[Maddy McCall]

60. OMG GREATAUNT! It looks like GWB is finally a member of DU!

Notice the "stand for something or fall for anything" rhetoric? The nappy time? Barbarella is really Monkey Boy!! This is great; we can exert considerable influence on policy.

Or is this just another redneck bush fan who masturbates to the sound of Arbusto's voice--hmmm, hard to tell just yet.

LOL!

[greatauntoftriplets]

63. And there is something familiar about these posts, jchild.

Oh yes. A slightly different tactic this time, but....

[Maddy McCall]

57. Maybe it's time to wake up from your nap...

posting while you are asleep can be dangerous to your health. :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

69. Did you learn rhetoric from O'Reilly?

Tell me - how can you equate being "athiest" with "doing anything you please".

Are you so out of touch that you think that athiests have no moral center? No ethical center? Or what?

I'm not seeing the link between athiest and "doing anything you please". Please, clarify.

if you do think that athiests CAN NOT, ipso facto, have a moral or ethical center, then I will say flat out, you are wrong. You are unbelievably, brilliantly, wondrously, ignorantly wrong.

if you're saying something else, please be more clear.

[sujan]

56. insecure are you?

[mdmc]

93. What an awful sig. sujan

wonderful! Was this from the gop fundraiser that Clark spoke at?

[Zero Division]

85. Try having the experience of telling your devoutly religious family that..

you no longer believe in religion. Anyone who has had that experience, as I have, knows for certain that being irreligious is taking a stand that is often far from the "easy way out".

Merely believing in something is not "taking a stand", it's what you do because of what you believe that determines whether or not you're taking a stand or taking the easy way out. (I know: Thanks, Captain Obvious! :D ).

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. And I know a lot of religious people who are adept at taking the easy

way out b claiming a faith. My experience is mostly with Christians who are ChristiansInNameOnly, not by action, but who will sing loudl and uproariously that they are religious, Christian, and etc.

Take our fake president,for instance. Or Falwell. Or Robertson. Or anyy random cross-section from any church in the country (except, most likely, not from any Amish or Mennonite church).

SAYING you are Christian (or religous) is NOT taking a stand. It's a cop out. LIVING as your religion tells you to - that's taking a stand.

So I'd suggest to thee to dismount from thy high horse of religion uber alles.

[Cat Atomic]

77. edit- oops - wrong place

[JanMichael]

52. Oh piss off! I am SO tired of that shit.

A skyman (no offence to the non-asshole fundys) tells you what to do, talk about taking the EASY way out.

[Cat Atomic]

74. Actually, it takes strength to live life without an instruction manual.

Religion and morality are two different things.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. Currently Episcopalian

raised as the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Switched churches because the Lutherans were too much into the suburban nuclear family shtick.

[TheReligiousLeft]

20. As a Pre-Sem Lutheran that is one of the things that has me worried

I hope an Urban church chooses me... I guess we'll see.

[Padraig18]

16. Roman Catholic (Marianist)

:hi:

[David Zephyr]

18. An Agnostic Episcopalian

See how screwed up I am? :hi:

[kodi]

19. chocolate

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[brainshrub]

26. I'm proud to be a Catholic because:

They take the side of the poor.

And that's enough for me.

[sujan]

62. hahahahahahahaha

[youngred]

100. was that really necessary?

:eyes:

[Cleita]

27. I AM an atheist.

However, if I ever get an urge to worship something, it will probably be in a more animistic spirit with a mother goddess who oversees all creation.

[gyopsy]

29. Catholic

but I rarely go to church these days sadly enough.

[lovedems]

32. Catholic and sending my kids to parochial school

I hope they don't hate me when they are older but it must be the catholic guilt. I wouldn't feel right if they didn't go through their first penance, first communion and confirmation. If they decide when they are older it's not for them, I won't throw a fit.

[bookman]

33. Unchurched n/t

[MoonAndSun]

39. I take a little from Wiccan/Pagan because I believe in female deities,

also from the Egyptian female deities, etc.

I renounce all mainstream organized religions, especially Catholicism, as that is what I was raised in.

[RC]

41. Organized religion has

killed too many life forms and made way too many lives a living hell for me to believe there is a living enity behind it.

