People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
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LordChhaya
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People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
I've noticed a rise in this within my circle of friends and in the school I attend recently and so I ask, have any of you noticed this trend recently and what are your thoughts on them? Personally I see them as a step in the right direction and I can at least respect them for finding their own belief rather than the supposed voices of God that preach the organised bollocks.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
They're twats. They're taking someone else's twattery and making their own version. It's till twattery.LordChhaya wrote:I've noticed a rise in this within my circle of friends and in the school I attend recently and so I ask, have any of you noticed this trend recently and what are your thoughts on them? Personally I see them as a step in the right direction and I can at least respect them for finding their own belief rather than the supposed voices of God that preach the organised bollocks.
Where's their evidence?
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Ah that made my day 
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
God but not religion...
It's the "there must be something more" crowd. I wonder how many deists (as opposed to theists) believe in an afterlife? My own hunch is that it'll be most of them, and if so, my hypothesis would be that they're just after the cake but don't want to have to go the effort of baking it.
It's the "there must be something more" crowd. I wonder how many deists (as opposed to theists) believe in an afterlife? My own hunch is that it'll be most of them, and if so, my hypothesis would be that they're just after the cake but don't want to have to go the effort of baking it.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
Organized or disorganized, it's still all bollocks.LordChhaya wrote:I've noticed a rise in this within my circle of friends and in the school I attend recently and so I ask, have any of you noticed this trend recently and what are your thoughts on them? Personally I see them as a step in the right direction and I can at least respect them for finding their own belief rather than the supposed voices of God that preach the organised bollocks.
But I do agree with you to an extent - it is a step in the right direction. Small steps are good too.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
Actually now that you mention it most of 'em are lazy blaggards.Thinking Aloud wrote:God but not religion...
It's the "there must be something more" crowd. I wonder how many deists (as opposed to theists) believe in an afterlife? My own hunch is that it'll be most of them, and if so, my hypothesis would be that they're just after the cake but don't want to have to go the effort of baking it.
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In the Beginning there was nothing, then it exploded. Terry Pratchett
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
Lazy "easy" thinking.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
They just want to have their cake and butter it on both sides.
They don't want to be "uncool" by saying they're religious but they don't want to be contrarian by saying they don't believe it.
They don't want to be "uncool" by saying they're religious but they don't want to be contrarian by saying they don't believe it.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
Never had a buttered cake before.Animavore wrote:They just want to have their cake and butter it on both sides.
They don't want to be "uncool" by saying they're religious but they don't want to be contrarian by saying they don't believe it.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
I cleverly combined two popular sayingsmaiforpeace wrote:Never had a buttered cake before.Animavore wrote:They just want to have their cake and butter it on both sides.
They don't want to be "uncool" by saying they're religious but they don't want to be contrarian by saying they don't believe it.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
'I don't believe in the god of the bible, but I do think there is something huge out there which loves us all'.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
What sort of like a big pixieRum wrote:'I don't believe in the god of the bible, but I do think there is something huge out there which loves us all'.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
Sort of like your aul one.colubridae wrote:What sort of like a big pixieRum wrote:'I don't believe in the god of the bible, but I do think there is something huge out there which loves us all'.
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?Animavore wrote:Sort of like your aul one.colubridae wrote:What sort of like a big pixieRum wrote:'I don't believe in the god of the bible, but I do think there is something huge out there which loves us all'.
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Re: People who believe in God but aren't part of a religion.
I've had buttered Bara Brith (a kind of fruit cake made with tea) loads of times and it is delicious.maiforpeace wrote:Never had a buttered cake before.Animavore wrote:They just want to have their cake and butter it on both sides.
They don't want to be "uncool" by saying they're religious but they don't want to be contrarian by saying they don't believe it.
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