I understnad that the basis for this is religeon, but I don't know how it all fits together.
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It's simple in a odd kinda way. U see both Rangers & Celtic are from the west of Scotland where a lot of Irish moved to way back when.\n\nCeltic was formed by a priest and have a largely catholic following, they carry green white and yellow flags as well as Irish banners and sing the fields of athenrie.\n\nRangers on the other hand have a predominantly protestant following, fly the Union Jack and sing their own Irish protestant songs.\n\nReligion has no place in soccer, nor does singing songs about protestant paramillitary groups or the IRA, however, I am sad to say both the Rangers & Celtic fans think this is o.k.\n\nThe away fans are generally the worst, when they visit other grounds.  There is comming a day when this will be stamped out but sadly it's very much a part of the west of Scotland culture
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For many of us, tradition, morality, religion and superstition and sometimes even patriotism is all a jumble.  Everything is all tangled up together in an old  incomprehensible dusty mess of stuff we were told to do.  That's my impression of religion-- a human construct for socio-cultural purposes.\n\nSpiritual geniuses like Buddha, Mohammed and Jesus all came across the same immutable truths that we need to follow.  These truths sound simple at first-- don't kill each other, you're all interconnected, think about what your're doing, etc.\n\nOver they centuries the efforts at explaining and simplifying this have done quite the opposite, sadly, and have even been used as platforms for political agenda, prejudice and hatred.\n\nI like to tell people that I belong to the Church of the Good Person (just made that name up), which stresses not whom you believe in, but how kindly and fairly you treat each other.
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I am with you, hon.  Your response to that question inspired me to answer my self.  I think there is something new here.  \n\nIt reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld's pronouncement of "Festivus for the rest of us".  I think that group is growing, but you know I think that it doesn't really need a name.  Universalist and Unitarians are as close to it as an organized relgion can be, but it's the Organization that most of us want to stay away from isn't it?  \n\nI have been toying with the idea of Omians (like Om) or a United Ministry of Earth - and if you are interested, I can send you the url privately - but I don't know where to go with it.  It is tempting to try to put us all together under the same umbrella and help us to feel our strength in numbers, even in an organization that says we all believe different things - but some of our beliefs are similar and that is where we need to focus.  The strongest tenents are the golden rule and tolerance.  I don't know - I feel close to a very interesting idea, and yet it is so elusive...lol\n\nPeace!
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Right on!!  I live a sheltered life, honestly... out in the middle of nowhere, where everyone you know goes to your church and everyone in the community is one great big family.  I was shocked to learn of some of the things that people believe, for instance, I didnt know that there was an actual religion called Satanism, and they go to church at the church of satan!  What??!  \nAfter asking some of my questions on here, I have learned a whole lot.  There are soooooo many people who are lost, and I never realized that until now! (BTW - I'm 20yrs old)
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That is an oxymoron, unless I am incorrect in my definition of a religion.
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are you religous? if so that could be why. Maybe u feel quilty because some people still believe that it is wrong.
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I see it as a religion of those who don't believe in a supreme being. Since religion is a belief in something then same goes for them.
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Sounds like deist to me. You believe in a some type of god (a creator) so you're not an atheist and "agnostic" is just a modifier word.
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Of course it's all made up, if someone stood on a hill now and started preaching about how god came to him and told him how we should live our lives, nobody would listen, he'd be locked up and called insane.\n\nReligion is based on BLIND faith and is all about controlling people. The truth is it can not be proved or disproved whether a god exists, and the universe carries on functioning in the same way whether a god controlls it or not, so belief in any god is redundant and irrational.
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It's a great concept. I am leaning towards it. I'm not in religious organization nor do I go church but I do believe in God. I have been studying religious Humanism which I believe is the same as Christin humanism. I believe in the trinity but yet I see contradiction in the scriptures. In my heart, I believe that Jesus was God. I just started studying this in the past few months.
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I'm a christian, and I don't because its not in the Bible. It seems that I've read this particular belief came about when trying to convince idol worshippers to convert to christianity. Since they had trinities we had to have it too. I have no idea how to find a church with everyone so mixed up and believing men instead of God.
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No, it makes no sense at all. It is nothing more than an argument from ignorance.\n\nThe most obvious flaw in the argument is that it gives no indication what God or Gods to believe in. Even if we assume the universe is so complicated because of divine involvement why should we accept your God did it? Why not instead assume Satan did it? OR Great Cthulhu? Or Odin? Or the Flying Spaghetti Monster?\n\nYour whole position is can be summed up as nothing more than “We can’t prove God didn’t do it so he must have done it.” That is nonsense. You can’t prove Flying Spaghetti Monster didn’t do it either. Does that mean that you now accept ha he did do it?
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I believe in a higher power. I don't know if I believe in God or a God.
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The more eccentric a religion is the more they need to "push" it onto others.  If you feel that you are constantly being "convinced" about religion, maybe it is time to revisit your faith.
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Just don't follow what others tell you is right.  Find what is right for you.  If Christianity is what you find to be true, follow it the way you think you should. The church is just a building after all.  I relate to what you are saying..I've seen it myself and yes, it was part of why I started searching for my own meaning.  Set yourself as an  example of your faith but remember, others have the right to believe or not believe.
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IF you truly are NOT A BELIEVER... then why on Earth would you even bother to reason out with someone who may or may not be able to FULLY EXPLAIN things to you in the first place?? Like, what's the big deal anyway, right?\n\nHowever, I suggest that if you are CURIOUS enough to know or to find out, it is best that you ask THOSE who have the knowledge and capacity to do so personally rather than in an open forum since, by asking it HERE, I'll bet that you'll get even much MORE CONFUSED than ever before with the myriad answers you'll get from all three sides of the coin.\n\nKnow what I mean?
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Yes, that makes partial sense. Except for the God part. I believe that he is separate from us. He is outside of space and time and is not in our dimension.