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Title: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Mechtaur on December 09, 2012, 11:36:50 pm
Ok, this type of thread tends to pop up every few months, so I thought it might be a good idea to bring up a yearly poll to give anyone who visits an idea of just what FSTDT's actual religious views are. Now, before shouts of "But, it isn't 2013 yet" get thrown out, I did it now so we could have a good count before the year actually gets here.

The rules are simple, just check the one of your choice (Take backs available for anyone who does some converting). If you want to explain a little more in depth, feel free to in a post (especially with different sects, the "other" option for any religions that aren't on the list, or to distinguish between our non-religious atheists, agnostics, and theists since they have to play nice and share a slot).

The list was constructed using Wikipedia's religion list (taking out the umbrella folk religions), top ten. If a staff member thinks this is a nice idea, stickies would be great.



It took a few minutes to actually place myself in the options because on the one hand, I do classify myself as a Daojia Daoist as it is the philosophy I ascribe to. On the other hand, it is a completely philosophical school of Daoism and so I would be classified as non-religious. I finally decided to simply just put myself under "Other" to avoid confusion.

My theological views are weird and hard to put into words, but the short version is I'll just put down Agnostic.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Morgenleoht on December 10, 2012, 12:00:22 am
Deistic Norse pagan with eclectic tendencies.

In short, if the gods exist, they don't give a shit and most of my belief system is cherrypicked. :D
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on December 10, 2012, 12:12:41 am
Jewish agnostic atheist. Put in "atheist" for brevity's sake.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: ironbite on December 10, 2012, 12:16:03 am
agnostic who worships a ball of light claiming to be Time in his head.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: dpareja on December 10, 2012, 12:27:47 am
Atheist who typically only doesn't go on anti-religious diatribes because that would make me just as bad as all the people who rant about how atheism is evil (which, really, basically makes me as bad as them).
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Zygarde on December 10, 2012, 12:30:45 am
Wiccan with mostly cherry picked assortment of gods.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Fpqxz on December 10, 2012, 12:36:35 am
Non-theist, non-dogmatist, not necessarily a materialist though.

I'm not anti-religion per se, I just think people need to take a more objective and realistic view of it.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on December 10, 2012, 12:38:25 am
Just a boring atheist. Critical of certain elements of religion, but not an anti-theist. Secular/scientific humanism is the closest thing I have to a religion, but that's really more of a moral/philosophical stance than a religious one.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 10, 2012, 12:40:31 am
Agnostic pagan, leaning towards druidry
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Post by: JohnE on December 10, 2012, 12:55:09 am
Basically agnostic atheist.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: nickiknack on December 10, 2012, 12:58:10 am
agnostic atheist here
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Post by: KZN02 on December 10, 2012, 01:09:55 am
Atheist with some readings on Taoism.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Joey on December 10, 2012, 01:17:08 am
Deist / Gnostic
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Meshakhad on December 10, 2012, 01:43:59 am
Conservative Jewish. Am I the first monotheist to post in this thread?
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on December 10, 2012, 01:45:20 am
Conservative Jewish. Am I the first monotheist to post in this thread?

I think so. Someone voted for Christianity, but they didn't post so that doesn't count.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: SpaceProg on December 10, 2012, 01:50:54 am
Christian.  I try to follow the words written in red and the Golden Rule is very important to me.  I believe science and a belief in God can co-exist, and I'm not a Fundy Christian by any means.  I believe God intends us to ask questions about this universe (and any other possible universe(s) )that we're in.  I believe things happen for a reason and the universe isn't quite as chaotic as it may first appear.

I guess that's about it.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: RinellaWasHere on December 10, 2012, 01:56:44 am
Roman Catholic, as detailed in my thread.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Material Defender on December 10, 2012, 02:09:21 am
Non-Religious Agnostic, who is totally willing to accept a belief in God and other supernatural forces that may have an effect on life or afterlife, but is not going to believe them without good reason. I also see the value and worth in religion and will not decry it like it is evil either or a delusion. Just I feel it needs to be critically decided upon and there needs to be an understanding that there is a separation between what believers believe and how they act. Everyone is fallible.

