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Poll: What do we users of AF believe regarding religion?
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B-1 I believe that gods do exist
0.67%
2 0.67%
B-2 I believe that gods do not exist.
4.00%
12 4.00%
B-3 I do not believe in gods.
11.67%
35 11.67%
K-1 I know that gods exist.
0.33%
1 0.33%
K-2 I do not know if gods exist.
10.33%
31 10.33%
K-3 I know that gods do not exist.
3.33%
10 3.33%
A-1 It matters to me to know whether or not gods exist.
4.67%
14 4.67%
A-2 It does not matter to me to know whether or not gods exist.
6.67%
20 6.67%
I-1 I believe the concept of "god" is sufficiently well understood.
3.33%
10 3.33%
I-2 I do not believe the concept of "god" is sufficiently well understood.
10.00%
30 10.00%
P-1 It is of interest to me to understand the phenomenon of god belief and the role it plays in human affairs.
11.33%
34 11.33%
P-2 It is of no interest to me to understand the phenomenon of god belief and the role it plays in human affairs.
2.67%
8 2.67%
S-1 I believe in some things that are supernatural.
0.67%
2 0.67%
S-2 I do not believe in anything that is supernatural.
8.67%
26 8.67%
S-3 Everything that exists at all is natural for its kind.
8.00%
24 8.00%
L-1 I suspect there is a continuance of 'self' beyond the grave.
1.00%
3 1.00%
L-2 I suspect there is no continuance of 'self' beyond the grave.
12.67%
38 12.67%
Total 300 vote(s) 100%
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What we AF users believe regarding gods.
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RE: What we AF users believe regarding gods.
  • I-2 I do not believe the concept of "god" is sufficiently well understood.*
  • P-1 It is of interest to me to understand the phenomenon of god belief and the role it plays in human affairs.*
  • S-3 Everything that exists at all is natural for its kind.*

I myself always self describe my atheist as ignostic. I really cannot say there is a single meaningful concept of god that strikes anything but confusion in my mind. Go through history and you will find gods to be very physical and the notions of spirits or metaphysical entities entirely nonexistent. These beings were no omnimax and just humanoid or entirely human beings. Then you get the spirits of shamanism and expansion into the realm of religion metaphysics along with the concept of revelation. Pantheism, polytheism, henotheism, panentheism, deism, monotheism, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, mortal, immortal, eternal, born, male, female or asexual.
Every possible attribute has been given to god(s) and have been given in great abundance. Wherever a gap in knowledge exist the word god is used to plug it up. The only coherent definition of god is ignorance.

But I do indeed have a massive interest in theology and religion. I like the ideas of religions and what they are suppose to provide although fail at doing so in this day of age. I am a good old fashion pagan in this regard as I love all religions and love blaspheming them and incorporating their concepts into my life. As the pagans of old did when they encountered a new civilization, they just added the newer gods into their own pantheon and forced it to fit.
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RE: What we AF users believe regarding gods. - by Cato - July 10, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: What we AF users believe regarding gods. - by Cato - July 10, 2014 at 1:44 pm
RE: What we AF users believe regarding gods. - by Nine - July 10, 2014 at 4:06 pm
RE: What we AF users believe regarding gods. - by Nine - July 10, 2014 at 4:25 pm
RE: What we AF users believe regarding gods. - by Rabb Allah - July 14, 2014 at 12:38 pm

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