you get a sword? I'll be that.

Look, I even filled the 'religion' bit on my census form in as that! I'm so wacky! Feel the Force!

at all.

until I learnt to think, born of two 'spiritual' parents with no assigned religion. Any christianity I was brought up on was either a sham to get into schools or gift-related. (christmas,easter)

I deny the existence of any divine beings.
And renounce all organised religions.

That doesn't mean that spirituality doesn't exist at all. There are definitely 'spiritual' needs that people have as high-functioning animals, and questions that get thrown up because of self awareness etc. But I don't think literal readings of addled, overblown, diluted and doctored historical accounts leadng to near-nonsensical belief systems are the way to go, to be honest.

all of my life. technically i should be some sort of christian. but i'm now a non-believer.

I don't know what religion it makes me, but I refuse to believe that anything exists at all. All this trees, continents, and people walking the earth malarkey is just made up bollocks, isn't it?

Haven't been baptised, don't believe in God.

I was never interested in religion, though I did like the colours and smells of church when I was a kid.

I stopped going when I was about twelve.

My atheism was re-affirmed by political and intellectual concerns a few years later.

I depsise organised religion, and I think less of people at an intellectual level if they have genuine faith.

I am reading the bible at the moment though. Some of it is hilarious.

Baptist IS a denomination, isn't it?

I've made up my own god. He's as real as anyone else's, and I can identify with him better than any of the standard ones.

I don't like organised religion. It's like everyone having the same CD collection and being satisfied.

cos I dont think he dismissed that there might be 'something else' that he has no proof of, he quite rightly dissed the intellect of people who believe in a 'faith' (of course a lot of people may follow a faith cos they feel there may be something else, and although they dont exactly believe all the rubbish in some of the doctrines they havnt emancipated themselves from the dogmatic faith.....perhaps because there are many practical social relationship/peer reasons to stay in a 'community'.....this is a problem because the numbers get totted up all the same and the normal dogmatic conflict ensues between the leaders/fanatical literal believers in a human written text.

John is right to be extreme in his put downs towards sheep like behaviour, unfortunately he is often slightly misinterpreted.