This is for a class, I'm kind of curious too..

How religious are student Post high school?


Anyways, how religious/spiritual are you?
A specific faith you follow?

I don't have a religion. There are just so many, it doesn't make sense to me to choose one over the other. During high school, I used to argue and argue over faith and religion, and why Christianity was evil, and wrong, et cetera. I was a full blown Atheist, guns blazing. Now, however, I have simply lost interest.

-Eric

Religion plays a central role in my life. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (nick-named "Mormons").

I go to church every week, and try to follow the teachings to be a good person, keep God's commandments, and believe in Jesus Christ as the Savior. I believe in religion's role to help people be good and get along well, but also literally believe in life after death, heaven, and that what we do in this life affects our standing with God after this life. Also that God loves us as the ultimate awesome parent, so to speak, and wants us to choose good so we can live with him after this life.

That's my bit.

Dave

Surely by high school age people are a bit old to have imaginary friends?

I feel religion plays a big part in my life and I would say religious people who are faithful to their faith and not just a word of tongue type of thing, stand a better chance in university b/c these students are more motivated in my opinion.

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.

Why do you think religion is misguided? And why is the world's problems traced, or if I understand correctly, founded on people's "beliefs"?

How is it misguided? how about the fact that God gives you "free will" then gives you a strict set of rules to live your "free" life by?

Surely you don't need someone to explain the problems in the world on religion?? Not just today by throughout history.
The Crusades?
The Holocaust?
Extremism/terrorism?
The Israeli - Palestine conflict?
The list could go on for ever...

Religion is the greatest cause of man made death and suffering since the beginning of time... which by the way is more than 2000 years, I know some of you religious lot have difficultly understanding time scale.

I still consider myself a Christian.

Religion has caused many terrible things in the past because by principle, it forces people to believe very extreme things. The problem with religion is that it's also a product of human interpretation. Obviously in the past, this has caused more disagreement (and continues to do so), but I think it's difficult to disregard ALL religions and faiths entirely. People have made mistakes in the past, saying they have been guided or influenced by an infinite number of different causes. Just because religion has been so poorly misrepresented in the past doesn't mean that all of religion is terrible. There's a flip side that motivates many people to be generous, fair and compassionate.

It may seem illogical to believe in a deity or commit yourself to faith, but I've been convinced otherwise through what I can only say are personal experiences.

Also, for those in high school... be careful of how bold you go around championing your religion, as you might not have all of the real world exposure that you think you do. You'll find that there's a large majority of religious people who stop being religious once they enter university.