Kevin's Watch

For Av. I am not going to subdivide Christian, so if you want to make that or any other distinction clear, use the thread.

If you're not sure, try asking the Belief-o-matic.

The poll will run for 30 days.

Sōtō Zen Buddhist, but you could also call me an atheist.

Catholic, but a bad one according to the sanctimonious.

Atheist.

I'll let you guys settle this: What's it called where you don't deny the existence of a god, but don't affirm it neither while at the same time not denying that anyone could know if there is or isn't a god namely because such knowledge would be pointless and nothing could be done with it?

That's what I am

I guess I've said this once or twice, but, since it's a new poll. More agnostic than anything else on the list. But not having found what I consider a definite answer one way or the other to questions like Is there a God?, Is there an afterlife?, and Is there a soul?, isn't really how I self-identify. It's not how I live my life. For all practical purposes, I live as an atheist. Nothing I do is done, no decision I make is made, because of anything supernatural. So I call myself a practical atheist. But I don't say, "There is nothing supernatural.", which I would call atheism. A positive statement, even if the positive is about the lack of something. I don't know one way or the other, so I'm an agnostic.

Former atheist, now Christian (Episcopalian). I also dip toes in Stoic and Taoist waters.

Atheism is great for some (and was quite comfy in my early 20s), but as time wore on I found it emblematic of a self and prefernce oriented life. I later hankered for something more: bearing the Cross; corporate worship and community. I only wish I could tell Furls...but I feel she knows.

Anyway.

Enjoying the switch!

There's a whole other mess underlying this, the last two posts remind me, something that came up in studies around the recent census polls: whether the answers given to the question "what religion are you?" are answered according to belief, or culture (/lifestyle).

other. the existance of what we refer to as "gods" seems quite likely to me but i've no evidence that it behooves me to "worship" any. i don't know what that's called. if i were inclined to practice any kind of philosophy religiously, it would probably be buddhist.

Orlion, I see what you're saying, what with agnosticism generally asserting that the truth is unknowable, but I think you're still more or less an agnostic (just as a Christian who doesn't believe in the Trinity or even the divinity of Christ would still be considered a Christian).

Luci, that sounds like Deism or at least some kind of version of it.

I suppose I should've put this up top (I'll fix that), but if you don't know, you could always see what the Belief-o-matic has to say about it.

No surprises.

Your Top 3 Faith Match Profiles Are:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (91%)
3. Secular Humanism (83%)

i am a practicing Catholic. (also have been called a bad Catholic)

belief-o-meter says...

Your Top 3 Faith Match Profiles Are:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (81%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (79%)

[Syl] wrote:No surprises.

Your Top 3 Faith Match Profiles Are:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (91%)
3. Secular Humanism (83%)

Yeah, I pretty much got the same, with secular humanism in top position.

I'm a Druid now--do I have to click the Wiccan/Pagan or other...

Lord Foul wrote:Enjoying the switch!

That's a happy laugh. I'm glad you're enjoying it, and I like the way you worded it.

danlo wrote:I'm a Druid now--do I have to click the Wiccan/Pagan or other...

Join me in Pagan Pride!

(Like, seriously? ADF? OBOD?)

[Syl] wrote: I suppose I should've put this up top (I'll fix that), but if you don't know, you could always see what the Belief-o-matic has to say about it.

Your Top 3 Faith Match Profiles Are:
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (90%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (90%)

I put "other," for some specific reasons...I don't believe in "Gods" of any stripe...but I know, absolutely, of certain mystic/supernatural things [though not beings]...it is possible that science will eventually cover them...also, possible not.
And, couple things Orlion/Syl comments...I think, along with Fist, there's some common territory...I'm not sure, Syl, that agnostic or a variation quite fits Orlion...but not sure...because:
If the belief is truth is unknowable...yes, that is a kind of agnosticism...but is that what the belief is in Orlions specific case? Or is it more like mine, which, without going on too long boils down to: Some mystical/supernatural truths may be knowable for a person...but they are not shareable/communicable. You can talk/philosophize/analogize/metaphorize, but not demonstrate/prove.

Okay, this time through the Belief-o-Matic, I got:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)

Whadda ya know? Still an atheist.

--A