What religion are you?

[Mischief]

I thought it would be interesting to know what people belive.

I think I've got MOST of the *main* religions on here...forgive me if I missed your's but the poll only alows 10 choices. :)

BTW, I think that everyone has a right to their own belief, I'm not polling to JUDGE or ATTACK anyone, so please keep it nice.....

[ziggie]

Me - Non Church going Baptist
DH - Raised Catholic, now agnostic (sp?)
DS - Whatever he wants is fine by me..........:D

[Seekrit]

I chose other because I dont follow a faith, including Atheism (sp?) :) I'm a noice, agnostic fence sitter here :)

[Mischief]

I'm a Jehovahs Witness, and I will raise Oliver as one also, but I do belive that it is up to him to make it his own when he is older.

You cant force someone to belive something they dont.

[MeeG]

i do have a religion although im not overly religous, were all from the unting chruch im not sure as to whether or not i want my child to have our religious beliefs thrown at her

[blessedmummy]

im a christian and so is my husband and i hope to raise up my children the same way. been baptised in water (dunked in the ocean) and also baptised in Holy spirit too.. its the best thing ive ever done, ( for me anyhow!)

me25
DH25:kiss:
Emily3:smiliedance:
Clare22months:smiliedance:

[FourAngelKisses]

Atheist here.

[Mischief]

Hey just a question......is Christian Catholic? I'm just curious...alot of people say they are Christian, and I never really knew what it ment..... (please excuse my ignorance!)

[Beany]

In that they are followers of the teachings of Christ, yes they are Christians.

Catholic, Anglican, protestant, Church of England, JW and a myriad of other faiths are 'sects' (for want of a better term) of Christianity.

[Mischief]

Thanks for clearing that up Beany.....

So a christian is anyone who follows Christ in a sence?

[ziggie]

Thanks for clearing that up Beany.....

So a christian is anyone who follows Christ in a sence?

Yep!!!!!!! :yes:

[FourAngelKisses]

Hey just a question......is Christian Catholic? I'm just curious...alot of people say they are Christian, and I never really knew what it ment..... (please excuse my ignorance!)

I don't know the different either, I always thought it was the same thing.

[SamanthaJane]

My mum is catholic, my dad is anglican, but me and my siblings are catholics. Dp was never christened, but he follows the catholic religion.

[Verdi]

Mischief - Jehovahs Witness, me too:D
What a surprise:eek:

[~EmsMum~]

i come from a pentecostal background

[~Danni~]

I do not follow a religion, both my parents were christned but they wanted to leave the choice up to me for when I was old enough to coose for my self (I attended an anglican girls school though:rolleyes: )

DF was christaned as a bub but does not follow a religion either:p

Our children will be able to make their own decision when the time comes if they wish to follow areligion/attend sunday scool/ be christened/ be babtised etc:yes:

[AngelHope]

me too:D
What a surprise:eek:



Me three !!

[Verdi]

shock horrorr:eek::eek::eek:

nah really how awesome:D

[AngelHope]

:laughing: :eek:

[Mischief]

Here I was thinking I'd be all alone.... Sob Sob...dont feel so special now! Hehe. :)

Its really interesting to see how many different beliefs there are and the different backgrounds people come from.

My dad is an Athiest, mum is a Jehovahs Witness, my sister is Catholic....ect...

[Percy]

Im Anglican and had DS baptised anglican.

DH just goes with the flow!

[porridge]

I'm a member of Evangelical Presbyterian Church... so reformed presbyterian... looks like I'm on my lonesome :(

[Mischief]

Hey Porridge....you are special! :D

I thought I was special too....but then I found out I wasnt special anymore.... :( LOL

[Mischief]

Thanks ATD-FAH - I'm just totally confused.....LOL I still havent got my brain back. Oliver stole it! :D

[sweetvanilla]

I am a Islam/Muslim. There are ppl however been quite surprised when I say I am a Muslim!:wave: They would expect like what they see and hear frm the media.

I try to do the religion as close as i could, but then, of cos at times, i missed to do it. And now, the Ramadan /fasting month is coming. I am so looking forward to tat. I only feel like this when becoming a parent. When I was younger , it was only like a 'so-so' feel.

Anyone here a Muslim too?

[MrsMiggins]

I chose other because I dont follow a faith, including Atheism (sp?) :) I'm a noice, agnostic fence sitter here :)

Yeah, that pretty much describes me too!

