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Published: 2007-10-04 22:50:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 10222; Favourites: 175; Downloads: 63
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RANT APPROACHINGThis is NOT to incite riots amongst the inhabitants of dA. I'm merely trying to get my views across.
That being said... I think that there is a HUGE difference between being "religious" and being "spiritual". Being "religious", to me, means being a strict follower of whatever religion you adhere to. Being "spiritual", on the other hand, to me means that you strive, not to follow all the regulations of whatever religion you're in, but to become more like whatever deity it is that you serve. I'm in the "spiritual" category- yes, following the 10 Commandments and the other rules in the Bible is important to me, but it's not the most important part of being a Christian. I believe that Christianity isn't a religion- it's a relationship.
Now, as I already stated, I'm only doing this to get my personal views out to the dA public. If it gets to the point where I'm getting excessive amounts of flames, I'll just deactivate the comments thing. But don't expect me to take it down.
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It's the way people understand those things... but I don't know if they are incorrect because religion comes from latin religare, which means "to reconnect". Religion is basically reconnecting the man with God.
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I think this reflects me i was born a catholic but never really did anything really religious when i grew up only stuff like christmas and easter i do believe in god and heaven but in my own way.Though i do follow though i don't do much by the bible cause well cause the nut jobs out there and plus i don't really want to be religious or to have anything to do with it cause the crazy stereotype that makes you want to turn away from religion.Example Westboro Baptist Church and nut jobs like that
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Thank you! I'm so glad someone knows the difference. I myself am more spiritual.
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Thanks so much for making this! When I say this to people they usually think it means I'm some pot smoking hippie hen I'm not. Nice to know I'm not alone in being just spiritual c:
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so, i would probably fall more into the catagory of religious then
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there's nothing wrong with that. I made this stamp so that other people could see how I felt on the subject. it was never intended to be me lording my beliefs over others.
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ppl can be very touchy on the subject. the thing that annoys me is whenan entire religion is based off of one person. half the kids in my grade think that mormons are the same as amish because my family decided not to have TV
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._. seriously? now see that kind of ignorance I can't tolerate. regardless of my own beliefs I still beleive that everyone's beliefs are valid, but that kind of ignorance? that's just... wow...
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yeah it was cute at first but after 3 yrs...
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um I would never think it was cute, but that's just me
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not cute but you know when your friends tease you in that best frends sorta way
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hmm I guess you could look at it like that
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Finally I hear from a Christian who follows God, not the bible C:
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Yeppers.
I'm not religious but I have spiritual beliefs (which I believe coexists with nature)
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i'd like this if it didn't have a relious symbol in it, makes it kinda pointless
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Nice stamp. Though I hope you're not implying you can't be both.
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Basically, then, spirituality to you is being a theist, but trying to do it in a way that makes more sense than following a book with no validity blindly and without question?
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I like to reply, "I'm not honest, but you are really interesting."
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Well...what if trying to become more like one's deity is among the regulations of one's religion?
In all seriousness, I'm sorry that two perfectly good words have gotten such a bad rap: religion and cult. Both describe positive things:
(1) Religion, from the Latin "religio", ought to be understood according to its historical meaning: that which "binds" man to the object of his worship. For instance, in the case of the Christian faith the object of worship is God, and that which binds the faithful to Him is the Christ through the Holy Spirit.
(2) Cult, from the Latin "cultus", which means "reverence", or "veneration", or even the object of such reverence or veneration. For instance, as a Christian I reverence the Sacred Scriptures. Ergo, I follow the Biblical Cult (and am happy for it)! 
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I wouldn't call those 'positive,' nor have the definitions really gotten any more of a bad rap than they deserve for what they truly are. To follow any group as blindly as most follow religious and cultural values is a negative thing.
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What good have religion or cults done us? Nothing. To follow ANYTHING blindly is to willingly give up your free thinking and the chance for any positive changes in the future. Our world needs positive change right now. There are children starving and we're overpopulating, as well as causing hundreds of species' extinctions daily. Yet, humans put religious values over that of our real, physical world and problems. It's all about fear; if you don't believe, you spend an eternity in a fairy tale fire. So why spend any time fixing the REAL world?
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Objectively speaking, why, in your considered opinion, is any of that bad? To be sure, if I agreed with you I'd have my own reasons, but I'm wondering what yours are.
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When can following ANYTHING willingly blindly be good? 
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"I think it's pretty obvious why starving and illness-riddled people, overpopulation, and the extinctions of animals daily are bad things."
I agree, but has there ever been a scientific study that has proven that to be the case?
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Yes, numerous. Not to mention that common sense could have told you that. Human lifespans have increased drastically. That means we take much longer to die, but birth rates haven't decreased to even it out -- they've increased. Therefore; well I'll let you fill in the blanks.
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I think I failed to make my question clear. Let me narrow my question: has it been scientifically proven that torturing a person to death is wrong?
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Are you serious? You're really going to sit there and completely ignore that your entire belief system has been basically disproved, and continue to drill me on things that "haven't been scientifically proven?" If you're so interested in scientific proof, take a look at your religion and revise yourself, then get back to me.
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Without knowing my belief system, how would you know whether it is disproved or not? It always preferable to be able to argue one's opponent's own position as well as they can before asserting that his or her position is wrong.
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Plenty of stuff on your profile and in your gallery and journals state your religion.
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In that case you know I am a Catholic. And if you think my religion has been disproved, then I can only assume you don't know what my religion really teaches.
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If so, how? If not, then by what means do we determine that our natural inclination to regard such a thing as evil is correct?
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To cause pointless harm to others is selfish and unnecessary. There is no "good" or "evil." Everything is in the grey area. I never said torturing someone to death would be wrong. It depends heavily on the circumstances. Now, if the tortured person were someone who raped and killed women his whole life or something of the sort, I wouldn't necessarily feel any pity for him, but I'd rather he be killed quickly and just taken care of rather than toyed with because he "deserves it." While everyone's ideas of "right" and "wrong" are greatly different, there are a lot of overlapping areas. Opinions are opinions are opinions, and because they exist, good and evil don't. It's that simple. Since they don't exist and there's no perfect idea of what, exactly, is good and what is evil, it can't be "proven." They're just opinions.
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Popular vote does not make a fact. If morality is not based upon hard fact, then it is a superstition, to be classed with all other superstitions. It is not something we should try to work out, or criticize others for. Since you have admitted that morality is subjective, I'm afraid you have no platform from which you can build an argument that the results of religion are inferior to the results of any other world-view.
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I never said it does, hon. Now you're making assumptions. You know nothing of my background or much about evidence. I'm finished speaking with you.
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Oh, but you did. I know that when our premises logically demand a conclusion we are uncomfortable with, it is difficult to allow ourselves to make that conclusion. Nevertheless, it is one of the demands we must make of ourselves if we wish to think critically.
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I have created this club in support to all religions. Let me know if your interested in joining.
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