To All Atheists: Which Religion Do You Like The Most?
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Ancient Greek or Egyptian ones are pretty good, lots of variety in their God's, I especially like God's like Dionysus and Anubis.
Out of viable modern ones, I'd say the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was a good up and coming one.
Out of viable modern ones, I'd say the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was a good up and coming one.
I don't like any religious belief system as a religious belief system.
However, I do like story telling. And in that regard mythology is awesome.
However, I do like story telling. And in that regard mythology is awesome.
RAmen, brother. RAmen.Fluffles said:
Christians think? Isn't that what they have that book, and the weirdos in the stupid hats for? What's there to think about, who to kill for slight philisophical differences, or who to judge for doing what they themselves do? "The hats should be Red....", "no, The hats should be Blue!" Time for a Kill-a-thon Crusade. Stupid Christians, the hats are meant to be Green!WendelI said:
Though I commented on a comment about this... *Clears Throat*a wicker cd said:
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Yes, Mr. Huge-Atheist, you are certainly an Atheist, and in thus, I am convinced that your are correct in your beliefs statement. After all, it's not like your proving the point of most Atheists who state that a huge turn-off to religion is the over bearing annoyance factor of preaching to them. Nope, not at all.
That would be an awesome war. They'd peacefully and silently make Zen Gardens. That would teach the non-believers!pieeater911 said:
That's not fair, you can't pick religions started from space aliens!hotacidbath said:
Buddhism because I don't think the Buddhists have ever been hostile or intolerant towards other faiths/beliefs and because those guys really know how to relax, I went to a Buddhist temple not long ago and I nearly fell asleep while I was standing, all that incense and stuff, awesome, don't do drugs, just go to a Buddhist temple.
I like the philosophy too but the Satanic Bible left me confused. At the start he says to take the book literally to prevent misunderstandings, then the last half of the book is filled with metaphors (i.e the use of the word black magic). Also the whole thing about vengeance, he could have made more clear. If he had said "Whilst no one really DESERVES vengeance, if you have been hard done by then you must relieve the impulse of retribution, so use the destruction ritual to satisfy yourself without actually worsening the situation", then I would have been happy, but the way he describes it is so dualist, he acts as if the person actually deserves to be punished and that the ritual will actually do so, which of course it won't.linchowlewy said:
Also, the name 'satanism' is so confusing, I constanly have difficulty convincing people that satanists don't believe in the devil, and are athiests etc. It also attaches itself to another religion, making it dependant on the Christian theology.
we have had our own infighting through history, but it rarely went beyond more of a political battle and into actual bloodshed.traceur_ said:
Though some of the most feared fighting forces in Asia were monks, most famous in the west would be the shao-lin and the Sōhei ( though sadly as much as I love Sōhei, historically they were really less monks and more mercs posing as monks and highly corrupt for much of their time)
when it comes to other faiths, Traditionally it has remained peaceful " as in We have been attacked, and defended ourselves through force at times, but never never have initiated an attack at another"
Incidentally the Vatican has been sending priests into india, china, japan, and all over asia to study with various masters for several hundred years... infact the catholic rosary is heavily rumored by scholars to have been inspired by the Buddhist Mala, and Juzu
Definitely Buddhism:
- Wisdom that purifies the mind, to gain spiritual insight into the nature of all things,
- Ethics and Morality, abstention from unwholesome deeds,
- Mental discipline to reach mastery over one's own mind.
I am unwittingly following this path in certain ways, so it wouldn't be to much of a change.
- Wisdom that purifies the mind, to gain spiritual insight into the nature of all things,
- Ethics and Morality, abstention from unwholesome deeds,
- Mental discipline to reach mastery over one's own mind.
I am unwittingly following this path in certain ways, so it wouldn't be to much of a change.
Yeah I know I'm not supposed to post here but, seriously?Asdrubaal said:
The religion isn't for "bad guys" at all. It's just that our extremist nut-jobs(Every group has them) get the televised end of it.
On-topic before I get kicked out: I also like the Buddhist approach to life, Scientology for the comedy but most of all I like the Greek and Norse mythologies. Wonderful tales of heroes and monsters, a dog can have three head and no one gives a shit.
That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakeningS.H.A.R.P. said:
Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious endeavor. It is not introspection. Do not desire to become a Buddha; let sitting or lying down drop away....
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself.
Studying oneself is forgetting oneself.
Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things.
Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others.
No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment
continues endlessly.
~Dogen Zenji Roshi
When one actually asks me to describe most form of Buddhism.. and most certainly anything in the Zen family, I typically say " nothing" .. as thats really what it is about...to achieve nothing, and go nowhere.. to live now, and no other time, to be here, and no other place, to be aware, but mindful, and in that find...nothing
then I want to break it into a term more familiar to the west.
Buddhist is to Jedi as Water is to wet.. The Jedi code, the teachings of the force...all those George took from the basic fundamentals of the teachings from various Buddha's and repainted them to fit a sci-fi.
hoping it's an joke that anyone non brainwashed would consider scientology "good" in any way whatsoever (except for the name of the alien king)bad rider said:
oh and btw buddhism almost all the way
Propably the Chtulhu mythos, because even the writer accepts that everything he wrote is a result of his fantasy.
Alot of religions don´t do that and believe every desert nomad story they hear, wghich i personally despise, because critical thinking is important to me.
i like every religion that allows you to use your own mind, like buddhism, where most of the effort is how to intergrate the teachings into your live.
Alot of religions don´t do that and believe every desert nomad story they hear, wghich i personally despise, because critical thinking is important to me.
i like every religion that allows you to use your own mind, like buddhism, where most of the effort is how to intergrate the teachings into your live.
Atheists by definition should desire the abolishion of all religions. This forum therefore makes no sense.
