Just to get things straight...

Elok · April 2, 2003, 12:21

No, I'm really not posting this to start an argument, I'm just curious about what everybody thinks. I've heard a lot of people arguing a lot of different points, and I wanna get an idea of the demo background of this site before I post again.
Me, I'm Orthodox. Yay.

Worthingtons · April 2, 2003, 12:29

Just an orthadox Christian, but with a symathiser for the great Jewish people

Gangerolf · April 2, 2003, 12:30

I come from a long line of non-practising Lutherans.

Pekka · April 2, 2003, 12:36

Lutheran, but I really don't practice it.

jolair · April 2, 2003, 12:36

Atheist (thanks to God)

SlowwHand · April 2, 2003, 12:41

It's strange enough that Wiccanism is now considered a religion, but now Atheism is included also ?
Strange days indeed.

Protestant, Methodist.

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 13:00

I'm a black gay communist jew

Pekka · April 2, 2003, 13:02

How can you be black and jew at the same time?

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 13:03

not really
christian orthdox
but agnostic.

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 13:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Pekka
How can you be black and jew at the same time?

why not?

they're plenty

Pekka · April 2, 2003, 13:05

Could be. I'm not sure, I thought to be jew, your parents must be jewish too. Or is it enough if mother is jewish? Sure you can convert to judaism, but real jew?

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 13:05

that was a phrase of a famous american musician BTW

a journalist asked him if he felt any prejudism he said: are you kidding: im the only black gay communist jew in America and you ask me this?

(of course not only applicable in america)

Pekka · April 2, 2003, 13:07

If that's true, it's one helluva combination

He is real minority!

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 13:07

your mother has to be jewish, she can marry whomever, you're still jewish tio the jewish religion i think.

but some semites were also black I think so you can be a "real" jew in any case?

Pekka · April 2, 2003, 13:10

I guess if you say so, I really don't know.

SlowwHand · April 2, 2003, 13:11

Ignorance abounds, at ACS.

Check out Sammy Davis, Jr.
A convert to the Jewish religion.

Jeez Louise! Not talking ethnic persuasion here, guys.

August Borms · April 2, 2003, 13:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Pekka
Could be. I'm not sure, I thought to be jew, your parents must be jewish too. Or is it enough if mother is jewish? Sure you can convert to judaism, but real jew?

I think Ethiopian jews are considered "real" (ethnic) jews too...

Arrian · April 2, 2003, 13:17

Agnostic, and most certainly NOT religious.

-Arrian

Pekka · April 2, 2003, 13:19

Ok, of course people can start practicing the religion, but I wasn't sure about the ethnic thing though.

Urban Ranger · April 2, 2003, 13:19

This survey comes up periodically.

Urban Ranger · April 2, 2003, 13:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Pekka
Could be. I'm not sure, I thought to be jew, your parents must be jewish too. Or is it enough if mother is jewish? Sure you can convert to judaism, but real jew?

Well if there are Chinese Jews there should be Black Jews as well.

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 13:25

Quote:

Originally posted by SlowwHand

Jeez Louise! Not talking ethnic persuasion here, guys.

That's why I put "real" in brackets. However some jewish people believe they that their religion IS ethnic persuasion and look to converrted to judaism people as not "Real" jews.

*big lebofski flash*

Bugs ****ing Bunny · April 2, 2003, 14:05

Having a "Pagan/Wiccan" option is like having a "Christian/Moslem" option.

Willem · April 2, 2003, 14:10

I'm glad you included the "made up my own, sincere belief". I believe there's something beyond what we percieve as reality, but I don't follow any organized religion. The one that comes closest is Buddhism though.

And I certainly don't buy the whole Jehovah/Allah thing. God's not going to have any particular concerns about some insignifigant creatures living on a tiny ball in some distant corner of the galaxy. It has a universe to run, so it's up to us to find that part of reality from within ourselves.

Willem · April 2, 2003, 14:15

Quote:

Originally posted by Pekka
Could be. I'm not sure, I thought to be jew, your parents must be jewish too. Or is it enough if mother is jewish? Sure you can convert to judaism, but real jew?

There's a large black Jewish community in Africa somewhere, I forget where exactly. They sometimes refer to themselves as the "lost tribe". I don't very much about them, but I recall reading an article at one time.

Quote:

I think Ethiopian jews are considered "real" (ethnic) jews too...

Yeah, that's the place. They have a thriving Jewish culture there by the sounds of it.

Bereta_Eder · April 2, 2003, 14:16

I like the idea of some ancient Greeks and particularly Plato on the matter:" who gives a fook about gods, we're here let's try and make things better for us".

Inspired.

The exact words differ.

self (human) centered pragmatism.

SlowwHand · April 2, 2003, 14:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Arrian
Agnostic, and most certainly NOT religious.

-Arrian

Two different lines of thought.

Immortal Wombat · April 2, 2003, 15:23

I'm currently trying to organise my beliefs so that they conform to a cross between Zen Buddhism, Taoism and Anglican Christianity.

Immortal Wombat · April 2, 2003, 15:26

oh, and I also invented my own form of Catholicism to allow my friend to dodge the school's insistance that he should get his hair cut. (religious reasons Sir...)

and I'm an ordained priest at the ULC

gunkulator · April 2, 2003, 16:40

Lumping the holy banana faith in with "other" is an insult to us tree fruit worshipers everywhere.