Christianity Survey.

Stolen from Tak, she’s working on it, not done with it, I guess I’m alpha testing then.

http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp

Do you believe in god? Why?  No, I do not, I believe that everything in the world is made of energy and that energy is the closest to "God" that we’ll get.

Are you a christian? Why?  No, Jesus was a good man, so was the Buddha, read them, took their words to heart, struck out on my own.

If so, any specific denomination? Why?

Do you believe in the trinity? What is your interpretation? Why? 

Is Jesus god, the son of god or both? Why?  He would be both, and neither IMO.  God is energy, he was born of energy, he is the son of God, and since he is made of energy and energy is God than he is God and you can’t father yourself….

What happens after we die? (Note – I have heard several versions from different christians – it’s not meant to be a snarky question) Why do you hold this specific belief?  Our energy dissipates and our we pour our essences into vessels that funnel these energies and they are redistributed to the earth.  Whereupon we can be reincarnated/reborn.

Is everything in the bible literal? (e.g. was Jonah literally swallowed by a whale? did Noah actually fit breeding pairs of all the ‘kinds’ of creatures on earth into the ark? etc) Either way, why?   Metaphor…metaphor…metaphor…

What is satan’s role in all of this? Is he a tempter, ruler of ‘this system of things’ or something else? How did you reach that conclusion?  If Satan exists, then he is needed.  If there is an ultimate good what is he good compared to?  Likewise, Satan himself sees himself as a good doer and that God is the Evil doer, so in essense, God is Satan and Satan is God.

Does your faith conflict with any accepted sciences? Either way, please be as specific as possible.  No, actually, quantum physics backs up most of my beliefs.  For instance, it is my belief that objects do not touch one another, firstly from Xeno’s paradox and then from a standpoint of physics.  It can approximate zero, but it never actually gets there.  And, if matter is made of energy and we can influence energy indirectly then we can influence matter indirectly.  (Eventually)

Do you believe in salvation by faith, works or both? Why?  Salvation comes from the self.

Do you believe in the bible as the sole source of theological truth or is personal revelation also acceptable? Why?  The Bible is a good book, but nothing more, read it, take its morals, but all in all…just a book written by man, do not let any thing get between you and communicating with God.

Following up the last question, how can you tell the voice of god from that of satan (assuming they both are communicating with humans at all any more)?   See the statement two dots above.

Do you believe in free will? If so, how do you reconcile free will with a god that knew how everything would turn out before creating the universe? If not, please do explain.   Eh…this is a tricky one….all possible events are happening simultaneously but they either happen or they don’t…so they were "bound/destined/fated" to happen.

Were you brought up in your faith or was it acquired later? How?  It was aquired much later after spending several years studying physics/philosophy/chemistry/religion/mathematics.

Was Mary a virgin? Did she remain so after Jesus was born?  Virgin="Innocent (unknowing) child."

–RK