Religious survey

[Orko Is King]

Name?
Matt
Age?
20
Your religion?
I had a Christian upbringing. Now I dn't have a specific religion but I wouldn't classify myself as an atheist.
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
I have no proof that confirms the xistence or non-existence of God
What importance does religion have in your life?
None really
How free are you in your beliefs?
Completely free
How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
I do my best to be a decent person and take care of the people that I care about.
What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
None
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
Religion isn't democratic for the most part. Unless its electing a new church official.

 

[Harlekin]

if only they could resist.

Yep.

I'd like to thank everyone again. I finished my assignment and will be handing it in tommorow.

 

[BRUTAL]

I felt like participating... sue me

Name?
John Brower

Age?
24

Your religion?
Agnostic/Atheist

What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
There is absolutley no proof the such an entity exists.

What importance does religion have in your life?
None whatsoever

How free are you in your beliefs?
My family knows my beliefs but ti doesn't bother them as faith is rarely the topic of discussion in my family. A person's faith is the most personal subject there is.

How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
I feel that some people need to feel that there is someone/thing up there making all these tough decisions for/about them. There seems to be a strange comfort in knowing you have no control of your life. I like knowing, not "thinking", but knowing that all the consequences in my life are my own doing. I feel that my feeling of personaly responsibility in my life is what makes me who I am.

What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
Religion has absolutley no place in government. The goverment should be looked at as a business and religion has no place in business as personal beliefs can cloud logical thinking and transform them into personal agendas.

What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
Once again zero, or at least it should be. Having a free country should have nothing to do with the people's faith and have everything to do with sustaining a country in which a person can feel free to worship whatever they see fit without fear of judgement.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Name?
Timothy (if you want a last name, just PM me.)
Age?
39
Your religion?
Something else all together. (It's sides most with Christian; but, it comes from a book called "Conversations with God." It pretty much encompasses all religions and claim they they got some thing right and some things wrong. It's what happens when you put interpretation in the hands of man.)
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
Much thought....sometimes too much. At times, I question existance, and definitely different religions. But, I've had odd things happen which seem to speak of their being a higher power; so, I cannot discount it. I just find it hard to follow many religions whose books are written in a different time and place (over 2000 years ago), which basically had views of woman and other things that are much different than we all believe in today.
What importance does religion have in your life?
I guess it's a comfort when thinking about death. I've tried to envision death without anything coming afterwards, and it's pretty scary place to take yourself. Plus, when you need to talk to someone, sometimes God can be very comforting.
How free are you in your beliefs?
If anyone asks, I will tell them. But, I've had people get very pissed when confronted by a different viewpoint. (Mainly Christians.)
How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
God is someone you go to for comfort. He's a loving God, not someone who's going to punish you. I think of him as a parent. If my kids came to me with something they did wrong (or, in my view wrong), I would still love them and not punish them with Hell Eternal. It's just the God of biblical times and other religions come from a time where if you brought disgrace upon your family, you were basically banished.
What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
None. Governent being connected with religion would only have government side with one religious point of view. And, face it, if any of us were born in a different country, our religion would be different.
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
Democracy and religion should only be acceptance of all religions. (Of course, the exception would be where that religion (or cult...but, all religions are cults to anyone who doesn't believe) might cause harm to yourself or others.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Name?
*
Age?
*
Your religion?
Christian
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
Read the bible,or the testimony of those from the period.
What importance does religion have in your life?
Slightly important,its one of the things we often talk about where i come from.
How free are you in your beliefs?
My belifs are told to me by my parents,and a few others close to me.Its burned into your mind.
How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
God is all powerful,but people should not question this.Its not their place or right.You go to church,or talk about the word of god to worship.
What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
It depends,some nations have the right,others do not.
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
There is no real connection.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Name
Brad

Age
25

Your religion?

Christian, Penticostal specifically

What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?

Besides just blind faith, I have had prayers answered in unexplainable ways. I was blinded once in a car accident (eyes cut up badly) and the doctor says that the only way I recovered as well as I did was through my prayers. I have litterally encounter an angel and several demons. I've also had some simple things such as when I'm upset, down, or scared, I'd pray and suddenly feel calmed. Etc.