I also chose "Other", although I was raised Presbyterian (so not really on your own there, porridge!) but religion was never really a huge topic in our household. Apart from a few visits to church (and an excrutiatingly boring Sunday School) when we were very young, we never even went to church.

[MummyCharmzy]

We are catholic

[Milliner]

No Religion here

[Mischief]

I am catholic..but ..now this will throw you Kat..going to bring the kids up christian.

LOL You are just trying to trip me out arent you! :p

By that, I take it you mean that you are going to bring your children up to follow the bibles teachings, but not actually teach them a particular religion? Let them choose themselves as they get older?

[Lunar]

My mum is catholic, my dad church of england. Myself and my 2 siblings are Catholic, DH is Catholic, Emily has been baptised Catholic and Kailah will be baptised soon.:yes:

[Saraswati]

[QUOTE=princess niamh]
Ok..I was raised catholic..I believe in the bibleand what is has to say BUT..I dont belive alot of the catholism stuff.
Like touching yourself is dirty ...for an example...

QUOTE]

Not trying to educate you :D but the catholic churches i've been exposed to (was raised catholic) are a lot more progressive than you might give them credit for, particularly with regards to sex, homosexuality and a basic acceptance that it's perfectly ok for people to adopt different religions as it suits them (or none at all). In fact, I find them to be a lot more open minded than a lot of the Baptist-type Christian groups.

i suppose it all depends on your experiences.

[tyler's mum]

im Atheist i so dont believe in GOD:no:

[Mamaduke]

I'm a Catholic...but apparently I'm always 'spouting about it' so you'd all know that anyway!!:rolleyes:
The boys are both baptised Catholics and DH's religion (technically) is Uniting - although I'm pretty sure he's been to more Catholic masses/services than Uniting.
He was quite nervous about telling the Priest who married us that he wasn't a Catholic.
"Don't worry...we'll take anyone!" Father exclaimed.

[EskimoMumma]

I was baptisted but didnt see christian so i assume baptist is close enough

But i do not actively go to church anymore. If DS and DD get interested, I'll sit and read the bible likemy dad did.(altho he did it ever night for an hour. after 6 years it was soooo boring)

[Mister Noodle]

Atheist here :)

Note that it's possible to be agnostic and atheist (or any other belief) at the same time.

Weak agnostic: I do not know whether gods exist.
Strong agnostic: It is impossible to know whether gods exist.
Weak atheist: I have no belief in gods.
Strong atheist: I believe that gods do not exist.

Given that the existence of YHWH (as defined) is unfalsifiable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfalsifiable), I must perforce take the strong agnostic position. However, given that I believe that it's simply untrue, I am also a strong atheist.

[Mister Noodle]

I was baptisted but didnt see christian so i assume baptist is close enough

Hmm.

"Baptist" is actually quite specific - lots of churches do the whole baptism thing, but I'd be careful about identifying with Baptists unless you mean to. Many (most?) baptist churches have a particularly strong evangelical / charismatic flavour that isn't many people's cup of tea, and you could give an unintended impression.

[Mischief]

He was quite nervous about telling the Priest who married us that he wasn't a Catholic.
"Don't worry...we'll take anyone!" Father exclaimed.

LOVE it Mamaduke! LOL

[Mamaduke]

Mr Noodle...
please, for once, just answer a question and don't nit-pick everyone's answers...please let this not be the beginning of yet another Noodle sermon!!!!


Many (most?) baptist churches have a particularly strong evangelical / charismatic flavour that isn't many people's cup of tea, and you could give an unintended impression.

Don't start bagging please...you could be giving off the same impression by saying you're an atheist.

[EskimoMumma]

All i know is that my father was VERY religious and we had to change churches alot because he didnt agree with the sermons/preaching. then when my parents divorced my mother jumped around other religions. Which i guess turned me off.

[twolittlegirls]

Athiest here. Although I don't want to push this on to my dd. I think she has the right to make up her own mind just like me!! When she is old enough and asks questions, I'll send her to her great grandmothers!!

Mischeif,

My husband works with a jehovahs witness. It must be a hard religion to follow! We live in a small country town and I think they cop a bit of ****, which I think is unfair. We are all entitled to believe in what we want to believe!!

