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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I just say religion isn't part of my life. I don't "do" religion.
Theophobic.
Originally posted by TrueBlood
reply to post by yeahright
Curiousity to be honest. I didn't create this thread to find like minded people if that's what you're asking. It's just I haven't met many people that can seperate God from religion. It's either all or nothing with most people.
Originally posted by TrueBlood
I do not believe in religion. Infact, I honestly believe it's religion that is holding us back as a species, but that's not what I wanted to get into. I do believe in a "God" or "gods" (or some being that initated the "big bang") because something created the universe. I say that I don't believe in religion and people call me an atheist, but by definition, I can't be an atheist because I believe in a higher creator. So what do I define myself as? Can religion be seperated from God?
Originally posted by tomten
reply to post by Consequence
This sums it up good:
(External quote about being Agnostic)
Originally posted by TrueBlood
Thank you all for you kind responses. I guess it doesn't really matter what I call myself in regards to this, I guess I just got sick of people calling me an atheist. Nice to be able to open a thread up and just have a conversation
Originally posted by CirqueDeTruth
reply to post by TrueBlood
When people ask me, I say what the army classification gives out for "other".
No Religious Preference.
You might also say non-denominational, and leave it at that.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Generally "non-denominational" is regarded as Christian. I'm non-denominational.
Originally posted by TrueBlood
I do not believe in religion. Infact, I honestly believe it's religion that is holding us back as a species, but that's not what I wanted to get into. I do believe in a "God" or "gods" (or some being that initated the "big bang") because something created the universe. I say that I don't believe in religion and people call me an atheist, but by definition, I can't be an atheist because I believe in a higher creator. So what do I define myself as? Can religion be seperated from God?
Originally posted by TrueBlood
I do not believe in religion. Infact, I honestly believe it's religion that is holding us back as a species, but that's not what I wanted to get into. I do believe in a "God" or "gods" (or some being that initated the "big bang") because something created the universe. I say that I don't believe in religion and people call me an atheist, but by definition, I can't be an atheist because I believe in a higher creator. So what do I define myself as? Can religion be seperated from God?
Religion (from O.Fr. religion "religious community," from L. religionem (nom. religio) "respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods,"[5] "obligation, the bond between man and the gods"[6]) is derived from the Latin religiō, the ultimate origins of which are obscure
According to the philologist Max Müller, the root of the English word "religion", the Latin religio, was originally used to mean only "reverence for God or the gods, careful pondering of divine things, piety" (which Cicero further derived to mean "diligence").[10]