What importance does religion have in your life?

It defines every aspect of my life. I try my best to live each day how I believe God would have me live it. When I am away from God I feel down and depressed and yearn to be back. God is more important to me than anything else I own or cherish.

How free are you in your beliefs?

I made the decision to become a christian on my own. I was not raised in a christian home. To this day, I believe as I do based on my own choice.

How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?

I'm currently just getting back on the road to my faith, as I had an almost lapse, but typically I talk with him (usually in thought) as if he's just another guy, as I would talk to any other friend. I believe that all he does is for a reason, and though I may not understand it all, he knows what he's doing. I read the Bible and believe that though it wasn't his physical hand that wrote it, he inspired the writers to write it as they did. To me, God is as real as my mom or wife... and he's just as personable.


What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?

For the most part I prefur them separate, though a government without faith tends to lean toward things I am strongly against... so in that, I'm torn.

What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?

Honestly... nothing. While I can see where someone could compare the two, I think they are entirely able to exist one without the other. Then again, I'm not very political and havne't given much thought to it... so who knows.

 

[BRUTAL]

Name
Your religion?

Christian, Penticostal specifically

Your name and your post make my brain all hurty

 

[Spider-Bite]

On to the actual survey:
Name?
<real name is preferrable, but not necessary>
Age?
<speaks for itself>

spider-bite
25

Your religion?
<are you christian, jewish, muslim or something else altogther?>
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
<what kind of proof do you have that this entity exists?>

Atheist. Fossil record, DNA evidence including proof of mutations, natural selection

What importance does religion have in your life?
<speaks for itself as well>

Something to complain about

How free are you in your beliefs?
<in other words: have you been told to believe by your parents, or something else all together? Do you believe because your parents, or other authority figures, believe?>

When I was teenager and I told my family they acted like I was the anti-christ and screamed horribly at me, calling me immoral. Then they said to me "If it's not true then how come so many generations later people still believe it" I couldn't believe they had to ask after the way they just acted.

How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
<do you see him/her/it as all-powerful, do you think he's always right, do you believe that entity really makes a difference, what kind of rituals do you partake in to honor him/her/it?>

I see him or her as non existent.

What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
<speaks for itself>

The only connection should be to respect their right to believe and practice and protect that right.

What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
<speaks for itself, again>

I think it compromises it. It creates an unspoken dictatorship and the dictator is God. Religions threaten people with hell into believing and hating certain things, much the same way dictators in other countries threaten you into believing and hating certain things.

Thanks for everyone that helps me out on this.

your welcome

 

[Kritish]

Name
Morgar the terrible

Age
120

What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
Ra and Osiris have blessed my raiding parties.

What importance does religion have in your life?
Ra tells me when to even take a dump.

How free are you in your beliefs?
If I don't do what Ra tells me he'll tell Anubis to make me his *****.

How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
I sacrafice the untouchable of my people to Ra and Osiris.

What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
Pharoh is the sun of Ra, nuff said.

What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
Pharoh is the sun of Ra, nuff said.

 

[Taiwarriorz21]

Name
Travis

Age
21

Your religion?

Christian, Baptist

What is your proof for the existence of your God faith centred around?
My proof is in the Old and New Testaments of The BIBLE. If you don't believe that then...Then I feel for you. My Jesus died on the Cross. It isn't a myth or legend. My God died and rose again. I know that Allah is still in his grave. My Lord is sitting on His throne in Heaven and looking down upon His people on Earth. I have FAITH in my Lord!



What importance does religion have in your life?

There is much importance of my FAITH in my life. If I'm in God's Will, then I'm Happy, at Peace, Loving, Helpful, Kind, Blessed, and so much more. If I'm outside of His Will, I tend to be Depressed, Anxious, Irritable, Unkind to Parents, Emotional, and you know the bad traits. God is more important to me than anything else even my family. He is #1.

How free are you in your beliefs?

