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Normally techies, geeks, nerds, etc. are people of science. Science is opposed to dogmas such like religion, faith or, in general, any kind of belief that states facts without accepting discussion in the matter of correctness, possibility or existence...

Assuming anyone who is in a tech forum is at least a techie or geek i may ask:

 

Are you religious or have any belief in a higher force or entity (be specific in which one, or explain what do you believe in)?Leave jokes and funny references like "The force" ,"Neo", etc for other topic. 

 

Disclaimer:

First: This topic is not intended to flame, poke fun, laugh off, compare any religion, faith or belief. 

Second: As colleges let's have a proper discussion. If you get mad or just can't handle the topic keep on scrolling to another.

Third: This topic is based on my own curiosity, will not serve as nothing more than a simple informal statistic of religious people who happen to like technology. 

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Normally techies, geeks, nerds, etc. are people of science. Science is opposed to dogmas such like religion, faith or, in general, any kind of belief that states facts without accepting discussion in the matter of correctness, possibility or existence...

Assuming anyone who is in a tech forum is at least a techie or geek i may ask:

 

Are you religious or have any belief in a higher force or entity (be specific in which one, or explain what do you believe in)?Leave jokes and funny references like "The force" ,"Neo", etc for other topic. 

 

Disclaimer:

First: This topic is not intended to flame, poke fun, laugh off, compare any religion, faith or belief. 

Second: As colleges let's have a proper discussion. If you get mad or just can't handle the topic keep on scrolling to another.

Third: This topic is based on my own curiosity, will not serve as nothing more than a simple informal statistic of religious people who happen to like technology. 

 

This is gonna be one hell of a bloodbath. *grabs popcorn*

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I believe in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Spaghetti Monster Religion

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Just wait a lil bit for the fight

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@Geekazoid was banned for some reason otherwise he'd be perfect for this topic. 

muh specs 

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@Geekazoid was banned for some reason otherwise he'd be perfect for this topic. 

He was banned? I liked him :(

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@Geekazoid was banned for some reason otherwise he'd be perfect for this topic. 

He is taking a break from the forum IIRC.

It's all in my signature.

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@Geekazoid was banned for some reason otherwise he'd be perfect for this topic. 

He was banned? I liked him :(

yeah... Don't know why...

Probably to keep himself from logging in again during his hiatus.

 

Anyway, I expect this thread to be locked reaaaaaaaaaaaal soon...

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I am Protestant Atheist.

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He is taking a break from the forum IIRC.

It's all in my signature.

 

 

Probably to keep himself from logging in again during his hiatus.

 

Anyway, I expect this thread to be locked reaaaaaaaaaaaal soon...

They would not give me  a reason but did specify it was not at his request....actually fuck it just emailed him. 

 

 

yea thisll be locked

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Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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I'm a Bible-Believing Christian.

Most of my friends are Bible-believing Christians and have quite successful jobs in technology and love it. Geek out like none other quite often.

I run/ran a gaming/geek clan with Christians, non-Chtistians etc.

Never really had any issues :)

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To start off, I'm Christian. People often say that religious people are against science, but I really don't think that that is the case; it is the extremists that are against it. I go to a science/technology school, and its split pretty evenly with the proportions of people in the area. I am friends with people of numerous worldviews, and we just don't make a big deal of it when talking. Almost everybody that I actually know that is christian thinks that science is perfectly valid. The reason many people think that all religious people are against science is that there is a very vocal minority that says that. I really don't get when people say science and religion are opposing sides, they heavily overlap.

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He was banned? I liked him :(

 

wat he was awesome D:

 

Anyway agnostic, I feel I am too inexperienced to make a definitive answer. I have experienced things that makes me wonder, but other times I find it difficult to rationalize everything.

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Do we really need these threads?  they don't go anywhere good.  Everyone is just an armchair expert who thinks they know better than everyone else.  The truth of the matter is even academicians who have decades of experience on this topic dispute many aspects of the religion and humanity. 

 

To hard to comprehend?  basically if you think you're right, you're wrong.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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I believe people can be logic oriented and spiritual at the same time since it's a very personal thing, prayer can be seen as a form of meditation and resolving inner conflicts.

 

It's usually when you involve organized religions that things get nasty in a hurry.

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I don't believe in a higher entity, but everybody should decide this for themselves. What I hate, is when religion or someones beliefs are interfering with me, and are getting in my way.

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To start off, I'm Christian. People often say that religious people are against science, but I really don't think that that is the case; it is the extremists that are against it. I go to a science/technology school, and its split pretty evenly with the proportions of people in the area. I am friends with people of numerous worldviews, and we just don't make a big deal of it when talking. Almost everybody that I actually know that is christian thinks that science is perfectly valid. The reason many people think that all religious people are against science is that there is a very vocal minority that says that. I really don't get when people say science and religion are opposing sides, they heavily overlap.

 

In a way, science actually supports religion.

 

I go to a Christian school, so I get a chapel service every week. Good stuff, most of the time.

 

A lot of Christians are anti-gay and anti-science and anti-everything. I support gay rights, am a huge nerd in science, and I am pretty tolerant. I don't get why the minority of weird and crazy christians are believed to be the majority of us. It's kinda rude.

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I'm neither, in all honesty i'm just not one who is interested in any of it, but respect those who believe. I was baptised a Catholic and went to a Catholic high school. I don't have an issue with religion, until someone starts using it as an excuse to hate on someone because they're different, attack another person, denomination, race, gender etc, that's just not cool.. But if someone chooses to believe in a higher power, deity or whichever, then that is their own business and none of mine. Unless you tell me I should have faith and I am a bad person for abstaining from believing then I will have a problem. I am happy with who I am and how I choose to live.

 

I think I have more of a problem with those I know who go out of their way to gloat that they're anti-religion and spew hatred on to those who're religious. Since a lot of the people they force this upon have done nothing wrong to them or anyone, they don't deserve undue hatred. I think I just know too many horrible people :/

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