Ot: Religion Poll

[Airgead]

That can mean a lot of things... Could you narrow it down? My old man claims says he's pagan, but he just uses in the broad sense in that he isn't Christian, Jewish, or Islamic...

Or do you perform all kinds of rituals and stuff?

Nahh... the real deal. A modern reconstruction of the old religion of the pre-Christian Scots and Irish.

So yeah, rituals and stuff.

 

[Stuster]

Nahh... the real deal. A modern reconstruction of the old religion of the pre-Christian Scots and Irish.

But there was no 'Scotland' or 'Ireland' at that time.

 

[Linz]

Stuster:

The FSM is a harsh deity... He created and touched the first man with His Noodly Appendage, and gave him an appendage that represents barely a grain of risoni :S

Ahh but it swells in size once surrounded in warm, frothy moisture.....or am I thinking of rissotto??

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Which religion is it that offers their firstborn as sacrifice and slaughters Goats every other Sunday....

Cause I cant find it on the Poll.....


Maybe it is Confusionism.... :huh:

 

[Muggus]

And here I was thinking that brewing was a religion unto itself...

 

[TidalPete]

At last count (According to Google) there are 4300 religions in the world so your poll seems to be a little skewed newguy.?
To have any rational thoughts of the future (On this earth or otherwise) a person must believe & hope in something.
What do you think the future holds for you if you do not believe in anything newguy? Do you think that you just appeared out of thin air?

Steve in post 16 very sensibly said

I voted for non of your business - I come here to talk about beer not religion

so lets just get on with the business of beer-making & forget about this stupid poll.

Where is a moderator when you need one?????? :angry:

TP :beer:

 

[warrenlw63]

This is all very fascinating and I'd love to stay and talk but ...

MY SPACESHIP AWAITS. :icon_drunk:

Warren -

 

[newguy]

Here we go......

At last count (According to Google) there are 4300 religions in the world so your poll seems to be a little skewed newguy.?

Then get the mods to increase the max poll responses to 4300 from the present 10.

To have any rational thoughts of the future (On this earth or otherwise) a person must believe & hope in something.
What do you think the future holds for you if you do not believe in anything newguy? Do you think that you just appeared out of thin air?

I believe I will have a beer later on today. I hope that I will one day brew the best beer ever.

Happy now? :huh:

 

[matti]

This is my take on this subject........
:huh:
D&M.
All religions are just system of belief.

Mankind are like children-> they seek routine in there daily life as well as their thoughts.
The mental horizon expand as we grow and we seek higher goals.
When people lose faith in their idols they look to the skies.
Some charismatic and persuasive soul comes along and talks a bout their ideal and suddenly they have thousand of followers.
These "souls" are believed to be "in touch" with god and and their environments,a priest or leader is born and a religion is born.

I am not going to tell you what my believes are but all in all it is only a belief.

I'll believe i'll get rather drunk this afternoon....

 

[brettprevans]

To have any rational thoughts of the future (On this earth or otherwise) a person must believe & hope in something.
What do you think the future holds for you if you do not believe in anything newguy? Do you think that you just appeared out of thin air?

That seems like a very narrow view of things there TP. actually that sounds very much like a hardline religious thought. As fr apprearing out of thin air, if you belive or know anything about evolution then you know where evolutionists beleive we cam from.

That can mean a lot of things... Could you narrow it down? My old man claims says he's pagan, but he just uses in the broad sense in that he isn't Christian, Jewish, or Islamic...
Or do you perform all kinds of rituals and stuff?

Paganism is technically just worshiping many gods rather than one. Paganism isnt about weird rituals etc. It was a catholic spin on it. Romans were pagans as they had many gods.


This is another no win topic. Im not entering this poll turned debate (although I voted).

EDIT:

I'll believe i'll get rather drunk this afternoon....

Right on brother. I beleive im going to brew tonight.

 

[PistolPatch]

Just had a phone call from a mate who asked me to read this thread. He knows it's a Friday and he knows damn well that I couldn't resist replying to something like this thread - lol!

The day that someone can look up into the sky and show me the edge of the universe, can tell me the point when it ends, then I'm joining that religion. The day that someone can explain quantum physics in words to me, I'll think I know something significant.

