What is your birth religion and current religious status?

[Guzmán]

Some people still think the sun goes around the earth. What can you do?

The sun actually does go around the earth, its all a matter of which you take as a reference point, after all, movement is relative. A problem with taking the earth as a reference point would be that the other planets would have really wacky orbits.

[cuppajoe_9]

Some people still think that the earth is the immovable centre of the universe, and that the cosmos consists of seven crystal spheres.

Happy?

[silly mischief]

I was raised by parent's who became Jehovah's Witnesses shortly after my birth. After a long and varied journey I connected with my ancestral memories and my ability to 'read' Runes, a language I was born knowing. I consider myself a keeper of the Old Ways and am fascinated by the stories under the stories in the Hebrew Scriptures.
An interesting mixture of Scotts/Irish, English and Swede with the blood of the Vikings in my veins, the wail of the Banshee in my throat, you can hear me coming through the heather and the Highlands playing the bagpipes, my wild crazy curly hair blowing in the wind.

some people still believe that the earth has a top and a bottom, north up, south down. what if we just turn maps around the other way?

[BibliophileTRJ]

Raised Roman-Catholic.

Recovering now. (thanks to shrink)

Atheist (Show me a god that believes in ME and maybe I'll consider believing in him/her/it/them)

1/2 Polish
1/4 French
1/8 Irish
1/8 English
All American

[Guzmán]

Born Atheist (if that makes any sense) and will die Atheist, as far as ethnicity goes im:
one quarter martian
one quarter uranian
and one quarter robot

[BibliophileTRJ]

Q: What's the worst thing about being an atheist?
A: No one to talk to during orgasms.

[vheissu]

I was baptised greek orthodox, but my familiy never really pressured me to go to church or believe in God. I think my grandparents thought I did: Greece is quite a religious country (in my opinion) and people always assume that everyone is religious, and are quite taken aback if you're not.My father had some bad experience with the church when he was a child, and altough he never discouraged me from following any religion, he didn't exactly support it either. Now I'm an atheist.
I'm half Greek and half Irish with a big influence from italian culture

[Ubiquitous Prat]

Well im 70% English 30% Scottish, if that makes sense. My mum is a sort of hippie Christian, well sometimes. My dads religion was motorbikes, drugs and the Clash. I am a Buddhist

[Shield&Sword]

I enjoyed reading most of posts here, interesting thing for me.
Only nightshade i want to say that every one is born Muslim (surrender to God) as Hadeeth of prophet Mouhammed peace be upon him say and then his parents change him to the religioun they want.
I was born Muslim for pure parents my mom is a strong believer, at first i was praying all 5 times normally without a lot of knowledge about religioun but always believed. When i arrived here in europe alone when i was 18 years i became more and more believer because i watched life here and sosciety and how people live and how families go and sit alot of time alone thinking of what i saw here, the door was widely opened to make big mistakes and my age was and still the age of "curious" or "wanting to try every thing", but i didnt go with what my body say, i offered every thing on my brain and decided that the way i was living and the principles i was born and raised with and the teachings of my religioun is better than what nights give me here and days. Secondely i became more believer because of lies i hear about my own faith said in this sosciety. My arrival here teached me alot of things that inflewenced my faith, thats why i wrote all that.
I am 100% arabic, PERHAPS with a thin turkish vain.

[Dorian Gray]

I was born into an atheist family. Most people in the Netherlands are atheist I suppose. Either way, it never changed.

[Pendragon]

None, clear and simple. My mother raised me later in a very strict Fundamentalist Christian church. I rebelled when people couldn't answer questions I asked, and tried to hide it by saying "I was preaching before you were born!" Well, that didn't change the fact that they misquoted the Bible to suit them. I tried a lot of things. I finally became a fundamentalist preacher, but one who had issues with most other preachers. So when I had a nervous breakdown and was in no shape to fight back, they kicked me out. I still preach, but I've changed a lot. I cannot get recognition from most, which is fine if that's how they wish to act. But the Bible says different. And God is He that speaks and it must be, say a great many, I do not disagree. That being so, why kick me out? Why not simply pray that someday I will not have to depend on medication to get me through a day?

[cuppajoe_9]

I rebelled when people couldn't answer questions I asked, and tried to hide it by saying "I was preaching before you were born!"

Correct response: "Yeah, well so was Anton LaVey."

[Rogers_68]

i don't how easily i can answer this. i was raised in a christian-church-going home. i knew things about God but i can't say that the knowledge had much personal meaning. then in about 10th grade i met jesus for myself and realized that much of what i had been told about God appeared to be true to me. currently (10 years later) i am still seeking to know jesus more, through trying to understand the bible and finding God in various form of art, as well as other people's experiences with him. in that sense, i am a christian.

(that does not mean that i believe everything about american christianity or that i support t.v. evangelists .)

hopefully that's not too complicated...

as far as blood lines, i think i have irish and german in me, although it's pretty far removed. i like guinness and a good polish sausage, if that means anything.

[Eagleheart]

Christened in all the solemnity of orthodox rituals/ the obvious reasons of the disadvanteged age/ Now my necessary piousness for my community is accompanied with arguments like "Once christened you have to follow your path"....-tricky...-smart guys- Historical heritage perhaps

[arao]

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Completely agree with you!
I attend the mass every sunday but not a Catholic.
By chance I meet Catholic, they are really good persons. Spending their time and money to help others.