Religion Affiliation Check

[Meshuga]

I am just curious and would like to take a survey of the current religious affiliation or lack of religious interest for the members of this forum.

Check the option that would be the closest to you.

[Hardrada]

1. I believe in Art.

[kwassa]

32. Art who?

Linkletter?

[Hardrada]

34. Gum

[kwassa]

41. Frenching gum?

[jessicazi]

2. Mormon

nt

[bryant69]

40. Also Mormon

Bryant

[Momgonepostal]

42. Same here nt

[MrSlayer]

3. Atheist but I do like to dabble in the worship of the Greek gods.

Multi god pantheons are so much more fun.

[Meshuga]

13. I believe in the Mothership!

The Funk sets the universe in motion and I bet your gods are not on the One! ;-)

http://www.birdhouse.org/words/scot/pfunk_appendix.html

[MrSlayer]

19. My motto is: Make my funk the P-Funk.

I wants to get funked up!

[Meshuga]

26. Perhaps Zeus, Apollo, and company...

Are all on the one! :-)

[Double T]

4. YOU forgot the PAGANS........YOU JACKASS!!!..........

ONLY KIDDING.:D

[NovaNardis]

5. Christian

But still on the fence as to the whole 'Jesus is God' thing. He was a cool guy, I'll give him that, but turning water into funk... er wine... is a little far fetched.

[hughee99]

6. What, no love for the

Church of Emacs, McMahonism, or the Church of Fonzie?

[MistressOverdone]

7. Christian here.

Hopelessly Christian, I am afraid.

[More Than A Feeling]

9. You phrase it as though you were saying "hopelessly in love"

Is that how you feel about God, or am I reading too much into it?

[MistressOverdone]

11. I don't know about "in" love

because I think of that as a passionate expression. But yes, I love the spirit I sense resides in me above all else. And I don't think anything could change that.

[More Than A Feeling]

12. By the way, welcome to DU!

And welcome to what I feel is the most interesting forum on DU.:hi:

[MistressOverdone]

16. Thank you very much

I've been reading and enjoying, so I thought I'd jump in. I tend to be more of a listener than an arguer, so I hope there is room for me here.

[TRYPHO]

18. I'll be kind to you...

For as long as you like. But I have "issues" that need expressing and I love outed Xians.

Welcome to DU and prepare to defend your perspective - mines been tarnished but is still standing. Its a great forum for arguing against those that you believe are wrong, and for defending what you believe is right; but you may realise you know less than you thought on both fronts - which is a GOOD thing if you end up learning more, whether your position hardens or migrates is neither here nor there if you have more reason to back up your position.

Now, I'll count to 100 and then....

Only Joking - enjoy DU and dont be afraid, only the athiests bite.

TRYPHO

[MistressOverdone]

23. Yep, I'm totally out of the closet

but I am no philosopher. In fact, I flunked philosophy and chemistry in undergraduate school. So don't look for too much from me in the way of point and counterpoint. I've read most of the major works of Harris, for example and I'm still in the fold. Oddly enough, I rather like the fellow. Just don't agree with him, but I applaud his passion and he writes well. I'm not a Bible literalist, so I won't be arguing about much from that perspective. My Christianity is internal, I'd guess you would say. But I have a fascination for people's beliefs, whether zen, Buddhist, atheist, whatever. So I look forward to great dialogue in the future!

[TRYPHO]

27. Words are really weird when you think about them

MistressOverdone writes: My Christianity is internal

Yeah, I just hate those external Christians, their appendages are really annoying!

Welcome to DU and enjoy.

TRYPHO

[agates]

8. Don't forget the Church of the FSM!

Flying Spaghetti Monster

:)

[MistressOverdone]

17. I just finished a delicious plate

of spaghetti. Happily, it didn't fly away! I think I would have chased it.

[Q3JR4]

10. Don't know what you'd really call it,

but it's Pagan-ish.

Q3JR4.

[Rock_Garden]

14. I think it's all done with mirrors. n/t

[kestrel91316]

15. I voted Christian, but that's really not quite right. I'm

sort of a nonpracticing neopagan ecofeminist with anabaptist leanings. I don't attend any church. I don't belong to any groups. My religion (when I think of it) is all in my head and heart.

