Angel

I'm curious what everyone's beliefs is, Christianity, Religion, Spiritual or Others?...Please share your beliefs or details of what sort of religion do you follow and why?....You may share any of your experiences or thoughts on this topic here, I know some of you have already described your beliefs here but I was hoping that others might step forward and share their beliefs in here also, Please let's respect each others' beliefs without thinking that their way is wrong, strange or don't attack them of what they believe, but to freely be able to express and share such beliefs without having the feeling of being jumped on ...

Thanks!

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MorriganTait

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in Jesus (the) Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

I am ordained, and am a member of the United Church of Christ.

Levonian

I'm a Druid. I worship trees.

MorriganTait

I thought you had been touched by His Noodly Appendage? You arn't a Pastaferian?

Heath

100% Protestant Christian

Rose Immortal

I am Christian, of the United Methodist church.

I would consider myself "liberal" in that I accept science as a means of understanding God's creation, and in some ways I think certain of my beliefs tend towards the Anglican or Eastern Orthodox traditions more than the Protestant ones. It's hard to explain, honestly.

Take a look at a C.S. Lewis book and minus the anachronisms like his beliefs about women's roles (forgive him, he was born in 1898), you'll get a fairly good idea of what I think.

Angel

Interesting, why don't you tell us more about it ....

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GalaxyAngel

Pentecostal Christian. (Deaf Church)

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hottiedeafboi

I'm a born again christian believer. I have received Christ as my Savior and thank the Father for the wonderful gift He has given me for eternal life and grace is sufficient and thank Him for sending Holy Spirit in me which is been sealed till the Lord comes to take me home.HOW GREAT THOU ART which is so true express to Him and surely how AMAZING GRACE it is. I'm a member of southern baptist. I am grateful what He has done. And my goal is regard of what church u go, important part is treat each other like a family for those who have Christ. Those who haven't, God's open arms is for u to come to Him. He is a Loving God who wants u to be a part and so do we. SMILE

Levonian

I belong to a radical splinter sect of Pastafarianism. But we do, of course, owe our existence to Our Noodly Master. All living creatures great and small have been touched by His noodly appendage. All hail the One True God and Lord of the Universe, forever and ever, RAmen.

BTW, I am deeply offended by the fact that when I was composing this post, the spell checker in MSWord choked on ‘Pastafarianism’ and suggested that I change it to ‘Rastafarianism’. I hereby decree a holy fatwa against Microsoft.

Levonian

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Druids, but were afraid to ask.

MorriganTait

You should see what it suggests when you try to type c**t.

Ariakkas

im 100% serious when i say that...i believe when we die there is nothing. we dont remember before we were born, we wont remember after we die.

if our existance continues after our death...and we are not conscious of it...are we really continuing?

that doesn't have to be a scary thing..its not for me. I wasn't scared before i was born, why should death be any different?

i live for today. I dont believe in regrets, and the future is not promised to us.

Liebling:-)))

I beleive God and Jesus in my heart but I'm neutral to any religions...

I beleive to follow Psychology, not Bible. (I enjoy to read bible stories, not do what the bible says).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology

JeepGirl

I'm neutral... I believe in Spirits. I believe there is something out there but I don't go to church. I just have a lot of faith in things, all the strength I have is there. I don't feel that I'm being punished for not going to church.

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sequoias

I'm similar to your beliefs.

Teresh

Absolute reality: There is one God. God's servants are called angels. God does not interfere with human affairs, but angels are very active in shaping the future, just as humans are. Lucifer is the darkest of all of the fallen angels, that is, of angels that refused to follow God. Yeshua of Nazareth was a revolutionary, yes, and brought about a new philosophy, but by no means was he God or the so-called Messiah.

Origin of the universe: The big bang occurred over 10 billion years ago. Earth came into existence over 4 billion years ago. Evolution by survival of the fittest has raised the homo sapiens sapien species to be the most dominant species on earth. God and his angels oversaw this process and ensured its success.

Life after death: Humans are reincarnated until they learn all of life's lessons, in which case they go to Heaven. Humans never go to Hell, as condemnation of humans would conflict with God's infinite mercy.

Reason for existence: Humans exist because they do. There is no solid reason for humans to exist. Humans must develop their own reason to exist as they live their (multiple) lives. As they move from life to life, they will find the Truth for themselves and will realise their full potential, entering Heaven when they are finished.

Liebling:-)))

Ditto

Teresh

Protestantism isn't a religion... Actually, there's a wide variety of beliefs within it. It might be better to say if you're Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal or Lutheran instead.

Momoftwo

I'm Methodist and Episcopal - really, I'm a christian - rather than labelling myself as to which regilious.

Cheri

I'm a Christian, but I am not like some who shovel bibles down people's throat. I believe in Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, He deserved all glory and honor because he died for our sins.

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AJ

Gnostic Christian.

