I was brought up Roman Catholic and confirmed. I'm thinking about fine tuning and becoming Orthodox. I spent a year going to a Greek Orthodox church and found it most excellent.

I am also Roman Catholic. Never used to be strict, but now I go to a catholic college.

proud member of the Electric Sky Church!

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feelin' it down to my knucklebonez

I am known as being catholic but I don't believe in that stuff.

2711

I am a Roman Catholic first and an Irish Catholic second.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!!!!

"The blues ain't nuthin' but the lowdown shakin' chill. If you ain't never had 'em,I hope you never will..."--Son House

"Oh Jesus,this band has been at each others throats since before the beginning. Once upon a time,no even before that. And out of this conflict comes marvelous,competitive,flame throwing,hallelujah,dump truck size,Bubba's hot barbecue,Watusi couple number two to the dance floor please."--David Lee Roth

"Songs should tell the truth..."--Mississippi Fred McDowell

"Desperation rules the impossible..."--David Lee Roth

Atheist. And fuckin' proud to be.

man, am i the only good old country, southern baptist in here??? forest hills baptist church... been saved and a member since the 5th grade...

I wouldn't say I'm an atheist, but I do not believe any organized religion.

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Loons- I am from your school. I am a practicing and proud Roman Catholic! I usually describe myself as an Irish Catholic.

Jewish.

Jewish, was Bar Mitzvahed, but I'm certainly not that into religion much, I celebrate the holidays with my family, more of a traditional thing than anything. My fiancee is like me in terms of not really caring, and she's Irish Catholic so you can bet that ruffled a few feathers on both sides a long time ago. After 5 years though no one cares anymore.

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Roman Catholic, still finding myslef, though.
this is a very deep issue to me.

i'm also 100% Italian, so family is extremely important. I live for the holidays.

i'm gonna stop here because I could go on forever...

I'm RC, always have, and always will since the Jesuits did a hellofa good job teaching it to me in high school.

But hey, ultimately the most important thing about religion is you find the one that works best for you (translation: Yes Virginia, there is no "correct" religion)

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"That's How it Is When You Tell the Truth"

Same answer as the Rep. or Democrat question.

I believe what I believe. I don't put labels on it.

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Eat Us and Smile!!!!
"Now I'm ahead of the game...
Drivin' me insane...
Ah-ahhhhhhh-haaaaaaaaa...It's a small change"-DLR "Push Comes To Shove"

Stuff No More- Great post! What Jesuit High School did you attend? There are only 46 of them left in the United States. Jesuits are brilliant teachers!

I attended Xavier High School in New York. Great school! Great memories! All boys (That was tough), Jesuit, and military. ( R.O.T.C.)

I'm Eastern Orthodox, basically that means i have Christmas and Easter a week after the rest of you guys

Serbian Orthodox to be exact

Late.

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i belive in haleneism, when it's all over you WILL see the light.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!
"yunkk!" (tribute to eddie i)
"LETS GO FLYERS!!"

Think I'll convert to Halenism Jeff, I like that one the best. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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shit, if van halen is a religion, i'd at least be a cardinal! maybe even pope! http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/redface.gif

hey brett , unfortunatly i can only go to church every few years , i mostly practice at home , and in the car , and at the beach , work , and at the........ect. but i just love when i have to got to church with 18,000 other parishiners.

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"yunkk!" (tribute to eddie i)
"LETS GO FLYERS!!"

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I honestly have no idea what religion I am. I know I'm christian...and that's about it. My mother is Roman Catholic...my father is Babtist...my grandfather is Penticostal...Go fig.

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"We're not in the music business, we're in the business of making music." - Edward
"Yeah, I saw a yard gnome once...it didn't scare me." - Space Ghost

I consider myself to be about 80% Catholic. The other 20% are my own beliefs.

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"Honey, I wouldn't lie to you, we just met. Lying is for later in the relationship!" - David Lee Roth

I like blueeyed's answer, and completely agree.

Hell, am I the only schmo (mormon) here? Come on Schmo's, stand up and be counted!!!!

I had a girlfriend that was mormon. Does that count?

I believe that God created man and ever since then, man has been trying to build a box to keep God in.

Religion has been used too often as a means of controlling people, and that's why so many people resent it these days. Look at Ireland and the Middle East for recent examples of what human beings do to each other in the "name of God" and which church is right. Apparently they skipped over the part where Jesus prayed to his Father "Let them be one, just as You and I are One".

I consider myself more of a spiritual person than a "religious" one. If your church works for you, great. I feel much closer to God up in the mountains or on the beach than in some building singing boring songs and passing a plate around.

I don't have any problem with people's religious beliefs as long as they walk their talk and are not hypocrites. Granted we're all human beings and not one is perfect, but there are those who deliberately use "religion" to push hatred and opression and it's those people who will be in for a big shock when they stand before their Creator on judgment day.