It was my own decision to become a Christian. I decided many years ago at the age of 10 that I would pick-up my Cross and follow Him. Where He goes....I'll follow. Yes, I was raised in achristian home. I praise God that He blessed me with Christian parents and trust-worth friends.

How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?

I read the Bible and spend alot of my time talking to God. When I'm feeling anxious, depressed, troubled, angry, etc...well I go to Him. I talk to God the same way I would talk to my friends and family. God is my Father and my Best Friend.


What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?

In the U.S. I prefer that the Church and State by Separate so that we can be free in Our Worship. Our government tends to lean toward things that I'm strongly against and won't stand for. So I stand for Separation b/w Church and State.

What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?

I believe that it is good to rely on God to make good decision on where America should be at and should go. I'm really thrilled that President Bush sides with God and not just what America or the Government wants. President Bush is a good man of God. He's been to my church a couple of times after Hurricane Katrina also. As far as the War in Iraq, I side with Pres. Bush, even though, I know that tough sacrifices had to be to try to keep America Free and Religion Free as well. I wish that America were more of a Theoracy. A government governed by Divine Leader that are kind of governed by God Himself. I wish it were like it use to be.

 

[Kritish]

Name
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?

I believe that it is good to rely on God to make good decision on where America should be at and should go. I'm really thrilled that President Bush sides with God and not just what America or the Government wants. President Bush is a good man of God. He's been to my church a couple of times after Hurricane Katrina also. As far as the War in Iraq, I side with Pres. Bush, even though, I know that tough sacrifices had to be to try to keep America Free and Religion Free as well. I wish that America were more of a Theoracy. A government governed by Divine Leader that are kind of governed by God Himself. I wish it were like it use to be.

So how do you feel 'bout the Dixie Chicks?
Do you like NASCAR?
How many confederate flags do you have?
When did you decide you were for a religious dictatorship?

 

[DarthRekal]

Name?
Mario R
Age?
30
Your religion?
something else altogther
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
When logic becomes inexplicable and miracles cannot be defined as chance... what other explanation is there?
What importance does religion have in your life?
alot.. i don't practice an organized religion.. i more or less pick the values i like the most out of various religions and apply them to my way of life... it's more morality and spirituality than religion..so while i dont get all pushed out of shape when someone tells me i'm wrong in my beliefs.. i do find that my beliefs help me cope with some of the more difficult times in my life
How free are you in your beliefs?
I guess i am the way i am cause of my mom.. she didnt stress any type of religion to us growing up... she left it up to us to decide what we wanted to believe.. so i took that and ran with it
How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
dont do any real rituals.. i tend to talk to myself and hope that this "being" is listening... dont go to church and i dont believe in any book.. i tend to disagree with somethings "god" does...but rarely do i stray from the path of "everything happens for a reason".. i believe strongly in destiny... so while i feel this "god" ways are not always right i am not one to judge as a destiny befalls us all.. all powerful? i guess so inthinking that this deity has a hand in everything..
What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
.. some in the sense of regard for humanity and the equality of man... i mean the main values of most religion is love and happiness for oneself and the fellow man.. in that sense i would hope religion affects the legislation fully
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
see above answer

 

[duskuntilldawn]

Sin has seperated all of mankind since Adam and Eve from God. In God's word it says there are none that do good, no not one. All men since Adam and Eve have sinned, for they are born in sin. If you think this is unfair, take this into account. Adam was hand made by God Himself, and even Adam fell to sin. I doubt you or I could have done any better.

God can not look upon sin, for God has none. Mankind is a fallen creature, and only God can bridge the gap between sinful man, and Holy God. Jesus Christ, who is both God and Man, came to die for our sins and take the full penalty in our place. Christ went to Hell for us, where we all deserve to go. Because of our sinful rebellion against God, we are literally unable to do anything to redeem ourselves back to a relationship with God.

God's mentality on this entire issue is this; because of His unconditional love for us, the only way He will let us go to Hell is over His dead body. The mercy and grace of our God exceeds our wildest imaginations. Grace means underserved, unearned favor. We deserve to be seperated from God forever because of our sin, but God came and took the penalty of sin in our place. Some people might say this is too good to be true; on the contrary, it's so good that is must be true. That is just how good God is.

