Are You a Theist (or Thanks for the WoT Thread Shaft)

[Clove]

Alright, what's your vision of god(s)?

[Liagala]

What... the debate's winding down in the other thread, so you start it back up but put a "GTFO Non-Believers" sign over the door? :)

[Clove]

I'm just curious rep-whore. Jezus you have to have like 5 times more rep than you do posts!

[Mathari]

I'm just curious rep-whore. Jezus you have to have like 5 times more rep than you do posts!
LOL, seriously. And I'm mildly bitter, since I refuse to join that "rep pyramid scheme" thread and get fake rep.

[diethx]

I'm just curious rep-whore. Jezus you have to have like 5 times more rep than you do posts!


lol he gotcha there.

[diethx]

Also, my preferred flavor is mint chocolate chip.

[Liagala]

I'm just curious rep-whore. Jezus you have to have like 5 times more rep than you do posts!

T&A FTW? I had a lot of it before the rep whore thread... though there was lots of shameless whoring over there too. I would say I have all this rep because I'm just that loveable, but you people know better by now.

[diethx]

You only had like 3 or 4 bars before the rep whoring thread :P

[TheEschaton]

I am Catholic. I believe in God. All of you are fucking idiots, though.

[Liagala]

You only had like 3 or 4 bars before the rep whoring thread :P

Bull. I had at least 2 glowy ones... maybe 3, but I doubt it. I don't remember exactly.

[DCSL]

I sometimes wish I could believe in a god, any god. Especially when I was little. My family is Roman Catholic but my mother has been lapsed since teenagerhood. I think she's closer to Buddhist these days than anything, but still. I never went to church at all, except for visiting my friends' churches or temples out of curiosity.

Faith seems comforting, like an old blanket. It's something you can share with others on a cold night and wrap around yourself with certainty in the dark night. I really would like to have a faith. I tried several different sorts of religion when I was younger, from Methodist to Taoism, but.. eh.. I just can't fake what I don't feel no matter how much I'd like to.

Maybe some day. Until then, I'll just have to remain agnostic.

[diethx]

Bull. I had at least 2 glowy ones... maybe 3, but I doubt it. I don't remember exactly.

Not in a chance in hell. I had nearly 4 glowy bars when it started, and you had nowhere near that amount.

[Liagala]

Not in a chance in hell. I had nearly 4 glowy bars when it started, and you had nowhere near that amount.

There's a big difference between 2 and 4 glowy bars. I still have nowhere near the amount of rep you do, and we both have 6. I remember getting the first glowy bar, and it was well before the rep whore thread. I don't remember when they came after that. I'm willing to bet you'd have 8 or 9 glowy bars by now though, if it went up that high. Am I right?

[diethx]

Probably. But I seriously don't remember you having that much rep when it started.

[Sean]

God hates multiple glowy bars.

[TheEschaton]

I find the general Western wishy-washy attitude of faith-as-comforting to be generally disturbing. A belief in God calls you to much higher things, including a radical ethic of love which is anything but comforting.

-TheE-

[ElanthianSiren]

I find the concept of a higher power in the western culture becoming synonymous with the higher power of one particular religious sect very disturbing personally.

[DCSL]

I find the general Western wishy-washy attitude of faith-as-comforting to be generally disturbing. A belief in God calls you to much higher things, including a radical ethic of love which is anything but comforting.

-TheE-

Aww, does someone not agree with you?! Well damn, obviously they're wrong! And wimpy to boot. Fucking Wrong People.

[Clove]

I find the general Western wishy-washy attitude of faith-as-comforting to be generally disturbing. A belief in God calls you to much higher things, including a radical ethic of love which is anything but comforting.

-TheE-Really? I don't think that NOT believing in god(s) or an afterlife would encourage you to do the most you can with the only time you have? Or is striving to be your best only reserved for those who believe that god(s) exist?

[Clove]

FFS isn't there ONE Sihk out there?

[mgoddess]

WTF? No "Other"?!?!

Dude. Us "Others" get shafted everywhere. *mutter*

[Ignot]

Rep is God.

[TheEschaton]

Aww, does someone not agree with you?! Well damn, obviously they're wrong! And wimpy to boot. Fucking Wrong People.

Srsly! Fuckin' Wrong People...just listen to me, it'll be all okay.

[TheEschaton]

On a side note: I don't have problem with anyone else's faith, I tend to think God is a multi-faceted being with many different names and manifestations. I just find the inability to believe in God puzzling, as well as the discernment that belief in God is supposed to make one complacently reassured about who they are/what they're worth/that they're going to heaven and you're not.

As to Clove's question - I think people are, at their base, animal. And they will reset to their animal behavior when not exorted by some higher calling - whether it be God, or good will, or Reason, or charity, or what have you - that demands better of them. The only thing is that I see all those latter things as coming from the former.

-TheE-

[diethx]

I just find the inability to believe in God puzzling

That's okay, i'm sure many of us feel that your so obviously strong belief in god is puzzling.

[DCSL]

That's okay, i'm sure many of us feel that your so obviously strong belief in god is puzzling.

Yeah, what she said. I'm puzzled by people who have strong beliefs in almost anything, actually. Absolutes seem illogical to me.

[Izzy]

That's okay, i'm sure many of us feel that your so obviously strong belief in god is puzzling.

QFT

[Cephalopod]

I'm boycotting this thread because there's no pagan alternatives to 'Wiccan' presented. Boo!

