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Digital_Monk

Digital_Monk

Member
Corthos said:
Ah! It can be a daunting subject to learn about, but it is super fascinating if you are into theology.

If you ever are curious about the subject, feel free to shoot us any questions you might have at the Zoroastrian DIR! =)
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Thank you for the invitation. Once my school studies settle down, I very well may see you in that section. I'm always interested to learn new things and to meet patient people who are willing to help me to learn.
 
Draka

Draka

Wonder Woman
Oh yeah, going to fit in just fine. See it already. A belated welcome from another odd Iowan.
 
BenTheBeliever

BenTheBeliever

Active Member
Digital_Monk said:
Greetings to everyone who reads this.

It is my hope that this forums will be the right fit for me. I've been temporary members of a number of others but was banned from them for being argumentative, inflammatory, and for generally being difficult to get along with. I realize these are personality faults in me, and I will try very hard to behave myself while I am here.

I can't tell you what religion I follow because I don't follow one. I'm not an atheist or an agnostic though either. Religion is fascinating to me from an academic position, and I do read quite a bit to learn about different theologies. I just can't align myself with any particular school of thought. I find unresolvable discrepancies in everything eventually.

Debate is an activity I don't enjoy, so I try to stay away from the debates and prefer to stick to more light-hearted informational topics.

On a personal level, I hold some pretty strange beliefs and views. These have tended to be a source of friction between myself and other members on message boards, so I will do my best to keep my beliefs to myself since they are so at odds with the majority of the world, the majority of my culture, the majority of my gender, and the majority of my age demographic.

Thank you for reading.
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Welcome to the board
 
BenTheBeliever

BenTheBeliever

Active Member
Digital_Monk said:
I appreciate the welcome. Thank you.

Other boards I have been on were strictly Christian-only, and I found them to be very off-putting. It's nice that there is a forum like RF where there are more views to look at. I do like reading the Bible, but I've also read the Qu'ran, the Bhagavad Gita, The Teachings of Buddha, and a lot of other stuff too and I've gotten something enriching out of all of it. I just don't like the whole "I'm right and you're wrong" dialectic that seems to show up so much...so I keep away from it. I'm too old to be arguing with people anyhow - I'm curmudgeonly and set in my ways.
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As a born again I understand the off putting part. And I personally like to say I am sorry for those types of Christians
 
BenTheBeliever

BenTheBeliever

Active Member
Digital_Monk said:
I separate religion from spirituality. To me, religion is the customs and rites designed by people to worship a deity. Spirituality is the personal connection a person has with that deity. At least, that's how I rationalize it in my mind. I strongly believe in God, but I can't call myself a Christian, for example.
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I understand what you are saying here. For example I often call myself more of a born again or Jesus freak rather then a 'Christian'. Christian gets used around so much it is like a slang word now. Religion often equals death IMHO. Christ equals life and so he is not a Religion but a relationship.
 
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