The best religion?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
"COME ON. Let's at least find a better sacred text."



The AI cook gave me an great idea.



I am an atheist but can appreciate some of the moral and ethical framework behind various religions. So I would like to ask you: What religion appeals most to you when you don´t look at the...errr...religious side of it. Religion should be understood in a broad sense here (texts, tradition, etc.) and you can use it all as you like in your argument.



My question is so great I have to think about it before I can answer muself.
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  • Reply 1 of 44
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    that's easy.



    basically everyone will answer:



    "MINE"



  • Reply 2 of 44
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    The religion where I'm the Great Prophet, my followers rid themselves of the burden of worldy possessions (with my generous assistance in that task), and where the female followers vie for The Great Prophet's Special Blessing, in group ceremonies, held daily.
  • Reply 3 of 44
    billybobskybillybobsky Posts: 1,914member
    No no no. You have it all wrong. We start with a story about how god created earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th (that way we ensure ourselves a continuation of the summerian calender, with a one day weekend). Then we go on, discuss the origins of people who dont look like us as having been created by god to spite them. then from there, we dream up a messiah to match the claims of the roman empire to spite them. once that gets out of hand, we divide our religion into two then 500 pieces just to ensure market saturation. we slap on a heaven and hell and badabing as long as people keep f*ckin and popin out babies, we have a growth market...
  • Reply 4 of 44
    billybobskybillybobsky Posts: 1,914member
    but really, i always thought more gods was the way to go. as long as no one god became dominant in a region this religion would spark a level of acceptance that has not ever been seen...
  • Reply 5 of 44
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    You'll all have to agree with me that the life and learnings of Kopf have had deep effects on your lives, nay, have steered your lives in directions unforeseen. I think that most will agree that Kopfism IS, in effect, the best religion in the world. Face it, Kopf IS god, disguised at an above average AI poster. As for this:



    Quote:

    Originally posted by billybobsky

    We start with a story about how god created earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th



    a better reading would be:



    Quote:

    Originally posted by Köpfchen, third disciple of Kopf

    We start with a story about how Kopf created earth in 6 days, rested on the 7th, was unhappy on the eighth, and posted at AI about it all on the ninth.



    Kopf blesses you.
  • Reply 6 of 44
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    To answer this question a little more seriously:



    The Wiccans I know are fun people, easy to get along with, tolerant, not dogmatic -- I'm sure a few aren't even "true believers", they just like the ceremonies and forms of the religion. If in some bizarre hypothetical way I was forced to choose a religion, I might go this way -- even though there's a lot of irrational drivel to put up with too



    There's also something likeable and calming about Buddhists monks. I don't think the monastic lifestyle is for me, but perhaps my skeptical mindset could be wrenched into shape so as to conform with Buddhist doctrines, with less radical psychological re-engineering than it work take to shoehorn me into many other religions.



    The again, there are Unitarian Universalists -- I don't know if you can even call that a religion, however, it's so open-ended. From what I know of them, I could join them right now if I had the inclination, without having to mend my personal philosophy at all to fit in.
  • Reply 7 of 44
    seanmseanm Posts: 69member
    I cannot say it is the best, but Humanism seems incredibly appealing to me. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the future, I refer to myself as a secular humanist. It's not really a religion in terms of the supernatural, but it does seem to serve some of the functions of religion.



    Learn More



    Humanist Manifesto III



    Edit: Btw, I think many Unitarian Universalists are humanists.



    -sean

    np: Shape of Despair, to live for my death
  • Reply 8 of 44
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    Pluralism.
  • Reply 9 of 44
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Leprechauns. Gah. I hate them.
  • Reply 10 of 44
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    I always find myself praying to the baseball gods.
  • Reply 11 of 44
    formerlurkerformerlurker Posts: 2,686member
    BACCHUS, baby!



    Roman god of Wine and Parties, and the wildest krewe and parade every year at Mardi Gras.



    YeaUrite!
  • Reply 12 of 44
    enaena Posts: 667member
    How about one where you get to believe that the universe is eternal and that it has spontaneously formed you out of rocks? You have ultimate knowledge and understand that the universe is open to ultimate possibility except that it is impossible for you to have a soul. Your ultimate knowledge of the universe permits you to make absolute statements as to the fundamental nature of the universe and therefore also allows you to make positive statements that there are no other higher intelligence's than yourself. Also, in this realm of ultimate possibility there is nothing possible that you don't agree with. Since you have ultimate knowledge, you get to make up the rules as you go.
  • Reply 13 of 44
    billybobskybillybobsky Posts: 1,914member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ena

    How about one where you get to believe that the universe is eternal and that it has spontaneously formed you out of rocks? You have ultimate knowledge and understand that the universe is open to ultimate possibility except that it is impossible for you to have a soul. Your ultimate knowledge of the universe permits you to make absolute statements as to the fundamental nature of the universe and therefore also allows you to make positive statements that there are no other higher intelligence's than yourself. Also, in this realm of ultimate possibility there is nothing possible that you don't agree with. Since you have ultimate knowledge, you get to make up the rules as you go.





    Wow after reading this -- I realized that if god exists, he must have a sucky existence...
  • Reply 14 of 44
    billybobskybillybobsky Posts: 1,914member
    actually i realized that a long time ago
  • Reply 15 of 44
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders the White

    "COME ON. Let's at least find a better sacred text."



    The AI cook gave me an great idea.



    I am an atheist but can appreciate some of the moral and ethical framework behind various religions. So I would like to ask you: What religion appeals most to you when you don´t look at the...errr...religious side of it. Religion should be understood in a broad sense here (texts, tradition, etc.) and you can use it all as you like in your argument.



    My question is so great I have to think about it before I can answer muself.



    Isn't your "religion " Marxism ?
  • Reply 16 of 44
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by FormerLurker

    BACCHUS, baby!



    Roman god of Wine and Parties, and the wildest krewe and parade every year at Mardi Gras.



    YeaUrite!



    I prefer the darker older variety via Dionysus however mediated through Freud/Nietszche/Battaille/N.O.Brown, Tantric Hinduism, a smattering of Heidegger and a subtext of Christian mysticism, all of which is dogged constantly by Derridean close reading colored by a Levinasian respect for Otherness and then roundly tied together with a thorough drenching of Joycean JOY tinged with the resonances of Viconian semi-Idealism that permeate the edges of each thought.
  • Reply 17 of 44
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pfflam

    I prefer the darker older variety via Dionysus however mediated through Freud/Nietszche/Battaille/N.O.Brown, Tantric Hinduism, a smattering of Heidegger and a subtext of Christian mysticism, all of which is dogged constantly by Derridean close reading colored by a Levinasian respect for Otherness and then roundly tied together with a thorough drenching of Joycean JOY tinged with the resonances of Viconian semi-Idealism that permeate the edges of each thought.



    Bartender! I'll have what he's having!
  • Reply 18 of 44
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    Money.
  • Reply 19 of 44
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by stunned

    Money.



    I think stunned has pointed out the most worshipped god in existance. We build temples for him/her: banks and casinos. You can be Christian, Jew, Muslim, Shintoist, etc. and still worship money alongside your other god(s). We even offer up sacrifices to it (the lottery). And in the end it's the one god that gives a good return on investment. But your screwed in the afterlife.
  • Reply 20 of 44
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Eugene

    Leprechauns. Gah. I hate them.



    uh-huh...
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