There are many ways to prove that The Holy Bible is the word of God, and that Jesus Christ is the promised Savior predicted thousands of years before His coming. Allow me to give you an example, followed by a link with roughly 14 hours worth of video revealing how infallible The Holy Bible is. If you accept Jesus into your heart, He has promised to save you, and answer your prayers. I've seen it happen in my life, you can too!

The following verses display two scientific facts that could not have been known at the time of their writing thousands of years ago.

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. - Isaiah 40:22 (NIV)

Written at a time most people thought the world was flat, amazing that we discovered that indeed the world was spherical, and that the universe is expanding! More amazing still, the word of God has said that all along! (Did you know the word 'universe' can be divided into two words, uni means one, and verse means spoken sentence. The universe is a single spoken sentence of God) The entire Holy Bible is written with scientific truths we are only now discovering to be true. I could post more, but the video link I will provide has many more proof-texts you are free to discover for yourself.

God bless you all! Do you want to learn about God? If you are tired of living in darkness watch these free videos

http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/hovind_kent/creation/creation_template.html

For people who don't want to believe, no amount of evidence will prove it. For those who believe, no evidence is required. Regardless, go to the link above to learn of the evidence that The Holy Bible is the word of God.

 

[Kritish]

Sin has seperated all of mankind since Adam and Eve from God. In God's word it says there are none that do good, no not one. All men since Adam and Eve have sinned, for they are born in sin. If you think this is unfair, take this into account. Adam was hand made by God Himself, and even Adam fell to sin. I doubt you or I could have done any better.

God can not look upon sin, for God has none. Mankind is a fallen creature, and only God can bridge the gap between sinful man, and Holy God. Jesus Christ, who is both God and Man, came to die for our sins and take the full penalty in our place. Christ went to Hell for us, where we all deserve to go. Because of our sinful rebellion against God, we are literally unable to do anything to redeem ourselves back to a relationship with God.

God's mentality on this entire issue is this; because of His unconditional love for us, the only way He will let us go to Hell is over His dead body. The mercy and grace of our God exceeds our wildest imaginations. Grace means underserved, unearned favor. We deserve to be seperated from God forever because of our sin, but God came and took the penalty of sin in our place. Some people might say this is too good to be true; on the contrary, it's so good that is must be true. That is just how good God is.

There are many ways to prove that The Holy Bible is the word of God, and that Jesus Christ is the promised Savior predicted thousands of years before His coming. Allow me to give you an example, followed by a link with roughly 14 hours worth of video revealing how infallible The Holy Bible is. If you accept Jesus into your heart, He has promised to save you, and answer your prayers. I've seen it happen in my life, you can too!

The following verses display two scientific facts that could not have been known at the time of their writing thousands of years ago.

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. - Isaiah 40:22 (NIV)

Written at a time most people thought the world was flat, amazing that we discovered that indeed the world was spherical, and that the universe is expanding! More amazing still, the word of God has said that all along! (Did you know the word 'universe' can be divided into two words, uni means one, and verse means spoken sentence. The universe is a single spoken sentence of God) The entire Holy Bible is written with scientific truths we are only now discovering to be true. I could post more, but the video link I will provide has many more proof-texts you are free to discover for yourself.

God bless you all! Do you want to learn about God? If you are tired of living in darkness watch these free videos

http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/hovind_kent/creation/creation_template.html

For people who don't want to believe, no amount of evidence will prove it. For those who believe, no evidence is required. Regardless, go to the link above to learn of the evidence that The Holy Bible is the word of God.

Stop making accounts taiwarrior.
Adam and Eve never existed, we came from primates.

