Originally posted by slick
I don't normally post in thread like this one but I just have to share and maybe you can tell me what I am because I don't have a clue.

I don't go to church except for Midnight Mass on Dec 24th.
I don't read the bible
I don't give money to churches

I do believe in a higher power, I call him God
I do believe in Heaven
I do pray on a daily basis
I do believe that God hears me and answers my prayers in one way or another
I do try to love thy neighbour (although that's hard sometimes)
I do treat others as I would want to be treated
I do look forward to death because I know I will be reunited with my loved humans and pets again
I do know the ten commandments and try to live by them
I do get more pleasure out of helping others than helping myself
I do believe that all living things are God's creatures and we should look after them

Some background:
My parents are Atheist, but when I was very little my Mother had me baptized just in case I decided to follow religion when I grew older. She explained to me that she did not want me to be embarrassed by not being baptized. Can't quite figure that one out, but oh well.

I came to know God when I was about 7 yrs old and He's been with me ever since. I have no doubt.

So what would you classify me as???
I agree with you 100%.

You're just like me! I know exactly what you mean. I have "known God" since before I could talk, and have never once doubted that a higher power exists. I was baptised as an Anglican, and I was raised (on and off) in that church, until Mum got sick of the hypocrisy that went on after her and my step-dad split. All that was important to a large segment of the church goers there was how much they donated, and yet they still went home to their mansions while fellow parisioners went home to their housing commission homes. Not to mention my good friend who was bullied until her self-esteem was left in tatters at a "good Christian school" where all the kids think they are fantastic Christians.

That is something I want explained ... how can a Christian, Jessica Simpson for example, be comfortable living in a huge mansion with every luxury when so many suffer in poverty? I am not a Christian, per se, but if I won Lotto, I certainly wouldn't hang on to it and would not live in luxury while others suffered ...

I am also curious about what we would be classed as ...