Religion (nothing too serious)

born and raised muslim, but i aswell dont hold strictly to it.

I came from a Christian home, but I don't tolerate it.
I just don't like it! It's so... fake.. Just the atmosphere, it's supposed to be all nice and happy, but it's just so fake! I don't oppose god, don't get me wrong. But I really hate religion, in any shape, way, or form.

I can go on and on, but my fingers hurt from studding my leather xD

Not really raised religiously and I'm 100% against organized religion (believe whatever you want, don't make others believe your bullshit)

Raised Roman Catholic, hated it. I find Christianity as a whole fairly reprehensible, teachings and theology. I despise all right hand path organized religions and the Church of Satan. Im not going to go on about the rest. It would take too damn long

Atheist born and somewhat raised (in the sense that my family never really talked about god existing or not, and we never went to church...)

Born and raised protestant, though never especially spiritual.
Right now i'm agnostic, not particularly spiritual or religious.
my personal philosophy is much like other people's religion i guess.
as in it guides my actions.

I believe that through self determination and ultimately control over myself, I can achieve all things.

I'm 100% against ORGANISED religion, but i'm actually in favour of religion as a personal moral compass. but its not the thing for me.

Christian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbusENG6hCE

I have no religious beliefs and I'm comfortable, nor do I condemn the practice of religion, whatever floats your boat, just don't preach it on me.

Raised with the "Native American" religion/spirituality, then growing up realizing how mindfuckly stupid it all is, just seemed like some people high on acid telling how the world/plants/people/animals/ insects etc etc began along with other stuff. But now im just an atheist, hate religion from what its all done to this world.

Agnostic. Open, yet not entirely convinced.

Born and Raised a Jehovas witness but when i was about 7 my parents stopped so us kids could be more open and free when we grow up. But my godparents and relatives still are.

I'm an atheist,but both my parents are christians (not very strictly though). They never really tried to convince me to also believe in god.

<--Atheist. but i like my Nihilist-Shirt anyway ;P

My parents never tried to push any religion on me, they let me choose for myself. I tried becoming a catholic/christian when I was younger (all my "friends" were and I felt pressured.) but I never could get into it or actually believe it for myself. As I got older and found out more about it, I realized a lot of the bible's "teachings" are actually really sick and twisted. So I decided I was an atheist.

Raised Catholic, now I'm strongly atheist.

I just despise religion, period. All of them. However, I am not an atheist, I am an agnostic.

Aum Shinrikyo / Scientology....

Atheist/agnostic, my parents never really taught me any religion when I was younger.

I find myself somewhere between paganism and pantheism.

I'm nothing really. I've taken interest in Slavic Paganism, however it's hard as hell to discern the bullshit from the truth. That is probably the biggest thing holding me back at this point. But in the meantime I'm not practicing any religions, but I'm definitely NOT an atheist. Even Christianity has more sense than Atheism to me.

Atheist since a kid. I find some religious beliefs very interesting but can't get into them personally. Christianity I despise for all the horror it has caused on people like me in the dark past (and still does but not so effectively).
"Preaching peace 'neath the shadow of a knife, a papal reign of terror, slaughter in the name of Christ"

Christian

Godless Heathen and proud of it!

The funny thing is: I forbid religion and have no opinion about religion. And this is serious! I sing in a churchchior, because i earn money and rehears my sing skills. :P

Born and raised with no religious pressure. Completely free. I totally despise Christianity and Islam. Behead those who insult the religion of peace. Yeah, right.

Personally, I'm an atheist. The darker side of religion still tends to interest me, such as satanism.

I just believe in myself.

No Gods, No Masters.

I'm Agnostic Atheist. Why Agnostic Atheist? This quote from Carl Sagan may help to understand:
"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."

Born and raised catholic,i never liked it always hated church,boring place to be and i just dont care about religion

Atheist. Religion had its time and place, but so many of life's questions can be answered today by modern science. No one knows how the universe came to be, and the way I see it, intelligent design is just a convenient way of making sense of something we very well may never understand. I was raised in a Christian household and attended church every Sunday for a good portion of my life. As a kid, I waited and waited for God to show himself to me. He never did. I finally realized that it was all such bullshit. I no longer waste any more of my life feeling guilty for every little thing that the Bible claims is a sin.

Atheist, although I can imagine that there is maybe a higher power, but this is necessarily not a God most people would expect it to be.

Well, and here are my thoughts about religion in common: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QgyLQaV-k&feature=related

Raised to be christian and now it disgusts me.
It raises hell everywhere you but your eyes on so thats why i hate the shit you call Christianity.

Atheist. I don't have any problems with religions or religious people. I think that everyone has right to believe in something if they choose or want to. That's just not for me.

