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Today at 06:23 PM Thinker said this in Post #10 Seebs... I'd have thought the UU's would have been at or near the top of your list... but Judaism... who'da thunk?

I would have thought Liberal Christian for seebs.

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Today at 08:26 PM Badfish™ said this in Post #11 I would have thought Liberal Christian for seebs.

Well, as an example, I said I don't have an opinion either way on reincarnation. Judaism is neutral on the subject; some sages think reincarnation happens, others don't. Most Christians reject it. Me, I don't have an opinion, nor do I see it as my place to predict. If God wants us to live more than once, we will.

I'm a curious blend of more-liberal and less-liberal than many. I personally adhere to a lot of moral standards that a lot of people think are stupid or irrelevant; on the other hand, I am much less willing to condemn *others* than most Christians are. The world is full of people who would call me a liberal, but would think nothing of just walking home with a ream of paper from the office, because it's "just overhead" and "paper is cheap". (Amusingly, I actually have a moderately expensive computer sitting around from a former employer, because they weren't sure whether or not they cared whether they got it back, but I have to get it back to them this week.)

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Today at 08:23 PM Thinker said this in Post #10 Seebs... I'd have thought the UU's would have been at or near the top of your list... but Judaism... who'da thunk?

Hmm. Well, for one thing, I'm pretty commited to the "one God" concept. I'm a lot less liberal on sex than most UU's. I don't really feel it's my place to judge people who sleep around, but at the same time, I object to people who portray casual sex as "mentally healthier" than commitment; I think they are making a serious error in judgement, and most of them show no signs of having seriously thought through the issues.

Judaism fits me because of the tendency towards a less dogmatic view of what God is or wants, and the less specific teachings about the afterlife. I personally don't care much; I mean, obviously, I'd love to be happy forever, but I don't really understand the issue well enough to be sure that even *means* anything. It is enough for me that, here and now, I feel my life is constantly improving, and that God appears to approve of this. I don't really understand the afterlife thing, and I'll trust God to make it work out.

The big barrier for me with Judaism is the whole Jesus thing. On sheer evidence, I'm mostly agnostic, but God seems to have led me to believe that Jesus was divine, and I trust Him on that kind of thing.

Liberal Quakers
Unitarian Universalism
Bahá'í Faith
Neo-Pagan
Mahayana Buddhism
New Age

Well, I've always admired the Quakers.

seebs, we are going to be renewed, but not reincarnated. Is there something in the bible that alludes to this?

300% atheist.
I may have crashed the server.

Bahá'í Faith was no. 5 for me, I have no idea what this faith is though

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Today at 07:17 PM D. Scarlatti said this in Post #16 300% atheist. I may have crashed the server.

And I would have guessed you were 99.9% Conservative Protestant.

Bahai... I've heard of it. I think it's basically a cult, based on Christianity. I think. That's what I vaguely remember....

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Today at 07:21 PM paulewog said this in Post #19 Bahai... I've heard of it. I think it's basically a cult, based on Christianity. I think. That's what I vaguely remember....

It's not a cult based on Christianity, it's a religion that rose from Islam.

http://www.bahai.org/