I give up religion for Lent.
Ask HN: Are You Religious?
31–40 of 50 posts
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#32No, was Catholic, became agnostic atheist.
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#33Many will incorrectly answer "no" to this question, not realizing their system of values and beliefs and rituals has every hallmark of religion except the belief in a supernatural god.
You're the one not realizing, it's that final belief that makes it a religion, that other shit you mention isn't religion, it's just world view and lifestyle neither of which are traits unique to religion. "How to live life" is not religion.
The nuance is some morals came from religion but live on in agnostic people.
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#34Yes, but in the sense that I realize there is a chance we can be in a simulation and the sysadmin is the god.
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#35There may or may not be a superpower/god. But its none of my (mere mortal) concern. So No.
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#36No. I'm atheist.
There is no compelling reason for me to believe that religious claims are true.
It's that simple.
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#37Many will incorrectly answer "no" to this question, not realizing their system of values and beliefs and rituals has every hallmark of religion except the belief in a supernatural god.
Wow. Look at this winner over here. Thanks for speaking on everyone's behalf. :-/
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#38Yes I am religious, I am Muslim :o, But I take things from every other faith or movement and keep an open mind about things. Eastern asian cultures are very interesting to study right now.
[dead]
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#3999% of religious membership is based upon birth. Every Muslim would be a Jew had they been born to Jewish instead of Muslim parents. And vice versa. It's true for every religion. Every organized religion on earth would disappear within one generation if membership was not passed on through birth.
> Every organized religion on earth would disappear within one generation if membership was not passed on through birth.
How long do you think that would last?
Re: Ask HN: Are You Religious?
#40Not in the traditional sense of the word, but: I have read enough philosophy and thought about the topic for long enough to realize that it’s an extremely complex one - and unfortunately one that (as you can see by the comments here) many otherwise intelligent people seem content to ignore. Religious history and beliefs underlie just about every part of the modern world, even the so-called atheist ones.
And so my position on religious matters is something like agnosticism, with the caveat that I do think some of these questions are answerable, even if there isn’t much societal energy trying to do so.
Personally, I find process theology to be extremely interesting and promising, although I haven’t spent the time to delve into Whitehead and other thinkers. Other interesting things are Daoism, Zen, and interpreting Nietzsche’s ideas in a religious manner (Julian Young wrote a book about this.) One of these days I’ll start a newsletter/blog about the study of religion…