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I am a Sikh and I follow Sikhism. Religion also plays a major role in my life, like many people on the forum here. For example, I live and base my daily actions within society based on the teachings within my religion. Fall 2012 Application
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I am a follower of Christ and place my relationship with God above any other aspect of my life. If the definition of a follower of Christ is a Christian, then yes, I am a Christian, but as others have stated, to me my faith is about Jesus and not about a man-made culture called Christianity. I am a follower of truth and I have experienced God in my life, so I live for Him.
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I have experienced God in my life too. He came as a kidney bean and ended up as part of a turd and a few farts. Maybe it wasn't God, actually. No way to be sure. I just had the feeling that it was God, and that's enough for me. BMSc Honours Specialization in Medical Science, Minor in Psychology, UWO '09
Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Alberta '13 - Drop out as of '11
University Certificate in Finance, Athabasca University '12
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Jesus was a 33-year-old mentally disturbed virgin who had a James Dean/Jim Jones complex and got his dumb ass nailed to a cross - as the boss's son! What a masochistic freak!
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I'm not Christian but the post above mine is just offensive. If you don't believe in another religion, don't attack their beliefs, just respect their beliefs and leave them alone. 2012 University Applications: Attending:Western Biological and Medical Sciences '16Accepted (In order of Acceptance):UOIT Kinesiology Western Science U of T Kinesiology McMaster Life Sciences McMaster Kinesiology Queen's Science Western Biomed Western Kinesiology Queen's Kinesiology U of T Life Sciences POP POP!
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I was raised a Christian, but I consider myself more Atheist/agnostic now. While I don't think we have enough understanding of the universe to rule out it's origins as "designed", there is nothing to suggest our minds are anything more than evolutionary advanced biological computers, thereby ruling out the existence of a soul. Dead is dead. No heaven, no hell, save for what we make of the real world. YSDN
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Magnitude wrote:I'm not Christian but the post above mine is just offensive. If you don't believe in another religion, don't attack their beliefs, just respect their beliefs and leave them alone. Magnitude, there's a thing called freedom of speech. I am honestly so sick of people like you speaking for everyone else. Not everyone would find Quant's post offensive. Some might find it funny or entertaining.
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frozenyogurt wrote:Magnitude wrote:I'm not Christian but the post above mine is just offensive. If you don't believe in another religion, don't attack their beliefs, just respect their beliefs and leave them alone. Magnitude, there's a thing called freedom of speech. I am honestly so sick of people like you speaking for everyone else. Not everyone would find Quant's post offensive. Some might find it funny or entertaining. Freedom of speech notwithstanding, the post is pointless and intended to attract criticism. I can't see what is to be gained in saying something like this. True freedom of speech would also involve allowing racists and sexists to speak openly and let everybody hold their convictions without judging their beliefs; no matter how vile they might appear. So who decides the spectrum of how much freedom is allowed?
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i`ve been reading some responses, wow, who would of thought they still believe in imaginary people!
anyways, im deist, meaning i do believe in god but no organized religion or that he punishes or rewards people, but not in a guy with a beard or some Indian nature thing. i define god as something that always existed (technically no time meaning i can`t refer to always in existence) and created matter, since everything can be traced back to the big bang. this thing, whatever it is, somehow strategically created everything to balance itself, not just on earth. (beyond in a way we will ever understand)
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Hail Jesus. Schulich BBA 2015
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conifer17 wrote:Well, I'm Christian, but that's a faith not a religion. I also consider it moref a relationship Idefintly agree . To be with God recquire a relationship. religion puts alot of constraints on people. What do yu you guys think ABOUT THIS TOPIC. .
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OscarUK wrote:Siwalge wrote:OscarUK wrote:Surely by high school age people are a bit old to have imaginary friends? Alright, let's try and keep the conversation polite. No need to bash the beliefs of others. On the contrary, I am more than entitled to express my opinions. If you would prefer me to put them in less sarcastic and plainer terms then I am more than happy to oblige... Religion in every form is misguided, dangerous and fundamentally wrong and anyone who "believes" is living in a dream world. If someone chooses to "believe" and keep that to themselves then so be it, but unfortunately a vast amount of the world's problems today can be traced back to people's "beliefs" the world would be an infinitely better place without it. As I say these are my opinions, take it or leave it... couldn't care less. wow. defensive much? it's like god personall screwed your life over before deciding to not exist. :) just saying.
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God is the greatest. LAURIER BBA 2016
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moshor wrote:OscarUK wrote:Siwalge wrote:OscarUK wrote:Surely by high school age people are a bit old to have imaginary friends? Alright, let's try and keep the conversation polite. No need to bash the beliefs of others. On the contrary, I am more than entitled to express my opinions. If you would prefer me to put them in less sarcastic and plainer terms then I am more than happy to oblige... Religion in every form is misguided, dangerous and fundamentally wrong and anyone who "believes" is living in a dream world. If someone chooses to "believe" and keep that to themselves then so be it, but unfortunately a vast amount of the world's problems today can be traced back to people's "beliefs" the world would be an infinitely better place without it. As I say these are my opinions, take it or leave it... couldn't care less. wow. defensive much? it's like god personall screwed your life over before deciding to not exist. :) just saying. I'd wager someone who lives in a "dream world" hurt this guy hard at some point...