[TRYPHO]

20. Judeans people's revolutionary republican army

No, the people's republic of judea's revolutionary army.

Well, if you don't know what I'm talking about then you can just piss off.

(Its a Monty Python reference you heathens*)

TRYPHO
* - apologies to heathens
** - everything about me can be found by googling "trypho" or click here
http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-01/anf01-48.htm you lazy gits, but basically I am a Hebrew of the circumcision!

[Chorophyll]

25. Splitter!

And I'd like to be called "Loretta," now. :)

To answer the O.P., I have the "god gene" but I haven't quite found a faith I feel comfortable with. But if I choose one it's going to be a very, very liberal and inclusive one.

[northofdenali]

21. You can't live where I do and not be spiritual lin some way.

My "church" is the land, my spirit rejoices in Mother Earth.

Not that a great Catholic wedding ceremony isn't fantastic!! (We have the prettiest little old Catholic church in the state; EVERYONE who is in the least bit Catholic in this town gets married there and is eulogized there! Here's Immaculate Conception Church:

[toddaa]

22. DAMMIT where's the Discordian option

fnord

[Az]

29. Hail Eris!

FnorD!@

[htuttle]

48. YOU SAID IT!!! I've been partaking of a hot dog every Friday for years now!

I want some payback!!!!

[JerseygirlCT]

24. Episcopalian, and a liberal one at that! nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. Same here

A former Lutheran who wavered for a while and finally officially joined the Episcopal Church in 1991.

[JerseygirlCT]

31. Former Catholic here

More examples of TEC being the "middle way", huh?

[varkam]

28. I'm a spiritual agnostic atheist. Go figure.

:D

[MistressOverdone]

39. You just exploded my brain.

THAT DOES NOT COMPUTE! FATAL ERROR!

[varkam]

44. On the surface, it makes no sense whatsoever.

People normally think atheist, agnostic, and spiritual are all mutually exclusive - but they're not. Additionally, I'm a materialist (which is kind of redundant, but I just want to make sure I get the point across). I'd explain, but I don't want to bore anyone to tears.

Welcome to DU by the way :hi:

[kwassa]

33. A panentheist

and this was my too funny real result on dictionary.com. (I spelled the word correctly, too!)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/panentheist

No results found for panentheist.

Did you mean pantheist (in dictionary) or Panentheist (in encyclopedia)?

Dictionary suggestions:
pantheist
pain in the ass
pain in the net

[Zebedeo]

36. LOL

"Dictionary suggestions:
pantheist
pain in the ass
pain in the net"


:rofl:

[kwassa]

38. yes, my religious affiliation is "pain in the ass"!

[Hardrada]

35. No Buddhists around here? Also I useta be a Lutheran but now

I just enjoy the soundtrack.

[Zebedeo]

37. Straight up, no nonsense Christian

I believe in the Bible.

[TRYPHO]

43. Well Wiggles me old mate...

it really is just you and me then!

Keep the faith,

TRYPHO

[yellowdogintexas]

45. United Methodist, and member of a very liberal congregation

in a surprising location.

for a liberal congregation, that is

and a large liberal congregation at that!


(to my knowledge all our current pastors are liberal Democrats, openly and unabashedly so!)


We get to worship in a high church dignified service in a Faux Gothic cathedral style building, with very liberal interpretations.

And my Sunday School class has more fun than any group I have associated with in many years.

[IDARNG_Loki]

46. I follow

I follow Christ's teachings, but I don't attend church - personal reasons.

[htuttle]

47. Secular-wiccan

Humans are a part of the Biological Biosphere, just like everything else we call 'alive' on Planet Earth. I'm agnostic on whether the Biosphere is 'sentient' or not. I tend to doubt it, except every now and then...

[knitter4democracy]

49. Eastern Orthodox Christian--the more mystical kind.

We also tend to be a bit more laid back now (yes, bad history for several ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, but most American Orthodox are upset by that history).

[zonmoy]

50. at least one maltheist here.