The Theist thread - Off-Topic

#1 Posted by MasterJohn (2472 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Are there any christians/theists in the entirety of Comicvine?

#2 Posted by YourNeighborhoodComicGeek (13831 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Of course there are.

#3 Posted by JediXMan (22932 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Non-denominational Christian.

#4 Posted by joshmightbe (19488 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Lots of them

#5 Posted by cameron83 (1800 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

I know that this isn't gonna turn out good.Threads involving anything tied to any belief (not religion,belief) never turns out that well

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#6 Posted by CaioTrubat (12000 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Lapsed Catholic.

#7 Posted by Necrotic_Lycanthrope (2372 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

I prefer the the title (for myself. Can be switched around with other beliefs.) Catholic Darwinist.

#8 Posted by lagoon_boy (10893 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@CaioTrubat said:

Lapsed Catholic.

Same.

#9 Edited by FadeToBlackBolt (21886 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Evolutionary Existential Christian/Total badass.

#10 Posted by MasterJohn (2472 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@cameron83 said:

I know that this isn't gonna turn out good.Threads involving anything tied to any belief (not religion,belief) never turns out that well

The wiccan thread turns out well.

#11 Edited by Qpzmg (970 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

I only believe in GOD nothing/no one else no Jesus, Mohammad...

#12 Posted by MasterJohn (2472 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@Qpzmg said:

I only believe in god nothing/no one else no Jesus, Mohammad...

So you only believe in "god". Do you believe in God or do you believe in "god". Notice I capitalize "God' for the christian God and god for any other "god"

#13 Posted by TheAcidSkull (6787 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

yes, iz christian orthodox !

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#14 Posted by King Saturn (211150 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

so it's a theist thread... but it asks are there any Christians out there ? you know that there are theists who aren't Christian right ?

#15 Posted by laflux (4914 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@King Saturn said:

To be fair it asked for Theists and Christians. Theists can include other religions other than Christianity.

@MasterJohn:

Yes.

#16 Posted by King Saturn (211150 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@laflux said:

@King Saturn said:
To be fair it asked for Theists and Christians. Theists can include other religions other than Christianity.
@MasterJohn:
Yes.

Theism is a group that contains more than just Christianity... it's not like Christianity is separate from Theism... that is the point.

#17 Posted by laflux (4914 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@King Saturn said:

@laflux said:
@King Saturn said:
To be fair it asked for Theists and Christians. Theists can include other religions other than Christianity.
@MasterJohn:
Yes.
Theism is a group that contains more than just Christianity... it's not like Christianity is separate from Theism... that is the point.

Oh I see then

#18 Posted by mrdecepticonleader (10397 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@joshmightbe said:

Lots of them

So your actually made up of lots of people....

Interesting

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#19 Posted by sesquipedalophobe (4464 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

This thread won't turn out well.

#20 Posted by joshmightbe (19488 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@mrdecepticonleader: I'm not one just stating the fact that a lot of people on here are Christian or at least claim to be.

#21 Posted by The Stegman (13014 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

I'm Deist myself.

#22 Posted by Agent9149 (2841 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Religiously Catholic but spiritually independent seeing I draw inspiration from many faiths and ideals

#23 Posted by lykopis (6101 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Hasn't this already been done?

http://www.comicvine.com/forums/off-topic/5/what-is-your-religion-and-your-nationality/713984/

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#24 Posted by cameron83 (1800 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@mrdecepticonleader: multiple personality disorder?

lol,no jk

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#25 Posted by mrdecepticonleader (10397 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@joshmightbe said:

@mrdecepticonleader: I'm not one just stating the fact that a lot of people on here are Christian or at least claim to be.

I know I made a joke but I guess it didn't work very well.Ah well.

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#26 Posted by joshmightbe (19488 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@mrdecepticonleader: I had just woke up so maybe I was just in the wrong head space

#27 Posted by pooty (7798 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@Necrotic_Lycanthrope said:

I prefer the the title (for myself. Can be switched around with other beliefs.) Catholic Darwinist.

define "Catholic Darwinist" for me please.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

Evolutionary Existential Christian/Total badass.

define "Evolutionary existential Christian" please

#28 Posted by mrdecepticonleader (10397 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@joshmightbe said:

@mrdecepticonleader: I had just woke up so maybe I was just in the wrong head space

Its okay.

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#29 Posted by mrdecepticonleader (10397 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@pooty said:

@Necrotic_Lycanthrope said:
I prefer the the title (for myself. Can be switched around with other beliefs.) Catholic Darwinist.
define "Catholic Darwinist" for me please.
@FadeToBlackBolt said:
Evolutionary Existential Christian/Total badass.
define "Evolutionary existential Christian" please

Probably someone who is a Christian who accepts evolution as well.I presume that's what it is.

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#30 Posted by Necrotic_Lycanthrope (2372 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@pooty:

It's a Christian/Catholic who believes that God created the universe and life through the use of evolution. I.e., instead of 7 days of instant creation, over time, God created what we have now through natural processes we study today.

