Religious affilition, what do you believe?

[Jesnus]

Believe in me!

[texasmade]

now...i dont agree with religion these days...the bible has been re interpreted and translated so many times and its not even ALL of the scriptures...come on now what is there to hide...but with that being said i believe that if jesus was coming back for us it would have been way before now and christians these days dont deserve to put themselves on a pedestool and think they are better than everybody else come on now blow me...you cant be a christian and wish death on murders and rapists and say you hate gays...read your bible if you want to be called a christian...love everybody equally,stop getting drunk,stop persecuting people with different beliefs you arent the say all do all rulers of the ****ing world...you are no different than the damn shiite extremists when you say somebody should go to hell or die because they believe differently than you....

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with that being said i might catch heat for this but its time for people to open their eyes...that is why i choose to have no religion and live my life my way to me religion is just a guideline to help people become better people...and it has failed miserably...not to say all christians or other religious people are bad or rude because they arent...but then i know gays and atheists and other types of people that are alot better people than religious people...figure out your own life and dont worry about how someone else lives if it doesnt affect you....persecute yourself before you judge others and make them out to be horrid and disgusting just because of their beliefs...becuase someone that raped 20 women and murdered 5 people can ask for forgiveness and find religion and become a changed person and die and go to heaven or wherever your belief says saved people go...and then you die hating gays and go to hell...in the end they are better than you.....

i think i started ranting again....


*end rant again*

[Kvlt]

Agnostic nihilist.

[dhkosta]

So many people blame religions for wars, well thats bullshit if i ever hear it. Its a way for people with an agenda finding a way to exploit people and push their ideas in a nice family friendly packaging (wolf in sheeps clothing anyone?). Like the anit tobbacco shit faces (you all will become toothless piles of cancerious tumors).

While I'm not a member of the faithful, I universally defend religion against these criticisms. Religion doesn't cause war; it's simply a tool to garner public support for war. In the absence of religion, wars would not cease - they would simply need for alternate justification. As Christians (what I know best) are concerned, I cannot think of a war in history whose aggressor's actions were remotely in line with the teachings of Christ, though he's been touted as the banner leading many armies.

As God does not exist, he is naturally harmless. God's power to hurt men is endowed exclusively by mankind, and that power flourishes even in his absence.

[yummi4tunekookie]

yummi4tunekookie, it would be an understatement to say that you have an interesting background. Seems to be book material: an ethnic Chinese family that converted to Islam centuries ago and then got involved in government circles (maybe even on both sides: the KMT and the CCP), with episodes in Kuwait, Egypt, UN meetings and Georgia, where a young family member develops a passion for Swedish snus. Wow!

I suppose so. You and Thomas (my best friend) can totally get that book together with my parents, because I'm telling you, I know nothing! ops:

[Multinic]

yummi4tunekookie, it would be an understatement to say that you have an interesting background. Seems to be book material: an ethnic Chinese family that converted to Islam centuries ago and then got involved in government circles (maybe even on both sides: the KMT and the CCP), with episodes in Kuwait, Egypt, UN meetings and Georgia, where a young family member develops a passion for Swedish snus. Wow!

[yummi4tunekookie]

To answer Multinic and Roo:

Err, all I know is that my family--going back to great-great-great-great grandparents are 100% Chinese and have been Muslim since then, and that both my parents' families come from around Beijing.

Interestingly, though, my maternal great-grandfather was an ambassador to Kuwait, and my mother happened to be born in Egypt, as her father also worked for the Chinese government. Don't know much more than that, though. I've seen a few black-and-white photos of my great-grandpa at a UN meeting and some old clippings from a Chinese newspaper about my maternal grandparents, but that's really all. My father never really talks about China much, just about how he studied his ass off (only to never make it to medical school, on account of his own father's early death).

It's sad, I really don't know much about my family's history; whenever I try to talk to either of them about it, the topic quickly turns into some moral lecture about how I should be a good little Muslim girl. My best friend, who interviewed them for a Sociology/Humanities (can't remember which) project, knows more about my parents than I do--and I still live with them! ops:

Great. Now I'm sad. :cry: *reminds self that she basically finished her stupid paper* Okay, happy again! :P

[captncaveman]

I'm Christian. I talk with the lord daily. I don't goto church. My house my family and myself is the church. Don't like showing up on sundays and it being about material possesions or only focusing my faith upon one day of the week.

I will speak out over unjust causes even if the traditional church will not. In simple do what the man would do.

So many people blame religions for wars, well thats bullshit if i ever hear it. Its a way for people with an agenda finding a way to exploit people and push their ideas in a nice family friendly packaging (wolf in sheeps clothing anyone?). Like the anit tobbacco shit faces (you all will become toothless piles of cancerious tumors).

[Multinic]

I live in Kaohsiung (Gaoxiong), which I prefer to Taip(b)ei: less rain, warm winters, affordable housing, more maritime etc. I have been living here for 15 years.

[Roo]

I second Multinic's curiosity; are your folks from Xinjiang, Xian, or elsewhere? And Multinic: where are you in Taiwan? I was concived there and lived later in Taibei for a short while, although at a very young age. And no, not a "military brat", as the saying goes when people question my origins. Pops worked for Nike from day one til 1990.

[Multinic]

Chinese Muslim is an unusual combination. Does that mean from an ethnic Chinese muslim background (called "huizu" in China) or converted Chinese from Malaysia or Indonesia? Just curious.... as someone living among Chinese people.

[yummi4tunekookie]

Huzzah, I am remembered! That in itself makes me very happy!

Sorry I've been gone for so long. I've been busy, broke, and distracted all at once, and have been (shame on me) smoking more than ever. Just made a beastly order on Northerner, though, which puts me back in the "broke" category. Funny what got me back on snus, though--Camel Snus! Very, very much like candy, but I think they'll be good while I'm between orders!

[heppycat]

I was raised Southern Baptist, but can't say I believe in a christian god. There is something out there so I guess that makes me Agnostic.

[Premium Parrots]

hi Yum, glad you are back.

And.........screw you guys, I ATTRACT the women to snuson, not scare them away. 8)

[lxskllr]

yummi!!!

How ya been girl?

I'm glad you stopped by. Don't be such a stranger. We need more female presence around here, as PP scares all the new women off :^D