Also, Lia had at least 1-2 glowy boxes a few days prior to the rep whore thread. She was insistent on rubbing her glowy things in my face.

[Clove]

I'm boycotting this thread because there's no pagan alternatives to 'Wiccan' presented. Boo!

Also, Lia had at least 1-2 glowy boxes a few days prior to the rep whore thread. She was insistent on rubbing her glowy things in my face.That's only because she started ho'ing before the rep whore thread.

[SHAFT]

I am so sorry I started this religious thing. I was just curious what everyone else felt towards religion. It was taken to a level I never intended. Holy Jesus

[SHAFT]

I'm boycotting this thread because there's no pagan alternatives to 'Wiccan' presented. Boo!

Also, Lia had at least 1-2 glowy boxes a few days prior to the rep whore thread. She was insistent on rubbing her glowy things in my face.

Lia has nice tits so she deserves glowing green boxes

[Celephais]

The PC, taking it to another level you never intended. Holy Jesus.

[Tisket]

God hates multiple glowy bars.

Hah, I rolled Sean over into multiple glowy bars. Fear thunderbolts from on high.

[Widgets]

Also, my preferred flavor is mint chocolate chip.

Mine is....Well, nevermind. OOC will tell you mine!

[Clove]

Focus you dicks. This is about what god(s) you believe in. Oh and Stanley you motherfucker- quit fucking with the polls. Polls R serious business!! SHAFT, would you please explain what Shintoism means to you?

[Ashlander]

Where's my evil alien overlord option?

[Back]

I didn’t vote because I’m a little bit of all.

[Stanley Burrell]

Focus you dicks. This is about what god(s) you believe in. Oh and Stanley you motherfucker- quit fucking with the polls.

Damn it.

Edited to Add: Wakaramashita, Domo Toranaga-sama!

[Mathari]

Hah, I rolled Sean over into multiple glowy bars. Fear thunderbolts from on high.
Tisket has some seriously powerful rep.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Yeah, what she said. I'm puzzled by people who have strong beliefs in almost anything, actually. Absolutes seem illogical to me.

This-- not just related to God, but pretty much everything.

[DCSL]

This-- not just related to God, but pretty much everything.

Heh, in Catholic high school, I annoyed my religion teacher with this. She started out the year by trying to establish an absolute with the class. Since it was a Catholic school, she felt reasonably sure that she could call God an absolute. Boy, was she wrong. A couple of us proved very difficult. I remember arguing with her about whether or not a chair was absolutely a chair. I think this went on for a couple of weeks, while we fell further and further behind the lesson plan, before the sister gave up.

[Cephalopod]

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[Asha]

lol but not enough to be struck down by lightning. = rep
lol at your avatar Nachos, but not enough to let people at work see. = rep tomorrow.

Good going, basically.

[iJin]

http://i43.tinypic.com/e223a.png


That is..I can't..wow.


Edit: I am still tripping over at how wrong this is.

[Asha]

Also rep next Friday for sig.
Sigh.. starting a rep notebook.

If Jesus had rep I wonder what kind of bars and how many he'd have here.

[SHAFT]

Focus you dicks. This is about what god(s) you believe in. Oh and Stanley you motherfucker- quit fucking with the polls. Polls R serious business!! SHAFT, would you please explain what Shintoism means to you?

Its become a way of life for me really

[Paradii]

T&A FTW? I had a lot of it before the rep whore thread... though there was lots of shameless whoring over there too. I would say I have all this rep because I'm just that loveable, but you people know better by now.

I am just curious about who is rep'ing you, since I haven't read anything interesting or funny from you. Ever.

[SHAFT]

I am just curious about who is rep'ing you, since I haven't read anything interesting or funny from you. Ever.

I'm the biggest douche on the PC but I get rep. Maybe you missed the boob page that she participated in.

[diethx]

I'm the biggest douche on the PC

You're gonna have to work a lot harder for that title.

[SHAFT]

You're gonna have to work a lot harder for that title.

Hehe, thanks for the support

[Ardwen]

wheres the choices for all the practicers of voodoo and ancestor worship, those seem as logical as any of the others with this crowd.

[Clove]

Shintoism is ancestor worship. If you want to be pantheistic, you can pick Wiccan. Deal with it.

[Cephalopod]

Shintoism is ancestor worship. If you want to be pantheistic, you can pick Wiccan. Deal with it.

Except ancestor worship is generally a facet of a *theistic religion, not the sole worship focus; and Wicca is predominantly duotheistic and very un-representative of most pantheistic belief systems.

Where is animism?!

I'm also not clear how 'non-religious' fits into a question of whether you are a Theist or not.

Your poll makes me cry! You made tortilla chips cry!

[Clove]

Except ancestor worship is generally a facet of a *theistic religion, not the sole worship focus; and Wicca is predominantly duotheistic and very un-representative of most pantheistic belief systems.

Where is animism?!

I'm also not clear how 'non-religious' fits into a question of whether you are a Theist or not.

Your poll makes me cry! You made tortilla chips cry!Hey there's a maximum of 10 choices in a poll. Deal with it. You pantheistic motherfuckers have Wicca and Hinduism. Animism? You think there's any neolithics on the internet?

Non-religious. You don't have to adhere to a specific religion to believe in god. The Japanese are kind of like that, they plug into whatever religion seems the most relevant to their life at the time.