Poll:What is or was your religion?

Got stoned and wrote my own while looking at porn.

What's the biohazard symbol religion? Or the Alien head one?

Scientology and Resident Evil

>Christianity =/= your parents' 'merikan Protestantism

Don't over generalize your personal experiences.

I once thought like you when I was young. You will one day look back on this post with regret that you didn't listen to His teachings sooner. I'll pray for you to find His way in my nightly prayers tonight. Good luck, brother.

Christian. In retrospec being American Christian is the most cucky type of being religious promoting even more "delusionalism"

Switched to Islam btw, bc it didn't promote loss of knowledge systematically over generations to keep the flock a flock, but rather has a single premise: There is only one higher being "Allah". I interpret it as the driving force and solution to the unification of all forces in the universe.

All the strict rules for living are just a way to morally hone yourself to become the best character you can.

Ofc all those IS faggots and terrorist and such are not really muslims. Rather they instrumentalize it. Just like the Vatikan which stays a multi-billion dollar buisiness involved in huge ass drug deals, missionarism and human trafficing

>switches to a religion based on his own interpretation of it
>his interpretation isn't even correct
>tells us that someone else is the one who's not a real adherent

Wew lad.

"Johannine" (Orthodox) Christian.

>weak bait is weak

>this stupid /christian/ meme again
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations#Catholicism

I'm Jewish as in being raised Jewish and believing in god. I don't really believe all the other stuff around it and barely adhere to any rules and laws.

At least post a strawpoll next time

Any new-age on Veeky Forums?

What is the centre of the mandala?

Religion of Abraham (Islam).

Well if you have to use the brackets... Try harder next time.

Much love.

>don't even give any arguments at all
>discard a rational decision based on bitching

You know how I know you don't know jackshit?

I like pantheism but it seems like atheism in denial most of the time, just goal-post shifting of the word/concept "god". It has no basis, just injection of prior belief into another. In a way, it demeans it. I like the view it typically gives of the universe though, I think it provides a more constructive and healthy mentality. Any possible reasonable conception of god is nothing like how any religion posits it either, it could never be so human and pathetically shallow, more like just another innocuous mechanic of the universe. The only god I would consider (beyond the meaningless broadening that doesn't matter what label is applied) is some panentheistic conception. I also like fundamental buddhism (i.e, not the strains of idolatry, dogmatism, and scripture, but open-minded consideration and practice of what the buddha and other grounded practitioners actually taught/thought). I'd hesitate to call it an actual religion though, more like a practice with bits of philosophy.

I've never been religious though.

>I like pantheism but it seems like atheism in denial most of the time, just goal-post shifting of the word/concept "god".
This is one of the most imbecilic and anachronistic New Atheism talking-point ever.
Go back to brainleddit.

I follow philosophical daoism. Eveything in the universe seeks balance. To much or to little of anything is harmful.

What are you trying to say?

Proud christian! (catholic)

>ramblings of a 2000 year old goatfuckers
>making sense

Pick one

i was raised as a lazy christian, prayed every night and "spiritual", probably went to curch 3 times
now I recognize phenomenological Life as the higher entity, which entails i subscribe to deep ecology and whatnot.
i guess if i had to declare a religion id say i fall under the category of religious naturalism

This thread needs to be removed

MODS MODS MODS

This is /sci not /soc try again there.

muslim

makes sense I guess, my religion pushes me to seek knowledge after all.

Surprised at how many muslims on Veeky Forums

I was raised a Muslim and still retain some of its culture I guess. But I eat ham sandwiches and never pray. I also pretend to my parents :)

I am a deist, I do believe in a higher God. Just not sure what religion is right. I do believe something is out there though.

Also, I sometimes listen to the Qur'an because I really like how it sounds. Arabic is actually quite beautiful, especially in a song type way.

EG: youtube.com/watch?v=ef8Ci5Zc3ZA

Quite nice to listen to when I am working desu.

I'm a deist and do not practice any religion. It is very likely that all religions that have existed, exist, and will exist are all completely wrong about god.

>it's old therefore wrong

I hope you're getting medical help for your autism.

It's hard to justify anything beyond bare-bones deism as far as religion goes. The Old Testament/NT just have a ton of errors(e.g; fall of Jericho being shown to be wrong by archaeology, Exodus(same thing), the lack of any support for saints walking around Jerusalem, etc.) The Quran doesn't make a lot of historical/scientific claims since it's mostly just theology but I've never seen a single Muslim who didn't believe in some sort of global/local flood. Most of them deny that people are descended from animals too(though they accept the rest of evolution much of the time).

Supernatural claims have an extremely shitty track record throughout history and when you look at our evolutionary history it's easy to see that the traits of a "soul" making us human were just evolved separately throughout time(language, learning how to use fire, etc.).

