The Furious Angels
FA Discussion => Off Topic => Topic started by: Anonymous on December 03, 2006, 06:53:38 pm
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I'm just curious to what everyones personal, religious and political philosophies are. If you don't want to share or are not sure what your philosophies are that's perfectly fine. Also, If you disagree with someone else's beliefs please keep it civil. Feel free to either explain your beliefs or why you believe them or if you want just list them out.
My personal philosophy is a bit complicated to go into... so I'll save that for another time.
My political beliefs are very moderate. I'm a firm believer in capitalism and personal freedom within reason. So for the most part I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
My religious beliefs are mostly christian. I was born and raised catholic. Although my personal beliefs are more liberal than the churches concerning spirituality.
I'll keep it short for now maybe i'll elaberate later.
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elaborating could cause dispute and disagreement so i'll just keep this short and say im not quite in the middle but lets say 60% conservative and 40 liberal im both when it comes to certain things and as far as religion Christian but the catholic thing never appealed to me because I dont feel i need someone to talk to God for me I believe I can do that myself without help.
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Going back to my own personal philosophy. It's hard to really narrow down. I suppose the closest philosophy it would come to is Stoicism. I have a tendancy to deny myself hedonistic behaviors and I also tend to meet things with logic, calm and careful thought instead of baseing my rections and thoughts on emotion.
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My personal philosophy is and probably will always change with experience.
Religious philosophy - Pantheist with a taoist view (yin and yang)
Political - Moderate, most closely associated with Libertarianism.
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Religion: Atheist, no question, no discussion.
Political: If I was American I'd be a Republican but I wouldn't vote Bush.
Personal philosophy: No regrets, no concerns, self-checking is all you need.
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christian tory boy (tory being the conservative party in england).
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Religion: Wiccan / Coptic
Political: Marx-Engel
Personal Philosophy: Narcissistic follow of Mother Teresa and Charles Manson.
Pope Benedict XVI is my biological father.
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Religion: Atheist by definition I guess.
Political: UK - I guess I'm middle class, so Conservative or Labour do include me, but I'm more a Liberal Democrat man now, just because I reckon they can't mess up any worse than the others. I just want to give them a chance to see what happens.
Personal philosophy: What goes around, comes around. Live with good morals, and you need not worry in life. Money does not make the world go around.
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Religion: Raised Catholic. Became Agnostic in high school. You can't prove or disprove the existence of a higher power, so let's all just be cool with eachother.
Political: Democrat.
Personal: Existentialist. God, Buddah and Frank Sinatra were sitting around throwing dice one day...
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Religion: Roman Catholicism
Political: I don't label myself, and it really depends on the issue. I'm more conservative in most cases, though.
Personal: Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. Love your neighbor as yourself.
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Normally I don't discuss my religious beliefs but you could describe me as believing in the "Clockmaker" God created everything and then kinda stepped back.. not saying he doesn't necesarilly get involved now and again..
Politics... Liberal in social aspects.. but I generally go Republican when it comes time to vote.. I can Bush bash all day long but I realize that at teh time he was a much better choice than Kerry for me.. or Gore even.. but thats just me..
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Religion:
Raised Lutheran, and I suppose it's the closest named denomination of what I beleive. I usually try to explain it like this:
Existence itself is proof of a higher power. There would be no amino acids to create a living cell if something hadn't creatd it. A big bang can not happen unless there is something to bang. The idea of nothingness intrigues me. Not just the absence of matter, but the absence of space, time, matter, existence. Try looking from the outside of that infinitly massive ball of stuff that some think went BOOM some katrillion years ago - now take that ball away and what are you left with? A black canvas? But blackness doesn't exist....*cough*yeah, so something with a better understanding of existence (entierty, not just earth or the universe) must exists. Some call this something "God", some give it a name and praise it like a god. Some think it's a spiritual essence embedded in the matter it created. Some think it's a being who bases it's teaching on death and destruction - others, like myself, beleive in a God that is mercyful and loving.
I beleive in the Cristian God - but I'm not so closed minded to think what the chuch spoon feeds everyone is actually fact. If a human has touched it, thought it up, or profited from it, it's tainted - and the idea of organized religion is about as bad as they come!
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Religion: Christian, but I believe most higher powers are the same person with different names. Ex: the Christian God and Allah, the idea of Nirvana and Heaven, the practice of being kind to one another. Some form of this is found in most religions, therefore I really don't think ONLY my religion is right. And I believe there are different ways of worshiping your individual higher power. Enjoying the life you've been given. Taking care of yourself, loving each other, giving to the needy. Even thrill-seeking I see as some form of religion. Where else but Earth can you experience such things as cliff diving, and being grateful for that and enjoying that is a form of worship.
Politcal: Economic-Republican Social-Liberal. I also believe in not electing self-indulging idiotic megalomaniacs.
