• Question: Are you religious? If not, why not?

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      Asked by Fredd to Andy, Chris, Harriet, Jess, Nikki on 15 Mar 2016.
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        Jessica Groppi answered on 15 Mar 2016:


        Hi!

        I’m not religious. Although I understand how people might need religion to give meaning to their life and to have a set of references and rules to live by, in my opinion religions are no more than philosophies.
        I can tell you that I do believe there must be some sort of energy or being that must have flicked a switch the moment the big bang happened and I do hope that the universe exists for a reason and we’re not just wandering around in a meaningless space, but I don’t need a religion to give me guidelines.

        Jess.

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        Nikki D'Arcy answered on 15 Mar 2016:


        Hi Fredd,

        Thanks for the question.

        I don’t think so…. I do not follow a traditional religion but it doesn’t mean I am not ‘spiritual’. I think there is possibly something more and believe in a soul but not necessarily that a single entity made the universe and everything in it

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        andy chapman answered on 15 Mar 2016:


        I do not follow/practice any organised religion. I think religion is a very personal experience. Maybe it comforts you, maybe it help you explain the world around you. For me, I feel endless pleasure, great comfort and satisfaction in looking at the world around me and I see it as a world explained by science, incrementally more and more so. I know many many others don’t see it this way, it is personal.

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        Christopher Blanford answered on 15 Mar 2016:


        Hey Fredd

        I’m not religious either. In the denomination I grew up with, I got annoyed with the official stance on women in the church, homosexuality, and a pick-and-choose selection of which biblical rules to follow. It frustrated me too much and I gave up on it.

        Chris

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        Harriet Reid answered on 16 Mar 2016:


        Hi Fredd,
        I am religious, I’m Christian, and its part of what make me want to be a scientist.

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