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First off, Christianity is a religion, and i subscribe to Wicca- which is witchcraft, ut not evil i worship the earth and the god and goddess.
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point is, the chance of Christianity being the right religion or faith or relationship (whatever you like to call it) so incredibly micro-scopic seeing how much little logic it makes.
i don't know about you but "god has a son, Jesus, who died for are sins and let us create another religion that has had a major history of terror, violence and war" sounds more like a fairy tale or moral then a real thought of how the universe began.
just one of the many illogical thing i find in Christianity (only my opinion)
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Religious stories may be decent fictional novels, I would say. Or TV shows (Supernatural? maybe not past season 5 though) University of Waterloo '17
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uncharted1111 wrote:Somewhere in between agnostic theist and agnostic atheist. Same here. I'm surprised no one has commented on the amount of first-time posters on this thread. Can't tell if they are trolls or people with serious religious beliefs. Western Ivey AEO2 w/Economics
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Perhaps I could say I am Christian, but I do believe that there is a God and Jesus...but I am not entirely religious :/ **Shields**
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BrunoMars wrote:Interesting discussion.
I am actually stuck between religion and agnosticism right now.
See I was born and raised in a religious household (Muslim), but over the years, finding out certain things of my religion (not terrorism, I dont buy the political agenda set out to degrade Islam) and certain practices of my religion, have made me realize how man made truly religion is. Still, I believe that there is a God out there, but not a mainstream God. My parents dont know, they assume that im still muslim because i still go to major religious prayers (no choice left). But every once in a while, I wonder whether Islam is the correct religion or not. Iv studied every religion quite extensively, and I wont lie, out of all the religions, Islam seems to be quite nicely perfected with some exceptions of course. Not to insult anyone, just stating my opinion now:
Buddhism: Not a religion, a philosophy. But it doesnt explain many things that one wants a good explanation for.
Hinduism: The whole ideology of beleif in polytheistic pagan idols just doesnt appeal to me. I find many of their religious practices unsatisfactory to my personal religious appeal.
Christianity: Too many mistakes in the religion. If God did truly send down the Bible, and clearly it was changed and edited overtime, then we are not following God's Bible, but a human Bible, therefore it is out of the picture immediately.
Judaism: Appealing religion, but once again, same thing as Christianity; too much editing going on. Many of their religious practices along with Christianity and Islam are to me; unsatisfactory.
Islam: Well see, for the most part, it is ok. I dont like the whole 72 virgins theory, I dont like certain things such as the prophet marrying a 9 year old, my mind also wanders during the prayer practices; you pray a language which you have no clue what its saying, and you expect big time reward for it.... but what I do like how the Quran is unedited overtime. Sure peopele have added their own interpretations, but why do I have to follow someone elses interpretation?
Overall, I am struggling between Islam and Agnosticism. I might become Agnostic, but something in me wants me to stay Muslim because I do find some things of the religion appealing, and hey who knows? The religion just might be right.
Just my two cents. I'm in a similar position. I was raised as a South Asian Muslim, and some of the people here can be very strict. I started getting my doubts about a year or two ago. I figured you didn't need god to explain everything in the universe. There is no need for a supreme being. Part of me believes that we've created religion in order to answer the things we couldn't understand in the universe. Long ago, when we couldn't understand why the planets were moving or how fire was made, we probably made up a "god" because we thought we needed a certain someone or something to "cause" what was happening. Religion also gives people "hope" and many people like the idea of having an afterlife and being in heaven for all of eternity because they just can't imagine ceasing to exist. They think that we need to associate someone with our ability to think intelligently, but if you really look closely, we're just magnificent pieces of evolution and molecular interactions. There's a part of me that wants to forget the above belief, however, and I will state clearly that the only reason I want to do that is because I'm scared of burning in a hell that may exist for all eternity. I'm scared that if after dying I found out that there is/was a god, I would rot in hell for all time. So, in other words, I'm an agnostic. But you know what really ticks me off? It's that if god really existed, why didn't he give us the choice of ceasing to exist in addition of rotting in hell or going to heaven? Why does there need to be cruelty? Why couldn't there be two simple choices: Either cease to exist, or go to heaven. No rotting in hell, none of that crap. If there is a god, then it's sad that he doesn't give us our own will. I mean, you can't escape from hell if you die, then. What "choice" are we really given?! There is no choice! And that's pretty... not cool. Also, sometimes I'm surprised at how the Quran is written. We're told in the Quran that humans could not have written something so "magnificent" (no sarcasm intended), and I seem to believe that because it's so complex if you read it. There are things that I doubt any human could make up. A human writing such a book would have to be either cruel, or too kind. And there's enough of both. There are restrictions, but there are also rewards. I'm going to end this with this: I just don't know what to believe in anymore.
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