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*Correction* Buddhists "DO NOT" see Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) as their saviour. Buddhism is a godless, therefore an athiest religion. Buddhism is rather about spiritualism and achieving nirvana.

Thank you for that long boring, not adding anything to the conversation post. The title of this topic is not "describe your religion" or even "state your religion" i.e. we don't care what your religion is or how much you know about it.

You pin-pointed Christians. It's kind of hard to tell what sect strangers are from, how can you tell? (You say your relatives, and I guess you should know what sect they are from, but a stranger?)

Not many people I know who are into Wicca know that there are Christians who incorporate Jesus, Mary, and Joseph into the Wiccan beliefs. Like a spiritual merging.

And it's not the whole Wiccan/Pagan community, but some people I meet like to attack me because I am Christian [my friend's step father would harrass me and I would just sit there and deal with it.], so we are kinda' on the same page, just a different book.

I think the cold war of our religions are from old conflicting views back in history.

the truth of Christianity has been distorted by popular thought, especially in the last 50 years, and the ritual stereotypes carried out by most of those claiming to be Christian have disintegrated the strength behind the faith. too many lay claim to this title because their parents are Christians or because its all they've ever known and the original intention of the religion/the way "church" and the point of view from which the Bible should be read has been lost throughout the ages. most of those that lay claim to the Christian faith have no knowledge of their religions history and blindly walk through life giving no real effort of thought into the religion they have chosen. a person with a true understanding of Christianity is a rare thing today due to the vast stretch of humanities interpretations and denominations. these many untruths are too many to list here in the probably growing chance there are growing numbers of you that don't merely want to experience something new and listen to them.


personally, i am a Christian and believe that God is the creator/maintainer of life thus deserving our fellowship. any discrepancy humanity has created between the beginning of our time till now and how God really created us is up for debate... or we can just sit back and wait till the day when we are with Him and He'll tell us Himself. the fact that people are now taking on the thought process that they can mix and match parts of religions goes against the foundation/point of religion. if YOU decide what parts of this/that religion you like/dislike then you are creating religion therefore putting yourself in the position of a god taking away any of religion's solidity/validity/substance.


out of the religions of the world Christianity seems be more fulfilling if at first you are able to admit to yourself and to God you were wrong which in any area is what humanity hates doing the most. i believe the foundations of other religions such as Buddhism for example that delve into the structure of the universe can indeed be true and give us insight on the way God designed us. the main religious ideas of where do we come from and where are we going and how we got here and how we are getting there come from what humanity has discovered about it self by existing and are more similar than different when compared with the right question.


well in order to prevent further anger from you readers that don't seem to like to get down to the root of things and want short not really resolving the problem answers i'll start to wrap up.

long gone are the days when the possibility of this planet containing one religion are over and therefore we must resort to coexisting with/learning from one one another. i believe that Christianity is "right" and other religions are "wrong", however the thought put into those religions is from the perfectly normal human drive [and at the same time can be said as our sinful nature] to find answers and can be led to the "right" one with a little guidance and contemplation. i respect the preciousness of all human life, your life, no matter what you choose to do with it, but i do believe that their is a better way to live it.


if any of you would like to discuss religion more in this context or have me expand even more [cause religion is a vast complex thing] or add your own intelligent thought out thoughts i'd enjoy it so pm me if you like. and in the words of my friend Britknee and in order to restore any weird teenage normalcy you think i might have, "Peace and Cheddar!!!"

Well, essentially what Christians do not realize is it is a Pagan based religion. If you are interested in reading books I'd advise the DaVinci Code for a more well defined reasoning than what I have. The only reason why I can truly say this is because I was raised Christian then out of anger and rage, etc. I became Pagan. If you would like to discuss with me why I did so, or whatever reason, you may pm me with the title "Why Pagan".

The DaVinci Code, while a convincing to alternative views of Christianity, is NOT a source of factual information... in the least. Dan Brown makes blanket assumptions and presumptions, and claims that he doesn't back up with fact. If you are interested in the kind of Christianity that Dan Brown presents, look up Gnosticism.. but please do not use The DaVinci Code as a primary source of information.

I am Wiccan, but it doesn't matter. Everyone should coexist and be accepting of everyone heart