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Old 14-July-2006, 03:48 AM
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Can't I be religious and not believe in gods??

Yes, we call them Buddists.
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Someone once defined Unitarians as people who aren't religious but who like going to church.

(Before anyone gets offended, I was raised as a Unitarian.)
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I am not religious in any sense. I have not gone to church since I was young (forced upon me). I am not against people who ARE religious (unless they are against me because of my lack of religion, in which case, I feel sorry for them for their needlessly focusing upon my beliefs). I simply have no reason to believe in seemingly non-existent entities. I believe that my life is probably a lot happier than the lives of true believers.

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An incredibly poorly-worded poll, where many of the subsequent questions depend on a "yes" answer to a previous question. The whole thing falls apart structurally and logically after about three questions.
Exactly. Apparently written by a very narrow-minded religionist. I mean, who wouldn't realize that the "force" in the question....
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Is there an identifiable force coursing through the universe, holding it together, or uniting all life-forms?
....could easily be identified as gravity? Incredibly poorly-worded and thoughtless poll.
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Exactly. Apparently written by a very narrow-minded religionist.
Don't be so sure.
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I don't believe in gods that have mystic powers, but I might believe in god(s) that can create the universe or multiverses through science projects or accidents and I believe we're just so damn tiny or our so called universe with other universes are just specks of dust on someguy's shoulder and he and his universe are just specks of dust on some other guys shoulder and on and on...

I believe in gods like these: http://www.casavaria.com/sentido/sci...w-universe.htm

Or, I can be completely off and everything in the universe will end at one point except space and time... well, maybe just time
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Don't be so sure.

I agree with her that doubt is a creative force but the poll didn't seem very well thought out. I have doubt in that poll.
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I agree with her that doubt is a creative force but the poll didn't seem very well thought out. I have doubt in that poll.
Oh sure, I don't disagree that the poll is poorly worked out. It was the 'narrow-minded religionist' point I was questioning
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on the first test i got agnostic, on the second i got liberal christian protestant.

The reality: i'm (liberal) roman catholic
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The last question so obviously reveals the slant of the quiz.
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