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Offline Askold

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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2012, 07:13:17 am »
Christian, specifically I am a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

 I was raised as one and I still am a christian in my heart although I really don't feel that an organised church is necessary for my belief. I rarely go to church but I still pray often and I really think that my (and everyone elses as well) religious beliefs are a personal matter.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2012, 07:18:34 am »
Nominally Lutheran, like most other Norwegians. I was never able to believe in any of the official Lutheran dogma, though. Today I'm an atheist, even though I don't think the term can properly describe my unrelationship to faith and deities. I just don't bother, that's all.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2012, 07:21:06 am »
Recovered Christian (United Methodist), now an atheist. 
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2012, 08:13:09 am »
Ex christian, ex pagan, comfortable atheist.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2012, 09:16:11 am »
I was raised Catholic. I don't believe in anything, but I also don't care very much if I'm right or wrong.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2012, 11:15:38 am »
Raised Catholic, became Anglican, now a sometimes prayerful agnostic.  I suppose I would like there to be a Good God who does care and love.  But the evidence is not there.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2012, 11:30:37 am »
Raised Protestant Christian, Now agnostic.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2012, 12:07:50 pm »
Atheist. I never really believed but only began identifying as an atheist in high school.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2012, 12:09:09 pm »
Raised Lutheran, fell out pretty quick due to questioning with insufficient answers. On the theological line I'm agnostic, on the religious (more philosophical) line I'm a Taoist.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2012, 12:12:06 pm »
Reposting from the board.

I went through a stage of fundamentalism when I discovered some High Octane Nightmare Fuel on the web regarding hell. I found everything about hell, god, and the entire morality of extreme Christianity abhorant, but the fear of hell and paranoia about Satan kept me from thinking logically so I was going back and forth with my beliefs. I kept coming up with some main page worthy theories regarding hell and the afterlife. It took me at least six months to get out of the mind fuck. With the exception of still having my fears of death "triggered", I am firmly in the "I don't know" camp. All theories regarding god and the afterlife are just that, theories. Like the OP, I take the diest stance, but I have doubts on that too.

So in short.

Liberal Catholic with some unpopular conservative political beliefs --> fundie nutjob who was afraid of hell --> Agnositc diest who's more Liberal politically.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2012, 12:23:56 pm »
Raised Episcopalian, tossed that to go became a pope/deacon of Discordia in highschool, now firmly entrenched in atheism.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2012, 12:36:55 pm »
Raised as a Reform Jew, became Conservative in high school.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2012, 12:40:03 pm »
Atheist, raised Anglican.
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #28 on: January 04, 2012, 01:27:24 pm »
Agnostic deist here.

I'm one of the fortunate ones who's never had a religious upbringing of any kind.  After a lengthy period of consideration, I came to the conclusion that the only two possibilities that make even a shred of sense to me are that God either doesn't exist, or doesn't care.  I've never had any real urge to narrow things down any further. *shrugs*

As to religion, I agree with the second U.S. President, John Adams, when he said that "this would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it".  In the interest of civility, though, I tend to leave the non-fundies alone for the most part. *shrugs again*
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Re: Religious Affiliation?
« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2012, 01:48:10 pm »
Christian. On the rare occasion when I go to church, it's Unitarian.
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