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Maciamo said:
Yes, that's what I was thinking too...
Religion What's your religion ?
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Yes, that's what I was thinking too...
Maciamo,
I agree about this test's flaws. In fact, it's interesting that "Neo-Pagans" are often referred to as panentheists, when they are more like pantheists, which is the opposite--at least, that's my understanding, limited as it is. I also thought the first question was confusing, because I had to choose between whether I saw my concept of God as a force or an existence, when I actually believe it is both. When I took the test the second time, I increased my priority selections to "high" for questions concerning the environment, helping others, etc., so that's probably why I got 100% Mahayana. Yet when I read the description of Mahayana, I don't agree with the deity worship. My beliefs in that area are probably more in line with "New Age." That's really interesting, because one would think that the belief in God or no God would be the most important determining factor--at least in my opinion! And as you said, you clearly denied the existence of God--in any form--and yet you scored 89% Unitarian. Pretty weird. But I like the idea that your score for Roman Catholic was 12%, since you said earlier that you rejected that faith many years ago. Shows you made progress!
On a completely different note, I just want to thank you for inviting me to this Forum (I'm the person who responded via email to your question about "Marugen.") It's really a nice community. :happy:
Satori (Shelley)
I agree about this test's flaws. In fact, it's interesting that "Neo-Pagans" are often referred to as panentheists, when they are more like pantheists, which is the opposite--at least, that's my understanding, limited as it is. I also thought the first question was confusing, because I had to choose between whether I saw my concept of God as a force or an existence, when I actually believe it is both. When I took the test the second time, I increased my priority selections to "high" for questions concerning the environment, helping others, etc., so that's probably why I got 100% Mahayana. Yet when I read the description of Mahayana, I don't agree with the deity worship. My beliefs in that area are probably more in line with "New Age." That's really interesting, because one would think that the belief in God or no God would be the most important determining factor--at least in my opinion! And as you said, you clearly denied the existence of God--in any form--and yet you scored 89% Unitarian. Pretty weird. But I like the idea that your score for Roman Catholic was 12%, since you said earlier that you rejected that faith many years ago. Shows you made progress!
On a completely different note, I just want to thank you for inviting me to this Forum (I'm the person who responded via email to your question about "Marugen.") It's really a nice community. :happy:
Satori (Shelley)
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Hi Maciamo,
Yes, that was me! I even sent you an email after I received yours, letting you know how much I enjoyed your web sites (your photographs are amazing, by the way), thanking you for inviting me to the Forum, and letting you know what my moniker would be; but I never heard back from you. Later, while surfing the Forum, I came across one of your posts where you were talking about how MSN had closed out and deleted your Hotmail account, so I figured you never got my email and that that's what happened. I also mentioned you in my "Introduction," but I guess not everyone reads those things. I did, however, receive my first bona fide Japanese greeting from Nangi, which was cool. Although I have to admit, I had to look up the word "Hajimemashite," which goes to show how little I know of Japanese! (I was too embarassed to ask him what it meant.)
Yes, I have been posting quite a bit since I joined. Probably indicative of the fact that I have too much time on my hands. (I'm unemployed at the moment.) In his profile, Thomas refers to himself as a "job-hunting law bore"--I assume attorney? Well, I am a job-hunting paralegal, but one who's kind of burned out on the profession and would rather do something more creative instead (working on my first screenplay). By the way, I am very impressed that you speak four languages. I tried to learn French several years ago but had to give it up, as some of the words were just too difficult for me to even pronounce. (Guess I'm an idiot in that regard.) I think it's the most beautiful-sounding language, though. I switched to Italian and even met a friend online through Webshots who is from Italy (the Amalfi Coast) and who has been teaching me a little Italian here and there. Italian is also a very beautiful-sounding language, I think. At least it's something I can pronounce! I was hoping to learn Japanese here at the Forum, but when I visited the section concerning Japanese language, I realized my computer lacks the necessary software to read Japanese, so all I got were a bunch of question marks. Which is kind of funny, when I think about it, because the language itself is all one big question mark to me! Oh well, maybe I'll still pick it up here and there throughout various sections of the Forum.