[FourAngelKisses]

I don't push my beliefs on my kids either, but DS1 decided he was an atheist too ast the age of 6. He couldn't work out why God would want him to almost die by not having working kidneys and ending up really sick as a result. I didn't try to change his mind, but I didn't try to reinforce his decision either. As a result, he asked to be excused from scripture at school (which I don't think should be taught in a public school....but that's a whole other topic.)

[Mischief]

onelittlegirl - Its not really hard to follow....As a teenager I felt very restricted, I didnt go out clubbing or drinking like my work friends...and although I had a boyfriend I didnt go out alone with him. I must admit I did find it very hard....but as I look back I realise what a great protection it was to ME, goodness knows what I would have gotten up to if I hadnt felt that I would dissapoint God. :o I think maybe I would have been a little troublemaker and caused mum a few grey hairs. Now as an adult I appreciate everything so much more.

Yep, it is hard, and we do get alot of flak, but its mainly from people who dont know or understand us. Most people get a big suprise when the subject of religion comes up and I tell them I am a Jehovahs Witness....I think many people expect I should have had an extra head and a bible in my hand to bash them with....but its not like that at all. We are just normal people, we belive in the bible...just like most other *mainstream* religions do, and we try our best to follow Christs example. :yes:

Anyway...enough from me, I'm not trying to *preach*, was just explaining. :)

Angelkisses - I'm really sorry about your son, the poor little man must have been thru such a tuff time. :( Such a brave little boy!!!

[daisyxs]

i voted other, i believe in fate, destiny and thats about it.
everything happens for a reason, i just dont think there is a "god" as such.
daisy

[WeThree]

I am a Christian, and I attend an Anglican church atm to worship :)
I believe I was also baptised into the Anglican Church.
Mischief just wanted to try and explain a bit about Christians and different churches to you for a sec, because you still seemed a bit confused :)
A Christian is someone who has asked Jesus into their hearts, repented of their sins and who wants to live their lives in a way that please the Lord.
Now there are many Religions that are Christian. Catholisicm is a type of Christian religion, as is Anglican, Baptist, Pentacostal etc, all preach from the Bible, its just the way things are taught in each one that differs iykwim? So I could say Im Pentacostal or Anglican, but still, no matter which one I was, I would still be a Christian.
Anyway, hope that cleared it up a bit, as I said at the beginning, and what I usually like to tell people when asked what religion I am 'Im a Christian who happens to attend an Anglican Church'.

Edited to add: It works the other way as well, being a Catholic or an Anglican or whatever definetly doesnt make you a Christian iykwim ;)

[Seekrit]

Mr Noodle...
please, for once, just answer a question and don't nit-pick everyone's answers...please let this not be the beginning of yet another Noodle sermon!!!!

Don't start bagging please...you could be giving off the same impression by saying you're an atheist.
I actually liked him explaining that to me :)

Ta Mr N! :D

[Mister Noodle]

MD:

Sheesh, I'm not bagging anyone. I seriously don't have an opinion on Baptists versus any other kind of Christianity.

But they're a fair way from mainstream, and assuming someone is a baptist just because they're baptised is a bit like assuming someone would want to watch an adult video just because they're an adult. The term has a special meaning. An easy assumption to make, but the reactions on both sides could be quite surprising.

[Mischief]

Mister Noodle / Mummaduke - Thank you both for your explainations. Now we know there was no harm intended from either side, so lets leave it at that......please? :) I sooooo dont want this thread closed, its going so well and we are all getting along sooooo nicely!!!! :D

CoopsnTilly - THANKYOU for your explaination....I am slowly begining to understand. I did get confused because I consider myself a Christian, and then I knew that everyone who said they were a Christian wasnt the same religion as me....Like I said...Oliver stole my brain! LOL :rolleyes:

[Verdi]

i agree with everything as mischief said, i too was brought up as a JW, and yes it is hard but as i have gotten older i appreciated the principals ethics and morals it has given me as a person, i consider myself not at all a bible bashing zealot but a loving human being who just wants to live life the christian way and to treat others with the same love that Jesus bestowed to us when he was here on the earth. I have to say most witnesses feel the same way as i do and have no intention of Pushing our beliefs onto people. (you do get a minority that muck it up for us but i think we get that every religion)

I too love to hear about people religions it also facsinates me, i think it is beautiful that we all can talk and not be judgemental to peoples beliefs.
I love different takes on religions, love Jewish history and the islamic culture, i think we should be thankful that we live a Society that is accepting of all!!

