[hide=Response]Polling: Forum Username: Tintin113 Age: 16 State (US only, do not give a city): N/A Nation (do not give a city): England Educational level: Approaching AS and A Level (College) 1. Have you ever attended a worship of any religion? Yes. -by choice? No, made to by school. -What kind of worship? Christian. -Did you regularly attend this worship, by choice or parental guidance? No. 2. Do you consider yourself religious? I consider myself as a non-religious person who accepts those who are religious as long as they don't try and push it on me, or are extremist. 3. Is there a god, gods, or a supreme deity? Not in my opinion. -Did said god, gods, or supreme being create the Universe, according to your belief? Something had to, and although I don't think it as a God, I find it difficult to beleive that it just happened. So I'm undecided on this. 4. Is there an afterlife? While I want there to be, I doubt it. 5. How do you believe that existence came about? (in a nutshell) No idea in the slightest and I'd rather worry about what to do now I'm here than how I got here. 6. Have you ever attended a worship of any religion that you do not consider yourself a part of? No. 7. What are your thoughts on non Judeo-Christian Western religions? Remember that religion is a broad term so please be specific. I think that the mainstream religions give people a good direction in life and some good key values, but as with all religions, the extremists worry me a lot. However the way they treat women in all non Judeo-Christian is in my opinion just wrong. 8. What are your thoughts on Judeo-Christian religions? Remember that religion is a broad term and that both of these groups have many subdivisions that have radically different beliefs and practices. I think that the mainstream religions give people a good direction in life and some good key values, but as with all religions, the extremists worry me a lot. 9. What are your thoughts on Asian religions? Remember that religion is a broad term so please be specific. I can't say I know much about them... 10. What are your thoughts on African religions? Remember that religion is a broad term, so please be specific. As above. 11. What are your thoughts on South American religions? Remember that religion is a broad term, so please be specific. As above. 12. What are your thoughts on Aboriginal religions (any native group that was displaced, such as Native Americans, Maori, Aborigines, etc)? Remember that religion is a broad term, so please be specific. As above. 13. What are your thoughts on pagan religions (Wiccan, alternative, Satanic, and other non-traditional forms of worship)? Remember that religion is a broad term, so please be specific. Also note that many alternative and pagan practices are not affiliated with Satanic worship. As above. 14. What are your thoughts on atheism, the belief that there is no supreme being(s)? Please remember that there are degrees to this belief, and that not all share the same thoughts. I consider it, as an atheist myself, sensible. These people still have a direction in life, they have morals and know their rights and wrongs without religion, and for me that's all religion is useful for anyway. 15. What are your thoughts on agnosticism, the belief that a supreme being(s) exists, but the individual chooses not to worship it/them (or if one is unsure if a supreme being exists, but does not outright deny its existence)? I find this interesting, but again probably sensible. I don't see the point in wasting what would be - if God did exist - the "gift" of life, thanking them for it, I'd rather just get on and live it. 16. Have you ever publicly chastised someone who believes in a religion/school of thought different than yours? No. 17. If you belong to a religion or non-religion, please identify. I don't. 18. Is intelligence (not IQ, but actual intelligence) correlated to one's belief in a religion or non-religion? Keep in mind that intelligence can not be measured by any science, this is simply your judgment call. I think it may well be, as many scientists and highly intelligent people are atheist or agnostic. Less intelligent people lead worse lives, and thus don't have as much direction in life as those with good lives - the intelligencia. This is of course a sweeping generalisation littered with exceptions, but I think there is a basic correlation. 19. Does religion, in your observation, do good in the world? Please cite specific groups or denominations. I think that it does good as well as tremendous bad. So many wars are caused by religion, and yet most religions preach peace... 20. Does non-religion, in your observation, do good in the world? Please cite specific groups or denominations. I can't think of a way in which it does... but then non-religion is the norm in my view... 21. Does religion, in your observation, do bad in the world? Please cite specific groups or denominations. Extremism does, and conflict between relgions does too, but otherwise it preaches peace. 22. Does non-religion, in your observation, do bad in the world? Please cite specific groups or denominations. I don't think so. 23. Please list your experience with sexual education, including but not limited to: lectures by parents, schools, religion, or non-education. Please do not list your sexual experiences. Been taught it extensively by school, and basic things by my parents too. 24. Have you engaged in sexual intercourse of any kind? Please do not list your sexual experiences. A yes or no will suffice. No. 25. What, in your opinion, defines "love?" Wanting good things for the other person, regardless of how much it will put you out. 26. Have you ever been in, or are now in, a relationship? Yes. Not yet, not at my age. 27. Are you single/committed relationship/married? Committed relationship. 28. What, in your opinion, is sex's place in a relationship (or lack of relationship)? I think that it is fairly important, but if I really loved someone I don't think I'd leave them over bad sex. However I haven't experienced sex in a relationship so I can't say much on this topic. 29. Have you ever partaken in an illicit substance (excluding alcohol or marijuana)? No. 30. Have you ever partaken in marijuana? No. 31. Have you ever partaken in the consumption of alcohol? Yes, but only socially and in small amounts, I've never been drunk. 32. Have you ever regretted a sexual encounter? Never had one. 33. Have you ever regretted using an illicit substance? (excluding hangovers) Never used one. 34. Have you ever regretted using alcohol? (excluding hangovers) No, although I have on my friend's behalf. 35. Have you ever given serious thought (longer than 30 minutes in a year) to the existence of a supreme being(s)? Yes, most nights actually.[/hide]