what type of religion is yours? - Page 2

Catwoman · 03-16-2005, 09:54 AM

Silly tests. I don't need a quiz to tell me religion is overlapping and contradictory. I don't believe in anything, just what I can see. What else is there?

Troubleshooter · 03-16-2005, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

I don't believe in anything, just what I can see. What else is there?

I know this sounds funny coming from me, but I believe that there is stuff that we can't see. For instance, Dark Matter.

Not that I can really do anything with what we can't see or anything, but there is evidence that there is stuff that we can't see in addition to all of the things that we have learned of as time went by. Were there radio waves before the invention of the antenna?

OnyxCougar · 03-16-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

Silly tests. I don't need a quiz to tell me religion is overlapping and contradictory. I don't believe in anything, just what I can see. What else is there?

Don't believe in gravity? physics? atoms?

Catwoman · 03-16-2005, 11:03 AM

I used the word 'believe' for a reason.

If I didn't believe in water would that mean it didn't exist? If I believed in ghosts would that mean they existed?

Belief is not knowledge nor can it be substantiated. What you or I believe is irrelevent. It's what there is that matters. And while I may not be able to see it, it exists beyond my own limited conception.

Hence 'all I know is what I see'. I can only know what I see. If you 'believe' in something, you can't see it.

Elspode · 03-18-2005, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

I used the word 'believe' for a reason.

If I didn't believe in water would that mean it didn't exist? If I believed in ghosts would that mean they existed?

Belief is not knowledge nor can it be substantiated. What you or I believe is irrelevent. It's what there is that matters. And while I may not be able to see it, it exists beyond my own limited conception.

Hence 'all I know is what I see'. I can only know what I see. If you 'believe' in something, you can't see it.

There are lines of thought related to quantum physics that disagree with these statements. The fact that we exist and are able to sense anything at all could influence what there is to perceive.

I think it would be kind of cool if belief in deity (or gravity, or atoms) actually did bring deity into existence...

Fudge Armadillo · 03-20-2005, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

What you or I believe is irrelevent. It's what there is that matters.

I am often surprised by how few people realize this. Thank you, CW, you made my day.

OnyxCougar · 03-21-2005, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

I used the word 'believe' for a reason.

If I didn't believe in water would that mean it didn't exist? If I believed in ghosts would that mean they existed?

Belief is not knowledge nor can it be substantiated. What you or I believe is irrelevent. It's what there is that matters. And while I may not be able to see it, it exists beyond my own limited conception.

Hence 'all I know is what I see'. I can only know what I see. If you 'believe' in something, you can't see it.

This is a bullshit answer.

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I don't believe in anything, just what I can see.

Therefore, if you can't see it, you don't believe it exists.
Now, I agree that what you believe has nothing to to with whether it exists or not.

We know gravity works, but we can't see it. We know all things are made of atoms and smaller particles, but without equipment, we can't see it. So even though we can't see it, we know they are there.

So I'll ask again. Do you believe in atoms? Gravity? microbes? You can't see them, therefore by your definition, you can't know they are there. Also, since you can't see it, you can't beleive it either.

So you don't know and you don't believe.

Catwoman · 03-21-2005, 10:46 AM

I don't think you'll ever understand what I'm trying to say, be it because of your silliness or my inability to communicate. Ah well. Time to seek out the place with only open, intelligent, like-minded people I always promised myself I would visit..... doh!

mrnoodle · 03-21-2005, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Catwoman

I don't think you'll ever understand what I'm trying to say, be it because of your silliness or my inability to communicate. Ah well. Time to seek out the place with only open, intelligent, like-minded people I always promised myself I would visit..... doh!

If by "the place with only open, intelligent, like-minded people" you mean, "somewhere that no one will disagree with me", I wish you luck. Until you find it, you should stay here. The rest of us have to deal with people shooting down our beliefs and come up with a response - that's the whole fun of it.

I understand what you're trying to say. But

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Well, belief is a form in itself, just as a thought, just as a tree. Therefore if you believe something, it is there, in a sense.

contradicts

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What you or I believe is irrelevent. It's what there is that matters.

In practical application, you live as you "believe" more often than you live as you "know." You bring a coat with you on a sunny day if you believe the weatherman when he says it's going to rain later. You don't "know" it's going to rain, but your belief might save you getting wet.

staceyv · 03-16-2005, 01:37 PM

You scored as agnosticism.

