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  1. McDoogins

    Is there a study of belief?

    I'm interested in all things religious, mythological and historical. I was wondering if there are any academic fields that study the issue of belief throughout multiple disciplines, psychology obviously being one of them since this is a psychology sub forum I know Jung was very influential...
  2. McDoogins

    Is it possible to be an Atheist and Calvanist?

    Calvanism interests me in that it states in TULIP (an ackronym) under Total depravity that my man is free to not sin, but due to self interest and neccesity will sin more times then not and that he is basically destined to do so. This and the concept of predestination interests me. Also I...
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  3. McDoogins

    Is God Really Good?

    As an atheist many assume that my biggest beef with god is that I don't think he is real. While that has some truth to it, for me, it is just as important if not more so to acknowledge that if god were real, I would think he was a jerk. And to me that's actually a more tangible thing to argue...
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    Religions Vs. Cults. Is there a solid difference?

    From Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult In the sociological classifications of religious movements in English, a cult is a religious or social group with socially deviant or novel beliefs and practices.[1] However, whether any particular group's beliefs and practices are...
  5. McDoogins

    What Religion Would You Choose If You Had To Change

    Or if you're an atheist like me, if you had to get a religion period. I would probably choose Confucianism because I really enjoyed the poetry in The Analects. One the quotes that grabbed me was something along the lines of proper character in a person being formed by the rites as being the...
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    New Guy

    Hey all, used to believe in god but overtime I realized how little it mattered to me once I decided that heaven and hell weren't real. That being said I do still have some interest in religions, such as the Abrahamic ones and Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. I'll never convert though...
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