Religious views
 

Most likely going to get flack for yet another thread on religion, but what influenced you as you were growing up to believe in what you do, or lose your faith etc?

I was raised catholic but when I was about 14 I stopped going to church etc then around 6 months ago I started going again and its really helped me.

I was born without any religion. From what I know of my father he was an atheist and my mom kinda believed in buddhism at one stage. but I think she's agnostic now. And that's how I'd class myself.

I find the people who are certain of no god, relying on the same type of faith they criticize people who believe in a religion.

So yea I don't know if there is a god and I don't think there is any way to prove or disprove it. I suppose I'm slightly envious of those who believe in something. And I love finding out stuff about different beliefs.

You only need to prove it

like any made up thing - unicorns etc

If you make an extraordinary claim and you wish people to believe it the burden of proof is on you

remember every religionist is an atheist about every other god and religion


I was brought up a christian singing Jesus wants me for a rainbow

Its when you learn about how rainbows actually occur that you think...hmmmm ( and from an airplane rainbows are fully round)

i grew up in a religious household, went to classes during my childhood, learnt how to pray, fasted etc. but there was still so much for me to learn, and it's only recently that I felt compelled to study things for myself which has made my faith go a lot stronger. for me, it's the one true perfect religion and definitely like no other. i base my life around my beliefs, not the other way around.. it's always on my mind and affects everything that i do. i'm not perfect, no one is, but I'm aspiring to live up to the rules I'm expected to follow, every single minute detail. when you dedicate your life to something like that it gets really frustrating to see it be so misunderstood.

I was brought up in a Christian family , we went to church every week, I went to Sunday school and loved it, I still hold my religious beliefs, although I don't instil it to my children, they do know I believe in 'God' if they wish to follow me then that's ok,if they don't ,that's ok too,they have all been christened and they will chose their own path,I believe they have to make their own minds up.

It's my understanding that the three major western religions believe in the same god, however they worship different prophets? I'm not 100% sure on that.

And isn't religion about believing where there is no proof?

No I don't believe in anything, but one of my biggest hates in the world is people who hate on religion and love to prove how 'stupid' people with faith are.

Christian. I have all the views and everything because of what the Bible says. I believe that I've been so blessed that a higher power as to be at play. I am far from perfect.

Claudia's right, the three abrahamic religions are fundamentally similar, with more or less the exact same stories, rules, prophets etc

some scholars suggest certain references in the Qur'an could imply Christians and Jews would be accepted into Heaven, but others dispute that. it's kind of ambiguous.

yes but there are hundreds of gods. even in christianity you have Catholicism and Protestant etc. Every one thinks they are the one true blah blah blah.

Yes, sadly this faith myth is used like a badge of honour when really its no more than wishful thinking with your fingers jammed in your ears.

Funnily enough the Bible/koran always gets used as proof of this and that :joker:

I do love religious buildings too,I find a certain peace in them that you cant get anywhere else.I also had that romantic notion of being a nun at one point,lol yeah,yeah,hilarious:joker: I don't think I would have liked the confinement:hehe:

yes the jews, muslims and christians are always getting together to laugh about how similar they are...:hehe:

that is because they are always fecking empty!

How would you know?:hehe:

because that is why people always say churches are peaceful...so would a shopping mall be if it had no people in it, or an abattoir.

An abattoir? Wut

my local mosque is a small makeshift one that was originally two flats, during the month of ramadan though it has about 50+ people congregating for the daily five prayers and 100+ for the special nightly prayers.

when it's not ramadan a lot of people still attend five times a day and without fail 200-300 every single friday for the jummah prayers

the figure is much higher for the official mosques. stay mad, sis

Praying for Trumpet...

yes but thats not a church and your religion is less developed and not as far up the line to extinction as the UK christian one. To be honest religion thrives on poor education (not a slight at you) .

When discussing religion you seem to talk as though every single one of them is an extremist.

It's like generalising about anyone who's ever committed a crime, no matter how small, are all serial killers.

Also, the statement about what religions think about other religions is actually not as true as you might think.

Is that a euphemism?

religionist is just a generic term, it does not imply extremism

Mine's still going strong after 5000 years.

Actually it's because you have to be silent in most religious buildings. It's not a youth club with a disco.