You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.

agnosticism 71%
Islam 63%
Buddhism 63%
Satanism 58%
atheism 54%
Judaism 50%
Hinduism 46%
Christianity 38%
Paganism 38%

Griff · 03-16-2005, 06:28 PM

Christianity 83%
Buddhism 67%
agnosticism 42%
Islam 38%
Paganism 33%
Satanism 25%
Hinduism 13%
atheism 4%
Judaism 0%

cowhead · 03-17-2005, 10:31 AM

You scored as agnosticism.

You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.

agnosticism

96%

Buddhism

71%

Satanism

71%

atheism

67%

Islam

63%

Paganism

63%

Judaism

54%

Hinduism

54%

Christianity

25%

Catwoman · 03-17-2005, 10:38 AM

You are a person.

Though it is generally taken that people are alive, it is possible to be half-alive or dead. People are scared of death, and life. Some say it is possible to be half-alive and dead; however, one cannot be truly alive if one is dead.

person 100%

cat 0%

mouse 0%

philosopher 0%

great deity 0%

god's image 0%

unique 0%

relevant 0%

self-obsessed 0%

lost 0%

Mad_Hatter · 03-17-2005, 06:07 PM

What an interesting quiz, I liked it, I never thought I would be that close to Buddhism, but not there, I new I was close, but not that close, I already knew that I was agnostic, but not near that close to satanism, I don't like satanists, they're creepy. I didn't see wiccan on there, if anything I would be close to that.

Agnosticism 92%
Buddhism 79%
Satanism 75%
Paganism 71%
Atheism 67%
Judaism 63%
Islam 58%
Christianity 54%
Hinduism 38%

Oh, by the way, does anyone know what Paganism is?

Catwoman · 03-18-2005, 08:27 AM

Well, belief is a form in itself, just as a thought, just as a tree. Therefore if you believe something, it is there, in a sense.

03-16-2005, 09:54 AM	#1
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Silly tests. I don't need a quiz to tell me religion is overlapping and contradictory. I don't believe in anything, just what I can see. What else is there? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

03-16-2005, 11:03 AM	#4
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	I used the word 'believe' for a reason. If I didn't believe in water would that mean it didn't exist? If I believed in ghosts would that mean they existed? Belief is not knowledge nor can it be substantiated. What you or I believe is irrelevent. It's what there is that matters. And while I may not be able to see it, it exists beyond my own limited conception. Hence 'all I know is what I see'. I can only know what I see. If you 'believe' in something, you can't see it. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

03-21-2005, 10:46 AM	#8
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	I don't think you'll ever understand what I'm trying to say, be it because of your silliness or my inability to communicate. Ah well. Time to seek out the place with only open, intelligent, like-minded people I always promised myself I would visit..... doh! __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

03-16-2005, 06:28 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Christianity 83% Buddhism 67% agnosticism 42% Islam 38% Paganism 33% Satanism 25% Hinduism 13% atheism 4% Judaism 0% __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-17-2005, 10:31 AM	#12
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe. agnosticism 96% Buddhism 71% Satanism 71% atheism 67% Islam 63% Paganism 63% Judaism 54% Hinduism 54% Christianity 25% __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

03-16-2005, 01:37 PM	#10
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe. agnosticism 71% Islam 63% Buddhism 63% Satanism 58% atheism 54% Judaism 50% Hinduism 46% Christianity 38% Paganism 38%

03-17-2005, 10:38 AM	#13
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	You are a person. Though it is generally taken that people are alive, it is possible to be half-alive or dead. People are scared of death, and life. Some say it is possible to be half-alive and dead; however, one cannot be truly alive if one is dead. person 100% cat 0% mouse 0% philosopher 0% great deity 0% god's image 0% unique 0% relevant 0% self-obsessed 0% lost 0% __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

03-17-2005, 06:07 PM	#14
Mad_Hatter Complex Simpleton Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18	What an interesting quiz, I liked it, I never thought I would be that close to Buddhism, but not there, I new I was close, but not that close, I already knew that I was agnostic, but not near that close to satanism, I don't like satanists, they're creepy. I didn't see wiccan on there, if anything I would be close to that. Agnosticism 92% Buddhism 79% Satanism 75% Paganism 71% Atheism 67% Judaism 63% Islam 58% Christianity 54% Hinduism 38% Oh, by the way, does anyone know what Paganism is?

03-18-2005, 08:27 AM	#15
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Well, belief is a form in itself, just as a thought, just as a tree. Therefore if you believe something, it is there, in a sense. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

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