Personal: I believe that this is the only life I'm going to get here, so I'm going to enjoy it. Even the bad times, because I can learn from them. I believe I'm very very lucky to exist and have a concious mind and I don't want to waste my existance looking at life through a tunnel.
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Lits, we sound alike. I bet your Catholic. All the wild hotties are Catholic.
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Politcal: Economic-Republican Social-Liberal. I also believe in not electing self-indulging idiotic megalomaniacs.
hold on... let me look behind the curtain labled Non self-indulging idiotic megalomaniac politicians... *crickets chrip* errr... we might have a problem.
lol j/k =p
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Political:
Dear god (little g) I hate this topic. I absolutly HATE the idea of political parties. I HATE people who label themselves and follow a group because they're so-and-so. If your a "democrat" but you dislike what your democratic leader thinks, stop supporting him. Base political decisions off what you think is best for the country and yourself. Don't get caught up in the popularity contest. We all have our priorities in life, and in voting. Now-a-days we don't get much of a selection of presidential candidates. We either get the obvious liar, or the guy (http://www.ctnow.com/custom/nmm/newhavenadvocate/hce-nha-1123-nh48bushbash48.artnov23,0,1695911.story) so god(little g again)-damn stupid he can't pronounce "liar"! *counts to 10, deep breath*
I am usually considered a Conservative/Libertarian, but depending on the scale, how it's judged and how I'm feeling that day I've swayed into the Liberal side, and sometimes into the Communistic side.
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Personal:
I have a very laid back attitude towards things. As long as you work, earn your keep, and don't expect anything, you'll get more than respect from me. I hate beggars. I hate people who feel entitled to things. I hate when people expect without putting forth any effort. I hate people blaming others for thier own problems. (ok, I'm saying the same thing in different ways now...sorry) I respect people who speak thier minds. I love people who tell the truth, no matter what. I respect people who can admit they are wrong.
I am a logical thinker - always have been. When I was a child I would tell my mother Santa can't be real because it's physically impossible to travel the world that fast and I told her to never lie to me like that again. I think I was 3. Logic has pretty much ruled my thought process sinse my late teens. I've realized a few important things about life and people that help me make decisions. 1.I care more for others than I do for myself, and I think that is admirable of others. I commonly tell my friends in trouble that they should put themselves in my shoes and do whatever they would tell me to do. When I think in this way I eliminate all bias I may have being in the situation. 2.Things are never clear when your in the middle of something. i.e. - Abusive relationship? Your friends may have better input and understand whats going on better than you have the capacity to. i.e. - Hate your job? You may feel stuck even though friends give viable options to you. We lack the capability to understand things completely when emotion and memory is tied to it. 3.Common sense isn't so common anymore. I'm constantly living life going "what the hell were they thinking?!" We all have dumb moments, but sometimes I really question if I'm at the top of the evolutionary chain. I don't mean that litterally, I'm actually very humble - which brings me to my next point. 4.It's good to be confident, but not conceited. Confident is knowing what you are good at and capitalizing on it. Conceit is knowing what your good at, bragging your good at it, throwing it other peoples faces, and then ignoring or denying what your faults are. Everyone has faults-if you know your own you can only become a better person because of it. Knowing what you lack, or what your weaknesses are will help you aknowledge when you use those bad skills and give you an opprotunity to avoid or improve them. 5.Everyone has issues. Emotional, mental, and physical issues. Some are timid and harmless, some are serious and life threatening - most people will have both of these sometime in thier life, but they will always be dealing with at least one form of it. 6.If you've hit rock bottom, it may not be your fault, but it is your responsibility to get back up. If you decide to stay down and die, STFU - that's your call. As I said before, I care more about others than I do myself, but I do not hate myself, nor do I neglect myself in the least. 7.No one knows everything, no matter how much you may beleive it. There is almost always a possibility you are wrong. If you are, admit it and learn something. 8.If you are right, take time to explain your thought process - you may still learn something. 9.When it comes to crimes against others-eye for an eye. You rob someone, they get thier money back and you loose money-plus time. You kill someone, thier family and friends get to kill you however they wish. You rape someone/molest a child I would do things that in any other situation would disgust me - bottom line, you suffer much more than your victim until you die.
ok ok, so some of those are a bit outside the bound of "what I've learned sinse I was a teen", but they are certainly philosiphies of my life.
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and I never said I could type well.
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btw.. there is way to much proof for me not to believe in some form of Karma...
so yeah.. add that to my beliefs..
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ditto on the karma.
And Fuse, lol, I was raised Methodist but I go to a Catholic church. We do sound alike :)
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Old chinese man say; "If walking sideways through door with erection, you will always go to bangkok,"
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Yeah, now I'm convinced that nobody read my post. :P
"Opinions are immunity, for being told your wrong.
Paper, rock and scissors they, all have their pro's and con's."
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I REED DEM SARED!