#31 Posted by slacker the hacker (7615 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

I am one.

#32 Edited by pooty (7798 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@mrdecepticonleader: @Necrotic_Lycanthrope: I thought that is what it was. I like that line of reasoning though.

#33 Posted by mrdecepticonleader (10397 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@pooty said:

@mrdecepticonleader: @Necrotic_Lycanthrope: I thought that is what it was. But because the percentage of people who believe in God and evolution is so low, i wanted to make sure. I like that line of reasoning though.

Where is your evidence of that?

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#34 Posted by Kal'smahboi (2773 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@Qpzmg said:

I only believe in GOD nothing/no one else no Jesus, Mohammad...

You don't believe that they are god/special in a religious sense, or that they existed? Because one is fine, the other is a little ridiculous.

#35 Posted by Kal'smahboi (2773 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@pooty said:

@mrdecepticonleader: @Necrotic_Lycanthrope: I thought that is what it was. But because the percentage of people who believe in God and evolution is so low, i wanted to make sure. I like that line of reasoning though.

It's a really funny fact (assuming it's true,) because the Catholic church itself officially recognized evolution as a probable theory in 1996.

#36 Posted by SoA (3527 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@sesquipedalophobe said:

This thread won't turn out well.

do they ever?

#37 Posted by sesquipedalophobe (4464 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@SoA: I thought about making an apatheist thread where we don't know if there is a god and we don't care. It would be forty-nine pages of kitten videos and jibber jabber.

#38 Posted by SoA (3527 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@sesquipedalophobe: so just a normal non-religious thread ? lol

#39 Posted by sesquipedalophobe (4464 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@SoA: Yeah, pretty much. Since I'm not a theist, I'm out.

#40 Posted by Necrotic_Lycanthrope (2372 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@pooty:

I guess it's because we live in a time where if it's not on camera, it doesn't exist. Even though there are places and occurrences that defy all scientific explanation (although, even in those cases, scientists tend to ignore them saying that the moment they come up with a new theory, they'll discredit the religious implications of it.)

#41 Edited by Necrotic_Lycanthrope (2372 posts) - 4 months, 23 days ago - Show Bio

@Kal'smahboi:

I think now the church takes a role in that they explain science and religion in a theistic evolution way; God uses evolution to create the life that we see (and possibly don't see in the case of aliens. In fact, I've asked the whole thing on ET, and they'd still be considered "children of God" because they where created under the all father.)

Also it depends on the pope; John Paul 2nd saw science and religion as two halves of the same coin, not different beliefs and practices. Benedict the 16th is more into Creationism, but in terms of how the human "soul" was created, rather than the physical human body, which is still believed to be a product of God-influenced evolution.

#42 Posted by King Saturn (211150 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

a question I often hear posed by atheists, agnostics... why are black people so religious ? it's because this sh!t is rooted in us... we have had Christianity about as long as we could speak broken english on this corrupt land of America.

#43 Posted by BiteMe-Fanboy (6538 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

Non-denominational Christian here.

#44 Posted by mrdecepticonleader (10397 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@King Saturn said:

a question I often hear posed by atheists, agnostics... why are black people so religious ? it's because this sh!t is rooted in us... we have had Christianity about as long as we could speak broken english on this corrupt land of America.

But alot of white people are religious as well.Your talking about people in America where the overall majority are religious.

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#45 Posted by SandMan_ (2375 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

Non-religiousness here....but believes in God.

#46 Posted by King Saturn (211150 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@mrdecepticonleader said:

@King Saturn said:
a question I often hear posed by atheists, agnostics... why are black people so religious ? it's because this sh!t is rooted in us... we have had Christianity about as long as we could speak broken english on this corrupt land of America.
But alot of white people are religious as well.Your talking about people in America where the overall majority are religious.

yes, there are a lot of religious white people in america... but the percentage of religious belief within white people is not as high as in the african american community... among african americans the percentage is from 84 - 90 percent of us are religious ( depending on which poll is being used ) whereas among white americans the percentage can be from 62 - 70 percent as religious...

#47 Posted by pooty (7798 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@Kal'smahboi: It's a really funny fact (assuming it's true,) because the Catholic church itself officially recognized evolution as a probable theory in 1996.

I edited my previous comment. The stat I used was just for a select group of people. not a world wide stat.

#48 Posted by lykopis (6101 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

Not really targeted at anyone, but the Catholic Church supports evolution insomuch as intelligent design being a component of it, of which it is not.

To accept God as the one directing it and not the natural environment is not believing in evolution.

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#49 Posted by pooty (7798 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

If a person says: "God used evolution to create the universe and man", then that still falls under: intelligent design.

#50 Posted by joshmightbe (19488 posts) - 4 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@lykopis: Well according to some religious people God is as much a part of the natural environment as air and water so in their eyes there really wouldn't be a distinction