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Can you summarise your beliefs in a few sentences?
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MARCELLO
Transitioning from male to female
I don't buy what you say.
Answer me when you get a sound explanation (from somewhere ?? )of what a christian is. You needn't prove anything but just think twice.
Cheers!
EtuMalku
Abn Iblis ابن إبليس
Oh ye of little faith
GoodbyeDave
Well-Known Member
On morals:
A good action is what a virtuous person would do. A virtuous person possesses virtues, which are those character traits that are conducive to flourishing as a human being.
On the cosmos:
I believe that, given a choice between the universe being meaningless and science a series of lucky guesses, and the cosmos being a series of law-governed events launched and designed by divine power, that accepting the latter position makes more sense.
On religion:
I believe in any gods whose existence has been experienced by a reasonable number of people over the years. As gods are our superiors, they deserve our respect. I also believe that that are generally benevolent towards humans, and often generous beyond our deserving.
On "revealed" religions:
With Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baha'i , etc all contradicting each other, it's obviously all too easy to create a spurious religion; after all, if one is right, the others are wrong. I'd want better evidence than any of them can offer to believe a word of them.
On atheists:
Atheists are people who cannot believe that the universe could contain anything superior to themselves, and who believe both that they can prove non-existence and that the 90% of the world's population is delusional. Putting it that way, they are clearly candidates for therapy rather than rational discussion.
A good action is what a virtuous person would do. A virtuous person possesses virtues, which are those character traits that are conducive to flourishing as a human being.
On the cosmos:
I believe that, given a choice between the universe being meaningless and science a series of lucky guesses, and the cosmos being a series of law-governed events launched and designed by divine power, that accepting the latter position makes more sense.
On religion:
I believe in any gods whose existence has been experienced by a reasonable number of people over the years. As gods are our superiors, they deserve our respect. I also believe that that are generally benevolent towards humans, and often generous beyond our deserving.
On "revealed" religions:
With Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Baha'i , etc all contradicting each other, it's obviously all too easy to create a spurious religion; after all, if one is right, the others are wrong. I'd want better evidence than any of them can offer to believe a word of them.
On atheists:
Atheists are people who cannot believe that the universe could contain anything superior to themselves, and who believe both that they can prove non-existence and that the 90% of the world's population is delusional. Putting it that way, they are clearly candidates for therapy rather than rational discussion.
arthra
Baha'i
I'd suggest you might consider that there are a lot of inter-faith activities these days where representatives of the religions meet and find some common ground...
http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/
We've had several years of inter-faith meetings in my community and I have to say there are numerous examples of productive activities where we have found so much in common.
Kelly of the Phoenix
Well-Known Member
To be fair, though, what do you think about people with synesthesia? Are they delusional for seeing sounds and hearing colors, or are you delusional for NOT doing so?
Plenty of things are superior to ourselves. So many, and in such different ways, that I have to stop and ask myself what is meant by what you said above.
Have you ever heard an atheist make such an odd claim?
Some gods, notably Abraham's, can be disproved. Most can't. We tend to freely admit it, although that is obviously not very important to us. Google for Russell's Teapot.
When it comes to the existence of God? Sure. Is that at all a problem?
You won't find a lot of agreement about often more passionate, less hypothetical matters such as economy and politics. Why be surprised or disappointed that atheists exist?
Because..?
psychoslice
Veteran Member
I have no beliefs.
NewChapter
GiveMeATicketToWork
One phrase summarizes my beliefs, "Obey God."
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
You may find this interesting -
http://spiritlibrary.com/neale-donald-walsch/the-right-way-to-worship-god
All the best!
NewChapter
GiveMeATicketToWork
Sorry but I'm careful about the links that I click.
Muffled
Jesus in me
I believe you can buy whatever you want but the truth is that an orange is an orange and Christianity is what I said it was.
Muffled
Jesus in me
I believe I have great faith in what I said.
