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World Cultures, Traditions and Religions => Welcome to World Cultures, Traditions and Religions! => Topic started by: cavernstoy on April 29, 2007, 16:35:27

Poll
Question: What is your personal belief system.
Option 1: Budism votes: 1
Option 2: hinduism votes: 0
Option 3: Christianity votes: 0
Option 4: Judaism votes: 0
Option 5: Atheism votes: 0
Option 6: None votes: 4
Option 7: Other votes: 12
Title: Belief system
Post by: cavernstoy on April 29, 2007, 16:35:27
If you choose "other", please post what it is.

Thanks

Cavernstoy 
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: Selski on April 29, 2007, 17:36:47
I voted 'other' as the "chaos religion" isn't listed  :-D

Sarah
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: MisterJingo on April 29, 2007, 17:59:10
Other. Everyone has a belief system, even if that belief system is to believe that they have none :). 'Other' for me is that I do not subscribe to any one strict belief system; I try to keep an open mind about everything, and evaluate any new experience or knowledge in terms of this openmindedness and my experiences to date.
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: Kraven Obscuria on April 29, 2007, 18:53:45
Other. While I haven't subscribed to one belief system and keep an open mind, I have been gravitating mostly towards the Western Mystery Tradition.
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: Nay on April 29, 2007, 19:10:50
Other.. but do I really have to explain why and what it is? :lol:
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: James S on April 29, 2007, 23:46:49
I voted other.

I'm essentially a spiritualist.
I don't follow religions and I don't have set belief systems.
My belief systems change and evolve as my understandings change and evolve.
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: DH on April 30, 2007, 01:14:58
I voted "other" because I believe the religious traditions you listed have a common source.

DH
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: cavernstoy on April 30, 2007, 14:13:11
MisterJingo, I guess I worded it wrong.  But what I meant was "What is your religion?"
Sorry about that.

Cavernstoy
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: MisterJingo on April 30, 2007, 17:24:36
Quote from: cavernstoy on April 30, 2007, 14:13:11
MisterJingo, I guess I worded it wrong.  But what I meant was "What is your religion?"
Sorry about that.

Cavernstoy

In that case, I have no religion :).
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: Canicula on May 01, 2007, 05:31:54

Hey all :-D i voted other, i try to keep an open mind and learn as much as i can :-)
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: CFTraveler on May 01, 2007, 11:29:00
Quote from: DH on April 30, 2007, 01:14:58
I voted "other" because I believe the religious traditions you listed have a common source.

DH
Ditto in principle.
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: Stookie on May 01, 2007, 11:59:16
I would think that most people are here because they're trying to avoid religion. Our approach to AP dosn't fit in well with most popular belief systems.

I like anthroposophy - it has aspects of many philosophies, religions, and science. But I don't consider myself an anthroposophist.
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: abu-usaama on May 01, 2007, 14:20:36
Islam
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: cavernstoy on May 10, 2007, 14:05:50
These are pretty much the results I was expecting.  I personally chose none, as in no religion.
Title: Re: Belief system
Post by: David Warner on May 14, 2007, 00:47:22
Stookie,

I agree with you about most religions and that obe's are not being widely openly accepted. For the last 5 months now, I've been reading the bible from Gen to Acts, still have the last remaining OT chapters to finish. To my surprize, how dreams, trance, experiences of a spiritual nature are written in the book. It baffles me how that modern world won't accept "average people like you and I" as a possible "witness" to these past biblical events.

The biggest flaw that I see is that the world considers "back in day" that these experiences can only happen to the prophets, moses, jacob etc. If they were made of blood and flesh, they are just like ordinarly people like you and me.

I did vote for christianity because that is what I'm naturally comfortable with. But open and spirtually advanced through trial and error.

The one biblical verse I like is:

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

Interesting verse - to be absent from the body is to be present with God and to follow Christ.


Tvos