MorriganTait

But to say one is a Protestant Christian is a legitimate distinction, if vague. There all all kinds of Christians - Protestantanism being one of the three branches of Christianity. I agree - it's not very specific.

Reba

Reminder:

Teresh

Reba, I didn't jump on him, nor did I say his religion was wrong. I simply said that Protestantism isn't really a distinct form of Christianity. Saying you are a Protestant really doesn't say anything about your religious beliefs other than that you are Christian and are not Catholic or Orthodox. It sheds little or no light on any of your beliefs. It's just as vague as saying that you are "Pagan". Vague terms which have no established definition related to the question that was asked.

Liza

Thanks, Angel, for pointing me to this thread.

Hmmm.. fatwa?

I don't like labels, but I've been told by a close friend (episc priest) that my beliefs are the closest to Buddhism. We enjoy discussing theological matters, and I like that my friend is incredibly tolerant and accepting other beliefs. Hmm, I need another debating date with her again! *marks my calendar*

Myself, I am not a follower of Buddhism, but was asked to write about it here. ... I find the subject very interesting to talk about, though!

Buddhism, or Sanskrit Buddhadharma is considered either a religion or philosophy based on teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who lived in the 5th century. It has been around for centuries, and is divided mainly into Theravada and Mahayana. I am sure there are many variations out there on Buddhism, too. Some groups don't eat meat, even, and there are different philosophies on what is taught in Buddhism, just like Christianity and all the like.

Inner peace (Nirvana?) is a goal in Buddhism - it is generally believed that having attachments hurt people. Buddhism has a bunch of guidelines or a path in how to let go of those attachments (called the Noble Eightfold Path).

Basically, in Buddhism on the path of Noble Eightfold and in the 5 Percepts, we take responsibility for ourselves by confronting some truths that some things exist and what we can do to help the situation or ourselves.. and get rid of stuff that hurt ourselves and others. This is a path to Nirvana - or inner peace, as I see it.

Four Noble Truths
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The Noble Eightfold Path
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Buddhism also have the Five Precepts, or rather... 5 Promises to ourselves to keep us from hurting ourselves and others with words or action. It's like the 10 Commandants.. Thou shalt not, etc etc.
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Number 5 refers to how we can easily hurt ourselves and others when we're drunk or drugged up. If one removes the "intoxicants" we wont have that chance to hurt ourselves and others in that way.

Makes sense? Please feel free to ask questions if you need clarifying

hottiedeafboi

Beside like nirvana, or other words we don't use, but all what Buddha taught is very similar as Christ taught. Meditation and devotional/worship is the center of christians faith. But sadly, surrmountable doesn't do that, bec lot of dos and donts in their own effort instead of the Spirit leading and jump ahead what God called us to do like wait, but too many said I gotta do it now. Christian faith isn't meaning we don't sin, each of us has sins in different ways, but only different is those who are strong faith face daily battle against their flesh desires and thoughts, may are called wounded soldiers but keep the fighting with Gods might, but most give in do outside of Gods will. How we relate with people is to see Gods love thru us with 9 fruits of the Spirit like love, joy, peace, faithfulness, gentleness, meekness, self control,goodness and patience. Many christians fail some or most of those. The Word says practice godliness. Holy Spirit in us by allowing Him take control and enable us to practice, not ourselves. Bec no matter how we try without Christ in us, we are still dead in sins. And our responsibilty is not grab everyones throat to make them change or different beliefs, bec Jesus didn't do that, and so we don't do that either. Truely, we have to be cautious not to be involved called universal religions. It will happen in the end times. Key of our christians faith is LOVE. Love covers all. We cqant draw them, only God draws them thru us. Always ask the Lord what He wants u to do. Its not right a way, it takes time. All the busyness of the world killed us from cease the moment to take time with the Lord. He misses u and wants you spend time with Him.

Mohamed's wife

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I am muslim and proud to be. Allah is the one, the only, the enternal, the absolute. Allah does not beget nor was begotten. There is none other comparable to Allah. Angels are pure light. Jinns are created by fire, mankind are created by clay. Shaitan, "Lucifer", is a jinn. It is impossible for an angel to "fall down". Angels were created first, jinns the second, the mankind last. When Allah made mankind, he told angels and jinns to bow down and angels and jinns except some jinns didnt do so. Allah gave Ilblis, the bad leader of jinn, respite until Judgement Day. Ilblis said to Allah out of anger, hatred that Ilblis will do best to lead astray of many people he can. Since Adam and his wife, many, many people have believed in many different things caused by jinns far from Allah and his messengers (Adam, Abrahem, Moses, David, John, Jesus, many more and Mohamed is the last messenger of Allah.), his angels, the day of judgment, and Quran. May Allah guide you and bless you.

XBGMER

I Believed that GOD is dwell in flesh of MAN as remain and forever, not in heaven at all..

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I believes human being.