Having grown up in the church, I have honestly never found a good replacement for the sense of community and support that a church offers. Its a shame that no other non-religious organizations have been able to replicate it.
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#12You can be an Agnostic Atheist. Agnosticism is about whether you believe you can prove the existence of God or not. Atheism and Theism is about actual belief in God. One can be an Agnostic Atheist or Agnostic Theist. Agnostic atheist= I don't know whether we can prove God exists but I don't believe in God Agnostic theist= I don't know where we can prove the God exists or not but I do believe in God. Being an agnostic…
No, you can't be an agnostic atheist, there is no such thing.
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#13I believe that there is commonality between referents for the term 'god'. I believe that there is wisdom to be found in most religious systems of belief. I call myself omnignostic.
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#14So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.
Mormons are Christian in the same way that Muslims are Christians and Christians are Jews, though.
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#15Really, only one other Buddhist? I guess that makes sense with only 13 Christians as of this posting. I took the precepts, don't know that I particularly consider myself religious but I still subscribe enough to check the little up arrow.
Edit: nevermind, poll took off;)
Edit 2: zenjzen, you also appear to be hellbanned.
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#16You can be an Agnostic Atheist. Agnosticism is about whether you believe you can prove the existence of God or not. Atheism and Theism is about actual belief in God. One can be an Agnostic Atheist or Agnostic Theist. Agnostic atheist= I don't know whether we can prove God exists but I don't believe in God Agnostic theist= I don't know where we can prove the God exists or not but I do believe in God. Being an agnostic…
No, you can't be an agnostic atheist, there is no such thing.
Wikipedia, for one, would beg to differ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_atheism
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#17You can be an Agnostic Atheist. Agnosticism is about whether you believe you can prove the existence of God or not. Atheism and Theism is about actual belief in God. One can be an Agnostic Atheist or Agnostic Theist. Agnostic atheist= I don't know whether we can prove God exists but I don't believe in God Agnostic theist= I don't know where we can prove the God exists or not but I do believe in God. Being an agnostic…
No, you can't be an agnostic atheist, there is no such thing.
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#18You can be an Agnostic Atheist. Agnosticism is about whether you believe you can prove the existence of God or not. Atheism and Theism is about actual belief in God. One can be an Agnostic Atheist or Agnostic Theist. Agnostic atheist= I don't know whether we can prove God exists but I don't believe in God Agnostic theist= I don't know where we can prove the God exists or not but I do believe in God. Being an agnostic…
Right, and I would describe myself as an agnostic Christian. The claims of Christianity are ridiculous and unprovable, and I believe them.
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#19Having grown up in the church, I have honestly never found a good replacement for the sense of community and support that a church offers. Its a shame that no other non-religious organizations have been able to replicate it.
I would contest that any communal group that meets face to face regularly develops similar bonds and that this is not exclusive of spiritual gatherings.
I think over the past few generations we have lost more of those reasons to get together, and church is one of the last hanger-ons of these close knit communities.
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#20So do Mormons get to check two boxes? Mormons are Christian.
Christianity and Judaism are considered separate religions. So, I don't think Mormons are technically Christians or Jewish despite using both of there religious texts.
Or if they are then I think Muslims might also qualify as they also believe in Judaism + Christ + one more prophet. Though depending on who you ask they might require Jesus to be part of the holy trinity and not just another prophet.
PS: Granted, I think the general stance with most people is simply let religions self identify as plenty of religious debates end up with one side killing the other.