I tend to ascribe to a modified utilitarian philosophy since it is relational based goals that are good for providing a society to be built on and provides a rational, math oriented metric with which to judge 'goodness' that is not culturally biased either for or against. Though I tend to use "What provides most overall long-term happiness to the most people" as what is welfare and utility, thus ascribing some ability to take pain for the sake of long term good.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Askold on December 10, 2012, 02:32:34 am
Christian.  I try to follow the words written in red and the Golden Rule is very important to me.  I believe science and a belief in God can co-exist, and I'm not a Fundy Christian by any means.  I believe God intends us to ask questions about this universe (and any other possible universe(s) )that we're in.  I believe things happen for a reason and the universe isn't quite as chaotic as it may first appear.

I guess that's about it.

What he said.

Well, I'm not so sure about the universe not being chaotic.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Sour Grapes on December 10, 2012, 02:55:17 am
Disorganized Christian.

I tend toward the agnostic side when confronted by Organized Christianity.  Especially the ones that practice indoctrination.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Stormwarden on December 10, 2012, 02:57:02 am
Atheist still trying to work out where he stands in the freethinker spectrum. I have nothing against religion in general, but I can't help but hate the Abrahamic God sometimes...
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: DrFishcake on December 10, 2012, 04:43:34 am
I refer to myself as a "Carl Sagan agnostic", since I found his eloquent explanations as to why he considered himself agnostic to pretty much perfectly describe how I feel.

Quote from: Carl Sagan
The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Vypernight on December 10, 2012, 05:05:59 am
Agnostic Buddhist and huge skeptic.  My wife claims that, while I want to believe in ghosts, if one slapped me in the face, I'd think it was my imagination. 

Also, The Devil is my part-timer.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: TenfoldMaquette on December 10, 2012, 05:26:14 am
Atheist, because lolgod.

The longer explanation for "lolgod" is simply that the evidence doesn't bring forth anything whatsoever to justify a belief in any god, and thus I feel comfortable knowing (insofar as anything can be "known") that such a concept exists wholly inside the human brain. We dreamed up the gods because we're just sentient enough to realize how awful sentience is; we can understand what the final loss of ourselves really means, whereas animals in general are thought not to have this capability. "God" is both a precursor to science - an attempt to explain things not yet understood - and also attempt of the fragile human psyche to justify its actions and protect itself from reality. It's also fake as hell, hence the lol.

Yeah, I rant and snarl about it way too much. It's difficult living in a world where 60-75% of the population insists on believing on some form of the "magical invisible friend" and would rather comfort themselves with lies then face reality.

**Edited to get rid of unnecessary stuff
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: LeTipex on December 10, 2012, 08:28:20 am
To put it simply : atheist.

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Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: R. U. Sirius on December 10, 2012, 10:02:00 am
I generally just call myself a seeker. Right now, I'm most heavily influenced by Buddhism and Gnosticism.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Auri-El on December 10, 2012, 10:06:14 am
Liberal pantheistic Christian here.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Sleepy on December 10, 2012, 10:39:28 am
Atheist here. I see zero reason to believe in any deity or any afterlife.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Lady Hylia on December 10, 2012, 11:46:58 am
I am agnostic (or possibly deistic) though I do sometimes lean towards eclectic paganism. But in general I am not particularly religious.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 10, 2012, 12:04:37 pm
Atheist cuz' no good evidence of existence of deity. Also, the holy books I've read are pretty off the wall stuff.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Rabbit of Caerbannog on December 10, 2012, 12:26:55 pm
Agnostic atheist here.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: myusername on December 10, 2012, 12:52:29 pm
Atheist.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Veras on December 10, 2012, 01:14:21 pm
Agnostic atheist
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 10, 2012, 02:46:29 pm
atheist who believes in heaven.  is there a  term? 
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Sleepy on December 10, 2012, 03:12:52 pm
So you believe in an afterlife but no god? Haven't seen that one much.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Old Viking on December 10, 2012, 04:48:04 pm
Atheist (Senior Division).
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Saturn500 on December 10, 2012, 05:07:05 pm
Jewish
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Material Defender on December 10, 2012, 06:02:06 pm
atheist who believes in heaven.  is there a  term?

HRm, I've heard of a few but I don't know the exact term.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: MoonWolfhowl on December 10, 2012, 06:36:51 pm
atheist who believes in heaven.  is there a  term?
I've seen Spiritist, I think. Or that might be for something else. :-\

Personally, I have no idea what I believe. It shifts around from norse heathenry to complete and total scientific atheism. My head and my heart believe different things.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: lazerfrog on December 10, 2012, 10:23:24 pm
Only one other Buddhist.  :(
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 11, 2012, 01:03:56 am
Atheist by claim, agnostic by actual belief. In other words, while I don't actively believe in anything, I think its ultimately unknowable in an objective sense.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: maanantai on December 11, 2012, 07:35:44 am
Atheist here. I see zero reason to believe in any deity or any afterlife.

