What is the best religion?

[AstIsis]

There happens to be no correct answer for this. Religion and/or faith is personal. It is not between you and the church, your minister, your family, your friends..or anyone/anything else. It should be between you and whatever you believe in even if it is nothing.

Children should be exposed to a variety of beliefs so that they have a good basis on which to pick from as they mature. No parent had the right to force their religion on their children.

(somebody take the soapbox away from me now please!)

 

[TheShiz]

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: Booster

What is the best religion?

The best religion is the absense of it. B/c there is no religion, there is nothing.

I'm asking a serious question and this maybe this isn't the topic to put it in but I'm just curious that those of you who don't believe in religion or don't believe in heaven/hell, isn't it sort of a depressing existence then on this earth? If this is all you have, then sure you can have fun but when you die that's it?!? To me that is horrible. I also think that when someone dies that if you don't believe in heaven and think that is the end of the person/being forever it must be the most crushing thing I can imagine. With Christianity I'm an very sad that a person has died but am also happy b/c that person is now free from suffering and pain and is in the best place imaginable. I thought of this b/c recently a friend's father died and I can only imagine what goes through the head of those who think there is nothing more.

but that's just what you think, you don't know for sure that there is a heaven, there is no proof for it. So in my little religion all good people go to heaven, and priests who molest little kids go straight to hell, I don't care how much of a relationship they have with "god". I prefer the religion of using your brain to the ones that are out there. And if there is no heaven, so what, enjoy your time here, since there is no proof of heaven it is all you can really do.

 

[FuZoR]

FuZioNism

its a simple religion. you give $10 to FuZioN everyday until you die.

 

[TheShiz]

Originally posted by: FuZioN
FuZioNism

its a simple religion. you give $10 to FuZioN everyday until you die.

what do i get for participating in this religion?

 

[Isla]

The one you believe in.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Vadatajs

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Wicca

HAHAHAHAHA.

Just a bunch of whiney mis-guided teenagers waiting to grow out of thier "pain." And hippies who smoked some bad lettuce.

I agree if best=funniest.

How thoughtful of you.

How about binaryism?

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: conjur
narcissism

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
"A person should not believe in an -ism; he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. He was the walrus. I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people. "

he also looked at himself naked in the mirror

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
"A person should not believe in an -ism; he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. He was the walrus. I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people. "

mmm...Beullerism

 

[nakedfrog]

I was a devout Buellerist until about 9th-10th grade

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: Booster

What is the best religion?

The best religion is the absense of it. B/c there is no religion, there is nothing.

I'm asking a serious question and this maybe this isn't the topic to put it in but I'm just curious that those of you who don't believe in religion or don't believe in heaven/hell, isn't it sort of a depressing existence then on this earth? If this is all you have, then sure you can have fun but when you die that's it?!? To me that is horrible. I also think that when someone dies that if you don't believe in heaven and think that is the end of the person/being forever it must be the most crushing thing I can imagine. With Christianity I'm an very sad that a person has died but am also happy b/c that person is now free from suffering and pain and is in the best place imaginable. I thought of this b/c recently a friend's father died and I can only imagine what goes through the head of those who think there is nothing more.

Staley8,

I hear this sentiment a lot as a justification for religion, but to me it has the opposite effect. We learn through study of the universe that nothing is permanent, not us, not the animals, the plants, the Earth, the Sun, the galaxy, all of it eventually will fade away and give way to something else. The concept of eternity in and of itself is so incomprehensible that even were the decision to have such an existence proposed (which is irrational from a scientific standpoint) would you so eagerly embrace it? Why would you want to exist forever? Death is inevitable, and to simply cease being is not that scary of a concept IMHO.


EDIT: Addressed to wrong person.

 

[FuZoR]

Originally posted by: TheShiz

Originally posted by: FuZioN
FuZioNism

its a simple religion. you give $10 to FuZioN everyday until you die.

what do i get for participating in this religion?

You get what my fellow higher beings give.... NOTHING.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Isla
The one you believe in.

How about, the one you practice?

 

[MithShrike]

The Circular Philosophy. I'm still working on it though.

 

[boggsie]

Jesus answered,

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6