If You Were A Theist

[downbeatplumb]

I cannot imagine what it would be like to be a theist. the concept is alien to me.

[abaris]

If you were a theist tomorrow, how would you change the rest of your life? Personality, morals, etc.

Not at all. I think, the question is a moot one, since what I consider to be good and right wouldn't, couldn't, change based on the belief in god. I would consider my life worthless and a lie if I deviated from my values.

Btw, I also considered the original thread useless and never even looked at it. For the above reasons.

[The Grand Nudger]

Are you asking me if my life would change if I woke up and believed that the christian god existed...or if I woke up and accepted christ as my personal saviour?

To the former, no, not a bit.  To the latter....I don;t know that it would be an issue of my life changing from that point on so much as what weird ass thing happened to me in my sleep that I became a scapegoater while snoring.

[CapnAwesome]

You'll have to pick a religion, cause they're all too different.

Without getting too specific, would it be ok if I said any of the Abrahamic religions, since they are the most common? Or do I have to pick a particular one?

Well there is tremendous difference, since Judaism doesn't come with a belief in hell. I mean I don't think that Theism is at all specific enough. Is there an afterlife? For me that's the more important hypothetical anyway.

[Catholic_Lady]

Without getting too specific, would it be ok if I said any of the Abrahamic religions, since they are the most common? Or do I have to pick a particular one?

Well there is tremendous difference, since Judaism doesn't come with a belief in hell. I mean I don't think that Theism is at all specific enough. Is there an afterlife? For me that's the more important hypothetical anyway.

All 3 Abrahamic religions have an afterlife, right?

[The Valkyrie]

Hard to say.

Depends on the type of theist I became.

If I became a Muslim I would likely at least start wearing a headscarf, possibly the black bodyrag the women "choose" to wear if I became fanatical enough.

Would it change my personality? Possibly. I likely wouldn't be the outrageous flirt that I am now.

Morality? Hard to judge. I think I'm generally a pretty good person now and, again dependant on the religion I adopted, that could change dramatically. As a devout Muslim woman, could I work on male patients?

[abaris]

All 3 Abrahamic religions have an afterlife, right?

And so have most other religions - existing ones and no longer existing ones.

But why should that change anything?

[Iroscato]

Jedi or GTFO.

I would probably become more passive, encouraging peace and diplomacy as the best options for situations and using violence as an absolute last resort.

Pretty much the same as I am now, basically, except I'd have a fuckmothering lightsaber.

[The Valkyrie]

Jedi or GTFO.

I would probably become more passive, encouraging peace and diplomacy as the best options for situations and using violence as an absolute last resort.

Pretty much the same as I am now, basically, except I'd have a fuckmothering lightsaber.

Jedi is not a religion.  It's a personal relationship with The Force.

[The Grand Nudger]

Or at least you'd -believe- you had a lightsaber......