Thanks again for inviting me here and also for the welcome!
Satori (Shelley)
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Yes, that was me! I even sent you an email after I received yours, letting you know how much I enjoyed your web sites (your photographs are amazing, by the way), thanking you for inviting me to the Forum, and letting you know what my moniker would be; but I never heard back from you. Later, while surfing the Forum, I came across one of your posts where you were talking about how MSN had closed out and deleted your Hotmail account, so I figured you never got my email and that that's what happened. I also mentioned you in my "Introduction," but I guess not everyone reads those things. I did, however, receive my first bona fide Japanese greeting from Nangi, which was cool. Although I have to admit, I had to look up the word "Hajimemashite," which goes to show how little I know of Japanese! (I was too embarassed to ask him what it meant.)
Yes, I have been posting quite a bit since I joined. Probably indicative of the fact that I have too much time on my hands. (I'm unemployed at the moment.) In his profile, Thomas refers to himself as a "job-hunting law bore"--I assume attorney? Well, I am a job-hunting paralegal, but one who's kind of burned out on the profession and would rather do something more creative instead (working on my first screenplay). By the way, I am very impressed that you speak four languages. I tried to learn French several years ago but had to give it up, as some of the words were just too difficult for me to even pronounce. (Guess I'm an idiot in that regard.) I think it's the most beautiful-sounding language, though. I switched to Italian and even met a friend online through Webshots who is from Italy (the Amalfi Coast) and who has been teaching me a little Italian here and there. Italian is also a very beautiful-sounding language, I think. At least it's something I can pronounce! I was hoping to learn Japanese here at the Forum, but when I visited the section concerning Japanese language, I realized my computer lacks the necessary software to read Japanese, so all I got were a bunch of question marks. Which is kind of funny, when I think about it, because the language itself is all one big question mark to me! Oh well, maybe I'll still pick it up here and there throughout various sections of the Forum.
Thanks again for inviting me here and also for the welcome!
Satori (Shelley)
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Atheist, but if somebody proves the existence of some supernatural being I might consider to convert. :evil:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Non-theist (87%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
5. Liberal Quakers (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (55%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
8. Taoism (40%)
9. New Age (38%)
10. Reform Judaism (35%)
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27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Non-theist (87%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
5. Liberal Quakers (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (55%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
8. Taoism (40%)
9. New Age (38%)
10. Reform Judaism (35%)
...
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
Hi Satori !
Indeed I didn't get you mail. I went to Europe from 1st September and almost didn't use the Internet at all during 3 weeks, which means I also missed quite a few messages from you (your introduction, I guess). So you also learned French and Italian ? I have a few Japanese students who have switched from French to Italian because of the pronunciation as well. French grammar is also a torture, even for native speakers !
Maciamo
Indeed I didn't get you mail. I went to Europe from 1st September and almost didn't use the Internet at all during 3 weeks, which means I also missed quite a few messages from you (your introduction, I guess). So you also learned French and Italian ? I have a few Japanese students who have switched from French to Italian because of the pronunciation as well.
French grammar is also a torture, even for native speakers ! Maciamo
zooglub
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maciamo, i have an ... how say that.....an problem with your classification: atheism with bouddism !!!!
i learned lot of thing about bouddism, i met the thai buddism from indian and japanese and chinese ect.... and i can say to that the buddim is an realigion, without god oviouslyy, but with priest ect...
but i found an another thing: the TAO, not toaism, but the TAO.
the TAO is only philosophi, no priest no monk, nothing of this. just a kind of explication about the existance of all the religion: christians buddism ect...
i don't beleve to the TAO, but it's the more simpatic way thaht i found
i learned lot of thing about bouddism, i met the thai buddism from indian and japanese and chinese ect.... and i can say to that the buddim is an realigion, without god oviouslyy, but with priest ect...
but i found an another thing: the TAO, not toaism, but the TAO.
the TAO is only philosophi, no priest no monk, nothing of this. just a kind of explication about the existance of all the religion: christians buddism ect...
