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View Poll Results: What is your faith (or lack thereof)?
Christianity 18 21.69%
Judaism 2 2.41%
Islam 3 3.61%
Buddhism 6 7.23%
Hinduism 1 1.20%
Baha'i 5 6.02%
Spiritism 0 0%
Jainism 0 0%
Unitarian Universalism 3 3.61%
Wiccan/Pagan/Druid 7 8.43%
Taoism 1 1.20%
Native American 1 1.20%
Scientology 0 0%
Stanism/Luciferianism 2 2.41%
Atheism/Agnosticism/Secular/Humanism 17 20.48%
Non-Denominational Theism 1 1.20%
Nihilism 2 2.41%
Other - Please Explain 14 16.87%
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Old 04-18-2008, 04:51 PM
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What is your faith (or lack thereof)?

Mods, maybe if you'd be so kind, we could sticky this thread for a while. You know...so it's not meaningless.
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*Sigh...yet another failure.
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This will take time.

The comparitive religion section is less active than the religious debates section. Also the thread title 'Denomination: Revolutions' isn't as stricking as 'Poll: Select your religion' or something obvious like that.
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This will take time.

The comparitive religion section is less active than the religious debates section. Also the thread title 'Denomination: Revolutions' isn't as stricking as 'Poll: Select your religion' or something obvious like that.
True. I think I'll PM one of the admins and get them to change the title. Also, I learned from last time that you should be able to choose more than one.
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Charismissional Christ-follower here. I'm often described as a closet Anglican or Lutheran, and there's a lot of truth to those perceptions, since my thinking has been much influenced by the writings of C.S. Lewis and Martin Luther, but my actual church is Assemblies of God. Depending on the issue, I could be anywhere from fundamentalist to very liberal, so I'm not very predictable until you know me.

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I guess you can say that I am agnostic. I don't believe in any religious order and have been reading lots of Jiddu Krishnamurti lately as well as some Eckhart Tolle.
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I guess you can say that I am agnostic. I don't believe in any religious order and have been reading lots of Jiddu Krishnamurti lately as well as some Eckhart Tolle.
You must have read The Power of Now, right? That is probably the most influential book I've ever read.
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Power of Now is a wonderful book. It has been quite influential for me as well. I believe that Eckhart Tolle's books are kind of a "watered" down version of Krishnamurti's beliefs. I prefer to read Krishnamurti, but Eckhart Tolle has done a lot to help transform peoples' lives as well.
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