[WeThree]

You are welcome Mischief :)

[EskimoMumma]

Yeah It is slightly confusing, which is why I dont get we just cant be happy that there is a God there, and that the bible is pretty much the same thing world wide and just be happy reading him, praying, and giving our donations or what not to him/charities./ Each to their own and I am glad that they are happy with their religion. I am happy with the fact of knowing God does exsist and is there for people who listen and open up :o

[MamaSage]

Interesting thread. I try to follow Buddhist ways as much as possible, as I identify with Buddhism quite strongly. To me it is a rational, compassionate way of life - not really a religion.
It's been interesting to read about other religions, as it does interest me. It is very hard to find sensible information about some religions though, YK unbiased info.

[Mister Noodle]

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org) is good for that.

And if they get things wrong, you can always fix it. :)

[faery]

Pagan. experiencing life through the magic of nature!

[poshBecks]

I'm a Baptist!! :D

[Ange&Seth]

Pagan. experiencing life through the magic of nature!

YAY :smiliedance: Wiccan here! I was wondering if any of the old religions were going to pop up in this thread.

DP doesn't follow any religion, he says his faith is in himself, which I think is nice. We had a civil name day ceremony for DS as we both want him to make his own decision when he's old enough.

[bronny-jane]

im in the other :D pagan:yes: oh and proud of it:yelclap: :yelclap:

[Mischief]

I just wanted to say....thank you everyone for "keeping it nice" :) I know religion can be a pretty heated subject!

I'm amazed at how many different belifes BubHubbers have. We are such a diverse lot!

Oh and now I have *Christian* sorted out....could some explain to me what *Pagan* is? :) LOL *slaps head and says "DOH"*

[Ana Gram]

I'm a bit of a nothing when it comes to religion. I don't actively identify with anything really. The closest I have come to a religion I have liked is Pagan.

[emma2938]

MD:

Sheesh, I'm not bagging anyone. I seriously don't have an opinion on Baptists versus any other kind of Christianity.

But they're a fair way from mainstream, and assuming someone is a baptist just because they're baptised is a bit like assuming someone would want to watch an adult video just because they're an adult. The term has a special meaning. An easy assumption to make, but the reactions on both sides could be quite surprising.

I am a baptist and proud of it!!!!. :smiliedance:

Contrary to what yuou think Mr noodle we are not that far away from mainstream. We just believe Jesus was the Son of God and want to follow his ways and the teachings of God from the bible. We are no less or more mainstream than anglican, uniting, pentecostal or any other Christian religion.

[Briannabear]

Im a Christian. :yes: I consider myself to be non-denominational though - cant stand calling it anything other than Christian faith.
My DH is Catholic.
My DD will be raised in a non-denominational church, occasionaly attending a catholic church (to keep DH and his family happy!) so she can make her own decision about that.

[MonkeyMum05]

Was baptised and brought up going to church, stopped going when I was 15.
Won't bore you all with the details of my spiritual (and sometimes not so spiritual) journey in between :D

These days, the Buddhist philosophies are what I identify with and strive to live by.

[luckymama]

i am non-religious, i dont believe in god, :no:
i was a christian once, and read the bible and went to church, but that just didnt work for me

[KarniF00l]

i'm none religious aswell.. i don't believe in god.. so do i vote other :confused:

[SilverStarfish]

I was thinking about this when I was filling out our census form. Neither DH nor I are practising church members in any sense - though technically I am Baptist and he is Catholic. I didn't know what to put down for DD... so i think I ended up ticking "none". She will be free to choose whatever beliefs she wants to when she is older.

[xkwzit]

I answered Anglican, as that's where I go right now, but I consider myself a Christian (rather than any subset of Christianity) as I know I can happily worship in a number of those subset churches. I was dissappointed that I had no "Christian" box to tick on the census.:(

And just a comment on churches in general: I've found that there will be different types of services in all of the Christian churches, so you can't easily pigeon hole Catholic as being conservative and baptist and being evangelical. There are some places where you can have traditional services and happy-clappy contemporary servcies at the same church. Sometimes you need to go to a few churches to find one that suits you, you can't just assume that (for example) all Catholic churches are alike.