Muffled
Jesus in me
I believe that is half of Islam the other half is to hear God. From your listing of religious beliefs it appears you believe in more than just obeying God although everything else most likely boils down to that.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
I am pleased to give it below:
Articles of Faith
- Unity of God http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/unity.html
- His Angels http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/angels.html
- His Books http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/books.html
- His Prophets http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/prophets.html
- The Last Day http://www.alislam.org/books/religiousknowledge/sec1.html#day-of-judgement
- Divine Decree http://www.alislam.org/books/religiousknowledge/sec1.html#decree
- Kalima http://www.alislam.org/books/religiousknowledge/sec1.html#kalima
- Prayer http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/prayer.html
- Fasting http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/fasting.html
- Zakaat http://www.alislam.org/pillars/zakat.html
- Hajj http://www.alislam.org/pillars/hajj.html
Regards
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Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
My beliefs in a few sentences:
I believe we're all made of particles, and through this we are interconnected in a web of life. I do not call this a god. I reject god out of there being no evidence of one, and not knowing what a god might even be. I believe in living life for its own sake, in keeping with Epicurean philosophy- to be happy, have good companions, etc. I hold to cessation at death, and that this is ultimately a good thing. I believe morals come from our evolution and ability to reason.
I believe we're all made of particles, and through this we are interconnected in a web of life. I do not call this a god. I reject god out of there being no evidence of one, and not knowing what a god might even be. I believe in living life for its own sake, in keeping with Epicurean philosophy- to be happy, have good companions, etc. I hold to cessation at death, and that this is ultimately a good thing. I believe morals come from our evolution and ability to reason.
EtuMalku
Abn Iblis ابن إبليس
That's entirely untrue . . . my god is my Higher Self, this Self comes through in a pinch on many an occasion, unlike the make-believe deities of most other religions. This is called responsibility to the responsible, there is no other to whom one can blame for one's mishaps, or absolve for good fortune than one's Higher Self.
Muffled
Jesus in me
I believe that higher self is called conscience which is your resident spirit. It may be somewhat good carried over from previous lives or it may not be very good at all. At any rate the amount of helpfulness depends on whether the experiences of your spirit reflect wisdom or not. On the other hand God is not restricted in His wisdom by experiences and has the power to help when you don't have the power.
I believe our religion has a real God.
EtuMalku
Abn Iblis ابن إبليس
I would disagree entirely on your understanding of my 'faith'
One's conscience is their Daimon, the Logos between Higher Self and self.
IMO Karma is a matter of beneficial and detrimental choices
The Higher Self is the perfect Self, it is free from the limitations of the objective universe and from duality, for it is a singularity
What I find fascinating is that for someone who has little to no understanding of my 'faith', you believe you have the wisdom to correct it and / or explain it to me.
I don't believe there is an external god, but rather there exists a god within (without) all of us, unique to each of us and removed from the objective universe.
I am a hard polytheist. I believe there are many gods and goddesses from many cultures and pantheons that exist as distinct beings.
I personally follow the Norse pantheon and the principles of Heathenry, in its Norse/Icelandic flavor called Ásatrú. Thor (Þórr in Old Norse) is my fulltrui, "fully trusted one", the god I am closest to.
We don't worship the gods: we honor, revere and respect them, along with ancestors and spirits of the land. Family and community are of prime importance.
We don't have a belief in sin, redemption, punishment or reward in the afterlife. The gods do not judge us. We generally don't even think about the afterlife. The goal in life is to live a good life.
I personally follow the Norse pantheon and the principles of Heathenry, in its Norse/Icelandic flavor called Ásatrú. Thor (Þórr in Old Norse) is my fulltrui, "fully trusted one", the god I am closest to.
We don't worship the gods: we honor, revere and respect them, along with ancestors and spirits of the land. Family and community are of prime importance.
We don't have a belief in sin, redemption, punishment or reward in the afterlife. The gods do not judge us. We generally don't even think about the afterlife. The goal in life is to live a good life.