 

[Corinthian™]

Name?
Corinthian Von Doom III
Age?
I'm around 852 years old, but on this body I'm nearly 20
Your religion?
I'm agnostic. I don't believe in religion
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
It's hard to say. I just know.. rather, I don't... complicated
What importance does religion have in your life?
I don't have a religion per se, but my spiritual views have an equal importance as many other things... so hard to say, but it is important
How free are you in your beliefs?
I feel free because I choose to do what I do
How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
I see God as the thing that is all around us. Do not feel that he wishes us to honour him/her/it but to rather do what he inteded for us to do, that being live our lives. If he wishes to communicate with me he'll do it whenever he feels like and that is almost daily. He tries to get the message through in ways you notice. I don't ask him much, just to protect me and my family and I say thanks for everything that he has done. I see no other reason to ask for him. If I need anything beyond health and some protection I ask for people around me, and even then I don't ask since they are there offering me everything I need so he understands
What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
None
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
same as above

 

[Taiwarriorz21]

So how do you feel 'bout the Dixie Chicks?
Do you like NASCAR?
How many confederate flags do you have?
When did you decide you were for a religious dictatorship?

I can't stand the Dixie Chicks. I haven't even listened to one of their songs. I hate Nascar. I have a LSU Purple and Gold Rebel Flag with a 12 point Buck in the middle. The religious dictatorship is your view...Idk where that came from honestly. I'm kind offended that you tell me that I'm in a dictatorship b/c I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Please stop this. Aight?

I'm glad that I didn't come from a primate. Do you still throw your crap? Seriously your evolution beliefs is such a joke to me. Seriously primates. Darwin "the Father of Evolution" couldn't prove it and converted to Christianity. That's documented....Ummmm The Father of Evolution. LoL Seriously You're Halarious.

You were soo cute when you were 3 yrs old, but I dont even want to post a picture of you now.

Your father...Since He was the Alfa Male in your herd...He got to score with your mom anytime.

It would be nice if you would try to evolve where you can make some cloths to cover up your spaceballs.

Oh and By the way... "DustuntillDawn"...LoL That's not me! Parnoid she is. Idk who that is...I live in Louisiana and they prolly live thousands miles way from me, but yet you think I find joy in making more accounts. Get real. I'm gonna leave for now and go do something productive. You should think about start thinking about doing something productive "miss 3 million post". Do you ever leave the houSe? I go to College, have a job, fish, hunt and go to church. I don't go to dictatorship...please be mature and grow up...Remember we're talkin about reality. Not fantasy.

 

[Kyalesyin]

Some people don't know when the joke starts. Taiwarriorz21, you are an idiot.

 

[Hades]

Oh yeah, we have no biological relationship with primates.

Even though we share [SIZE=-1]we share 98 to 99% of the same genetic code [/SIZE]

 

[Kyalesyin]

And they can be taught sign language and communicate with us to about the level of a five year old child.

 

[Hades]

And they can be taught sign language and communicate with us to about the level of a five year old child.

I want a pet monkey

Perferably an orangutan.

lol, she has sideburns and a goatee.

 

[Kyalesyin]

That looks slightly painful...

I wouldn't keep one as a pet... much as they are really, really cute I'm more a ferret person. Apes remind me too much of my father and his friends. You really can see our ancesteral roots in my father. He even has gorilla arms.

 

[LadyVader]

Name?
Diana
Age?
21 in a couple of weeks
Your religion?
Christian Orthodox
What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
Preacher, Star Wars, chocolate... Only an intelligent entity can create a world where something that cool can exist.
What importance does religion have in your life?
It's my insurance policy basically.
How free are you in your beliefs?
The only time my parents forbid me or influenced my decisions in any way regardind religion is when I started hanging out with a girl that happened to be part of a cult, and she took to some meetings and I actually thought it was pretty cool. My parents basically forbid me to hang out with that girl anymore. I don't think she was trying to convert me or anything, and maybe they were a teensy bit paranoid, but it's water under the bridge now.
How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
I have long boring conversations in which I whine about a lot of things and then get off my ass and start doing laundry.
What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
None, of course.
What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
Well, it's more of an ideological conection, because suposedly we're all God's children so we're all created equally.

 

[Hades]

That looks slightly painful...

I wouldn't keep one as a pet... much as they are really, really cute I'm more a ferret person. Apes remind me too much of my father and his friends. You really can see our ancesteral roots in my father. He even has gorilla arms.

Yeah, mine too....

I just like how somber they seem to be. It reminds me of myself.

