What religion would you pick?

This is for all you atheists, agnostics and multi-religious people.

Let's say you had to pick a religion to stick to for the rest of your life. You'd have to follow any tenets, holidays, traditions and all the crap that comes with it. You'd have to be an active member of the religion, for example, should you pick catholicism, you'd have to go to church every Sunday, follow the commandments strictly and all that. You'd also have to at least pretend that you believe in the religion you pick.

What would you pick?

Atheism and agnosticism are beliefs and not religions, and there will be no discussion on that matter in this thread.



Personally, I'd probably follow the Necronomicon, just because it seems fun. That may be a stupid choice with a stupid reason, but that suits me well, as I'm a stupid person.

Hinduism.

I wouldn't be able to pick one..they all make me laugh when people try to defend them.

pnly one i can think of would be lavey satanism, but the not stealing part would be difucult, and keeping opinions to myself unless asked

death of a nation... thank you. you provided the closed-minded stupidity that I needed to make it through another day.

thank you in advancce to any of you idiots that run to his defense... God bless you, every one.

Pastafarism.

Pasta, Pirates, every Fridays a holiday, and flimsy moral standers, hard to top that.

Buddhism. If that isn't enough of a religion for you, how about Zoroastrianism?

quote:Originally posted by Totyai:

death of a nation... thank you. you provided the closed-minded stupidity that I needed to make it through another day.

thank you in advancce to any of you idiots that run to his defense... God bless you, every one.

Your welcome.

Hinduism is actually my favorite religion, but I noticed something: why is it never spoken about? All that is spoken about here is Christianity and occasionally Islam, Buddhism, and Satanism.

Hinduism has to be the most liberating, free, peaceful religion I've read about and I quite like it's pantheistic viewpoints.

[DeuceOmen]

quote:Originally posted by Raw_Power:

Hinduism is actually my favorite religion, but I noticed something: why is it never spoken about? All that is spoken about here is Christianity and occasionally Islam, Buddhism, and Satanism.

Hinduism has to be the most liberating, free, peaceful religion I've read about and I quite like it's pantheistic viewpoints.

There is a cult of them from which the word "thug" comes from that have made over 1 million human sacrifices. That sounds peaceful to me.

** Deuce Omen

quote:Originally posted by DeuceOmen:

There is a cult of them from which the word "thug" comes from that have made over 1 million human sacrifices. That sounds peaceful to me.

** Deuce Omen

heh, I wonder why I never heard of that on all the Hindu websites. Bloody cover-ups.

I too would like some information on Hindu human sacrifices.

Eristianism.

The first religion I knew of that actually admitted to being an elaborate joke.

Or Wicca.

Or LaVey Satanism.

Zen Buddhism.

Three-way tie for second place :P

Considering the Necronomicon, as Lovecraft envisioned it, doesn't exist....

I personally loathe Wicca and all that New Agey stuff, I'd go for something like Hinduism, its slightly newer cousin Buddhism, or an Orthodox Christianity. Their churches are the prettiest, and at least at all the big Greek Orthodox events everyone stuffs themselves with all kinds of delicious foods.

Taoism, or Shaolin, would also be up there on the 'could tolerate' list.

What's wrong with Wicca? Not that I know much about it...

Must agree on the pretty churches point. I'm not to keen on the good vs evil thing though, which is part of why I picked Discordian. It was developed in the 50's so it's not that new anymore. It's still New-Agey though. Meh. No religion is perfect.

Hindu stories have a fairy-tale feel, but that's probably part of the point. Eh, I dunno.

Pastafarianism.

[boozehound420]

quote:Originally posted by Q777:

Pastafarism.

Pasta, Pirates, every Fridays a holiday, and flimsy moral standers, hard to top that.

[among_the_living]

Probably Buddhism, however not Zen Buddhism.

[flatplat]

Either Pastafarianism of Norse. Of all the gods in any mythology, I'd pick the Norse ones as the most awesome and therefore worthy of my respect.

quote:Originally posted by flatplat:

Either Pastafarianism of Norse. Of all the gods in any mythology, I'd pick the Norse ones as the most awesome and therefore worthy of my respect.

I used to really follow the Norse mythology, etc...I read every myth and tale and was into it...If I had to pick an established religion (other than pastafarianism), I would pick that one.

[SilentMind]

Mithraism, hell yeah!

Jedism.

[kurdt318]

well i'd either go with Buddhism or Islam. Unless you consider Marxism a religion although its more a philosophy.

Sun worship

[Midge]

Greek Orthodox.

It's what I am now, and what I always will be.

Taoism, or Shamanism.

On a side note, my friend is a Druid

Odinism.

Discordianism. I'm a Pope!

how about following the beliefs of the church of cannabis? yes i made the religion, but u get to smoke weed in it. thats a damn good religion.

quote:Originally posted by Zellumiake:

What's wrong with Wicca? Not that I know much about it...

Wicca stole figures from extinct religions, assigned them incorrect roles and invented rituals to worship them. I've heard Wiccans babble on about worshipping both Zeus and Osiris.

I mean, the point is, just study the real religion and not the hackneyed one for hippies.

Also, Rastafarianism is a close-runner up to my list. You don't see many of them starting wars.

Bushido. More of a philosophy rather than a religion, but oh well.

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quote:Originally posted by Canti:

Discordianism. I'm a Pope!

*raises eyebrow*

quote:Originally posted by Zellumiake:

Eristianism.

The first religion I knew of that actually admitted to being an elaborate joke.

If that's not Discordianism by a different name, then... DISCORDIANISM IS BETTER! :P

I was thinking Church of the Subgenius, but that would cost too much money. So I'll go with my pal Eris instead.

quote:Originally posted by AnAsTaSiO:

Jedism.

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[Phanatic]

Norse.

Think about the afterlife: as much mead and roast pork as a guy could want, battles against the inferior gods, and more valkyrie bitches than you can shake a stick at.

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[Source]

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

quote:Originally posted by DeuceOmen:

There is a cult of them from which the word "thug" comes from that have made over 1 million human sacrifices. That sounds peaceful to me.

** Deuce Omen

ha, the 'thuggee' were more of a mob than a cult. they did kill people (always with a garotte), but they killed to rob them, and had some rituals they did, mostly to instill fear.

[boozehound420]

actually i change my mind, i would choose Origin

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[RogueEagle91]

quote:Originally posted by Q777:

Pastafarism.

Pasta, Pirates, every Fridays a holiday, and flimsy moral standers, hard to top that.

*high fives* hell yes! lol.

were i to choose something else, probably paganism. i don't really know why. just seems interesting.

[Source]

quote:Originally posted by boozehound420:

actually i change my mind, i would choose Origin

The Ori do not share power.