Poll: What is your position on religion/god?

[semi-pro waster]

Umm.. Shouldn't there be Catholic on the list as well?

Agree.

That rather goes against what Naffa was trying to do in terms of finding broad groupings, if you really wanted to then you could split Christianity alone into hundreds (if not thousands) of sub-sects and different interpretations but that's a rather useless metric if your aim is simply to find out a rough category. As always there's a level to be found between enough information to be useful and so much that it becomes overwhelming - the poll function is somewhat too blunt to allow a breakdown into categories below Christianity yet still include it in the overall (and I think there's a limit of 20 options per poll anyway). If you're unhappy with the options then you've got a couple of choices effectively - pick the closest available and then post to explain why it's not quite right or don't vote at all and if you want then explain why.

 

[easyrider]

Most atheists celerbrate christmas too

 

[nydryl]

Interesting statistic for Agnostics. I wonder if it is due to lack of knowledge regarding evolution and surrounding topics.

It's highly unlikely that it is due to lack of knowledge regarding evolution. Rational thought will lead many non-religious to the conclusion that although they don't believe in a deity they have no way of proving or disproving the existence of one.

 

[easyrider]

That rather goes against what Naffa was trying to do in terms of finding broad groupings, .

Theism and Deism need to be on the list only one is.

 

[TFleming]

You believe there is no god....This is unknown so you base your position on faith.

Your convinced there is no god when there could be.

That is faith...Faith that there is no god. Its exactly the same as having faith in god.

No I don't, I believe the evidence accumulated agaisn't religeous teachings. Evidence is fact, faith is not. The only reason you can say that statement is becuase, in all honesty, in any argument science comes up with, there are always a set of answers religions can provide, be it, 'oh God meant that to happen' or 'God made rocks to look older than 5,000 year old'. At which point do you stop? Personally, I'd rather use some sense rather than give thought to these stupid statements which could go on indefinitely.

 

[Glaucus]

No, atheism is a rejection of drifts. Evolution is about how stuff evolves. It has nothing to do with drifts or lack there of. There is no logical link. Evolution does not disprove a deity.
A deity also doesn't have to have anything to do with religion.

So no, you really need to go read wiki or dictionary.

 

[TFleming]

It's highly unlikely that it is due to lack of knowledge regarding evolution. Rational thought will lead many non-religious to the conclusion that although they don't believe in a deity they have no way of proving or disproving the existence of one.

I agree this will be the case for many. Personally, my reason for being an atheist began from knowledge of Darwinian evolution.

 

[Glaucus]

No I don't, I believe the evidence accumulated agaisn't religeous teachings. Evidence is fact, faith is not. The only reason you can say that statement is becuase, in all honesty, in any argument science comes up with, there are always a set of answers religions can provide, be it, 'oh God meant that to happen' or 'God made rocks to look older than 5,000 year old'. At which point do you stop? Personally, I'd rather use some sense rather than give thought to these stupid statements which could go on indefinitely.

Again you are wrong a deity does not have to be linked to any religion. End off. You need to go learn the terminology.

 

[easyrider]

Evidence is fact, faith is not. The only reason you can say that statement is becuase, in all honesty, in any argument science comes up with, there are always a set of answers religions can provide,

Up to a point science becomes faith.

This is Fact!!!!!

Actual Evidence in science is so small everything else is a leap of faith.

Science up to a point is nothing but religion.

This is a very easy concept to grasp...Just ask any scientist!

 

[TFleming]

No, atheism is a rejection of drifts. Evolution is about how stuff evolves. It has nothing to do with drifts or lack there of. There is no logical link. Evolution does not disprove a deity.
A deity also doesn't have to have anything to do with religion.

So no, you really need to go read wiki or dictionary.

First of all, a dictionary or a wiki page cannot account for what you're saying. Second, I think you need to read some book/journals about how the two are entirely intertwined and go beyond a dictionary definition before spouting such rubbish.

 

[steve-h]

You believe there is no god....This is unknown so you base your position on faith.

Your convinced there is no god when there could be.

That is faith...Faith that there is no god. Its exactly the same as having faith in god.

How on earth can not believing in something that has zero evidence be considered as a faith?

That's not even what you said though, you said it takes the same amount of faith as believing in something with no evidence, which is laughable at best.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I am god and therefore above religion!

 

[LiE]

I prefer the missionary position personally.. oh wait..

 

[shoes]

I would argue that atheists are arrogant...But thats just my view.

Atheists alone? Or everyone who has firm beliefs based on the square root of jack ****?

 

[easyrider]

I agree this will be the case for many. Personally, my reason for being an atheist began from knowledge of Darwinian evolution.

Darwin replied that a man "can be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist", In my most extreme fluctuations I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.— I think that generally (& more and more so as I grow older) but not always, that an agnostic would be the most correct description of my state of mind."


Darwin was not an Atheist

 

[Glaucus]

First of all, a dictionary or a wiki page cannot account for what you're saying. Second, I think you need to read some book/journals about how the two are entirely intertwined and go beyond a dictionary definition before spouting such rubbish.

Aha they are not inter wined at all. Do you even understand what atheism means.
You caneasily believe in evolution at both ends of the spectrum and in all the middle parts.

As well as learning what atheism is, do you understand what evolution is? Do you also understand what a deity is.

I would say you don't to all of them.

 

[arc@css]

Pantheist - about the closest fit to my feelings and thoughts.

 

[TFleming]

Atheists alone? Or everyone who has firm beliefs based on the square root of jack ****?

This. At least atheists try to make reason from proof?

 

[nydryl]

I agree this will be the case for many. Personally, my reason for being an atheist began from knowledge of Darwinian evolution.

I think your original mistake is believing that evolution automatically disproves the existence of a god. It only disproves certain religious teachings. Obviously your entitled to be an atheist but to do so because of Darwinian evolution isn't necessarily the most rational train of thought.

 

[Firestar_3x]

The documentry about noah's ark on sky the other month made me major lolz, to the point i had to turn it off.

It was decided that to construct something the length of the ark you would need something like an 800ft tree, it would need to be a solid bit of wood, nothing that long exists today or has ever before, the answer given for this was back in old days trees that large existed.

okey-dokey

Edit, i'm Agnostic.