I think when you get certain about your religion or lack of it, you need to dwell on the above for a sec.

We know nothing!

But, there are certainly mystical and spiritual things that can occurr to people that are very real but cannot be explained adequately in words. There is a scale of these as well. Some people can love their children. Some people love their spouse. Some people love their parents. Some people do all these and even love the environment, the whole human race or even the whole world! The latter is known commonly in a few religions as satori, bliss or ecstasy. In this state, everything is logical and also pure joy - a great way to go but you are doing well to even taste it once in your lifetime.

The Dalai Llama said, "I don't know the meaning of the universe but I think our purpose is to be happy." (Perhaps, 'full,' would be a better translation than, 'happy,' for us westerners.)

I like troops like the Dalia Llama!

Someone else (can't remember who) said something like, "It is fortunate to be born into a religion but most unfortunate to die with the same one."

Let's forget the list of religions in the poll. Let's boil it down to just three belief systems...

1. One Life then Paradise - eg Christianity, Islam, Jewish etc.
2. Many Lives then Paradise - eg Hindu
3. One Life and then You Are Dead!

All of the above can be flawed logically very easily. (I believe in all of them depending on the situation. For example, if I see some poor bugger with a totally crap life through no fault of their own, I'll go reincarnation. That way, I can think that next life they will have a better run.)

I reckon it doesn't really matter which of the above you believe in. If we go with the Dalia Llama's view that our purpose is to be happy, then ANY one of those belief systems can get you there in the end.

EVERY one of the above belief systems (and all of them are illogical) has tremendous advantages if used in the right way and tremendous disadvantages if used in the wrong way.

So, for me, the question is not what is your religion or point of view but what do you do with it? i.e. What is your way of life?

Do you use it productively? Does it embrace or ostracise? Do you create humour where you walk? Do you engage your brain and other people's brains? Do you create or disintegrate? Do you create excitement? Do you create adventure?

If you can do one percent of the positives of the above every day then I reckon you are doing bloody well. Good on ya!

Ummmm! PP is off-topic and way out there but the bugger who gave me the heads up on this thread will love it so good on me!

LOL!
Pat

P.S. Nice to see that people above from all points of view have generally been productive or at the very least really funny :icon_cheers:














If my memory serves me correctly, the word religion comes from roots that mean, 'way of life.'

 

[brettprevans]

The day that someone can look up into the sky and show me the edge of the universe, can tell me the point when it ends, then I'm joining that religion.

The day that someone can explain quantum physics in words to me, I'll think I know something significant.

If my memory serves me correctly, the word religion comes from roots that mean, 'way of life.'

Another great PP post.

1. Quatum physics is the use of quamtum theory to describe/study the universe at it most primary/base level. more simple it look/studies the tiniest particls current known to man.... chemical elements and made from atoms, atoms are made of nuclei and electrons, nuclei are made of protons ans neutrons, and protons and neutrons are made up of quarks. quarks are the most basic building blocks. I could go on but it gets a bit invpolved.

2. current scientific acceptance is that because of the way the universe is (and to do with quatum physics), the edge of the universe can never been seen (most basic way to think of it is 3 ships spead out over a horizon (a, b, c), a can see b and vice versa, b can see c and vice versa but a nd c cant ever see each other - then theres a whole speed of light things, universe being a curved thing with wird gravitiational things etc etc).

3. Relgion at its most basic definition is an organised beleif system. Hence 'jedi' can be classified as a religion as there is an organised movement. get enough people together who beleive in beer and you could have AHB classified as a religion.

Theres something to mull over whilst you knocking back a few pints of your finest.

PS for an interesting (but heavy going) read, get "the Goldielocks Enigma". it discussed all this sort of stuff and the origins of the universe, religion, cosmology etc. It would be a bit of slog for anyone who has never studied any physics or math late in highschool/uni

 

[joshuahardie]

I gave up religion for Lent.

 

[gregb]

<snip> get enough people together who beleive in beer and you could have AHB classified as a religion.

Could we get tax breaks and religious holidays etc too?

Cheers,
Greg