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  1. Captain Howdy

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    Personally, I'm an athiest, but I was baptised in the Church of Scotland. What about yourself?
     
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  2. Domo1888

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    Baptised a Catholic, go to Church every Sunday and all that.
    Only really go because I go with the maw, but I do quite strongly hold the majority of the beliefs.

    I guess I'll properly see just how strong they are once I leave the house go into the world on my own, seeing if I still go to church etc. I'd like to think I will.
     
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  3. doctor venglos

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    I am a doctor and I took the Hippocratic Oath and I have to believe
    in Almighty *, which I do anyway.
     
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  4. jordybhoy67

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    baptised into the catholic church , share their beliefs strongly but i dont make mass as much as i could do
     
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  5. Airdrie Onion

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  6. Ledleysleftfoot

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    catholic go to church each sunday and what not and its gave me some good morales but im no over believer
     
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  8. liam_barnett

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    In simple terms no I am not religious, although I was baptised a Catholic, I don't even believe in *.
     
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  9. Ache

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    Brought up Catholic but with a Protestant mother. I have no time for religion whatsoever and can't help but feel the world would be a much better place without it but I understand why people turn to it for answers.
     
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    Until I get old and have nothing else to do but go to chapel and suck up to * before i kick it :icon_mrgreen:
     
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    Roman Catholic and to mass every week with the family, although I dont agree with everything, I still believe in a lot of it and feel it has given me some good morales.
     
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    Baptised catholic but I'm an atheist.
     
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  13. Ache

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    Would be worrying if you didn't already have morals like, don't kill folk and don't take other people's stuff. Also I'm pretty sure if the bible was a big ol' book of *'s rules he wouldn't be too pleased with his readers picking and choosing themselves what they want to believe. Otherwise, why even have a book?
     
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  14. Captain Howdy

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    There were/are a few members of my family who used to go to church/chapel and it seemed to give them a bit of solace or belonging, which I don't think is that bad at all. Supposedly when I was born there was a bit of a row between both sides of my family as to where I'd be baptised because one side is Catholic and the other Protestant. I think that's when it's went too far.
     
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  15. gunt

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    I hate the splitting of hairs between churches. They are all christian and to me its downright unchristian to set and dwell on the differences. Would Jesus give a * about whether we have a pope or an archbishop or whether the wine is symbolic or litterally his blood? I think he would be disgusted at those who dwell on differences between churches while ignoring the fact they have the same bible (give or take the odd tweak). I think we need a united world church which leaves all the bits and pieces of tradition that divide us as matters left to individual concience.
     
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  16. Muckluck

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    Brought up Catholic and went to church every Sunday until early teens but I now consider myself "non-religious". Not atheist, but certainly do not believe in any religion.

    Not going to get into detail but I believe if there is some form of higher power or a "creator" then it is most likely be far beyond human understanding. Ultimately all I really believe is that I am going to go through life simply not knowing if there is or isn't and it is best to just try to live life how I see fit.
     
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  17. Captain Howdy

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    I like the sentiment, but you will always get those who will just say 'oh but the Catholic Church/some Protestant denomination is already the world church'.
     
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  18. gunt

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    On a purely practical level, the UK is a country of empty churches and its simply daft to have 5 20% full churches instead of one full one. I think the problem is a lot of people have a negative way of defining themselves through differences not similarities. They always need an opposite force to define themselves against or they cant get passionate.
     
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