Quote:Well, I say I don't know what "True Atheist" means because, n my belief, I have yet to truly meet a "True Atheist", and I never will. I mean no disrespect by it, I just don't believe in "True" Atheism.
I am an Agnostic Christian, which means I believe in the teachings, I believe in the ideas and principles of the Christian religion, but I do not know them or claim them to be true.
I'll disregard the part on your non-belief in someone being a True Atheist, but I am curious to know how you can state that you "Believe" in the teachings, Principles and Ideas of the Christian religion but/and also state you do not know them or claim them to be true?? That's simply a paradox in what you stated...
Quote:Furthermore, my belief in God is quite seperate from my Christianity, and based on my own personal experience, coupled with my observations of the world around me. I have read very little of the Bible, but I am aware of it's contents and meaning through study of this life I am living.
I do understand your meaning in the separation of a personal god in which you believe in, however, you could get just as much morality and personal content out of a self help to happiness book than the Christian one....
Quote:I don't plan on adding a sect of any kind, this is simply my personal experience with Christianity as I understand it. My interpretation of Christianity is based on my observations of God, rather than the other way around.
When you state your observations of god, in what way do you mean?
Quote:Well, if it helps; I choose Christianity because I find it the most broad in understanding and the best at describing the phenomenon we call 'life', the being we call 'God.' I also find that certain other religions do this very well, too, but none quite so precisely as Christianity. That is my take on it; a Muslim or a Buddhist may have a different take, just as you and the other Atheists on this site have differents take completely.
I believe they are Christian, but are not recognized as such because of the level of misrepresentation coming from Fundamentalists and other nutjobs.
I would say they are little more relaxed in comparison to the Islamic faith. The sad part is that the fundamentalist nutjobs you wrote about make up the majority here in the U.S. I can't speak for how it is in other countries who call themselves Christians.
Quote:Christianity has more depth to it than some would like to think, and takes a lot of study for one to undertsand it's true, underlying meaning.
The only depth and meaning is from the person that is giving it that, depth and meaning. There is reason for so many branches of faith based beliefs coming from one book. In the end, the bottom line is still human perception, not the label.
Quote:Thank you for your well wishes, haha. I do believe in a personal God; I believe that all major and minor religions out there are simply an attempt at describing that God in the best way they know how. Some have it better than others, and I only add the 'Agnostic' label to my Christianity because I merely believe in Jesus Christ and his teachings; I have no way of absolutely knowing for certain if He ever walk this earth.
For me personally, I believe there probably was a "Man" named Jesus or Yewah, or whatever, that tried to "Preach" to his people... I just look at him as being another human being spreading their opinions of what they believe to be truth, when it comes life of course... No more, no less....
Intelligence is the only true moral guide...


