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Non religious theists?
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RE: Non religious theists?
I was making the observation that there had/have been quite a few people on this forum who have claimed that although they believe in God, believe that Jesus was sent to save us from original sin, that they believe that the Bible is the revealed word of God and that they follow its teachings, still claim that they are in no way religious and even go so far as to say that they don't like religion.

As far as I can see, if you adhere to a supernatural belief system and follow it's doctrines then it's pretty reasonable to say that you are exhibiting religious behaviour.

I was wondering why, when it seems so obvious, that some people claim the reverse.

Also, I'm sure there are many religious who are also atheist, this has nothing exclusively to do with Christianity, Islam etc.

Being religious does not require a belief in a god or gods. People may well want to distance themselves from organised religion, especially the catholic church for example, but that does not mean they are not, in themselves, religious if they adhere to a certain set of beliefs that I have outlined previously.
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Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 3:09 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Tiberius - February 6, 2010 at 3:17 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 3:20 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by David Henson - February 6, 2010 at 3:27 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 3:31 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Tiberius - February 6, 2010 at 3:51 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by David Henson - February 6, 2010 at 4:13 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Tiberius - February 6, 2010 at 4:11 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 4:15 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by David Henson - February 6, 2010 at 4:35 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Purple Rabbit - February 6, 2010 at 4:45 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 4:47 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by David Henson - February 6, 2010 at 5:17 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by padraic - February 6, 2010 at 5:00 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 6, 2010 at 5:26 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by David Henson - February 6, 2010 at 6:19 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 5:31 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by David Henson - February 6, 2010 at 6:11 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 6, 2010 at 6:16 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Welsh cake - February 6, 2010 at 6:48 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by downbeatplumb - February 7, 2010 at 7:21 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Purple Rabbit - February 7, 2010 at 2:34 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by starbucks - February 8, 2010 at 7:39 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Watson - February 8, 2010 at 8:16 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Purple Rabbit - February 8, 2010 at 3:56 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Autumnlicious - February 8, 2010 at 8:08 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 9, 2010 at 7:26 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 9, 2010 at 8:39 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Tiberius - February 10, 2010 at 5:39 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 6:14 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Tiberius - February 10, 2010 at 6:38 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 7:09 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by tackattack - February 10, 2010 at 7:45 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 9:32 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by tackattack - February 10, 2010 at 9:40 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 9:42 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by tackattack - February 10, 2010 at 9:44 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 10:18 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 10:44 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by downbeatplumb - February 10, 2010 at 2:08 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 11:50 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 12:17 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 1:37 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 1:45 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 2:16 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by downbeatplumb - February 10, 2010 at 2:24 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Ace Otana - February 10, 2010 at 2:23 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 2:41 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by downbeatplumb - February 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 2:47 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 10, 2010 at 2:59 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 3:01 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Darwinian - February 10, 2010 at 3:04 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 10, 2010 at 3:11 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Autumnlicious - February 10, 2010 at 6:53 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 10, 2010 at 7:25 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by Edwardo Piet - February 11, 2010 at 10:59 am
RE: Non religious theists? - by downbeatplumb - February 11, 2010 at 2:25 pm
RE: Non religious theists? - by fr0d0 - February 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

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