Cheers

[xkwzit]

Hi Niamh
No I wasn't referring to your post, just wanted to point out that you can't assume all churches of a particular brand are the same style of worship. There have been lots of ppl stereotyping (I hate that word but can't think of a better one ATM) kinds of churches and even churches in general. My comment related to service styles rather than beliefs.

Does that make sense? This can be tricky in a text only environment :D .

Cheers

[Mister Noodle]

Karni: you want "Atheist" - from the greek "a" meaning "not, and "theos" meaning "god".

[Mischief]

Sorry Karni - I wasnt ignoring your post...I just read it wrong! *slaps head*

As Mr Noodle said....if you dont belive in God then you are an atheist. :)

[Rockett]

I'm not religious.:no:
I'd need some sort of proof that God actually exists before I'd believe in him.

[Saraswati]

The amount of sub-groups with in a religion is quite amazing. My Christian (baptiste) parents-in-law are always swapping churches to find one they 'feel' better about in terms of the style and even the rules. eg some of them don't believe or want to focus on 'gifts of the holy spirit' like speaking in tongues, so if you're into that, you'd have to switch churches.

At their current church there is one woman who's what they call a 'see-er' (what I would call a clairvoyant or psychic). She has visions about people and helps them through her gift. Now, according to my MIL, it is a gift from God because she is attending their Christian church. If, however, she ever broke away from the church, her gift would be from the devil (all of a sudden) and her soul would be doomed. Convenient in my opinion!

Oh dear, have I digressed? Ignore me! :rolleyes:

[Verdi]

Pippy - thats a crack up :laughing::laughing::laughing:

[Saraswati]

I get that alot...a christian lady said to me ohh so you just changed to suit yourself..
MMHHHMMM yes I did and as a fellow christian you should just be happy that I am living with the love of christ and that I am happy.

It really shocks me how many christians are shockingly judgemental when it is across all christian beliefs that you should not judge you should love and accept...

Good on you for truly investigating rather than accepting blindly, and finding something that resonates strongly with you.
:yes:

[bronny-jane]

I'm not religious.:no:
I'd need some sort of proof that God actually exists before I'd believe in him.

im right here emerald:D and honey im a women:smiliedance:

[subaruforestermum]

I also voted "other" because I do not follow a religion....if my son chooses to when he gets older I will not pressure him into believing anything, he is free to choose his own faith (as long as he doesn't run away and join a cult) and I will accept his wishes, and his beliefs..

Each to their own........

[Hokey Pokey]

I'm Anglican but have also been accepted into the catholic church.

[pookiesossige]

I ticked other. I am a Christian- I don't see my 'religion' as whatever church I go to at the time. I go to a Baptist church but don't consider myself a 'Baptist' at all, but a Christian. I like the church that I go to because there are lots of other young families, a good kid's church programme, good band, good programs and courses and the messages are fantastic. So I hope that I didn't stuff up the poll, but I'm sure that others feel the same way..

Make sense?

[pookiesossige]

And just a comment on churches in general: I've found that there will be different types of services in all of the Christian churches, so you can't easily pigeon hole Catholic as being conservative and baptist and being evangelical. There are some places where you can have traditional services and happy-clappy contemporary servcies at the same church. Sometimes you need to go to a few churches to find one that suits you, you can't just assume that (for example) all Catholic churches are alike. Cheers

Oh, yes- the Baptist church I go to has three services on sundays, the town has 35,000 people but each service has about 400. There is a more contemporary youth service in the evening, and two morning ones- the earlier is more family orientated, with children's programs, groups for 20-35 year olds and the later one is much more conservative.

And I too was dissappointed that there was no 'christian' box to tick in the census.

[elissas]

I voted Other. I was raised Catholic, but DH and I have our own personal beliefs and aren't really religious as such. However, if we were to pick a religion as such we'd say we're Spiritualists, with a twist of Buddhism. DS will not be "given" a religion, but more a grounding in spiritual beliefs of all kinds and guidance.

To answer the Christianity question - Christianity is an umbrella term for all religions that come under the banner of Worshipping Jesus Christ. Catholicism is a form of Christianity, as is Anglican, Baptist etc.

[MumofMadd]

I ticked catholic as i was brought up as one but do not follow it anymore DP was brought up a Jehovahs Witness so DS has no religion and later down the track he can decide if he wants to follow one or not