I figured we could hang out and be depressed and moody together.
see.

 

[Kyalesyin]

Yeah, mine too....

I just like how somber they seem to be. It reminds me of myself.

I figured we could hang out and be depressed and moody together.
see.

Dude! Emogorilla givin the camera the finger. Wow. They always do seem very sober and somewhat quietly confident.

 

[Fading]

Name?
Chris

Age?
23

Your religion?
Christian

What is your proof for the existence of God/Allah/The entity your faith is centred around?
A few things. First and foremost was baptism, and it's hard to describe (trust me I've tried lol). Best way I could think of it is like warmth and light trying to burst out of your chest lol...sounds stupid but I felt like an entire world's worth of weight was lifted off my shoulders when I was coming out of the water. That night, apparently (don't remember this part as well), I talked pretty far above my age (was 13 at the time), and started talking about parts of the bible I'm not sure I read at that point.
Also various prayers answered. Best I can remember is when I developed a lump on one testicle, and started peeing blood, and was in pain. It got worse over the years (from around 14 or so to 20), and I was too embarassed to tell anyone. Finally one night I was convinced absolutely I had cancer, and prayed very hard to get over it. A few days later and since then I have had no blood in my urine, the lump has gone to near none existance (still there but shrunk dramatically), and I got an X-ray and checked out recently (this year), and no cancer . Also the doctor was in shock when I told him how bad it was before, and he said that there was no need to have any surgery to remove it (also it's not noticible as it was before). Overall I am feeling better than I have in a long time, and experiencing no pain or sickness in the least. Also I've had various prayers answered, some might call it coincidence, but most I just can't see it as such because they were too on the spot too close to that prayer.

What importance does religion have in your life?
Very important.

How free are you in your beliefs?
Free, totally my choice. My mom hadn't went to church since I was 1 or 2. At around 7 or so a my friend and I went to a local Christian church and later I liked it enough to talk my whole family into going.

How do you deal with God/Allah/Other?
I do see him (God) as all powerful, and always right. How I look at it is God made everything (my opinion of course), from every atom in our body, to our soul, to our friends and family, the food we eat and air we breathe, and therefore is his right to do with as he pleases and luckily that has been to do good. Also I think since he seperated light from dark, good from evil, our concepts of what's good comes from him so in that alone I think he's made a difference from us not just doing whatever feels good, but grasping morality and helping others and depriving ourselves of feeling good for doing good. Only thing I can think of to fall into the 'ritual' part is taking communion, past that it's just gathering at church, whether it's a building or a friends house.

What do you think the connection between religion and the government should be, if any?
I think the two should be seperate myself. Religion doesn't need politics mucking it up, and it seems to only make it seem bitter to non-religious ppl. I think Government should deal purely with physical and material needs and such, as education in schools should stay out of where we come from (religion vs. evolution), and let the kids and adults in their life choose for themselves instead of having to hear one way or another in a class room.

What do you think is the connection between religion and democracy?
I think it's the same as with other institutions, there is no clash until someone of fantatical proportions makes it clash. Christianity teaches to not judge or make fun of another, to love one another, not to force Christ's teachings on others but to lead them to it if they will listen and so on. All of this is accepted by choice of those who believe and have faith in it. In reality it should promote democracy and love. Some however (same with all faith's, people's, and ideal's) will take it to extremes and believe anyone not with them needs to be forced to believe it. Those few who say they are followers of a religion (yet not practicing or following it's teachings) make it seem as if an entire religion is encroaching on democracy and trying to do away with it. Most of the actual religions and teachings themselves do not clash with democracy, but individuals who go to extremes saying they are following that religion can.


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Thanks for everyone that helps me out on this.

Np. One thing I wanted to toss in tho, but would have made it even more of a chunk of text is what I meant by God and good. Every step of the way in creation God said it was good, from creating life, to creating man and giving him free will, all of it is good. What man does with that free will can be evil. Also was kinda embarrased about writing the peeing blood thing, but realized I don't know anyone on here so oh well lol. Plus you can't see it at all anymore, and neither testicle is damaged so really nothing to be embarrassed about now.