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is it okay if im a theist but not any religions?
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RE: is it okay if im a theist but not any religions?
(November 20, 2013 at 9:56 am)leodeo Wrote: i was christian then became atheist recently but lotta people here pointed out that i still believe in god so im probably a theist.
Yep. A theist is someone who believes in god. Doesn't have to be any specific one.
(November 20, 2013 at 9:56 am)leodeo Wrote: so is it okay if i just believe in god and not follow any of the religions?
Yes.
(November 20, 2013 at 9:56 am)leodeo Wrote: But I'm worried because christianity is the #1 religion on the planet, what if they are right? I mean, how could so many people be wrong?
How could everyone who believed in Thor and Zeus and Ra have been wrong?
(November 20, 2013 at 9:56 am)leodeo Wrote: And it has been around for a long time too, granted not as long as hinduism
Ra was popular for longer than Jesus has been. And that's not even considering that popularity and longevity are not indicators of whether a religion is true or not.
Argumentum ad populum
Appeal to tradition
(November 20, 2013 at 9:56 am)leodeo Wrote: And they got so much organization with the Church, and so many ancient and holy scriptures and stuff too.
Church organization and the volume of their scriptures don't mean that the contents of their scriptures are accurate.

From the sound of things you aren't a deist (i.e. believe that god created the universe, but no longer interacts at all with the physical world), so I guess you're just a theist. I wouldn't worry about hell if I were you, Pascal's Wager has been long debunked anyway.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
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is it okay if im a theist but not any religions? - by leodeo - November 20, 2013 at 9:56 am
RE: is it okay if im a theist but not any religions? - by Raven - November 20, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: is it okay if im a theist but not any religions? - by Darkstar - November 20, 2013 at 12:49 pm

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