Religious Freedom

[Alex]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Does this make me atheist? Do I get to sit at the atheist table at my next meet?

Based on this:

I also celebrate the regaining of my faith in God.

I'm going to have to say you stay at the kiddie table. (There that should get the talking going.)

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Does this make me atheist? Do I get to sit at the atheist table at my next meet?

Yeah, the belief in a God part is still problematic, but you're always welcome at this atheist's table

[tracilicious]

Oh, when I say I'm not Christian anymore what I mean is that I don't really believe in God anymore. Or maybe I do, but not a God that has much to do with earth. I believe in infinity and that's as close to a belief in God as I'm willing to get right now. Or perhaps it's that I just don't care whether there's a god or not. Maybe I should just sit next to the atheist table and eavesdrop.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Oh, when I say I'm not Christian anymore what I mean is that I don't really believe in God anymore.

Congratulations! You're a Jew! Shalom, chaver!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Oh, when I say I'm not Christian anymore what I mean is that I don't really believe in God anymore. Or maybe I do, but not a God that has much to do with earth. I believe in infinity and that's as close to a belief in God as I'm willing to get right now. Or perhaps it's that I just don't care whether there's a god or not. Maybe I should just sit next to the atheist table and eavesdrop.

I believe the word you're looking for is agnostic.

[Disneyphile]

^ What GD said.

I have many Agnostic friends. Even Ken is more Agnostic than Pagan, in that he doesn't really believe in God/Goddess, but more of an all-encompassing spirit of which we are all part.

The nice thing about Agnosticism is that no belief is "wrong".

[tracilicious]

I just think agnosticism sounds kind of lame. (No offense to anyone who's agnostic.) I don't really believe in god, I'm just open to the possibility that I'm wrong. I also think it's possible that there is some sort of different energy-ish thing that people call god, but definitely not a walking around in his castle in heaven looking like a person kind of god.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I just think agnosticism sounds kind of lame. (No offense to anyone who's agnostic.) I don't really believe in god, I'm just open to the possibility that I'm wrong. I also think it's possible that there is some sort of different energy-ish thing that people call god, but definitely not a walking around in his castle in heaven looking like a person kind of god.

Yep, you're agnostic

[flippyshark]

I think the atheist table is a jollier place than people imagine. I'm hoping that the term "atheist" will eventually lose it's pejorative sense. (According to a recent poll, us atheists are the least trusted group of people in America.) I've only recently grown fully comfortable with the label myself, (I identify as a secular humanist more often because it doesn't produce the same shock that "atheist" does. Maybe it's because a lot of people don't know what "secular humanist" means.) I hope to promulgate "atheist" as something perfectly warm and fuzzy. (Ask those who know me - I'm a kitten doting, cry at dog movies, sentimental sap whose big vices are corn dogs and Dole Whip.)

Anyway, Tracilicious, it's inspiring to hear about you grabbing hold of your own emotional and intellectual freedom. Wherever this journey takes you, you rock.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Congratulations on your new-found freedom. I always thought religion was supposed to guide people to being good people, but a lot of it seems... I guess not concerned with god. I don't know, I just know that while I'm ok with god existing or not, I generally dislike organized religion.