INTP's and Religion

[DevilDoll]

I was raised in a very devout protestant family. Methodists to be exact. I never cared much for the belief in a higher power, but did what was expected of me. When I became old enough to make decisions on my own, I left the church behind. I have been a rather die hard atheist ever since.

[nikkii]

Atheist.
When I was kid my parents would tell me about God I went along with it because I felt it was same deal with santa claus expected I didn't get presents. not cool.

[Shoku]

Originally Posted by natashasghost

I really haven't met a lot of tolerant religious people, but I guess I could be wrong.

There are plenty of heavily religious people that tolerate all people. It's just that all of what you think are people aren't people. The authority for their belief says so.

-really, I've seen the best of people put on their welcoming face and then turn around and oppose gays. Close friend of mine said you can't raise children without a male and female, except single parents were okay because it's actually their child, and really all of these little nonsensical exceptions that made no sense except to exclude gays from general human dignity.

Though he also tried to say doing the opposite of what you were told you would do is free will and that this could extend through robots so he was awfully logic-dead.

[LostInMyOwnMind]

Originally Posted by Shoku

There are plenty of heavily religious people that tolerate all people. It's just that all of what you think are people aren't people. The authority for their belief says so.

-really, I've seen the best of people put on their welcoming face and then turn around and oppose gays. Close friend of mine said you can't raise children without a male and female, except single parents were okay because it's actually their child, and really all of these little nonsensical exceptions that made no sense except to exclude gays from general human dignity.

Though he also tried to say doing the opposite of what you were told you would do is free will and that this could extend through robots so he was awfully logic-dead.

And the funniest part of that is most of those religions preach tolerance and forgiveness above all other things, they seems to miss that point.

[Sunshine Girl]

My parents, when they were together, weren't particularly religious. However, my mother is increasingly religious. I have always been Pagan.

[Shoku]

Originally Posted by LostInMyOwnMind

And the funniest part of that is most of those religions preach tolerance and forgiveness above all other things, they seems to miss that point.

Naw, they totally tolerate and forgive all people. I totally just showed the loophole for it.

To be a little fair being religious doesn't make you like that- it's just being super-religious that does. Ok, I'm trying to say that people in every group are a bit discriminatory but around the point where people become Biblical literalists there's this big shift to the worse. Like everyone else they say "I'm not like that" until they go take a class about diversity or-

Oh ha ha, that's the thing that doesn't happen.

[pliqht]

raised christian, now atheist

[Zic]

I grew up in a Catholic family, but around 14-15 I started questioning these beliefs... now I'm an atheist.

[MensSuperMateriam]

Atheist. I was an heterodox catholic when I was younger. I think I believed because god was a good explanation when my logic capacity was underdeveloped. As I evolved, I became atheist (weak atheist).

[Clandestine]

There is no god but I could be wrong. I think it's the safest position to take. I admitted I could be wrong, so if there is one, he/she/it can't be too mad at me.

I have a long and turbulent history with religion, however. I never liked church but had no problem engaging in online creation vs. evolution debates from 2002 on. Initially, I took the creation side... which only lasted until 2005, when I switched sides. I kept losing and saw that the evolution side had the evidence and I had none.

I always saw a conflict between science and religion – still do, in fact. Even from an early age, I saw a vast conflict. The events in Genesis, for instance, describe a literal creation... which doesn't line-up with the evidence, even when using the gap theory. For what it's worth, the whole Jesus thing is irrational no matter how you look at it and can't be reconciled with the evidence, the facts, and reality.