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26% |
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1% |
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10% |
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| Other/Unsure |
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23% |
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 Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:04 pm
Sengem I am a polythiest(multi gods) I believe in eight gods water, fire, earth, air, unseen, chaos, peace, Life That's interesting. Do you see these gods as abstract concepts, distinct individuals, or something else?
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:04 am
Raised in a 'Seventh Day Adventist' home, went to church every week, attended an Interdenominational school from K-10, and attempted apologetics for a good two years before I came across questions that I just couldn't answer in any satisfying way no matter which way I turned them. I had an interest in 'Theravada Buddhism' for a bit, but after reading some books of neuroscience and psychology, decided that I after all simply preferred the natural explanations to any supernatural ones.
I believe religions have a lot of wisdom that can be extracted, and so I read about religions just to see if there is anything in there that makes sense to me. I usually check the stuff that makes sense to me with psychology, and often I find that some of the scriptural authors were thousands of years ahead of psychology and the neurosciences. Of course there is some stuff in the scriptures that I flat out disagree with.
I am a Secular Humanist.
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:07 pm
Hi, I've been a member here for quite some time now and I never quite posted here....lol how rude of me domokun
Anyway, let's get on shall we? razz Quite simply put I am an eclectic (sp?) Pagan. I do perform witchcraft, but I am not by any means Wiccan or Neo Pagan or whatever you call it. I just take what feels right for me and use it in my spiritual enhancement. I don't think witchcraft and Wicca ARE one and the same. Yet that's my personal belief. I am also interested in Buddism, Shaminism, Egyptian Magic, Norse Tradition (Asatru), Satanism, Gnosticism and Valentinian Tradition. The latter is, however, kinda biased because my surname is Valentine razz
Some useful sites:
http://www.gnosis.org/library/valentinus/index.html
http://www.gnostic.org/
http://wicca.timerift.net/
http://www.witchcraft.org/
http://www.churchofsatan.com/home.html
http://www.buddhanet.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism
http://www.religioustolerance.org/asatru.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/egyptmagic1.htm
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:21 pm
Gokunama Raised in a 'Seventh Day Adventist' home, went to church every week, attended an Interdenominational school from K-10, and attempted apologetics for a good two years before I came across questions that I just couldn't answer in any satisfying way no matter which way I turned them. I had an interest in 'Theravada Buddhism' for a bit, but after reading some books of neuroscience and psychology, decided that I after all simply preferred the natural explanations to any supernatural ones. I believe religions have a lot of wisdom that can be extracted, and so I read about religions just to see if there is anything in there that makes sense to me. I usually check the stuff that makes sense to me with psychology, and often I find that some of the scriptural authors were thousands of years ahead of psychology and the neurosciences. Of course there is some stuff in the scriptures that I flat out disagree with.I am a Secular Humanist. That sounds really interesting! Can you give examples for "checking the stuff" with psychology?
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:02 pm
chocfudge Gokunama I believe religions have a lot of wisdom that can be extracted, and so I read about religions just to see if there is anything in there that makes sense to me. I usually check the stuff that makes sense to me with psychology, and often I find that some of the scriptural authors were thousands of years ahead of psychology and the neurosciences. Of course there is some stuff in the scriptures that I flat out disagree with. That sounds really interesting! Can you give examples for "checking the stuff" with psychology? Hmmm..... no, nothing comes up at the moment. But just as sort of an example, Buddhist scripture long maintained that thought and emotion were not seperable, while probably starting with Aristotle's theory, emotion and thoughts were somehow seperate. Neuroscience would now theorize that thoughts and emotions are indeed interlinked. You could also try reading a book called 'The Pursuit Of Happiness', the author is Christian or has a Christian background, and he cites a lot of Biblical verses that are supported by psychology.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:59 am
FiearySquirrel Anyway, let's get on shall we? razz Quite simply put I am an ecletic (sp?) Paganist. I do, do witchcraft, but I am not by any means Wiccan or Neo Pagan or whatever you call it. I just take what feels right for me and use it in my spiritual enhancement. I don't think witchcraft ARE one and the same. Yet that's my personal belief. I am also interested in Buddism, Shaminism, Egyptian Magic, Norse Tradition (Asatru), Satanism, Gnosticism and Valentinian Tradition. The latter is, however, kinda biased because my surname is Valentine razz Thanks for the links, FiearySquirrel! Most of them we had already, but I added a couple of new ones from your list to our link list. Check it out! It's a sticky in the main forum.
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A Murder of Angels Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:07 pm
Thankie AMA! btw you and everyone else can call me Becky. *nods* domokun
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:34 pm
I am a Baptist Christian with many beliefs on many topics. I will stick to my religion no matter what, but I am also very interested in learning about others. It is completely fascinating for me to learn about a religion I'd never heard of or that I'd heard of, but got shown it in a different light. Religion to me, is a very fragile topic that needs to be treaded upon with caution, but should be free to discussion. So, anybody with comments or questions about anything, feel free. I would appreciate it completely. In fact, I look forward to it! 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:36 pm
FiearySquirrel Anyway, let's get on shall we? razz Quite simply put I am an ecletic (sp?) Paganist. I do, do witchcraft, but I am not by any means Wiccan or Neo Pagan or whatever you call it. I just take what feels right for me and use it in my spiritual enhancement. I don't think witchcraft and Wicca ARE one and the same. Yet that's my personal belief. I am also interested in Buddism, Shaminism, Egyptian Magic, Norse Tradition (Asatru), Satanism, Gnosticism and Valentinian Tradition. The latter is, however, kinda biased because my surname is Valentine razz First of all, allow me to apologize, at times I can be somewhat of a grammar nazi. With that said, the red text should be corrected so as to read as follows: eclectic pagan. I do perform witchcraft,...
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:09 pm
LaVeyan Satanist, though I hold my own personal beliefs.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:53 am
chaoticpuppet FiearySquirrel Anyway, let's get on shall we? razz Quite simply put I am an ecletic (sp?) Paganist. I do, do witchcraft, but I am not by any means Wiccan or Neo Pagan or whatever you call it. I just take what feels right for me and use it in my spiritual enhancement. I don't think witchcraft and Wicca ARE one and the same. Yet that's my personal belief. I am also interested in Buddism, Shaminism, Egyptian Magic, Norse Tradition (Asatru), Satanism, Gnosticism and Valentinian Tradition. The latter is, however, kinda biased because my surname is Valentine razz First of all, allow me to apologize, at times I can be somewhat of a grammar nazi. With that said, the red text should be corrected so as to read as follows: eclectic pagan. I do perform witchcraft,... Thnkies, no apologies needed. My grammar isn't the greatest.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:24 pm
Christian, Methodist if anyone wishes to know the division.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:36 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:22 pm
I was baptized Anglican (Episcopalian) as a baby, but I never even knew what that was until later on last year. I labeled myself Atheist growing up.
I became interested in Paganism and Taoism, but quickly realized they weren't for me.
I found myself reflected in The Satanic Bible a year ago.
I've called myself a proud LaVeyan Satanist ever since.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:08 am
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