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That reminds me of a funny story, is it true that a few years back, a ton of Star Wars fans in Britain found the minimum number of people required for a practicing religion, and got Jedi to become a religion in the next census? I think it's true, but maybe some of our brits know more about it than I... maybe we should all put Browncoat on our censuses....

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I love these discussions like the one we are having here. But when the majority of the people around you are one religion, a discussion quickly turns into a pissing match (now im talking about when *I* have conversations with people in my town).

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That is a really neat religion, RJ.

::isn't sure if that was a joke, and doesn't want to offend anybody::

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Originally posted by Qwertyuiopasd:
I'll take the Flying Spaghetti Monster, thankee.

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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
I've only skimmed the thread, but I thought I'd pop in and add my bit. I was raised LDS (Mormon), but I'm working towards converting to Judaism. I'm loving the journey -- both the spiritual learning and the cooking learning! I've been trying out whatever traditional Jewish recipes I can get my hands on. I passed my challah bread recipe on to my sister, who's been making it up at BYU. And my husband is a big fan of my mashed-potatoes-mix latkes. Not what I'd call "traditional", but hey, only requires dry potato flakes, milk, and butter, and it's kosher, so who am I to complain?

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Originally posted by windie:
nothing like "worshipping" the human body.

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I think it's a temple, does that count?
Not sure which of my belief structures that came from.

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Originally posted by stinkingrose:
Pastafarians unite!!

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I must wax on because I'm having new thoughts (ouch!) Science is based on observations of nature, which can be controlled and repeated. Religion is, maybe??, based on the experiences of people, the emotional and spiritual insides of human beings, and no way is that repeatable. And no way should it be!

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:

When people need constant reminders of what to do and what not to do, they get tired of hearing it.

But maybe what should be taught is morals. Seems alot of them are being lost.

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I must wax on because I'm having new thoughts (ouch!) Science is based on observations of nature, which can be controlled and repeated. Religion is, maybe??, based on the experiences of people, the emotional and spiritual insides of human beings, and no way is that repeatable. And no way should it be!

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Hi Mal4Prez,
I guess, that summs up pretty well the problem with faith/science. If God exists, is he more like a "methaphysical law of nature", that we can "prove" or "misprove" (ist there such a word?), or is he more like a "person", that we can relate to, have experiences with and get loved from.
Its just totally diametrical concepts ...

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Originally posted by stinkingrose:
Pastafarians unite!!

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I understand what you’re saying but actually, Judaism was not created by man; it was created by God. That is, God wrote the Torah and basically created the religion. Of course, that depends on faith as well. Just saying. Of course, the Torah and Judaism in general is all about interpretation, so…technically, some of the different aspects of the religion could be false. But the basis is said to come straight from God. Again, totally based on faith.

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originally posted by mal4prez:
I like how Tristan said it, way up the thread. Something about how we create God, but the God we create can do wonderful things for us. As long as we understand that the God we each believe in is ours, and not necessarily anyone else's.

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Originally posted by Esther:
I remember a day, when she laid there wheeping, saying, that she was so scared, that she might be in heaven and he might never come.

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Originally posted by LiuYan:
another "new/old age" hippie here... i prefer "tree hugging dirt worshipper" :P

with a sprinkling of buddhism and a pinch of gnostic/mystical christianity for flavor.

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So, anyway, in the end I've come to the conclusion that I am a Jewish Agnostic

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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
I've only skimmed the thread, but I thought I'd pop in and add my bit. I was raised LDS (Mormon), but I'm working towards converting to Judaism. I'm loving the journey -- both the spiritual learning and the cooking learning! I've been trying out whatever traditional Jewish recipes I can get my hands on. I passed my challah bread recipe on to my sister, who's been making it up at BYU. And my husband is a big fan of my mashed-potatoes-mix latkes. Not what I'd call "traditional", but hey, only requires dry potato flakes, milk, and butter, and it's kosher, so who am I to complain?

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Mmmm... Jewish cooking... *drools*

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My boyfriend is Jewish. He says that if I ever wanted to convert, I'd be a shoo in with my brisket!



Sahara
Blackbird fly into the light of the dark, black night.

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I used to be an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac. I'd stay awake nights wondering if there was a dog.

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
There is a book, called The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold in which the author writes of a young woman going to her Heaven after her death.

Everyone's Heaven was different, but if your idea of what is Heaven intersects with someone else's idea of Heaven, you would meet.
So...if your idea of Heaven is living by the beach, and your Mom's idea of Heaven is living in Inner Mongolia, you would never meet again in Heaven.

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I'm a follower of Cthulhu.

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Originally posted by bigdamntexan:
"while your treating yours like a temple,
I'm treating mine like an amusement park"

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Hello Yinyang:

I noticed your post. Were you responding to me because I did not get an Email telling of your reply. Tristan sent a post not to long ago that he was not getting Emails informing him of replys and I'm wondering if that isn't happening to me.

I don't think anyone is going start a thread about Santa Claus. But In all seriousness the spirit of giving, that Santa Claus represents, is a nice thing to believe in.

Traveler

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