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Being Completely Honest, Is There A Bible Or Cross Anywhere In Your Home Right Now?

For those of you who didn't know, I have only been Agnostic for 2.5 years now. I guess I am still in a transition from Christianity.

I will be completely honest when I say that I do have one bible still in my home that I have had for years as part of my décor in my living room. Of course it is here merely as a decorative accent but I have now bagged it for garbage.

Please tell me if you have these things still in your home.
No need to be shy or embarrassed unless you are still doing sunday mass and paying Tithe......lol

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I love religion personally. I study it. So I have Celtic crosses, Christian crosses, and Greek symbols around my place.

I also have a tattoo of a cross.

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Yes, I have a couple of Bibles in my home. I was a Jesus freak in my earlier years until I found by experience that it doesn't work. I used to be interested in hidden meanings in the Bible but now I don't need that stuff. After having original texts along with English versions on my computer at one time and finding that they didn't match up, I got suspicious. That's to say nothing of the inconsistencies throughout the book. For a long time now I believe that I am responsible for me and that no one else can remove my 'sins' (whatever they are). That all said and done, I am a church organist with quite a bit of experience and some of the behaviour I've observed in the name of Christianity makes me shudder. I'm there because I like to play organ but they can keep their silly ideas.

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I'm a non believer with two bibles. One older than my mother and the other is "the message" it's the old and New Testament translated into contemporary English. I also have the Book of Mormon

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I have various religious texts knocking around for reference but they're not there for my guidance or spiritual fulfilment. I'm currently sitting on a rug with sections of the Qu'ran woven into it, it's a great rug from a great holiday experience but Allah has nothing to do with it (for me)

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I don't have a bible, but since I collect Dia de los Muertos items, a few of them have crosses on them.

what kind of items do you have? sounds interesting.

@Funeralgirl I have mainly skeleton stuff....figurines, some wall hangings, paintings, pictures, floral stuff. Once you start collecting, well, ANYTHING, people find great things to give you. BTW, love the screen name...I hope you are a funeral director!!

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No sir I do not.

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NO. I did find one in our funeral home (the warehouse location where we keep caskets etc) I think we had it along with some antiques we have stored. No idea where it came from, it is NOT on display, we don't even order or sell "cross or religious jewellery" We just don't want it around. We sell wind chimes that contain capsule for cremated remains (ashes) and I won't even order the one that has the same notes as "Amazing Grace" LOL,,, can't stand to have any religious ANYTHING in the funeral home. lucky for us, we live in Canada where it's not a big deal.

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Yes, because it was my mother's and she wrote in it as a child, so it has purely sentimental value.

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There is a standing Buddha in my living room, and upstairs, in Brendan's room we find tapestries of Buddha, Shiva and the elephant guy. I consider it art. Nobody is praying to it.

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Certainly there is a bible (more than one in two different editions), the book of Mormon, some Hinduistic literature, Buddha's teachings, Scandinavian, Greek, Mesoamerican mythologies... At some point I will add the Quran to them and perhaps other religious texts. Also my library contains some quantity of political books from all sides of the spectrum.
The more you know, the easier to define your own standing, while avoiding being ultimately influenced by just one source.

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A friend gave me a terra cotta church years and years ago, so I've kept it to remember his kindness. I believe in human love and goodness

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A friend gave me a terra cotta church years and years ago, so I've kept it to remember his kindness. I believe in human love and goodness

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I have numerous Bibles (KJV, RSV, NIV, Living, etc.) and concordances, a copy of the Koran, some Talmudic commentaries and even a Book of Mormon ... but then I suppose I'm a hoarder.

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I actually have a Bible in my bedroom...

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I used to have a few different versions, that I did study. I threw them all out many years ago.

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Half price books will buy your old bibles with a smile

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Yes I have several bibles in my home as well as some copies of the Koran and a book of Mormon. I really want to add the Egyptian book of the dead to my collection.

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I keep them around for decoration. In case family and friends come that believe in the religious bs/god. If it wasn't for that reason, that stuff would be in my closet for centamental reasons. I have thrown some it the trash. I guess it's kind of weird.

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A bible... still in the wrapper, was given to my late wife by Billy Graham (she said). It’s kept in a night table drawer in my guest room, sort of a snarky joke.

Tomas Level 7 Apr 16, 2018
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On my bookshelf sits the bible I was awarded in my childhood for a streak of perfect attendance at Sunday School - not that I had any choice in that matter - as well as an English translation of the Koran, several books on philosophy, one by the Dalai Lama, and numerous by Harris, Hitchens, Dawkins, et al. As others here have cited, I find it handy to have a bible for reference when debating some point with a faith-head -- er, I mean, a fine, thinking adult with imaginary friends.

As for crosses, I'm a geocacher and I keep a box of the religious kitsch I've pulled from caches, plus I have a couple of rosaries for the priest costume I sometimes wear to halloween parties. None of it has any personal significance, however.

Godot Level 7 Apr 20, 2018
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I think that some objects associated with various different religious are beautiful so they are part of the decoration in my house. I have a beautiful menorah on permanent display, a ceremonial mask from Indonesia, and a few totchkes from my days as a solitary Wiccan. I don't know whether the Banksy print of a cathedral window covered with graffiti counts. My point is that I invest no belief in any of them, but appreciate their beauty.

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Never did, never will!

Earl Level 1 Apr 23, 2018
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I was raised Catholic, girls boarding school. I cannot remember exact books and verses but the Bible is indelibly printed in my brain.

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I was raised Catholic, girls boarding school. I cannot remember exact books and verses but the Bible is indelibly printed in my brain.

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I did not vote in the poll because I don't consider the bible to be a religious symbol for me. (Maybe historical fiction or mythology.) I do have my grandmother's bible in my bookcase. (She was atheist, yet kept the bible on her end table, next to her sofa.)

I do not and have never have had a crucifix, either on my neck or on my wall.

I did purchase the Brick Bible and have it available for my still religious visitors who might be curious to see their beloved bible stories depicted with lego figures. I have books on various religions and mythologies, as well as many books on freethought, atheism, and other subjects.

I consider the bible to be a religious text, more than a symbol. Where as a depiction of a crucifix is a symbol in my mind, but that's just the way I view it. I do have books that are part of my decor, expressing my personality, but they also aren't symbols for me. In any case, I can see how a bible can be a symbol and of family historical value. I just don't choose it to be one for my life, though it's on my top shelf in my bookcase along with other books on religion and mythology.

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