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View Poll Results: Your level of observance?
Non-practicing/secular form of religion 20 43.48%
A little observant 3 6.52%
Middle-of-the-road observance 11 23.91%
Strict adherence to religious rules 4 8.70%
Don't know 8 17.39%
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Old 05-27-2011, 09:21 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I pray when I feel like. I fast during Ramadan. I do not wear the Hijab.

Though I don't practice my faith strictly, I identify with my Muslim identity strongly. But I do not think one needs to practice a certain way of life to be a good person. Just be good to everyone and God will be happy with you.
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Old 05-27-2011, 12:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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You know, I am an atheist, but I've always been thinking "If god punishes everyone who doesn't live up to his rules, even though that person never really did anything wrong in their lives, he's an *******".
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Just be good to everyone and God will be happy with you.
Seems more logical to me.
If there's a god he will know you're a good person, you've done your best to live a good life. If there's a god, I don't think he'd want you to pray and praise him, he'd just want you to be a good person. Seems reasonable.
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I have weird views on religion, as I'm sure most people here do. I have no official religion, but I try to pray to God every day. I don't believe in any customs or anything, as I'm pretty sure all organized religion is man-made, but I like to thank God everyday for everything, good and bad.
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So... how do you know he exists?
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Old 05-27-2011, 10:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I was raised Mormon, escaped from that and now consider myself a secular humanist (aka atheist), though I've found that I identity with Taoists and Confucianists in that a lot of their focus is on common human decency. I don't believe there is a divine creator or omnipresent God, but I think that the idea of religion is a beautiful thing when it's not ****ing **** up.
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So... how do you know he exists?
it's called having faith you don't have to specifically know he exists. There doesn't need to be evidence provided.
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it's called having faith you don't have to specifically know he exists. There doesn't need to be evidence provided.
So mainly it's just believing what you're told to believe?
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So mainly it's just believing what you're told to believe?
I like to think of it as believing what you WANT to believe. You can be told to believe something but ultimately it's up to you to want to believe in it.
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I like to think of it as believing what you WANT to believe. You can be told to believe something but ultimately it's up to you to want to believe in it.
I cannot understand how someone can believe in something they can't see or feel?
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