Religion is fine and probably beneficial if you want to believe in it but it seems to just be fake news generally.

Meanwhile, Christians have no problem claiming it's correct becuase it's old.

non-religious

The real question is if science can ever validate a God. If it can, then it opens the doors for religion actually being vital. If not, then we'll always be wondering if God exists.

What about that AI business there's a lot being made about that.

Western civilization was build upon christian values. I myself do not believe in any gods, spirituality etc, but I recognize the need of christianity and the need to continue christian tradition during our times, otherwise two extremes, islam or atheism will take over and our civilization will end.
If people ask I say I am christian (catholic) and depends on whos asking I may present myself as non practicing or alternatively devout believer.

How is atheism extreme? We are becoming a more atheistic society and beheads for witchcraft and other lunacy is long gone.

The world would be better off if we were atheistic.

Because to a lot of people these days atheism is more than just lack of belief in a deity or religious system. There is the whole ideology behind to reject everything that has even slight connection to religion(think tradition, values, morals etc).

As I said I am not a believer myself, but our society as we have it exists and has been highly influenced by christianity. By all means reject christianity but keep christian tradition.

Yeah that makes sense. I guess we're in a weird hybrid at the moment where we've retained our Christian culture but at the same time we're losing Christianity itself. Christian culture gives us the rule of law, innocence until proven guilty and a structure as to how society should be governed.

I guess losing Christianity can be seen as bad but I don't think the effects of Christianity in the West will disappear. It's not like we're turning into anarchy if we don't have Christianity.

Losing our Christian culture can be great (drugs, LGBT rights) and bad (degeneracy, welfare state).

This

What the fuck are you talking about? Atheism has nothing to do with any of that. Do you actually tell people that you believe in god if you don't? How retarded is that? If you don't believe in a god, you're atheist, simple as fucking that.

>The real question is if science can ever validate a God
science isn't the answer to everything.

science can only attempt to describe what we observe with our tools, make predictions and try to falsify them. It doesn't tell us what choice to make in a given situation in life, it doesn't tell us what we can't model mathematically, it doesn't allow us to make claims about what we cannot test or observe.

Science is science, faith is faith. They don't mix very often, or at least shouldn't.

I honestly don't even have a problem with a lot of the stuff said on /pol/, I'm pretty conservative but the posters who leak out from /pol/ are beyond annoying.
You can spot one just by reading a post
Everything has to be one way with them

Repping Islam boi

Biology student

Raised Catholic and I just went to Mass today.

I'm interested in Orthodoxy and Judaism.

Jew here. Raised reform/reconstructionist. Those are the hippy branches of Judaism out there right now.

Ask away if you've got questions.

I'm Jewish too, and I have no further questions to ask you.

Actually, I have one.
Why do we tell people we are Jewish all the time?

Eh, I feel like I tell people I'm jewish on Veeky Forums a lot just to see what they'll say. Mostly they say REEEEEE kike.

irl I don't practice anymore so I don't identify as jewish even when people ask me about my religion. It's still part of my family and something I want to reengage in later in life.

Okay, but be smart about it.

Consider it tribalism, but I cringe like I've never cringed before when I see a fellow heeb make themselves look like an idiot.

>irl I don't practice anymore

This is why we hate you. Stop worshiping money and your fellow Jew and start worshiping G*d.

ma sand-nigga

Based coptic orthodox.

Read:
Rome and the Eastern Churches by Aidan Nichols
The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware

Most Rabbis don't believe god is something that can be prayed to or if god even has any effect on our lives.

So suck a dick, dumb shit.

Agnostic
>inb4 wishy washy
Yeah I know

ok thanks bud didn't think of that before great

Why? It's not like I'm here to advertise Judaism. I don't mind if someone has an honest question that I can answer. Anons can also sperg out and post racial epithets, that's on them.

Why don't you suck Veeky Forums's cock while you're at it.

Fuck you.

Have you literally never read the Torah? Moses spells out why you're going to be Holocaust over and over again.

was Muslim, but now im agnostic.

>what is your religion
None.

>what was yours?
None.

I don't get what you're trying to say here.

Let's take a step back and you can explain what I am doing wrong. Then you can give suggestions on how I can change my behavior.

Moses and Jesus don't know shit. Get a newer book to read in your book club.

No religion

You're inflating your importance even though you've admitted that it doesn't play any important role in how you interact with society.

You're promoting negative views by labeling yourself on here, and you're completely deluded if you don't think those views don't carry over to real life.

