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I'm Theist...Basic Pantheism...but I was Atheist up until 12 years ago.
I figured the Atheists needed a Creed...and based upon their offerings to this Forum, I created that for them.
Interestingly, I mentioned last year or so, that, a Christian, that does not subscribe to the Christian creed, is not really a Christian. To what I was explained, including high rank here, that creeds are outdated concept and in the modern Christianity, not to necessarily be followed. I guess, churches turned from the houses of worship into just a form of more or less liberal social clubs....
Just to add. Pentecostal community I am by fate immersed into, does not even know there's creed, outside of several that do. My son, who is born new Christian, has no clue about it and he ruins small group at his church. And creed is basis of ANY religion. Basically, it's like a materialist not being aware of the basic concept that, matter is primary and consciousness is secondary. Or, for theist, that consciousness is primary and matter is secondary. Those are BASICS, conceptual basics, and creed of a religion is one of them.
Interestingly, I mentioned last year or so, that, a Christian, that does not subscribe to the Christian creed, is not really a Christian. To what I was explained, including high rank here, that creeds are outdated concept and in the modern Christianity, not to necessarily be followed. I guess, churches turned from the houses of worship into just a form of more or less liberal social clubs....
Just to add. Pentecostal community I am by fate immersed into, does not even know there's creed, outside of several that do. My son, who is born new Christian, has no clue about it and he ruins small group at his church. And creed is basis of ANY religion. Basically, it's like a materialist not being aware of the basic concept that, matter is primary and consciousness is secondary. Or, for theist, that consciousness is primary and matter is secondary. Those are BASICS, conceptual basics, and creed of a religion is one of them.
You make some good points here.
This matter of a creed is something that I thought quite a bit about even while I was still a catholic. At each mass we would say the creed, out loud. The problem was that it got to be like anything else that is done by rote memory (or simply reading it). People said it without really thinking about it, not unlike the way at masses people rise or kneel depending on when the bells ring. It's not unlike when children say the Pledge Of Allegiance every morning 2,340 times; no thinking, just rote repetition, thus virtually meaningless. I got to the point in the catholic church that I started leaving certain words or phrases out, or silently changed them in my mind as everyone else said the creed out loud. Of course, once I got to Buddhism, where we are fully allowed to think, it really did become up to me to develop my own creed. But that's the difference between a commandments-based religion and a philosophical-based religion.
Except it is not based on offerings on this forum, they are misrepresentations so that we have to correct them. It is his creed.
I'll leave it up to others much more gifted then myself, to correct others.
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