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Old 08-30-2008, 07:01 AM   #81 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by jorgelito View Post
For such a liberal country....
I'm sorry, which country are you talking about?

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As for me, I don't really get this question. I live in Toronto, and with a place like this, you usually just go about being your religion rather than talk about it. (Toronto is quite diversified religiously.) If you're a part of the Christian community, then you'd talk about it within that, of course, but I don't think I've ever had someone ask me whether I were Christian.

My response would be, however:

"My family came from the United Church, but we were raised non-religiously."

If follow-up is required:

"I'm non-religious, but I'm influenced by much of the morality of the Judeo-Christian values."

"No I don't believe in God, but I cannot say I know for certain he doesn't exist."

"I'm a humanist."

"There are many core parallels between Christianity and what I believe when it comes to morality. The same goes for Buddhism and some other religions."

etc.
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