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Forum Forums General Discussion Daily Poll 85: Are you religious?

  • jamal-weston

    Member
    February 15, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    One of my side pursuits is actually biblical studies; reading actual biblical scholarship as opposed to popular Christian books. To me, it’s fascinating stuff trying to study scripture in it’s original Ancient NearEastern context. And I believe you actually get much closer to what the original author was trying to communicate versus what you might hear from famous pastor XYZ. I do consider myself a Christian, but without any denominational pretexts. I like to delve into books that aren’t necessarily canonical, such as (surprise, surprise) the Book of 1st Enoch.

    • bryon-rogers

      Member
      February 20, 2022 at 3:57 pm

      I hope you will consult Dr. Michael Heiser, who hosts the Naked Bible Podcast. His focus on textual criticism brought much clarity on what the scriptures actually are saying. I learned much from him for the past few years.

      • jamal-weston

        Member
        February 20, 2022 at 6:25 pm

        I love that podcast! He’s the guy that got me studying 1st Enoch and other 2nd Temple texts.

  • ben-ceci

    Member
    February 15, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    I am not religious but I understand the purpose of it. Great moral guidelines, faith, and community.

  • hunter-rojas

    Member
    February 16, 2022 at 6:34 pm

    Christian myself, raised Catholic but I left that behind after seeing how similar it is to political bureaucracy. Currently I’d say I’m non-denominational, but I would say that the Scripture itself is my mentor.

  • bryon-rogers

    Member
    February 20, 2022 at 3:54 pm

    I am Christian. Grew up with a charismatic doctrine, meaning I believe miracles and supernatural phenomenon occurs today as they did during the early church period.

  • eric-boehle

    Member
    February 20, 2022 at 7:03 pm

    Yes, I’m Christian, believe in God and that Jesus is the Lord and Savior. I usually go to church but haven’t been since to restrictions, I do still stream service. I’m really not sure if they require masks in the building, on the stream I still see people in masks but as long as that’s a thing, I’ll continue to stream lol.

  • daniel-hohnsbehn

    Member
    March 14, 2022 at 2:43 am

    I’m probably in the minority here but I’m vehemently anti-religious. I don’t judge anyone for their beliefs, it’s just not for me.

    Between the collectivism of the respective groups and my natural scepticism, I just can’t wrap my brain around it.