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Eat Us And Smile!!

Gasp! FORD, we actually agree on something!!! LOL! Seriously, great post, I couldn't agree more. I don't want to be told how to have a relationship with God. I've got one and it's a good one. I'm Catholic but I don't do lent. No real religious significance, it was started to improve the economy of fisherman. Yeah, real deep meaning there!! I just feel going to church is not the only way to have a relationship with God. That's just my belief and I've got nothing against anybody else's.

Man,do I start some great posts or what.http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vic Vega_0609:
I'm Catholic but I don't do lent. No real religious significance, it was started to improve the economy of fisherman. Yeah, real deep meaning there!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Laughing My Ass Off.....

Yeah Many years ago I used to work at a fish n chips place. I tried to get Friday nights off during Lent because every Catholic in town would be eating there that night. It was insane!

But when you think about it.... wasn't the entire church really started by a couple of fishermen? I believe that's what Peter and several of the other disciples did for a living....



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Eat Us And Smile!!

Utah is predominantly mormon and I live there.....cudos Markymark......but I'm an Irish Catholic in the Kennedy line of belief.......not too many of us here.....

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Roman Catholic!

Born again Christian, and proud of it! US holy rollers can rock too! GOD is Goooood!

[This message has been edited by elvh (edited April 28, 2000 at 05:56 AM).]

I think I'm agnostic...I suppose if I am anything I'm a Unitarian Universalist.

Good thing Van Halenism isn't a religion...we'd all be religious freaks!

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Synth originally posted

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> "I think I'm agnostic...I suppose if
anything I'm a Unitarian Universalist"
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What the hells that?http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

I'm Baptist who grew up in Van Halenismhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif



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I'm searchin moonlight and looking for a moonbeam, yeah you spent a lie and got lost in the jet stream ...

"Yah looking back all the years of video tape I suddenly realize now,
that I look like a fish!" Alex Boceebus Vo Halen

[This message has been edited by No Bozo's (edited August 29, 2000 at 03:29 AM).]

Im with ELVH 1000%!!!

Going to Non-Music...

Religion is... interesting. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Like LOONS and Georgie, I was Roman Catholic first, and Irish Catholic second. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

But those days are over.

I'm still Irish, ( http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif ) but I don't consider myself Catholic.

I don't know if that's a good thing, anymore. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gif

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ANYWAY...

Synthy's an agnostic unitarian universalist, eh?

(I always knew she was from outer space... http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/tongue.gif http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif )

God told me to say that. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

Peace out god.

(If you're there, and all... LOL. )

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tribb! I dated a Mormon too. I was baptised & confirmed. But I don't practice organised religion. Except Halenism, natch.

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Christian - non-denominational.

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Eat Us And Smile, y'all

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I am Roman Catholic and go to church every Sunday...
I happen to be very lucky to have a very cool Pastor and when he says Mass, I take a lot of it with me.
This has a lot to do with why I go every week. I need someone to translate the meaning, and if I don't have a good translator, I'm either lost or disinterested.
He relates well with the younger members of my parish, he puts so many things into perspective without beating us over the head with it.
I'm off to work now, Down are you sleeping yet?

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I don't feel tardy.

Nope. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

But I'm on my way... http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif

Thanks for caring, DG. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/smile.gif

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I was raised a Roman Catholic, but have a strong resistance to organized religion. I once considered myself an atheist but probably lean more towards agnostic.

I'm Catholic too...and I do go to church regularly, but I also feel that faith is a private thing.

I teach a class for kids who are about to be confirmed...and NO I'm not a bible waving, scripture quoting nut either. There usually is a waiting list of kids to get in my class...I am a really good teacher! http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/cool.gif
I use music in every class...their music... helps them to get beyond the structured boring (in their minds) part of religion.

I would also say that I am most definitely a follower of Van Halenism, a branch of the Catholic Church? http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gif

i´m catholic...

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I reach across to the other side to make contact with you.You fill my dreams.I wanna tell you,tell me why you´re crossing over...

i don't believe. i am a non believer. my family goes to church, i stay home. it didn't really hit me as something i believed in. it doesn't make sense to me. if someone asked me if i believed in god, i'd say, "sure. eddie." http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/tongue.gif
but the big guy upstairs in heaven has no significance to me. i celebrate christmas and easter, primarily because my family is that way. but i'm okay with celebrating "the time of the season" and giving and stuff like that, but god doesn't make sense. darwin and evolution makes so much more sense to me.
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i know i would!!!
i am a Dirty Faced Kid, although i do fancy myself a good lookin' fellow...
AD for life...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by No Bozo's:
Synth originally posted

What the hells that?http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/confused.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

I'm Baptist who grew up in Van Halenismhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


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Cool! Same here but lately I've been paying more attention to the Van Halenism part! http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/eek.gifhttp://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif So are No Bozos and I the only Baptists?