i don't beleve to the TAO, but it's the more simpatic way thaht i found
Rachel
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my result was 100% Mahayana Buddhism and the lowest was 6% Roman Catholic :note: pretty interesting test
zooglub said:
Buddhism has 2 main branches : Mahayana and Theravada. The first one is polytheist, but the second consider Buddha as an exceptional human, not a god, which is why one cannot be saved just by saying a prayer, but must find the enlightment by meditating. As it doesn't have any god at all, it is an atheist religion - which differentiate it from all other religions, I believe. Some people call it "philosophy" instead, but once again that only applies to the strict Theravada (=Hinayana) Buddhism or ancient, so-to-say defunct forms of Buddhism.
zooglub
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yes i knew it, but something with priest and monk is an religion. atheism is again the god's idea, espicially cause the religion.
when you are young, you understand the religions are human's interpretations, and after you think, that the god's idea is illogique.
i know it, cause i'm athe...
and sometime agnostic... lol
when you are young, you understand the religions are human's interpretations, and after you think, that the god's idea is illogique.
i know it, cause i'm athe...
and sometime agnostic... lol
Kaminoko
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Daddy-ism! God's my Dad!
Christian to the core one could say...based on evidential probabilities that I see, feel, sense, experience and compute, rather than absolute knowledge.
Although I wouldn't be a Christian by Maciamo's perspective of what a Christian is. (But don't change my answer).
Christian to the core one could say...based on evidential probabilities that I see, feel, sense, experience and compute, rather than absolute knowledge.
Although I wouldn't be a Christian by Maciamo's perspective of what a Christian is. (But don't change my answer).
Hi Maciamo!
Earlier in this thread, you commented about the world atrocities created by monotheist religions. In that light, I thought you might find these two articles interesting, as they concern Bush's obsession with Armageddon and his never-ending push for war in the world:
http://counterpunch.org/hill01042003.html
http://counterpunch.org/cook02222003.html
My apologies if it's off-topic or anything, though. Also, thanks for your comments about the French language. At least I don't feel as stupid now! :wave:
Satori
Earlier in this thread, you commented about the world atrocities created by monotheist religions. In that light, I thought you might find these two articles interesting, as they concern Bush's obsession with Armageddon and his never-ending push for war in the world:
http://counterpunch.org/hill01042003.html
http://counterpunch.org/cook02222003.html
My apologies if it's off-topic or anything, though. Also, thanks for your comments about the French language. At least I don't feel as stupid now! :wave:
Satori
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nzueda said:
I think the main thing is that people don't really like having people come to their door peddling anything. Whether it's vacuum cleaners or religion. It's just like any other salesperson.
Since my stepmother is a Jehovah's Witness, I have come to respect her and her religion and I know that spreading the word(going door to door) is just part of the process of getting accepted into the Kingdom Hall, but everyone has their own religion. Usually, everyone believes their religion is the right one. Jehovah's Witnesses believe their way is the only way, Catholics believe their way is the only way, Protestants believe their way is the only way, Mormons believe their way is the only way, etc. etc. Who is to say which religion is the right religion when so many people are believing their religion is the right one? No one can say. And when someone is set in their beliefs, they are usually not going to change, and therefore, are not going to want to be bothered by people coming to their door trying to convince them that what they have been believing in all their lives is wrong.
Hi Nzueda,
You say that "Jesus commands his disciples to share the good news in the Bible," but what you don't seem to realize is that most of the Jehovah's Witnesses who come to people's doors are not "sharing" but "selling." Not many people like solicitors at their doors, no matter what they are selling. It often depends on the people doing the selling too. For example, when Mormons come to the door, I simply explain to them that I have friends who are Mormon and, therefore, know all about their religion, and they always back off and leave me alone.
Please be clear that no where in my post did I say I was rude to these people. On the contrary, they are the ones who are usually very rude. That is why I said I hated them coming to my door. I understand how they are indoctrinated, as I was raised Christian myself and attended private Christian schools all but three years of my life. I even worked as an associate editor for six years for a Christian organization fairly recently, so I am fully familiar with Christian thoughts and views. But that does not mean I would ever be open to having Christians push their views on me and try to "sell" their religion to me.
Satori