It's interesting how many of you point out that you were raised to believe something, yet later on you strayed from the intended "path."

I find that cool because it was the same for me. One of my uncles is a Christian pastor. He and the rest of my family obviously believed in God and wanted me to do so as well (like many kids, I went along with it until I was like 11 or something, just to please them).

I think it's ridiculous how adults try to raise children with an intention to mold them in their own religious image and beliefs. I personally think that is wrong, and that while it is obvious that the parents' beliefs will have an effect on how their children feel on the matter, we should teach kids to keep an open mind and allow them to choose their path through growing up and life experiences. I don't think you should try to teach kids religion. It's not like they truly understand it anyway, no matter how many Sundays you take them to church.

I remember my two little cousins (my pastor uncle's daughters) while growing up. They were brainwashed into the crap that they believe, having it forced upon them. One of them really liked to lie when she was young, often breaking stuff around the house and blaming it on her defenseless younger sister who was afraid to say that the other one did it. The younger one would get blamed and punished (sometimes spanked), while she just lied herself out of the situations... I told my uncle once and since I was not a devout Christian in his eyes (apparently saying you believed in God was not enough) I was the one that was lying, because "Christians don't lie." I told him "well that's all your daughter ever does."

Fucking tool.

Catholic! just dont care about the rules or anything, but i just wasted one hour every sunday by listen to these religous followers!

Raised Protestant, now Agnostic. I'm interested in some Spiritualism but I can't believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQTCoED8Wds

I'm an atheist. My parents tried to raise me to be a christian but obviously they failed. I abandoned the church just when I turned 18 (in that age it is possible to leave the church without your parents permission). I'm happy that I never had to pay any taxes to church :P

Was some what raised Lutheran.

Now I am a practicing Neo-Pagan/ Heathen (Norse mythology/like half the metalheads out there these days...).

I feel strongly connected with the eddas and my forbearers and I don't really like discussing it. Religion should be a private activity.

I find it immensely disheartening that my ancestors beliefs are becoming another trend for people to latch onto...

Baptised Episcopalian, but when the people at the local church started giving my folks the heebie-jeebies, we stopped going as a family. After my family moved my mom started going back to the Greek-Orthodox church she went to when she was young (I'm a bit Greek, a bit Cherokee, and a whole lotta awesome).

I'm basically Agnostic with Atheist leanings. I'm open to the idea of a system of beliefs and have considered converting to Judaism. My problem is, I'm too rational and can't help but think that all religion is preposterous.

I would like to believe in SOMETHING and know that having something like that at my core is a good thing, but I just don't.

Iam ásatrú, now look it up because iam tired of writing it down time after time what it is and what we do.

I am embracing central american pagan cultural heritage..especially symbolism, lessons and literature relating to 'espiritu de los ticos'. I am also some what interested in the theory of gnosis and I explore the theories surrounding this. *I do not* embrace or support any form of desert variety theism, but I do not preach to those who do not preach to me. I show respect to people who practice a faith in their own way, calm and non intrusive....which sort of leads me to the fact that I really don't like religion (satanism, christianity, sikh, etc) when it becomes very organized.

I will say this to get it off my chest, I have zero respect for any religion that promotes a law system or cultural stigma that degrades women, this includes Islam and sharia law.

I am quite interested in Nordic and Germanic culture,paganism and some aspects of Asatru.

I explore everything else that is of the darker side of my mind and view on the world, in my own private way....hence forth, fuck anton la vey.

well...that about sums it up.

Oh yes, not religious..but I do believe in realism.

My family(well my mom and me) was never really religious at all. My dad was a mormon and my other aunts all married jewish husbands so they converted to Judaism. I don't follow any religions nor do I really believe in god however I do find a lot of Pagan life beliefs really interesting. Though I don't think it would make sense to call myself a Paganist since again, I don't believe in a higher power.

I have faith and belief in God and definitely Spirituality, but I'm NOT a fan of organized religion.

Christian. Don't ask my history. It's way too long and complicated. LOL!!!

Born and raised as a Muslim but my ideas about religion started to change when I was around 15. Personally, I do believe in God, I've always did, but since Islam has almost no respect to women, I do not follow it now and I don't do anything it wants from a Muslim to do. I just don't want to give even a single fuck about a religion which only cares about men and their comfort. Yet, I can't really express my thoughts about Islam in my own country since people here are not really used to hearing that kind of stuff. I just don't want to bother myself with narrow minded people who firmly believe in something without interrogating it.

I'm an atheist. Don't believe in anything super natural. Both of my parents are atheists, but my mother do believe in stuff like ghosts etc.