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Hide your sheep? What about Little Bo Peep?

'Dave, how will I know that I've made it?' I tell 'em, 'When you can spell 'subpoena' without thinking about it, you made it'

Raised pentecostal, and still attending an Assembly of God church, but I don't get into "religion" too much. To me, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with a day-to-day walk that's more fulfilling than anything else I've known. When you get your eyes off of God and onto Man, that's when religion creeps in. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/frown.gif

The Penecostals have taken a bad rap lately because of boneheads like Swaggart, Bakker, etc. but the majority of us are regular people who struggle with issues just like everyone else. The cool thing is, we have a Savior who is alive today and has paid the price for our sins on the cross. http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

Wow, this is getting pretty deep.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FORD:
I feel much closer to God up in the mountains or on the beach than in some building singing boring songs and passing a plate around.
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Pretty much where I stand too FORD... We were bought up to go to an Anglican church, did the sunday school thing, all the rest of it...

I think, myself the whole essence to being on the earth is to see things for yourself, experience things as they happen, and draw your own conclusions. This may well mean you think different on the subject of god on a day-to-day basis. To me, that's OK, and to question it is healthy.I'm not sure that sitting around singing and just being told the right's and wrong's is what it's all about. I think it comes down to knowing yourself whats right and wrong, recognising when you do something wrong, and being big to enough fix it, and make things right.

Sometimes I wonder if I hold some beliefs because I dont wanna face up to the alternative (ie, when we die, we rot). Sometimes I'm sure there's something there... But if there is something to it, I'm pretty sure I wont be judged harshly for looking sideways occasionally while I'm travelling the path.

Shit. Does any of that make any sense at all? I need beer!

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[This message has been edited by Goo (edited August 31, 2000 at 02:49 AM).]

Born & raised Mormon but don't follow much any more.

Been to an actual church called the First National Church of Rock & Roll (in SLC UT) it was great They played some Halen, Hendrix, Stones, MetalliGreed (oops I mean Metallica), Kiss. Anything the congregation said made them feel closer to God.


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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FORD:
I believe that God created man and ever since then, man has been trying to build a box to keep God in.

Religion has been used too often as a means of controlling people, and that's why so many people resent it these days. Look at Ireland and the Middle East for recent examples of what human beings do to each other in the "name of God" and which church is right. Apparently they skipped over the part where Jesus prayed to his Father "Let them be one, just as You and I are One".

I consider myself more of a spiritual person than a "religious" one. If your church works for you, great. I feel much closer to God up in the mountains or on the beach than in some building singing boring songs and passing a plate around.

I don't have any problem with people's religious beliefs as long as they walk their talk and are not hypocrites. Granted we're all human beings and not one is perfect, but there are those who deliberately use "religion" to push hatred and opression and it's those people who will be in for a big shock when they stand before their Creator on judgment day.

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http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/cry.gif This is beautiful!! I agree 100%

Religion- comes from the outside in
Spirituality-comes from the inside out
BTW-this is just an opinion

Some time ago, a bunch of folks hopped on a boat and found a new land. They raped the women, killed the men, and those that were still left, were given two choices....convert to christianity or be killed...all In the name of CHRIST...Slavery, bigotry, racism, pedophilia, rape, murder..ya I'm proud to be a catholic/christian....So I ask, Is this world a better place than It was 2000 years ago? Do we treat each other better? Is this how Jesus wanted It?

I belong to the NFL!
It's a really cool religion.

I can drink beer,eat cheese puffs and pizza while the "service" is in session!

And I can do this all at home!

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Me too MVH!! In our religion the pope is the commish, and our priest is our fav. team!!!

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[This message has been edited by Unchained Wolfie (edited August 31, 2000 at 09:02 PM).]

raised Irish Catholic....but now I'm part of no specific religion.

I believe in being spiritual without having to be in a building that's supposedly a spiritual place!

To me being outside in nature is being closer to "God" or "The Higher Power" or "Mother Nature".......whichever you chose to call your creator...

Semi-raised Greek Orthodox. Got Baptists and Lutherans in the family. Married to a Seventh-day Adventist.

Leading me to one conclusion -

My soul belongs to Jesus. The rest is all fine print!

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Nice to see we can have this thread going and not have everyone bashing each other - shows what a class family us VH folk are! http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif I grew up in a very healthy church family - Dad just retired after 40 years as a music minister (choirs, composing, bell choirs, etc.). Grew up in the Dutch Reformed Church (very similar to Presbyterian)in New Jersey till I was 12, and then 20 years in United Methodist after we moved for Dad's job. I'm one of the lucky few that didn't have religion pushed on me - my family let the way they lived speak instead. Never been ashamed as a result.

BTW FORD, excellent post! http://208.50.7.95/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif
Western religion has a way of pulling us all away from the important things - and you said some very profound things.

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