What religious catagory do you fall into

[chadizzy1]

I went to a Catholic church as a child a few times with my grandparents. It is very....interesting. They had a church bulletin with footnotes for "sit", "stand", and "kneel" in the church program.

An update. Since March of this year I began attending Catholic services regularly and have my daughter attending Catholic school now. Say what you will about the Catholic church. I like the tradition, it feels very reverent.

[chadizzy1]

I wouldn't short change our species. Granted, the majority of people you come across in day to day life are fairly dim, we as a species are capable of extraordinary accomplishments, i.e. the pyramids of ancient Egypt.

I do fairly enjoy that show, pretty entertaining.

In regards to the pyramids, haven't you watched Statgate?

[CoderGuy]

In regards to the pyramids, haven't you watched Statgate?

Exactly, it was just one of the Goa'uld motherships.

[NonServiam]

An update. Since March of this year I began attending Catholic services regularly and have my daughter attending Catholic school now. Say what you will about the Catholic church. I like the tradition, it feels very reverent.

I was raised Roman Catholic. I was even an altar boy for a while. But I "resigned" when they wanted to promote me from candle bearer to Bible bearer. Too much pressure and I have stage fright. And no, I wasn't touched inappropriately in any way.

Christianity never felt natural to me. Kept struggling to convince myself of the doctrines and faith. Now I just consider myself a Dark Polytheist influenced by Norse/Celtic traditions, Luciferianism, Theistic Satanism, gnosis, etc. It's hard to explain, but this is the path that I have felt in my heart since I was young (in regards to finding "god" in nature and being attracted to the "dark side")

However, of all the Christian religions, I would have to say I appreciate Catholicism the most. I think it is because of the ritual aspect and the aesthetics. Candles, choir, the pipe organ (lol), and all the marble statuary.

[tom502]

I was "raised"(sorta) Southern Baptist. But as I entered my teens, I did not accept that belief system, and for a while considered myself atheist, and also liked the LaVeyan approach. It was later in my 20's that I happened upon Scientology. I really have to give props to it, because, while I did and do find issues regarding it's running, and current offical church, it introduced to me, a philosophy that did make sense to me, which I later found was the essence of eastern paths, which I then went to, and found to like much more. So, for me, Scientology was the door for me, that led me to the eastern paths I agree with mostly.

[c.nash]

I've been to a few different churches in my day.

I was baptised cathoic as a baby, went to mormon church with my grandma and baptist church with my step-mom..

I don't go to church now..

I consider myself Agnostic.

[jamesstew]

Scientology is a religion as much as any of them are.

I'll accept that but it does make money in the same manner as Amway making it religious MLM. It's wacky though and I do enjoy hearing this lunatic:

[tom502]

Hubbard was a genius. He got this Scientology down to a science. Others did mess it up. The church today is a big abberation from Hubbard's original path. That's why so many left after he died, and the Freezone movement came about. If people were doing his stuff wrong, he would get fired up. Scientology is often called the study of knowing, or certainty. If you don't process correctly, you won't get the results.

[Joe234]

I believe there is a ceator or god but I see no evidence that he ever comes and tampers with anything so he obviousely doesnt want us worrying about him.

Life is about building character imo, but why so many spend so much time worrying about the unknowable I do not know.

Sounds like you are a Deist like Jefferson and Franklin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism


I'm basically agnostic.

[jamesstew]

Hubbard was a genius.

A genius at conning people out of their, wasting years and years of peoples lives and wrecking other lives in the process. He stood on the shoulders of geniuses and sold their ideas with splatterings of his absolutely horrible and unimaginative sci-fi at a premium. All respect to you but the man was a sociopath and pay as you go spiritualism is not in any way religion IMO. Once the world shuns these charismatic pieces of s%*t the world will hopefully be able to move on.

God bless y'all

[jamesstew]

A genius at conning people out of their, wasting years and years of peoples lives and wrecking other lives in the process. He stood on the shoulders of geniuses and sold their ideas with splatterings of his absolutely horrible and unimaginative sci-fi at a premium. All respect to you but the man was a sociopath and pay as you go spiritualism is not in any way religion IMO. Once the world shuns these charismatic pieces of s%*t the world will hopefully be able to move on.

God bless y'all

BTW Tom I mean absolutely no respect to you but I have two people in my life who's lives were ruined by Scientology, one of which during Hubbard's lifetime and rule.