This.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Canadian Mojo on December 11, 2012, 09:16:18 am
Atheist.

To me religion is a lie to make me feel better about the bad and random things that happen and the fact that we will eventually wink out of existence. Part of me would like to believe, I've seen enough misery and sadness to really wish there was a good reason behind all of it, but I don't and I never will.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Katsuro on December 11, 2012, 02:06:26 pm
Atheist. More specifically I'm a 6 on Dawkins' scale.

(In case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability)
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Vypernight on December 11, 2012, 02:42:12 pm
I'd probably be a 5.  However, I wonder how that scale takes non-Christian powers into account.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: ThunderWulf on December 11, 2012, 08:34:49 pm
Former Catholic turned Deist turned Agnostic turned Atheist (current views).
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: rookie on December 12, 2012, 08:48:21 am
Agnostic atheist with a good bit of secular humanism thrown in the mix.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Rabbit of Caerbannog on December 12, 2012, 09:46:58 am
Former Catholic turned Deist turned Agnostic turned Atheist (current views).
If you can turn Catholic again you get a free sundae at Friendly's.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 13, 2012, 02:26:59 pm
Other, I'm quite fond of answering to my own honor, Celestia and Luna.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Alehksunos on December 13, 2012, 02:41:56 pm
Christian turned Atheist (it was a pretty rocky road).

And to quote Katsuro, I would be located on number 6 of the Dawkin's Scale. I honestly think there is no reason to believe there is a god in the sky when it may not be true, but I'm not going to be a dick about it.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Agni on December 13, 2012, 05:56:19 pm
Completely non-religious Atheist, former Christian.

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Post by: Sigmaleph on December 13, 2012, 07:52:41 pm
Formerly atheist by default, now atheist by conviction. I was lucky enough to be raised in a non-religious family.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: SkyTrekTower on December 13, 2012, 07:57:46 pm
Cafeteria Catholic, but with strong Unitarian Universalist leanings
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Post by: Iczerfour on December 13, 2012, 07:59:21 pm
Pagan/Discordian
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Igor on December 13, 2012, 08:57:31 pm
Not sure where to place myself, technically atheist, since I don't acknowledge a higher power of any kind, but I've been known to be open to the concept of other forms of spirituality.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Paradox on December 13, 2012, 11:27:39 pm
Still some variety of Christian.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: NonProphet on December 20, 2012, 06:09:12 pm
Casual Shintoist, with some Buddhist tendencies here & there.

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Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 21, 2012, 01:20:52 pm
Celtic Pagan, former Wiccan, former Catholic.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Star Cluster on December 21, 2012, 06:36:13 pm
Recoved Christian, now Athiest.  About a 6.5 on the Dawkins scale.
Title: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: chiheisen on December 21, 2012, 09:27:10 pm
Atheist.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Goosey on December 26, 2012, 04:46:43 am
Agnostic atheist.

I think the claim that there is a god and the claim that there isn't a god both lack support, but the claim that there isn't a god is a lot closer to being supported than the claim that there is a god, which in turn is a lot closer than the claim that there is a given god with specific characteristics as defined in an old book.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: Radiation on December 26, 2012, 04:29:05 pm
I would probably be better off saying that I am either Agnostic theist or a plural spiritualist.

I want to say that I do believe in a higher power and that there is an afterlife, however I can't prove that claim and therefore assert that I just only believe in such things.

I would go into more detail about it and I probably will at some point, but basically I don't believe in the institution of religion but in spirituality itself and that all (or most) paths eventually lead to a transcendent higher power.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: czechmate on December 27, 2012, 03:40:46 am
DSc in Theology since 1948. Became Atheist in 1981.
The RCC is the richest organisation on this planet, spends a fortune on regalia but gives a pittance for those in need - even clawing that back in interest.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: kiwimac on December 28, 2012, 02:34:49 am
Zoroastrian with Din-i-Ilahi (http://www.akbarist.blogspot.co.nz/) tendencies and over 35 years of study of Christian and Islamic theologies.
Title: Re: FSTDT 2013 Religion
Post by: calshepN7 on December 29, 2012, 01:54:08 am
Former Christian, now Agnostic wavering between Atheism and vague Spiritualism.