ok slightly odd question...

bobbi

**** this

Zillah

Ok, thats not an odd question, thats a stupid question. In the context, anyway. If someone wanted to be in a religion they would be. Asking athiests what religion they would be is nonesense.

bobbi

i'm basically looking at ppl's views on differnet religons would you mind not being sooo rude:mad:

bobbi

and stop being sooo moany you dry ****e its just a question i'm an atheist and i find all religons very interesting i think buddhism is something i'd b interested in learning about.

Dades

I'm intrigued as to the original post. Asking what god an atheist might believe in might be pointless, but asking what religious system they would have some respect for is okay AFAIC. (Lets face it most threads here are pointless anyway).

bobbi wrote:

and stop being sooo moany you dry ****e its just a question i'm an atheist and i find all religons very interesting i think buddhism is something i'd b interested in learning about.

As our resident Buddhist Asiaprod will tell you, Buddhism isn't actually a religion.

hairyheretic

Perhaps a better way to phrase the question would be to ask what belief system people find interesting, and why.

Rev Hellfire

The Atheist wrote:

As our resident Buddhist Asiaprod will tell you, Buddhism isn't actually a religion.

Is that accurate? Surely it depends on the particular school of Buddhism, some still have close associations with Hindu gods and goddesses, while others are more agnostic (or more accurately deem their existence or non-existence inconsequential ).

I’m sure our man in the east can clear that one up.

I also agree that the OP has merit, even if it might not have been articulated it certainly didnt deserve the aggresive regly it got, this is not just an atheist forum after all, but also caters for those who are agnostic in their views.

Asiaprod

The Atheist wrote:

As our resident Buddhist Asiaprod will tell you, Buddhism isn't actually a religion.

The Buddhist is in the house.
Yes, it is amazing how many people feel Buddhism is a religion. Its not.
Its one of those philosophy thingies with the attached spiritual aspect.
Other wise I could not really be on this forum enjoying myself so much.:)
To the best of my understanding, all references to Gods in Buddhism are really either references to humans who lived and walked the earth and achieved enlightenment, or are similar to the Christian parables and meant as a teaching tool. Though we do share many things with Hindus we are fundementaly different.
The problem seems to arise when we get into the provisional teachings (the original teachings), which have been refined over the last 2500 years.

Zillah

bobbi wrote:

would you mind not being sooo rude:mad:

bobbi wrote:

top being sooo moany you dry ****e

The original question makes no sense, forgive me if Im not going to go insane and give an answer.

I find most religions interesting, but asking Atheists what religion they would be requires a very big and personalised "if".

John Doe

I'm an agnostic rather than an atheist, and I find Buddhism the most interesting if the belief systems or whatever you want to call them. Possibly because it's compatible with agnosticism. I can't see the original question any more so I don't know if you wanted answers from agnostics. I try to be interested in Christianity but I keep finding that I have problems with it.

the real ramon

John Doe wrote:

. I try to be interested in Christianity but I keep finding that I have problems with it.

Tell me about it!:D

Asiaprod

Asiaprod wrote:

The Buddhist is in the house.
Yes, it is amazing how many people feel Buddhism is a religion. Its not.
Its one of those philosophy thingies with the attached spiritual aspect.
Other wise I could not really be on this forum enjoying myself so much.:)
To the best of my understanding, all references to Gods in Buddhism are really either references to humans who lived and walked the earth and achieved enlightenment, or are similar to the Christian parables and meant as a teaching tool. Though we do share many things with Hindus we are fundementaly different.
The problem seems to arise when we get into the provisional teachings (the original teachings), which have been refined over the last 2500 years.

I don't know, I'd sometimes regard it as a religion, though I'd certainly lean more towards calling it a philosophy.

I think there are a fair few theistic buddhists around.
I'm not sure I'd regard all the references to gods as parable-like, though I'm still up there with regarding them as not worship worthy.
In some cases it does seem that referring to a higher birth in the heavens with the gods is just a very fortunate circumstance of birth than actual heavens etc...

Yossie

I always fancied joining the trekkie faith, if only to beat an old tied analogy to death - that and the cool uniforms;)

[Sorry The Atheist can't resist , please don't be :mad: with me:) ]

Dades

Yossie wrote:

[Sorry The Atheist can't resist , please don't be :mad: with me:) ]

Urge... to... kill... smilies...

Actually an esablished writer for Star Trek was on The Big Bite they were showing this morning.

Tar.Aldarion

John Doe wrote:

I'm an agnostic rather than an atheist, and I find Buddhism the most interesting if the belief systems or whatever you want to call them. Possibly because it's compatible with agnosticism. I can't see the original question any more so I don't know if you wanted answers from agnostics.[strike] I try to be interested in Christianity but I keep finding that I have problems with it.[/stike]

Urge... to... kill... smilies...

Actually an esablished writer for Star Trek was on The Big Bite they were showing this morning.

please kill them!

This trekism intrigues me, I would bow to patrick stewart.

legspin

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

This trekism intrigues me, I would bow to patrick stewart.

so long as I can worship Gates McFadden.....:rolleyes:

hairyheretic

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

This trekism intrigues me, I would bow to patrick stewart.

Yes, but then you have that whole schism between the followers of Kirk and the followers of Picard. Religious wars get ugly real fast.

Asiaprod

hairyheretic wrote:

Yes, but then you have that whole schism between the followers of Kirk and the followers of Picard. Religious wars get ugly real fast.

Picard rules the Galaxy. Will he ever dock be in Babylon 5. That would be an episode to watch

Asiaprod

legspin wrote:

so long as I can worship Gates McFadden.....:rolleyes:

She is mine:eek:
That's Phasers at dawn. Pick the time and the dimension buddy

Tar.Aldarion

Asiaprod wrote:

She is mine:eek:
That's Phasers at dawn. Pick the time and the dimension buddy

Make it so*.






























*Earl grey, Hot*.


















*nerd.

Dades

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Make it so*.
*Earl grey, Hot*.
*nerd.

*Tar.Aldarion to transport room six*
Colm Meaney's gonna send you somewhere dark.

This thread is waaay off topic... but since the OP is deleted - what the hey.

Tar.Aldarion

The Atheist wrote:

*Tar.Aldarion to transport room six*
Colm Meaney's gonna send you somewhere dark.

This thread is waaay off topic... but since the OP is deleted - what the hey.

Even agnostics and atheists have to party now and then,-it always ends up being about star trek and I would love to see a trek religion like in futurama-get away from the strict regime. (:
*daydreams of Colm Meaney's Irish charm*

legspin

Asiaprod wrote:

She is mine:eek:
That's Phasers at dawn. Pick the time and the dimension buddy

Bat'leths at midnight, or Stratigema at tea-time if you're a wuss. Makes no difference to me. BRING IT ON:p

toiletduck

Kirk would kick picards ass. im a proud kirkist

Kirk is daft, Picard is the coolest

Zillah

You hit me!? Picard never hit me!

Asiaprod

legspin wrote:

Bat'leths at midnight, or Stratigema at tea-time if you're a wuss. Makes no difference to me. BRING IT ON:p

I will go with a pair of Mek`Leths, after tea will be fine:)