What's your religion?

[WanderingKnight]

Umm, we've discussed this already, but:

Theory in layman's terms != Theory in scientific terms.

Please do not mix those two.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Worshipper of Heaven.

[Vexx]

Scientific Theories that have the consensus of scientists are the "best explanation given the current data we have". At some point, the data weight is so crushingly dominant that it has more validity than your memories of what you did yesterday do to you. It is not harder for scientists to do that, its their *job* to be skeptical - both of established theory and of new theory.

Ya'll realize your memories aren't really all that accurate. They're just self-constructed stories that connect the dots of data we collect... "the best explanation at the moment."

Scientific Theory can be adjusted or tossed out. Einstein showed just how powerful the test of reason is last century. Theories must withstand the test of *reason* which includes testability and the potential to disprove. Even evolution can be tested by uncovering new facts from ancient record or, more recently, with the staggering advances in biology, genetics, molecular biology, and other fields. The poor creationists haven't even found that section of the bookstore yet - so their theory is totally toasted along with flat earth theory (they just haven't noticed it yet).

[gabbytay]

Originally Posted by Ilya

I am a satanist in the sense that I am my own god, which is one of the standpoints in this part of satanism. But then again it varies from time to time.

lol same here

[Ronin Aquila]

Worshipper of Guan Yu the God of Warriors and Brotherhood, Buddah and Lao Tzu.

The advantage of being Chinese is that you get to have multiple Gods.

But mainly, a worshipper of Decency and Kindness, and Respect for History and Ancestors.

[Ashramaru]

Roman Catholic.

[RandomGuy]

I wield a cutlass and eyepatch in the name of the FSM. Because who wouldn't want a deity that goes well with tomato sauce?

Spoiler:

In all seriousness, though, I was raised Jewish but consider myself more agnostic than anything else. I respect others' religious beliefs, except perhaps those of Fundamentalists of any religion. I find them laughably ignorant for not only believing their chosen "ultimate truth" trumps reality when it comes to matters of science or history, but also because they consider themselves the only "true believers" when the more mainstream denominations are usually far more well-adjusted to the real world.

[Cerradura]

I'm Catholic

[narutofollower]

roman catholic here
im not atheiest =communist

[Echoes]

Originally Posted by narutofollower

roman catholic here
im not atheiest =communist

Atheism has nothing to do with communism, it's a lack of belief in God, or in some cases, a belief there is no God.

Edit: I guess I'll elaborate a bit and say that "atheists" do not follow any specific doctrine; atheism is not a belief system, it is the lack of one. If atheism equals communism, please explain to me why Northern Europe and Japan hasn't succumbed to communism yet.

Please educate yourself, even reading the wikipedia entry for "atheist" will probably help you overcome your ignorance.

[WanderingKnight]

im not atheiest =communist

Oh god.

I hadn't laughed so hard in a long time.

[Kitsune]

I'm atheist 100%

[Faeyice]

Christian here.

[gabbytay]

Originally Posted by narutofollower

roman catholic here
im not atheiest =communist

man history history.....

[Liddo-kun]

Originally Posted by narutofollower

roman catholic here
im not atheiest =communist

This post made me smile.

[RandomGuy]

Originally Posted by narutofollower

roman catholic here
im not atheiest =communist

This post made me facepalm.

Anyone want to place bets on whether this individual can even articulate their own particular beliefs?

[yezhanquan]

Nominally, communists are atheists. But, atheists are NOT communists. I certainly hope that he doesn't have the second part at the back of his head.

[Vexx]

the username kind of informs me more than the account holder might realize....

[gabbytay]

Originally Posted by yezhanquan

Nominally, communists are atheists. But, atheists are NOT communists. I certainly hope that he doesn't have the second part at the back of his head.

Communist are not atheists. But forced by their goverment.

[Kang Seung Jae]

Originally Posted by gabbytay

Communist are not atheists. But forced by their goverment.

Marxism is supposed to be "scientific", meaning that religion is worthless in the face of class oppression.

Communism itself isn't atheist, but its view of the world helps enforce atheism.