POLL: Ron Paul supporters religion.....

[RPIdeaMan08]

libertarian baptist

 

[mokkan88]

Non-denominational Christian.

 

[InRonWeTrust]

Atheists are in the house.

 

[atthegates]

Hindu right here

 

[kaleidoscope eyes]

I consider myself more of a spiritual mutt, but you didn't have that as a choice, so Other.

 

[fortilite]

Why does agnostic and atheist always get grouped together?

 

[Hurricane Bruiser]

"As to the book called the bible, it is blasphemy to call it the Word of God. It is a book of lies and contradictions and a history of bad times and bad men." [Thomas Paine, writing to Andrew Dean August 15, 1806]

You know, I don't mind a discussion on religion or the lack of it, but having this as your signature is not very wise. Lots of people view these forums and it is almost as if you want to run off any Christians that visit this forum. Let's focus on what we are trying to do which is to elect Ron Paul.

 

[N13]

Why does agnostic and atheist always get grouped together?

I agree, that's like having a presidential poll and putting Huckabee and Romney together as one of the choices.

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

I'm confused... An atheist is someone who claims there is no God. Yes? Or am I wrong? This is a logical fallacy. Unless you were all knowing, which would sort of make YOU God, then you could not possibly rule out the existence of a supreme being. An agnostic I can perfectly understand, someone who claims they just don't know, but making an absolute claim that there is no God. This scares me more than religious nuts do.

Am I missing something here?

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[jasonoliver]

You know, I don't mind a discussion on religion or the lack of it, but having this as your signature is not very wise. Lots of people view these forums and it is almost as if you want to run off any Christians that visit this forum. Let's focus on what we are trying to do which is to elect Ron Paul.

It is important to get across the idea that this nation was NOT founded as a Christian nation. The United States is the first Secular nation in the history of the World, and our Constitution makes no reference to god.

It is important for people to know this. Our founding fathers were not Huckabee type Bible beaters that the Fundies has conned everyone into thinking they were.

 

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

Damn, mormons aren't even listed as chrisitians. I might be an atheist, but isn't this a slam against Joseph Smith's flock?

A little bit. Category "Christian (Mormon)" would have been ideal but I'll let it slide. Thanks for sticking up for the team, Mr. Skolwulf. At any rate, I know we all support America here, so it's all good.

Sincerely yours,
Omphfullas Zamboni

 

[Vaughn]

It is important to get across the idea that this nation was NOT founded as a Christian nation. The United States is the first Secular nation in the history of the World, and our Constitution makes no reference to god.

It is important for people to know this. Our founding fathers were not Huckabee type Bible beaters that the Fundies has conned everyone into thinking they were.

The founders were Deists right? I know Jefferson believed in the philosophy of Christ, but not the Old Testament. So the whole, “this is a Christian nation, no this is a secular nation” argument is kind of ridiculous IMO. We are neither Secular nor Religious. We are a nation founded on the idea that the rights of man are absolute and endowed to us by the natural creator (whatever you owe that to be).
Thus, the founders struck a perfect balance between the two and avoided the pitfall that the French fell into by having the rights of man derive from the state (cause we all know how trustworthy the state is). So instead our founders put them somewhere where government hopefully couldn't touch them.

 

[Enzo]

That's unfair to lump atheists and agnostics together

 

[jasonoliver]

The founders were Deists right? I know Jefferson believed in the philosophy of Christ, but not the Old Testament. So the whole, “this is a Christian nation, no this is a secular nation” argument is kind of ridiculous IMO. We are neither Secular nor Religious. We are a nation founded on the idea that the rights of man are absolute and endowed to us by the natural creator (whatever you owe that to be).
Thus, the founders struck a perfect balance between the two and avoided the pitfall that the French fell into by having the rights of man derive from the state (cause we all know how trustworthy the state is). So instead our founders put them somewhere where government hopefully couldn't touch them.

"This is a secular country" is a political statement. Secular simply means Government shouldn't be in the business of Religion.

You can either have Secular (Neutral) or preference to a particular religion. I'll take secular.

 

[QuadForce]

Atheist

 

[angrydragon]

Non-practicing Buddhist.

 

[pcosmar]

Christian (generic)

 

[Vaughn]

"This is a secular country" is a political statement. Secular simply means Government shouldn't be in the business of Religion.

You can either have Secular (Neutral) or preference to a particular religion. I'll take secular.

For that definition of secularism I would agree.

 

[coboman]

PASTAFARIAN!!

And very offended by the fact that my religion was not prominently listed in the poll.
The flying spaghetti monster is the only true god, creator of the universe.

 

[Luther]

I'm confused... An atheist is someone who claims there is no God. Yes? Or am I wrong? This is a logical fallacy. Unless you were all knowing, which would sort of make YOU God, then you could not possibly rule out the existence of a supreme being. An agnostic I can perfectly understand, someone who claims they just don't know, but making an absolute claim that there is no God. This scares me more than religious nuts do.

Am I missing something here?

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An atheist is someone who does not believe in the existence of God. No intellectually honest atheist claims what you claim atheists claim. An atheist puts God in the same category as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny; you can't rule out completely the possibility that they exist, but you can be sure enough to believe that they don't.

Read my previous posts in this thread. All people are agnostic about the existence of God, atheists and theists alike.