Also, racial makeup.
I was born a Jew, and then I left and became independant but still a believer in the Abrahamic G-d.
I am one quarter Russian
I am one quarter Italian
I am one quarter Belarussian (essentially Russian)
I am one quarter Irish/English
Last edited by Jtolj; 11-01-2006 at 10:16 PM.
Catholic/atheist (although the idea that one can have a religion at birth is ridiculous).
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Lapsed Catholic (but once a catholic always a catholic, right?)
Irish German Norwegian Cherokee Indian
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
I thought it was only like that with Judaism.Originally Posted by Shalot
Last edited by Jtolj; 11-01-2006 at 10:23 PM.
No, some Catholics (and I imagine other Christian sects) also believe that. Some churches, such as my own former one, much to my chagrin, report all the names of everybody they've confirmed as part of the Catholic population when surveys of that kind are done. This irritates me, as I have quite a few beefs with the Catholic Church.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Well, Judaism is also considered a genetic ethnicity.
Jtoli, i'm a bit like you - born Jew, now atheist; though i don't beleive in Adonai anymore at all.
No day but today
-God is real, unless proclaimed integer-
Born and still Catholic. I'm of Italian ethnicity.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
I thnk it's a little different between Judaism and Catholicism. In Judaism you are born into it and remain part of it no matter what. In Cathloicism one needs to be babtized to become one.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
I am a Hindu. There is something similar like 'baptism' that we have here too, its called with a different name, especially in the Brahmin caste. This is relevant for the boys only, once they attain puberty (I am not sure if its before that or after) there is a ceremony in which they have to wear a 'sacred thread', which then makes them a Brahmin, and it also means that, they have to now follow all the rules of the religion. Men dont follow these rules as strictly as they would have earlier, but I still see guys wearing this sacred thread.
I do not think I am religious, because I do not pray or practice my religion. I do visit temples only if (say once in a year) someone wants a company.
I am also ethnically Jewish, but neither my parents nor my grandparents are/were religious( it was tough to be in USSR). I am an atheist right now.
I am from Russia.
I was born a Lutheran and practiced it until about 13, I am now an agnostic.
Ethnicity I am:
1/4 Scottish
1/4 Ukrainian
1/4 German
1/4 Czech
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-Walt WhitmanThey have their worries, they’re counting the miles, they’re thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they’ll get there—and all the time they’ll get there anyway, you see.
-Jack Kerouac
Why?
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“As Kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame . . .”
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Tribalism.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
I would think that location has more to do with disparate religiosity than ethnicity does. (I have no evidence or experience to back this statement up.)
“As Kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame . . .”
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