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Totalitarianist · 04-21-2003, 02:07 PM

Somewhere between liberal Christian and deist.

Never · 04-21-2003, 03:57 PM

Just always been the same...I've learned more, but the basic beliefs (and lack of) have remained the same.

babelfish · 04-21-2003, 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by southernhybrid
....and it also gives me peace to realize there is no god....

That's beautiful, southernhybrid.

I started out Catholic, went to evangelical, and gradually to deism. I still remember when I finally let go of all that, the freedom and spiritual joy that I felt. It was just like being born again.

Heh.

trekbette · 04-21-2003, 08:03 PM

I still consider myself to be a (non-practicing) Jew. My family is Jewish. Jews have a strong history and culture. And I feel like it is my responsibility (and all Jews) to remember the past. I just happen to not believe in a god.

A rabbi married my husband and I (my Dad and Grandma wanted it that way). I was up front about my atheism. He gave me a book, What is a Jew?, (I maybe wrong about the title, this was seven years ago).

He told me it was ok to be an Atheist and a Jew, as long as I try to be the best person I could be. He was the first person to tell me this. I think he considered himself more of a teacher than a preacher.

I do find myself distancing myself more and more from the idea of being both Jewish and an Atheist.

girlwriter · 04-21-2003, 08:14 PM

I checked fundie prodistant, but that's not the whole truth. My mom raised me with a vague belief in a benign creator. It was my best friend in second grade (and her family) that gradually got me into the fundie thing.

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former fundamentalist/evangelical Protestant	20	20.00%
former liberal Protestant	24	24.00%
former Catholic (liberal or conservative)	21	21.00%
former Greek Orthodox Christian	0	0%
former Muslim	0	0%
former Jew	2	2.00%
other Christian sect (former Christian Scientist, Mormon, JW's, etc..)	0	0%
former eastern religion (former Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto, etc..)	1	1.00%
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I've been an atheist or agnostic all of my life	27	27.00%
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04-21-2003, 02:07 PM	#21
Totalitarianist Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,234	Somewhere between liberal Christian and deist.

04-21-2003, 03:57 PM	#22
Never Talk Freethought Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: OH Posts: 5,266	Just always been the same...I've learned more, but the basic beliefs (and lack of) have remained the same.

04-21-2003, 08:03 PM	#24
trekbette Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 533	I still consider myself to be a (non-practicing) Jew. My family is Jewish. Jews have a strong history and culture. And I feel like it is my responsibility (and all Jews) to remember the past. I just happen to not believe in a god. A rabbi married my husband and I (my Dad and Grandma wanted it that way). I was up front about my atheism. He gave me a book, What is a Jew?, (I maybe wrong about the title, this was seven years ago). He told me it was ok to be an Atheist and a Jew, as long as I try to be the best person I could be. He was the first person to tell me this. I think he considered himself more of a teacher than a preacher. I do find myself distancing myself more and more from the idea of being both Jewish and an Atheist.

04-21-2003, 08:14 PM	#25
girlwriter Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 300	I checked fundie prodistant, but that's not the whole truth. My mom raised me with a vague belief in a benign creator. It was my best friend in second grade (and her family) that gradually got me into the fundie thing.

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