[The Commie]

75. Same here.

I think organized religion is brainwashing. I am Agnostic with a little bit of animism/Nature worship. Another thing I hate about religion is that it causes people to think science is wrong, aka creationists.

[4323Lopez]

76. I'm in church every Sunday...

I'm Catholic O8), I teach Sunday school too!:grouphug:

[4323Lopez]

82. I don't always feel like going to church...

...on those days sometimes I just put on some sweats and my hair in a ponytail and just go. I'm always glad I did. Listening to scripture, the music and the sermon, sometimes one line will hit me concerning an issue I'm having in my life and gives me strength and helps me formulate answers or a new way to approach it. Kind of like recharging my battery for a new week. I pray about bad things I've said or done and ask for strength to be a better person. Also, it helps me to be more open to listening to people and guiding them to deal with any problem they may be having. I like praying with people. Not praying AT them or TO them, but With them. There is power in it. Kind of like God is speaking thru the person to talk to me and vice-versa. I doesn't always happen but most times it does. Also, there is peace there. It's calm and I can pray and quiet my mind and its soothing. I feel God in the trees and in the grass, but I'm happy to say I feel him in church too. God is Love. I think non-judgemental spirituality is important and I work at it.

Hey, even the Simpsons go to church. :)

[Cat Atomic]

79. I worship a shoe I found on the sidewalk. I get about the same

percentage of prayers answered now that I did when I was a kid in Sunday School, praying to Jesus.

Actually I'm do much better, because I don't shrug things off and assume the Great Shoe will take care of it somehow, because I know the Great Shoe is only a shoe.

[UrbScotty]

83. Catholic here

All things considered, I like being a Catholic.

[OneBlueSky]

88. I take the Woody Guthrie approach . . .

Hospital aide: "Religion?"

Woody: "All."

Aide: "Oh, Mr. Guthrie, I can't put 'All' on the form."

Woody: "Then just put 'None'."

[mdmc]

94. lol

:dem:
Just saw Arlo in Albany! Good stuffffff.

[scarlet_owl]

89. I come from a Catholic family,

although both of my parents are pagans. My religion is my own special blend of the Baha'i faith and Christianity. While I do not go to church, and I do believe it can be a destructive force in some peoples lives, some people are truly helped by church and are better people for it. In some circles I associate with, I am looked down upon as a simpleton because I profess religion. I am tired of people telling me I am a "sheep" and can't think for myself simply because I love Jesus and Baha'u'llah. Just because someone goes to church and follows a set of beliefs doesn't make them stupid. Someone who tries to force their beliefs down others throats is wrong, but assuming everyone who sits in a church is brainwashed is wrong as well. Sorry, I had to rant about this.

[mdmc]

92. Liberal Catholic that practices here

But must point out that I had left the church for over ten years. I only returned after studying wisdom traditions. The Dali Lama advises that if you already have a tradition, then continue to follow it. I think that I am a Catholic Buddist or practice Catholic Dharma.

[jobycom]

95. Looks like atheists are more likely to answer than any other religion!

Wonder if that means there are more atheists here, or just that we are so used to people despising us for it elsewhere that we are overeager to reveal ourselves here.

[JM]

96. We practice Foodaism

We beleive a benevolent God will someday restock the fridge between our visits every two minutes during which we find nothing we would like to consume.

Later,
JM

[moz4prez]

98. the CORRECT one

thank you very much!

[mac56]

99. Seventh-Day Somnambulist.

I sleep in on Sundays.

;)

[truthspeaker]

101. I call myself atheist but really I'm a Pessimistic Agnostic Deist

Meaning I believe if there is a God, he doesn't give a flying fuck about us.

[mac56]

104. Like in Vonnegut's "Sirens Of Titan"

Church Of God, The Utterly Indifferent.

[Beaker]

102. I believe my own eyes.

I believe in what is real, and there is absolutely no evidence to support the idea of an omnipotent omnipresent omniscient supreme being.
God is Santa for (supposed) adults.

[pdx_prog]

103. New Thought

It's metaphysical Christianity....following along the Earnest Holmes thought...Course in Miracles and all that.