Believe in god not religion

karlog

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

WeeBushy

I believe they're called theists.

greyed

Half right.

galwayrush

more sensible.

2 words, sorry.

MagicMarker

Kidding themselves.

WeeBushy

Forgot this was AH...

Delusional, fussy, wackjobs, take your pick.

Saibh

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

Disorganised

MikeC101

Depending on your exact views, deism, maybe theism.

Deism - believing in a supreme being, that religion can understood by your own observations of the natural world - but usually rejecting the idea of miracles

Nevyn

Which god?

Hagar

Me, obviously. Pfftttt. :cool:

Rented Mule

Agnostic is the word that you are looking for.

WeeBushy

Daddy, what's a euro?

My name is URL

Just spiritual

Don't label yourself with other people's ideas.

karlog

Anyone think religion divides people. For e.g people focusing on who's denomination is better/right, which church does the most community service, which church brings in the most money, etc?

greyed

karlog wrote: »

Anyone think religion divides people. For e.g people focusing on who's denomination is better/right, which church does the most community service, which church brings in the most money, etc?

Yes... Its a senseless and archaic form of dealing with the unknown.

Nevyn

Hagar wrote: »

Me, obviously. Pfftttt. :cool:

and how should we worship you?

marbar

agnostics believe in the possibility of a god don't they? that there might be one, not that there is one

having a hard time explainging this to the gf who's trying to get me to go to mass

Nodin

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

Time-waster.

Saruman

Hagar wrote: »

Me, obviously. Pfftttt. :cool:

What will you do for us if we worship you?

Jebus gives us nothing, oh there is talk of everlasting life but I think its a load of crap and he is just trying to scare us in to giving him money.

What will you do for us?

greyed

I'd call myself agnostic. I don't tend to believe there is a god in any form, but I cannot say this for sure, so i'll leave myself open to all posibilities.

However if there were a god, the idea that he would want us to worship him is absurd. If this was the case, however, I wouldnt worship the ego-maniac anyway.

Hagar

Thaedydal wrote: »

and how should we worship you?

Regularly and vigourously, I'm a pretty open minded Deity.

Overheal

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

New Age Theism.

Galvasean

marbar wrote: »

agnostics believe in the possibility of a god don't they? that there might be one, not that there is one

having a hard time explainging this to the gf who's trying to get me to go to mass

Perhaps you are a deist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deist

galwayrush

Alex Ferguson is God.;)

Hagar

Saruman wrote: »

What will you do for us if we worship you?

Jebus gives us nothing, oh there is talk of everlasting life but I think its a load of crap and he is just trying to scare us in to giving him money.

What will you do for us?

I was going to ignore your post, much the same as I ignore your prayers, but I've decided to bless you with a response.

What will I do for you? I will accept your worship and do feck all else. What more could you ask? I'll suppose I could take all your donations if that makes you feel better. I may even send acolytes to tend your children but that hasn't worked out so well in the past so I may skip it this time.

ejmaztec

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

God knows!

galwayrush

Hagar wrote: »

Regularly and vigourously, I'm a pretty open minded Deity.

Could you kill off all the miming artists who are ruining music.? Say a plague or something, swine flu perhaps?

WindSock

Thaedydal wrote: »

Which god?

Well there's only one / contoversial

WeeBushy wrote: »

Daddy, what's a euro?

Aww, I dunno :pac:

WindSock

Hagar wrote: »

Me, obviously. Pfftttt. :cool:

Good, but you're no bowl of Special K.

Rented Mule

galwayrush wrote: »

Alex Ferguson is God.;)

This week it's John O'Mahony.

galwayrush

Rented Mule wrote: »

This week it's John O'Mahony.

Salt into wounds .Ouch.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

In answer to OP: Fence-sitter

In before the fighting starts :P

engrish?

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

Engrish?

Joey the lips

Yes

Hevenly catholic

citizen_p

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

pagan?

KieranKennedy

In my experience, anybody who claims to believe in god but not religions is a little bit mixed up. I admit that those who I know who hold this position may not be representative of the group as a whole, but they are not particularly logical people. They don't ever consider the possibility that god (assumed in this context to be the Judeo-Christian god) and religion are one and the same, and that to eliminate religion from the equation leaves you with a god of your own creation, very different to that which you became familiar with in your indoctrination. They forgot about religion, but hold onto the image of god put forward by it, which is illogical.

A further category of god/no religion people are the lazy minded individuals who don't believe strongly enough to commit whole heartedly to religion (going to mass, praying, actually observing any of its tenants) and yet have not put enough thought into the area to declare themselves atheists or agnostics.

WindSock

I believe in the possibility of God, a higher power, but I do not believe in religion at all. Religion is invented by other people. I tend not to believe what other people tell me. Especially power hungry men. I do like the stories though.

To answer to the previous post, I do pray. I pray in my own ways. To pray in a place of spirituality where others are collectivley doing it is nice but not for me. I don't see the relevance of worshipping images and statues. these again are other peoples conceptions and interpretations. Why should they also be mine?

ScumLord

karlog wrote: »

Is there a certain word for someone who believe's in God and not organised religion?

Godboy.

irish_bob

marbar wrote: »

agnostics believe in the possibility of a god don't they? that there might be one, not that there is one

having a hard time explainging this to the gf who's trying to get me to go to mass

shes probabley hassling you to go because her mammy is hassling her to hassle you to go

sub-x

marbar wrote: »

agnostics believe in the possibility of a god don't they? that there might be one, not that there is one

having a hard time explainging this to the gf who's trying to get me to go to mass

Nope.

greyed wrote: »

I'd call myself agnostic. I don't tend to believe there is a god in any form, but I cannot say this for sure, so i'll leave myself open to all posibilities.

This is pretty much what Agnosticism is

DubMedic

OP, Religion & Spirituality is that way --->

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philologos

karlog wrote: »

Anyone think religion divides people. For e.g people focusing on who's denomination is better/right, which church does the most community service, which church brings in the most money, etc?

Who goes to church because theirs brings in the most money? Utterly absurd.

Likewise, what about those of us who don't really see their denomination as being above their faith? Many people are non-denominational Christians, or are Christians who would support ecumenism.

I think religion opens more doors than it closes personally.

Rented Mule

galwayrush wrote: »

Salt(hill) into wounds .Ouch.

Fixed.