Describe self?

I'm an introvert through and through. Hate crowds and parties. I do better with a small gathering of friends and family. on my own turf.
I'm not the least bit interested in politics and may be considered an agnostic, but who knows what will sway me one way or the other.
I hate confrontation and will run the other way when possible.
Love my "me time" and all my projects associated with it.
I'm thrifty and I can rip a room apart for redecorating in a moments notice. I love cleaning.
Love animals, sometimes better than people .
 
AnnieA said:
Probably needs it's own thread!
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Probably, I think that term could be applied to me, but I may think it means something different from you.

I was raised Christian and appreciate many of the moral teachings and much of what Churches do. And I still think of myself culturally as Christian. However I am not so sure about all the supernatural stuff.
 
Alligatorob said:
Probably, I think that term could be applied to me, but I may think it means something different from you.

I was raised Christian and appreciate many of the moral teachings and much of what Churches do. And I still think of myself culturally as Christian. However I am not so sure about all the supernatural stuff.
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Omg the supernatural is where it’s at
 
AnnieA said:
Blunt; Christian Agnostic...
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Alligatorob said:
That's interesting, what do you mean by it?
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AnnieA said:
Probably needs it's own thread! By the very nature of the term, there are a lot more questions than answers.
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Alligatorob said:
Probably, I think that term could be applied to me, but I may think it means something different from you.

I was raised Christian and appreciate many of the moral teachings and much of what Churches do. And I still think of myself culturally as Christian. However I am not so sure about all the supernatural stuff.
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I was waiting for a thread but I don't have anything to say in a thread except this...
For those of us who are interested in a quick answer without "a lot more questions" like I am...

I found that "Christian Agnostic" is defined as the belief that God or a higher power might exist, that Jesus may have a special relationship with God, might in some way be divine, and that God might perhaps be worshipped."

Here's the problem...The term "Christian Agnostic" doesn't define a Christian...and doesn't define an Agnostic...you can't be both and thus the confusion for everyone. A Christian firmly believes in the existence of God. An Agnostic firmly believes that God does NOT exist.

Dyson's example adds clarity...

Freeman Dyson describes himself as a practicing Christian but not a believing Christian. He simply means he tries to be a good person, doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven, doesn't rule anything out either, and unwilling to believe one way or another.
I respect that he was created to have the ability to make his own choice.

Dyson sounds like a good guy who's not willing to exercise faith, acknowledges that science doesn't have all the answers, and is willing to wait until after physical death to get his answers to the ever after. Not my choice but it's anyone's choice (okay by me).
 
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Lara said:
I found that "Christian Agnostic" is defined as the belief that God or a higher power might exist, that Jesus may have a special relationship with God, might in some way be divine, and that God might perhaps be worshipped."
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Thanks for your thoughtful answer @Lara, and that kind of describes me. Leaning towards the doubtful side though. I am not atheist, I don't believe we can know with certainty that there is no God.

The definition I found for agnosticism is:

Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient rational grounds to justify either the belief that God exists or the belief that God does not exist." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism

Which seems pretty consistent with your definition.
 
Lara said:
I was waiting for a thread but I don't have anything to say in a thread except this...
For those of us who are interested in a quick answer without "a lot more questions" like I am...

I found that "Christian Agnostic" is defined as the belief that God or a higher power might exist, that Jesus may have a special relationship with God, might in some way be divine, and that God might perhaps be worshipped." Agnostics firmly believe that God does NOT exist. Christians believe firmly that God exists.

Dyson's example adds clarity...

Freeman Dyson describes himself as a practicing Christian but not a believing Christian. He simply means he tries to be a good person, doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven, doesn't rule anything out either, and unwilling to believe one way or another.
I respect that he was created to have the ability to make his own choice.

The term "Christian Agnostic" doesn't define a Christian...and doesn't define an Agnostic...you can't be both and thus the confusion for everyone.

Dyson sounds like a good guy who's not willing to exercise faith, acknowledges that science doesn't have all the answers, and is willing to wait until after physical death to get his answers to the ever after. Not my choice but it's anyone's choice (okay by me).
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If you feel you have to define it, a thread about it wouldn't be much help to you. And I didn't mean above by posting "Probably needs it's own thread!" that I intended to start a thread here ....been there, done that twenty years ago elsewhere on the Net. I'll leave it there so as not to further derail this thread.
 
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At one time began changing my tech career into psychology but decided I didn't have enough patience dealing with personalities without much self control in need of help. Our work world human resource departments are up to their necks in assessing salaried people via personality testing.

https://www.workstyle.io/best-personality-test

Pscychologists have been using personality assessment tests for a century that by this era have become highly developed leaving less chance one will be mischaracterized by some shrink that didn't drink their coffee after rising or has unconventional ideas. Especially popular with educators of children as long as they understand limitations.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality

Such testing tends to be more valid for individuals with common personalities but less so for those at the lower sides of Bell Curves. Generally I see personality terms as very much on relative spectrums versus the other dimension of black and white. On the classic Myers-Briggs test at post top, I probably best fit as INTJ, however IMO that is a crude caricature. Our inner worlds are far more complex. Have some fun Yahoo web searching with "chart personality traits" on their Image tab.

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A different way to view personality. We all change, develop, and evolve during our lives, some much more so than others, and I'm one of the latter that has immensely grown by being one of the early followers of neural plasticity neuroscience. We become what we experience and do so it is important to feed our minds with positives versus negatives even if the latter is just for play or curiosity.

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An agnostic Christian is an agnostic who still practices aspects of the Christian faith. Although they go through the motions, may attend church, pray, and call themselves Christians, they remain unsure or unconvinced about the existence of God. In other words…a hypocrite.
 

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