Mar 24, 2007

Definition of religious terms


Many times here on The Revolution, we engage in a religious debate of some type. Often there has been confusion caused by a lack of common labels for this or that belief. So for the sake of discussion here on this blog, i will define the existing terms and propose new names for beliefs that aren't clearly defined.

Passive Religious One who believes in a specific god(s) yet does not feel the need to act in accordance with the specific requirements of their religious doctrine.

Religious One who believes in a god(s) believes in a specific doctrine, and acts in accordance with said doctrine.

Radical Religious One who believes in a god(s) believes in a specific doctrine, acts in accordance with said doctrine, takes doctrine beyond reason, denounces other beliefs, tries to convert others follow their beliefs, willing to subject oneself to pain, torture, martyrdom, unusual behavior in the name of said religion.

passive atheist One who does not participate in religion, doesn't believe in god(s).

Atheist One who does not participate in religion, believes that everything exist due to natural origin, believes that there are no supernatural forces or gods in existence.

Radical Atheist One who does not participate in religion, believes that everything exist due to natural origin, believes that there are no supernatural forces or gods in existence. One who believes that no one should have religious beliefs. One who tries to convince another that religious beliefs are false,wrong, or irrational.

Agnostic One who does not support the belief that god(s) exist or the belief that god(s) do not exist, one who feels that such knowledge about god(s) existence is not known.

*Godnostic One who accepts that it is possible that god(s) exist as well as the possibility that god(s) does not exist. Yet believes that a divine entity of some sort is likely to be the cause of existence in some unknown way.

Gnostic One who accepts that it is possible that god(s) exist as well as the possibility that god(s) does not exist. Yet feels that based on scientific evidence, the origin of the universe and all of its contents is most likely not the creation of a supernatural entity.



IF you do not agree with the terms defined please make a suggestion!


*new term

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are a homo because you never post any comments on That Tabor Guys page. But anyway, Godnostic is an official term now. I saw it on a blog.

Rev. said...

Thanks tabor, LOL I promise i will Comment on your post, i just want to have the time to read your post, in detail before i comment, and i've been very busy. I'll get there, thanks for your comments and i hope to return the favor soon.

RMStringer said...
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Sean Wright said...

Hey Rev,

I see you've been busy. Promise I'll post here soon. Not sure about Godnostic? Sounds like you're travelling between Agnosticism and Deism but I would have to give it more thought.

Anonymous said...

You forgot one term:

Poly-atheism - One who doesn't believe in many gods, that for whatever reason, do exist.

Rev. said...

Matthew James:

Thanks for your comment, but having visited your website, i must ask do you really think your a prophet or is your website making a joke on religion?


I must say my first impression is that your just a prankster. So feel free to enlighten me if you do consider yourself the prophet of your cult. I've never conversed with a cult leader and i think it would be fascinating, Please if you wouldn't mind give me a summary of your experiences.

Thanks again.

Anonymous said...

I have the same opinion with most of your points, but a few need to be discussed further, I will hold a small conversation with my partners and perhaps I will look for you some advice soon.

- Henry

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