What religions are present in this forum?

[apachama]

I'm wondering, what sort of belief systems are present on this forum? Labels are hard, but I'm interested to know what you guys are like and what you base your thought on. I try to make the occassional offering to Gods and spirits and practice rituals and mantras often enough to remember them. I believe worship and ritual is important. But I also can't bring myself to believe in the supernatural. I'm pretty much an atheist. But I often call myself a Pagan. I don't like the fact that aspects of my thinking are influenced by Christianity, which I grew up with. And my own variation of Satanism, which I cobbled together mostly from nightmares during one of my less mentally stable moments. But both things are a part of me, and I try to respect them.

[dragonoverlord]

Im agnostic/atheist too i guess but i do i have a beleif in the supernatural having expereinced stuff myself and i think the idea of reincarnation might be plausible. Im not completely resigned to the idea of eternal nothingness after i die. aint got hope aint got nothing.

[Mes Tarrant]

Atheist/agnostic. I'm having a hard time telling the difference between the two. I guess "atheist" sounds more decisive. I'm an atheist in that case. aint got hope aint got nothing. I disagree with this, especially if "hope" is limited to superpower being things... but I guess I'll leave it for another topic?

[bcomp]

Atheists strongly believe there's no God, agnostics aren't sure or don't care if there's one. I think... I'm sort of a Christian Deist in that I believe in Jesus and whatnot, but I think it's up to you to be righteous (not to be totally dependent on God.) However, I think the afterlife will be much more like the Hindu concept of Nirvana/Samadhi, where you are free from physical limits and become one with all.

[Grod]

Atheists strongly believe there's no God, I'm pretty sure it's a lack of a belief in a god. Literally 'without'-'god' Anyway, judaism rep'

[Universal Mind]

I am an atheist who tries really hard to be a cross between a Taoist and a non-deity oriented Hindu. EDIT: Woes, this is my 6660th post.

[bcomp]

I'm pretty sure it's a lack of a belief in a god. Literally 'without'-'god' Anyway, judaism rep' Hmmm... isn't it sort of the same thing though?

[dragonoverlord]

I disagree with this, especially if "hope" is limited to superpower being things... but I guess I'll leave it for another topic? I 100% dont beleive in any god or whatever but im talking about an after-life in general like re-incarnation theory or something..

[JET73L]

Self-determined form of pantheism, which I call omnitheism (decided on it before I started really getting into comparative religion, and had not yet heard of pan theism). Rules for humans: similar to christianity, but more tolerance, and fewer atrbitrary and/or outdated rules. ALso includes a moral clause to follow the laws of you current country of residence, either temporary or permanent. RULE #1: Yopu may be right. The opposing side of your debate may be right. You can;t know who's right until you;re dead, so there's no point in starting a religious crusade or genocide or anything, because that's mostly an excuse to steal property for a "moral" cause, so don;t start with anything! Which gods exist: all of them. hence the "omni-" in omnitheism. Also, an asentient spirit energy from which human knowledge forms the gods, as well as most physical and all philosophical or religious beings/objects/systems. Rules of gods: you can interfere, but only enough to get your religion out there where people can hear about it. After that, it's limited to the after life, and occasionally a miracle or two depending on the depth of belief (or miracles that occur after the founding of a particular religion could be a new god trying to set up their own following, for example christianity as compared to judaism, I haven;t yet determined that.) Afterlife: based on a system of votes by the all gods past and present as made up of the ideas of their followers, with your own personal god having the most singular influence. If you believe you will go to some sort of heaven, you might. If you believe you will go to some sortt of hell, you probably will. That's it in a nutshell. It started with my ponderings on the crudades, and how it had been precluded and repeated throughout history, and ways such wars would lose one more excuse to be had, and thus be that much less likely to occur.

[Schmaven]

My beliefs are all over the place. I think every religion has good points that are made. But most are too strict for me to identify myself with any of them. I like the idea that God is part of everything and that all consciousness is just part of a greater consciousness subjectively witnessing itself. I've heard that's similar to Hinduism, but I know diddly about Hinduism.