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Question: What Religion/Belief Do You Follow Or Believe?
Christianity-Catholic - 3 (2.7%)
Christianity-Protestant (including Anglicanism) - 17 (15%)
Christianity-Orthodox (Eastern, Oriental, ect.) - 1 (0.9%)
Christianity-Restorationism (Mormon, New Apostolic Church, ect.) - 2 (1.8%)
Christianity-Other - 8 (7.1%)
Islam-Sunni - 1 (0.9%)
Islam-Shi'a - 0 (0%)
Islam-Sufi - 0 (0%)
Islam-Other - 0 (0%)
Hinduism-Shaivism - 0 (0%)
Hinduism-Vaishnavism - 0 (0%)
Hinduism-Shaktism - 0 (0%)
Hinduism-Smartism - 0 (0%)
Hinduism-Other - 0 (0%)
Buddhism-Theravada - 0 (0%)
Buddhism-Mahayana-(Including Zen) - 2 (1.8%)
Buddhism-Vajrayana - 0 (0%)
Buddhism-Other - 0 (0%)
Taoism - 1 (0.9%)
Sikhism - 0 (0%)
Judaism - 3 (2.7%)
Zoroastrianism - 0 (0%)
Neopaganism-Wicca - 2 (1.8%)
Neopaganism-Asatru (Odinism, ect.) - 2 (1.8%)
Neopaganism-Greco-Romanism (Zeusism, Jupiterism, ect.) - 1 (0.9%)
Neopaganism-Neo-druidism - 0 (0%)
Neopaganism-Other - 7 (6.2%)
Rastafarism - 0 (0%)
Jainism - 0 (0%)
Unitarian Universalism - 1 (0.9%)
NonReligious-Atheism - 35 (31%)
NonReligious-Agnosticism - 7 (6.2%)
NonReligious-Deism - 7 (6.2%)
NonReligious-Pantheism - 0 (0%)
NonReligious-Panentheism - 1 (0.9%)
NonReligious-Other - 5 (4.4%)
Other Religion/Belief - 7 (6.2%)
Total Voters: 107

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What Religion/Belief Do You Follow Or Believe?
« on: July 13, 2006, 07:34:47 pm »

Just curious to see what people in the Free State Project are. I myself would be probably a nonreligious panentheist, my definition of God is similar to the Hindu concept of Brahman.

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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2006, 08:32:51 pm »

I'm more curious how many FSPers, or heck, just general people, know the difference between Pantheism and Panentheism. Smiley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism

Where did you copy your list from?  It's far from complete, but it's a good start.

Of course, you are missing an important choice for this crowd:  None of your God-blessed business.
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2006, 08:39:20 pm »

I am a religious agnostic.

Contrary to what most people think, agnosticism does not require one to be atheist.
Agnostic simply means without knowledge.
A religious agnostic (or agnostic deist) believes in God, but understands that it is impossible to know if God exists.
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2006, 09:23:08 pm »

I'm a Christian, but heavily influenced by process theology, which is of course panentheistic.  A great book is Two Great Truths - a new synthesis of Scientific Naturalism and Christian Faith by David Ray Griffin.
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2006, 01:44:29 am »

I'm a deist. Optimism prevents me from being an agnostic. Grin
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2006, 12:37:36 pm »

Optimism prevents me from being an agnostic. Grin
How does being an agnostic make someone a pessimist?
The only thing agnostic goes by is realism.

An agnostic acknowledges that one can't be completely certain whether God exists or doesn't exist, which is simply a fact.
Agnosticism has nothing to do with what one believes or doesn't believe.
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2006, 05:40:36 pm »

Gabo, I also call myself an agnostic deist, and I like the way you explain it. 
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2006, 06:00:32 pm »

I'm a christian deist
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2006, 10:27:06 pm »

Deism is a good basis for Christianity.  IMHO, Christianity's greatest flaw is that it (typically but not necessarily) posits the Bible as the only source of truth in a perpetually confusing world.  Deists view creation as the word of God, and they reason that if one wants to understand God, one must study creation and use God's greatest gift to man, which is reason.  A deist would never yearn for God to destroy his wonderful creation.

Hey Varrin, you lurking around here somewhere?   Wink
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2006, 07:42:51 pm »

Browsing the Agnostic entry in Wikipedia, the best description of my views so far is Agnostic Spiritualism.
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2006, 08:37:05 pm »

Well, I'm sorry to see me religion/belief was not listed. Sad

I'm an Apathiest.

Apathyism: I Just don't care if there's a God. 

As far as I can tell, it don't matter one way or the other, I'm still going to be the person that I am.  Wink

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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2006, 09:37:06 pm »

What?! No Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?! 
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2006, 09:40:24 pm »

What?! No Flying Spaghetti Monsterism?! 


Now that I may care about.  I do have a fork.....Hmmmmm, flying Spaghetti Monster!
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2006, 09:56:14 pm »

Yeah, and where's the Invisible Pink Unicorn?
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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2006, 07:13:56 pm »

All libertarian ballots have NOTA (none of the above) as an option. Wink
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