Just wondering if anyone knows if Rachael has got a religion? I know its a stupid thing to want to know, but since we're all on a quest it seems to know all we can about her, it seemed natural to me to ask. Seeing as she grew up in Minnesota, im guessing her family belonged to some quaint Christian religion. Or maybe she looks to Buddhism or such. Or shes atheist or agnostic. Sorry for the dumb question but I had to ask.

It's not a dumb question, it's a good question. I've been curious myself, just never thought to ask (for some reason). I'm guessing she's not terribly religious, since I've never seen her wearing a cross nor heard her talk about it.

Has anyone heard any acceptance speeches? Does she thank her parents and God and all that?

Personally, I'm an atheist, so I'm rooting for atheism on her part, but I'm cool with anyone who doesn't try to push their religion on others and doesn't look down on people because of their religious beliefs, and I'm sure Rachael would fit into that category.

-Nate

I just hope shes not some closet Satan worshiper.

Let's leave that one with her. There is plenty more about her that she shares with her fans.

-TR

WOW!

I thought this topic was going a WHOLE different direction!

I thought this was going to be about Rachael AS a religion! I mean we kinda already have shires n' stuff...right???

Hey man, I may love 'er, but Im not gonna worship her. lol.

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Originally posted by TR:
Let's leave that one with her. There is plenty more about her that she shares with her fans.

-TR

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I dunno, I think it's a perfectly cromulent question. I know some people still think talking about religion is taboo, but that seems awfully old fashioned to me. It's not like it's a terribly personal thing, like asking what she wears to bed or something.

-Nate

Yeah, Nate is right. Its not like we're gonna find out what she believes and then convert her, were just curious, cause we're RLC nuts.

I think it'd be cool to know that Rachael practices the same faith I do. I've been wondering the same thing forever, I just thought that a topic like this wouldn't get any posts.

By the way, what does cromulent mean? I consider myself to have a rather large vocabulary, but I can't even find that word in the dictionary.

LOL! At least I'm not the only person wondering what that word meant. :-)

-TR

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Originally posted by Nate:
It's not like it's a terribly personal thing, like asking what she wears to bed or something.

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I disagree. The in's and out's of a person's faith are possibly some of the most personal and individualized things one can have. Some may associate themself with a religion in name only, while other people (depending upon the dogma of the faith) may be very active in their practice.

Maybe TR knows?!

*LOL* It's from the Simpsons. The whole town started using "embiggen" (as in to enlarge) and Lisa kept trying to tell everyone that embiggen wasn't a word.

At one point she says that to Bart, and he says "Embiggen is a perfectly cromulent word." The joke being that cromulent isn't a word either, but they both sound like they almost could be words.

It's amusing to throw in a sentance and no one will know the word, but they'll still know what you mean (if you use it the way I did).

-Nate

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I knew exactly where cromulent came from. I love the Simpsons! I used that word in a converstion with my Mom and she nodded her head and never asked what it meant! I guess she was impressed with my large vocabulary! Too funny!

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Originally posted by connor_in:
I thought this was going to be about Rachael AS a religion! I mean we kinda already have shires n' stuff...right???

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Actually, I often jokingly tell people that Rachael is my religion.

I agree that this is a valid question, but personally I don't really care what religion she is.

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Originally posted by Livn4Golf:
I disagree. The in's and out's of a person's faith are possibly some of the most personal and individualized things one can have. Some may associate themself with a religion in name only, while other people (depending upon the dogma of the faith) may be very active in their practice.

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All he asked was what religion she followed. It's about as impersonal as asking what county you live in. He didn't ask about her personal feelings on faith and god etc etc. Almost all questions that can be answered with a single word (ok, so sometimes it takes 2 or three for those neo new-age southern non-practicing orthodox born-again religions) are not too personal to ask. It's not like we're asking for a 5000 page thesis on her personal belief system with charts and diagrams and footnotes.

-Nate

well we can probably say shes not jewish...
and being that she grew up in Minnesota....
I'm guessing some form of christianity or atheism or some blend thereof

id guess jsut christian but thankfully she doesnt try to push her faith on her adoring fans,
as for rlc as a religion , well the Australian Census is coming around in a few weeks , if 1400 people put down rachael leigh cook as their religion it becomes an official religion of Australia, so if you know anyone in australia put down religion as rlc and she may very well become a religion

hehe ahh well , personally being atheist as long as she doesnt try to push her religion on others she can believe in whoever she wants

*laugh* That's hilarious, DrShrink - only 1400? Seems like it would be very easy to get that many people together to do it. Wouldn't that just be too funny?

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Originally posted by Nate:
All he asked was what religion she followed. It's about as impersonal as asking what county you live in. He didn't ask about her personal feelings on faith and god etc etc. Almost all questions that can be answered with a single word (ok, so sometimes it takes 2 or three for those neo new-age southern non-practicing orthodox born-again religions) are not too personal to ask. It's not like we're asking for a 5000 page thesis on her personal belief system with charts and diagrams and footnotes.

-Nate

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I see. I misunderstood what you meant before. I agree that it wouldn't be too much to state the name.