Posted on 24 December 2012. Tags: agnostic, ancestors, atheist, Citizenship, Denounce, god, guy, human imagination, idea, lebanese, lebanese government, religions, religious person, sensitive issue, sheiks
I am a canadian lebanese guy and i want my official religion on my documents in lebanon to be: atheist or agnostic or even apostate.
I dont mind the label, the point is that I do not believe in god, and I really believe all religions are man-made, and that the idea of god is just a part of human imagination.
If I reject the religion handed down from my parents and all other current options, do i have to renounce my lebanese citizenship?
This is an extremely sensitive issue for me right now because I do NOT accept the need for a sheiks approval in order to get married. I’m 24 and I’m thinking of getting married. I will definitely not be marrying a religious person, and I have absolutely no requirement that the girl be sunni like my parents. That aside, I am proudly not affiliated with any religion, and I’m hoping to find a way for the lebanese government to let me be who i am, and not who my ancestors were.
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Posted on 08 October 2012. Tags: atheist, Charities, charity shops, Involve, Look, proceeds, religions, Religious-affiliated, Salvos, st vincent de paul, vincent de paul
I was a Christian. but anyway there are other charity shops that is non connected to religions but I’m tempted to just have a look at St Vincent de Paul’s op shops. The proceeds still go to the needy right?
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Posted on 16 February 2012. Tags: christianity, christianity and islam, different things, god, going to hell, homosexuals, Islam, organized religion, relationship, Religion, religions, same sex relationship
Religions like Christianity and Islam say that homosexuals (who are not abstinent) will go to hell. I’ve never been in a same-sex relationship before (I’m 16 and only came out several months ago).
I’m not religious in a sense that I am affiliated with an organized religion, but I do have my own beliefs although sometimes I’m unsure about it.
Anyway, a lot of people say different things. Some say that homosexuals don’t go to Hell, and others say they do. So am I going to Hell because I’m a lesbian?
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Posted on 25 September 2011. Tags: Catholic, catholic university, catholicism, lesson, objective, objective type, personal relationship, professors, recitations, relationship with god, religions, respect religion, Theology, theology class, university
I attend a Catholic university. It’s a really good school in my country. We have a required Theology class. We mostly keep an objective lesson but most professors can’t help but discriminate other religions and glorify Catholicism. I’m okay with that and can keep up with the lessons. I also do well in objective-type quizzes and recitations. But there are also instances where we have to recite our opinions on certain issues and of course the role of religion in it.
I never get a good grades when it comes to those kind of questions. They say I don’t “glorify” the religion enough. On one essay which asks us to describe our personal relationship with God, I gt a really low score for simply saying I respect religion but I don’t subscribe to it.
Do they have the right to discriminate against me like that? What am I supposed to do? Lie?
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Posted on 20 August 2011. Tags: Congress, faiths, ideology, Islam, Muslim, Political, political ideologies, political ideology, politicians, Religion, religions
As opposed to other religions that are not labeled as political ideologies but merely faiths, yet have more politicians in the Congress affiliated with them.
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Posted on 01 August 2011. Tags: are, Atheists, better humans, fact, Humans, Religion, religions, school, Sports
People affiliated with a religion are smarter in school classes. They are the ones excelling in sports. The atheists just hang around doing what is needed of them. (There are a few atheists that do excel in class and sports)
Whether religions are false or not. Religion could in fact make better humans. Atheists deny this as much as you want but just reflect to the people you went to school with. It does make sense.
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