for atheists only!!

I suppose if there were no choice, it would have to be Islam. I could then go around slaughtering everyone else that did not hold my worldview, all the while knowing I'll be rewarded in heavan with virgins.

Of course, I would much prefer a bullet through the forehead if I had another choice.
 
The question is defective.
If we had no 'choice', we couldnt 'choose' a religion.
We would be what we must be.
 
I'd be a satanist.

Only cause it don't exist either, it's little understood, and mostly atheistic.

Godless
 
but if buddism was an acutual religon i would choose that, but its just teachings, and a bettering of ones self! so all you noobs out there, budism is not a religon
 
Theists are always calling science a religion and a belief, so I will go with that.

It is finding out truth the truthful way :D
 
nameless said:
The question is defective.
If we had no 'choice', we couldnt 'choose' a religion.
We would be what we must be.
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no, the question is fairly clearly stated...noone else had much of a problem answering. ill ask the question in a way you cannot dispute, then:

if you were forced to choose an established religion from the past or present, and the choice for atheism were not available...with your current knowledge of religions, which would you choose?

and for those folks who want to make it difficult and say "nothing", without posting anything useful to the conversation....ITS HYPOTHETICAL!!!!
 
Christianity.
I consider myself a christian anyway. That's the animal I am, I'm the product of a christian society etc etc.
It's just that I don't actually believe in god or think jesus was anything more than a whiny jew.
But that's kind of insignificant in the big scheme of things, it's just my thoughts and feelings, I'm still technically a christian, thats the breed of homo sapien I belong to and I would fight and die for christianity as it is my family strain.
 
(Q) said:
I suppose if there were no choice, it would have to be Islam. I could then go around slaughtering everyone else that did not hold my worldview, all the while knowing I'll be rewarded in heavan with virgins.
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You could do that with any religion.


Anyway, for me I would pick something more spiritual. Maybe Buddism or Wicca.
 
if you were forced to choose an established religion from the past or present, and the choice for atheism were not available...with your current knowledge of religions, which would you choose?
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Answer: None.

I know that's not what you want, but that's all I can give, unless you specifically want me to lie just for the sake of lying? Hypothetically or not, it's not a question I can answer in any other way.
 
The Devil Inside said:
if you were forced to choose an established religion from the past or present, and the choice for atheism were not available...with your current knowledge of religions, which would you choose?
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What is the option? Will I be shot if I choose no religion? Will I be forced to listen to Xmas music for all eternity? Torture? What is the option. How can anyone make that decision without knowing the option? No imagination?

(Bye the bye, how did your psychic demonstration go with Crunchy Cat?)
 
unfortunately, nameless... crunchy cat and i werent able to meet. it is completely my fault, and currently, i am in europe while he is in america....:( im kind of sad myself. sometimes real life takes precedent over internet life. *shrug* im sure it will happen actually, its just a question of when we can mesh our schedules together.

as for your main question, there is no option for anything outside of choice of religion. choose your flavor of belief (if you were to have no option otherwise)

cmon people...there are folks that say "none"? why even post in that case? jeeeeeez!
 
spidergoat said:
Reincarnation can be explained in a perfectly rational way. If the self is an illusion, there is only all life interconnected. From that point of view, bodies get reincarnated all the time, it's called birth, like skin cells are constantly "reincarnated" from the same pattern, and the form of the mind is inherited from culture.
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wow! are you in cloud cookooland.
"If the self is an illusion", that's says it all, how is that rational, nothing can be deemed rational if it refers to illusion, hallucination, imagination, fantasy.
thus reincarnation cannot be explained rationally.
wake up and smell the coffee.

if I had no choice, then I could'nt chose, however, I would prefer an american indian religion/way of life, no gods just respect of life and the land.
 
The Devil Inside said:
unfortunately, nameless... crunchy cat and i werent able to meet. it is completely my fault, and currently, i am in europe while he is in america....:( im kind of sad myself. sometimes real life takes precedent over internet life. *shrug* im sure it will happen actually, its just a question of when we can mesh our schedules together.
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I was following your spoonbending thread on the edge of my seat and... and... I never even got to cum!!! Hahahahaha.... I was rooting for you, although i had my doubts.

as for your main question, there is no option for anything outside of choice of religion. choose your flavor of belief (if you were to have no option otherwise)
cmon people...there are folks that say "none"? why even post in that case? jeeeeeez!
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Perhaps some of us would rather be tortured/killed/married.. whatever.. than to submit ourself to the intellectual and emotional horrors and hypocrisy of a religion. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees babbling fairy/devil/god nonsense!
I think that this is a valid answer.

What is the point of the thread's question, by the way?? If I knew the point, perhaps I could offer an answer more in line with the answers you sought... I still like my answer. There are damn few authentic, honest people out here as it is. Why are you looking for 'whores'?
 
There is a variation on an old persian religion that always made me admire the believers. I would choose it if I had to pick a religion.

The concept is a constant struggle between Ahura Mazda and Ahirman. Ahura Masda is the god of light and good (hence chosen as trade name for Mazda light bulbs). Ahirman is the god of darkness and evil.

You side with one or the other by living a good or a bad life.

The intersting part of this variation is that the outcome of the struggle is not known. If you side with the good guy & he loses, you will be punished, while the evil people will be rewarded.

As an atheist, I try to be ethical and maintain a sense of integrity. I try to treat my fellow men with curtesy and respect. I reject the use of force and fraud as a way to deal with others. I do not expect some nonexistent god to reward me for good behavior. My behavior is based on a beleif that it is the right way to live. That obscure Persian religion fits my philosophy of life.
 
nameless said:
I was following your spoonbending thread on the edge of my seat and... and... I never even got to cum!!! Hahahahaha.... I was rooting for you, although i had my doubts.
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yeah, its unfortunate that it didnt work out. i know there will be folks that say i just didnt go through with it to avoid being exposed as a fraud, or whatever. but the truth is, i had some family troubles and had to do alot of immigration stuff, and just couldnt find time to rendezvous with a guy i didnt know, that i met on the internet.

[/QUOTE]Perhaps some of us would rather be tortured/killed/married.. whatever.. than to submit ourself to the intellectual and emotional horrors and hypocrisy of a religion. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees babbling fairy/devil/god nonsense!
I think that this is a valid answer.[/QUOTE]

yes it is. but atheism is not a choice in this question. the question is for atheists to choose what religion they would want, if the situation came about that they had no option to say "none"

[/QUOTE]What is the point of the thread's question, by the way?? If I knew the point, perhaps I could offer an answer more in line with the answers you sought... I still like my answer. There are damn few authentic, honest people out here as it is. Why are you looking for 'whores'?[/QUOTE]

well, honesty is a trait that is admirable. the point is to get to know the folks on this board a little bit better. the selection of a religion by a non-religious person says alot about the kind of person they are.

so far, i think my favorite is Cris. Deism. its one of my personal favorite belief systems, and is very very very close to actual judaism (my religion).
 
the point is to get to know the folks on this board a little bit better
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And surely as a result "none" is a completely valid response. If nothing else it will tell you that the folks that said none are the type of people that would perhaps prefer to be shot than forced to believe in some nonsense religion. Maybe not of course, but speaking for myself I would rather be. Sure, I guess I could pretend for 30 mins to belong to some religion, but to seriously accept one? Would never happen :)
 
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