I don't think honestly relaying my religious/cultural origins is a bad thing. Judaism is still a part of my identity and how I relate to the world. I am a jew who just left a congregation and am in the midsts or assessing what kind of community I want around me. If I like to have low-key shabbath with friends, read Spinoza and Herzl, and read my parsha alone that's my business.

My situation is not rare, especially among my jewish friends in America. I represent some of the diversity of the jewish faith even though I am not currently a part of a synagogue. Furthermore, many people raised in faith (christian, muslim, etc.) change their relationship to their congregation and faith with time. I feel like I find common ground with people of many faiths when I share my experiences.

As for the negative views, I'm not going to hide the relationship I have with my faith for the sake of racists and bigots online. I don't waltz into every thread saying "jew here!" but I don't stop myself from bringing up my relationship to my faith and identity either if it's the topic at hand.

I hope that cleared up where I am coming from. We clearly have different opinions on how representation online should be considered.

What is your relationship to faith and/or jewish community? I am honestly interested in how particularly young people have managed their religious connections after leaving home, if that's relevant to you.

>e.g; fall of Jericho being shown to be wrong by archaeology

Joshua is clearly written as propaganda. You can tell when it stops near the end and goes back to being historical.

>Exodus

What's wrong with Exodus?

Brother the Taliban and ISIS are just as Muslim as we are. If we do not accept that Islam can spawn violence we will never be able to work past it and improve.

The not real Muslims argument is the same as not real communism argument.

>strawmanning

>then it opens the doors for religion actually being vital

You create an AI and after it's training program it doesn't do what you want. What do you do to the AI?

>delete this

youtu.be/WQ03s5EFwIs

if you're saying that there is literally one possible response to a situation, you're admitting you've been programmed.

I'm an animist.

It's more or less the same. I came from a reform/secular background and was a Jewish camp counselor.

I miss eating challah every Saturday evening at my congregation. At the same time, it was as cliquish as I imagine many churches to be.

I have kept nothing that would resemble a religious identity; only the strife. Sorry for being so aggressive.

>can be great (drugs, LGBT

Living your life at the bottom of a bong is not "great". Indulging the mental ill's fantasies and allowing them to mutilate themselves based on them is not "great".

>bad (welfare state)

There's literally nothing wrong with social safety nets.

>if you're saying that there is literally one possible response to a situation

No, there's shitty responses and nice responses and your judged based on how you go about solving problems.

No worries dude. Online talk always messes with me too. Shitposting and sincerity bleed together too often.

Similar story on my side. I really enjoyed the community I got in my congregation/school/summer camp. As I got older though I personally connected less with the teachings in congregation and was less interested in being in my parents' synagogue.

In college I tried to be in Hillel club but I hated everyone in it. Ended up doing some shabbats with a jewish friend occasionally but generally lost touch.

Now that I'm out of school I'm reconnecting more formally on my own. I was always interested in Jewish theologians and philosophers and wanted to see how I could fit mentally back into Judiasm. Still haven't figured it out though.

Part of me really wants to get into a synagogue so one day my kids can have the opportunity to have bar mitzvas, go to camp, and have the opportunities I had. Some of my best friends are still the people I went to camp or was in synagogue with.

There's nothing like jewish summer camp.

You still live at home? If you started looking for a congregation again, what denominations would you check out?

8ch

...

was Catholic, am atheist
>100% cliché

Why not go back to being Catholic?

I come from a very unique religion....
the druze/unitarianists

I was Unitarian for awhile too.
It was nice how open and accepting they were, but to take teaching from all religions doesn't really have enough structure for me. That's why I relate to Buddhism a lot more.

you cant become a unitarian / druze ... you can only be born.
were you born into the religion and bounced out ?
also where are from just curious because we are rare.

Just a casual observer in this thread. Unitarianism is a type of multi-denominational faith in the US that isn't structured like the Druze faith. Any one can join a Unitarian church.

That might be the confusion. I don't think he was born druze.

Are you from the levant?

Born in canada, but both parents are lebanese.
but i have heard our faith spreads far and wide... met some japanese druze.

its rare for someone to know who we are... out of curiousity where did you hear about us ?

I was interested in lebanese and syrian politics so I learned about the main religious and ethnic devisions in both countries.

After that, I just wanted to know more about the druze and their beliefs. I enjoyed learning about druze theology! Very interesting people and history.

ya recently there was a history channel doc. about the decendants of jesus.
very sketchy science...
but they got to the conclusion that the closest people to jesus genetically speaking are the druze

youtu.be/zEnWw_lH4tQ

Everyone here should check out the perennial philosophy, it's a metaphysical framework that ties together all of the world's great religious traditions in a logically coherent manner
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism)

It sounds like a meme at first but it really isn't if you actually read into it
I regret not reading it earlier because I thought the idea was somewhat retarded