What is your birth religion and current religious status?

For how I was raised it's a little hard to say. My mom tried on a few religious 'hats' when I was growing up. We went to an Anglican church for a while but then she sort of lost interest and became more spiritual, and left the rest up to us to figure out for ourselves. My parents are still married, but I don't really consider my dad an influence on my religious life because he's not a spiritual person at all. Basically, at the end of the day I was left with good values and manners but no religion so to speak. I was interested in Eastern religions for a while, then decided to sit on the fence before I became Neo-Pagan.

As for my ethnic makeup, I grew up in Canada, and my mom is German and my dad is Irish-Canadian (well, he had a grandmother from Scotland). Pretty standard North American haha.

Catholic, atheist.

Christian (Reformed), Christian (non-denominational)

Parents protestant, me irreligious.

I have no religion but not irreligious.

By seeing so many people with so many different belief systems, and to see the diversity is knowledge itself, how people follow their intution.

Makes me wanna' Love the mankind.

Peace.!

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Originally Posted by La Amistad

Makes me wanna' Love the mankind.

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"I love humanity. It's people I can't stand."
~ Linus

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

"I love humanity. It's people I can't stand."
~ Linus

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haha thats so true!

i'll second that one!

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Originally Posted by lichtrausch

It's quite understandable actually. By definition an Atheist sees believers as believing in a made-up entity. For them God is as real as Snow White or Zeus. If someone told you in dead earnest that they believed in Zeus would you be able to take them seriously?

Note: I'm not expressing my own views, just trying to understand the reasoning of Atheists.

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So where does this view come from, if it is not your own?

I am also fascinated in understanding how an atheist thinks. I would disagree with you to a point about your question: If someone told you in dead earnest that they believed in Zeus would you be able to take them seriously? Most atheists think of God as made-up, as you mentioned, but what is confusing is how can so many other people believe in God? It is hard to compare God to Zeus in this case, because some many people do believe and this leaves room to question the existence of this entity. We know that Zeus is a myth.

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Originally Posted by jersea

We know that Zeus is a myth.

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Well, we do this year. A few years back we didn't - and it's possible that a few years hence we won't again.

Maybe it's just Yahweh's turn to be believed in at the moment.

Does the belief make the subject real?

My birth religion is Catholic but right now I really dont believe or have faith in it. I still go to church but that is because I dont want to make my parents feel like they failed trying to make me believe in what they believe.

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Pentecostal Christian for me. Still am. I'm no hater, I just don't see how the world happened on accident. I don't know, but hey, look at it this way: If I'm wrong, so what? But if God is real, and I'm not a believer, I burn in hell. For eternity. That's not risk I'm willing to take.

15/32 Scottish
15/32 German
1/32 Choctaw Native American
1/32 African American

I'm Irish and I was a born Catholic. As for what I believe in now... well, I'm not an atheist, but what I believe in doesn't fit into any given religion or belief. I do believe in some 'higher' power, but I wouldn't describe it as God. If I were to choose one certain after life that would seem the most likely to me it would be to be reborn again after you died in another body.