To All Atheists: Which Religion Do You Like The Most?
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An Odyssey game would more than likely be absolutely terrible. About half of it would be sitting on a boat (granted, Scylla and Charybdis or the Cyclops may be kinda cool) and the remainder would be pretending to be a beggar until the Final Showdown(tm).
I'd much rather play as one of the Argonauts, or maybe Hercules while he does his 7 tasks. Or better yet, playing as Odysseus or Achilles or even Hector during the events of the Iliad.
Honestly though, there's never been a good game based on Greek mythology beside God of War, and that's about 70% original content. A half-decent game playing through any of the greek mythos is highly unlikely.
one of my favorite quotes by Dogen Zenji roshi " That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening"Booze Zombie said:
there are some lineages that may hold as you said above, but to be honest it sounds quite distant from the Bohdi nature..... for the most part it breaks down like this:
Some say one can NEVER be enlightened, even if you are Buddhist, because the teachings of Siddhattha Gautama ( the first buddha) have become watered down, and misconstrued over the years, and will only be fixed when another Buddha comes " not so much re-born.. more as in somone new reaches that rank..
Others, like in the Zen philosophy...Every single person can and has hit enlightenment at moments in their life...ever have that one moment, like looking over a mountain vista, or looking at your child sleeping or anything, and had that brief flash of nothingness? I mean when you think of nothing but that very moment, and that feeling, and want to be nowhere or doing anything but..then the moment you realize you have that moment, it's over?...Thats an enlightenment in many beliefs
some teachings even go the next step and actually don't really even hold reincarnation as a factor at all..they may teach the stories of it, but often make it clear that it's just stories, and that the idea of nirvana is simply living life in a constant state of the sensation I mentioned above...but you still die...and the closest I can come to describing that afterlife is really....more like " being one with the force" where it's more a philosophical metaphor for returning to the energy based side of universal physics rather than physical..
so your not really off, it all really depends on which sect your looking at...though I do state that one major ideal is that we are all the same, separated by nothing...so the only thing that should be able to hold anyone back from enlightened moments is self induced ignorance and selfishness...but all beings of ANY path be it buddhist or not stand as equil a shot at that sensation of enlightened being as any other.
Buddhism. It has all the moral teachings of Christianity (and then some), without the claims of divinity.
yeah, and i like their ideals on global warmingthenumberthirteen said:
this is my favourite because it makes some really good sence, it's a bit toungwe in ckeek, and it was designed to piss of Christians YAY
thats a tick in every box
cuddly_tomato said:
I believe the term is Spiritualist.
Well, at the very least, the term seems to fit snugly. ;]
(My apologies for the double-post.)
First of all, I'd like to thank OP for an original religion thread. 
As for me: .... define religion for me.
No?
Ok, then I will: if you mean a dogma of basic guidelines through which one should live one's life, I'd pick humanism. It just sounds too good to be true (which it probably is): Try and live your life as decently as possible, and try to be there for people as much as humanly possible.
Doesn't that give you a nice, warm feeling inside? It does, doesn't it? Aw.
When you're talking about traditional theistic religions, I'd say islam, if only for one passage of the Quran I was once told went like this (and I'm paraphrasing here): If you've got anything to spare, 10% of your income should go to the less fortunate. That just seems like a really good idea, that's all. No more, no less, just 10%. And I'm supposing this doesn't just translate to monetary income, it might as well translate further like emotional and intellectual exertion, and just plain time in your day. 10% of 24 hours? Two hours and 24 minutes. Spend that on those less fortunate: from being there for a distant friend in a rough spot to feeding the homeless. Hell, save it up and go dig wells for dudes in Kenia. It just seems like such a fine idea.
As for me: .... define religion for me.
No?
Ok, then I will: if you mean a dogma of basic guidelines through which one should live one's life, I'd pick humanism. It just sounds too good to be true (which it probably is): Try and live your life as decently as possible, and try to be there for people as much as humanly possible.
Doesn't that give you a nice, warm feeling inside? It does, doesn't it?
Aw.When you're talking about traditional theistic religions, I'd say islam, if only for one passage of the Quran I was once told went like this (and I'm paraphrasing here): If you've got anything to spare, 10% of your income should go to the less fortunate. That just seems like a really good idea, that's all. No more, no less, just 10%. And I'm supposing this doesn't just translate to monetary income, it might as well translate further like emotional and intellectual exertion, and just plain time in your day. 10% of 24 hours? Two hours and 24 minutes. Spend that on those less fortunate: from being there for a distant friend in a rough spot to feeding the homeless. Hell, save it up and go dig wells for dudes in Kenia. It just seems like such a fine idea.
I had looked into Eastern philosophy a little. Some interesting things. I'm not sure which variety I could follow. possibly Taoism. But I don't follow anything. I prefer to lead. Who's with me?
Ah, I get you now. Still, I do wonder if all Buddhists think like you do.Matronadena said:
Some seem to give off this sort of energy like "ha, ha, I'm enlightened, you're not".
If you get what I mean? Anyway, thanks for the response.
The sikhs, at least at the start, they were all about singing, good works, and their founder's sermons were in song. A sikh was also the first person to martyr himself for another religion! then the mughals took over, screwed up India, and no the Sihks are one of the most violent groups on that wretched subcontinent.