What's the most interesting religion?

[MikeMike]

It seems like everyone believes that their religion is correct, muslim, christians, catholics, jews, mormons, etc... Yet they all believe in some sort of god, it's just which god...

So which is the most interesting?

 

[Ns1]

pastafarian or bust.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Cthulhu.

 

[frostedflakes]

Buddhism

 

[HardcoreRobot]

pastafarianism has a lot of potential, but its still too young to have a really in-depth canon. give it a few generations.

i would say scientology has a nice amount of secrecy and controversy to be considered interesting.

old school religions are pretty boring and have a lot of overlap. im sure the roman catholic church has a bunch of skeletons in the closet though...

 

[punjabiplaya]

what's your criteria for interesting?

 

[slayer202]

It seems like everyone believes that their religion is correct, muslim, christians, catholics, jews, mormons, etc... Yet they all believe in some sort of god, it's just which god...

my god, what insight. please write a book about your ideas


anyway, if you want to know which is most insanely retarded and full of shit, reading about the jesus christ church of latter day saints(mormons) is interesting. I'm reading Christopher Hitchens' God is not Great and he talks about Joseph Smith and how he started it. Talk about crazy

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Scientology.

 

[MikeMike]

what's your criteria for interesting?

it's up to you, I'm not necktroll where I ask you to convince me to believe in a religion... I'm just asking you to tell me why you feel a specific religion is more interesting than the others...

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Shamanism.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Probably ancient Greek/Roman or Old Norse mythology. Those gods were always fucking around and being badasses.

I mean come on. Just Google Image search "Odin."

 

[Kadarin]

For me it's the Greek mythology with the gods on Mt. Olympus. A hierarchy of gods and goddesses with different specialties, coupled with conflicts and intrigues beats the bland idiocy that is Christianity any day.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Russian Orthodoxy.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Atheism

 

[bobdole369]

Pentecostals. They get the ghost. A close second is AME (african methodist episcopal). They dance and shout amen and preach on!

 

[Brigandier]

Mennonites.

It's like being Amish with a car.

 

[bfdd]

Jainism. Their views on the value of life are kind of out there.

 

[zerocool84]

Sheenism

 

[Bryf50]

I think Hinduism is pretty interesting because of this video. Its the only religion where the timeline actually matches up with what we know.

And the quote

Men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather the Gods are the dreams of men.

 

[schneiderguy]

 

[Jeff7]

Probably ancient Greek/Roman or Old Norse mythology. Those gods were always fucking around and being badasses.

Second.
And hell, Zeus ascended to power by killing his own father, Cronus. (Who evidently ate a few of his other children.)

(Also amusing: Their religions are readily referred to as "myths.":awe

I mean come on. Just Google Image search "Odin."

That right there looks like a god who doesn't screw around. None of this stuff like appearing to someone as a burning bush, or a gentle voice in your head. He'll break down your door at 3am, headbutt you awake, and then bellow some poetic wisdom all up in your face.

 

[zerocool84]

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

anyway, if you want to know which is most insanely retarded and full of shit, reading about the jesus christ church of latter day saints(mormons) is interesting. I'm reading Christopher Hitchens' God is not Great and he talks about Joseph Smith and how he started it. Talk about crazy

A lot of the stuff about the founding is just a tad crazy, but the actual practice today is pretty mainstream. There are many religions out there today that are far crazier.

 

[Perknose]

Zoroastrianism

Just saying it is cool. Go ahead, do it. See? Once a heavy player in the world religion game, it kind of peaked too soon, like around the 9th century.

Then, in the late 1970's the prestige of its God Ahura Mazda took a huge hit when the rotary engine turned in some awful EPA mileage numbers.

Say what you will, but wretched gas mileage is anything but divine.

But, finally, the real reason Zoroastrianism is cool is that the religion formally reveres dogs. When I first learned of this in my divinity studies, I was hooked.

Among other things, dogs help prevent this. Read up through the dog link and see.

 

[Howard]

Zoroastrianism

Just saying it is cool. Go ahead, do it. See? Once a heavy player in the world religion game, it kind of peaked too soon, like around the 9th century.

Then, in the late 1970's the prestige of its God Ahura Mazda took a huge hit when the rotary engine turned in some awful EPA mileage numbers.

Say what you will, but wretched gas mileage is anything but divine.

But, finally, the real reason Zoroastrianism is cool is that the religion formally reveres dogs. When I first learned of this in my divinity studies, I was hooked.

Among other things, dogs help prevent this. Read up through the dog link and see.

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