I know there are different forms of all the above general religions...just choose which you think your beliefs best follow under.

Other.

Care to share what "other" that is? Understandable if you want to keep it secret. I'm just curious.

You forgot the major category of pagan religions!
I put atheist, but I'm really apatheist. (In other words, I don't care at all -- religion is not relevant to my life or how I make my decisions.)

Well lets me just say this,many people don't understand the religion and they think it's bad,thats why I just checked other.





That's what mine falls under.

I don't follow a religion, my husband is Catholic.

Panamania, is it satanism?
Or Wicca?

No.It's Santeria and contrary to popular belief,it has nothing to do with satan.We do not like satan.

ahhh I went to a Santeria ritual once. I guess it was a ritual. I'm not sure what happened. hehe

Was the Santera/o celebrating his/her years of being in the religion ?

No I think all those people were born into the religion. It was a birthday party and then everyone crowded around a shrine type thing set up in the house. A guy had an orange in his hand and went into this semi-trance and walked around the crowd saying things in a frantic way...then came up to me and started saying all this stuff about my future and how I need to be careful about driving, etc. It was a few years ago so I don't remember exactly what happened. But it was interesting to hear him predict what could happen to me! lol

Ain't nothing wrong with Santeria.

I voted Hinduism. Even though the last time I was at an actual temple was 1993. And I don't really do anything like pray or fast or .... anything.

"Other"

Sorta pagan.

I was raised Catholic, but I put agnostic. My husband practices Vodun (Voodoo), but he also considers himself a Christian. His mother was Catholic. I think Catholicism and Vodun led to Santaria. Am I right?

Fruits are offerings for the Orishas,we always bring coconuts for Elegua.Some lady did something like that at last year's party but the Santero Mayor had to snap her out of it because it wasn't her party.Did he tell you who your guardian is ?

maybe. my spanish is iffy at best and my translator probably didn't tell me all the details of my reading. hehe

One of my good friends is becoming a mambo (Voudou) and is also Catholic. I know there are a lot of similarities between Santeria and Voudou. I know some Santeros who are also Houngans.

(Orishas are Orixas in Portuguese - there exist similarities to Candomble too - all coming from the Africans who were brought to the Americas as slaves.)

I am technically Catholic, but consider myself more "Non Denominational Christian" because I am more of a Pelaginist (good acts more important than getting along to Mass every Sunday...and no that isn't because I like having a lie-in!) I do love some of the traditions and formality of the Catholic Church, but I do find it to be too emphasised on rituals and "ticking the boxes" than actually believing, studying the Bible etc. Is Salvation without belief but plenty of good acts possible? I would like to think so, but I leave that one up to God. I try to lead a "spiritual" life through personal reflection and Bible Study, reading books etc, but do my best to do "good" acts throughout my life as part of the deal, so to speak.

Me- Christian (since 1982) Husband- Islam (born & raised thus far)
We both sincerely love, believe and have faith in God (of Bible and Quran)

That's what matters.

I voted Christianity, because I was raised to that, but I have no religion, so the answer would be none, if there were such option, but as usual, this is just another flawed poll.

Imagine there's no Heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one

I am Christian, non-denominational.

I can't vote for more than 1.

Catholic

Saludos,
Caro

I was baptized Protestant. As far as what religion I am- I don't know.

I believe in something bigger and better than I am, I try to make right choices and do good in my life but I also make lots of mistakes. I don't believe in religions that look down on anyone for not believing what they believe nor any religion that says you will be punished for not living your life to certain rules.

Catholic.....most of pilipinos are catholic......we believe there's heaven ,purgatory and hell

I did put "other", or "agnostic" (which sounds basically like what you are from your brief snipet here!)

I, too, was raised Catholic, though I answer agnostic. I agree that there is beauty to the Catholic church, and I have to say that my experience of it did not include "ticking the boxes", but I was raised in a predominantly Catholic area where, perhaps because there was the security of being the majority, there was a lot of tolerance for other religions. We had a very touchy-feely kind of religion class at my Catholic school. The Seminary students would come and strum their guitars and sing, Let it Be and If I were a Hammer, etc. Senior year religion class was more like sex ed (a little late, I know) but the boys learned what a clitoris was in their class. That's pretty cool, I think. I don't think the public schools were teaching that.

All the Jewish kids and Hindi kids attended my high school. We didn't have any Muslim kids in the school when I was there, but there were a few at the boys' school. That is the kind of tolerance I'm talking about, but it wasn't like the school downplayed the religious aspect. The boys' school was run by ordained brothers. In the girls' school, we only had one nun and the principal was an ex-nun.

My religion Is Islam!!!

Actually, what I think matters more than anything is that spouses can come to some sort of agreement on religion if they are of different faiths, especially if they plan to bring children into a mixed faith household. I don't think what matters is that they both have faith in God, but that they can accept each other's beliefs.


As for us, hubster = atheist
Me = religion doesn't have a place in my life. I'm mostly agnostic, but I feel a connection to some Buddhist philosophies, but don't actively practice it and I don't think Buddhism is a religion. So I put "agnostic".

Emphatic YES! Having been raised in a household where this was not the case I can safely vouch for this being of the utmost importance.

Alex & I are both agnostic - we don't really give two figs. Religion doesn't factor into our lives at all.

I was baptized Catholic, but now consider myself agnostic. In a nutshell, I believe that if there is a God(s)/higher power/spiritual being, it's beyond human capacity to understand.

Eu sou filha do Obatala.
Obatala is my guardian.

Does Flying Spaghetti Monsterism count as a religion?

Sure,why not ?

YES!

RAmen...

Christian...............Catholic.

Yes, you would be a Pastafarian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...amp;redirect=no

http://www.crossville-chronicle.com/homepa...urces_photoview

bwahahahaha.... on the grounds of a county courthouse! LOL

I was christened as C of E (Christian...) But do not practice any religion at all. I am a complete fence sitter... I voted agnostic.

Chris is Christian, but doesn't attend church all that much.

Native American Spirituality
Also Recovering Catholic

i was baptized as catholic and did the communion, etc. i now go to a non-denominational christian church.

druid - reformed (for those who saw this on mash)

ditto...(though so many of you already knew that since I've said it probably a million times hehe)

We're both Christian, Lutheran specifically.

I couldn't pick two, so I chose Buddhism, though I also practice some aspects of Hinduism. Hubby is Hindu. A lot of Nepalis practice a mixture of both and there are some temples(like Vajravarahi, where we were married) which are attended by both Hindus and Buddhists. I wanted to get married there for that reason. We haven't had any conflicts since the big stuff(vegetarianism, alcohol, reincarnation, etc.) we agree on(yes for 1 and 3, no to 2). We haven't gotten into the whole self vs. no-self bit yet. Ganesh is my homeboy and Tara is my homegirl...

There are those who believe that Buddhism is the natural conclusion and evolution of Hindu thought.