Flowchart which religion should i be

It is simply your belief that we do not currently know, or perhaps your belief that perhaps we can never know It's akin to someone asking "Do you have male or female reproductive organs? So you can believe in God, but admit you do not know for certain. Or you can disbelieve in god and admit you do not know for certain.

Everyone should be agnostic. Those who claim absolute knowledge should seek therapy. Those who claim to have absolute knowledge without proof are in my opinion simply idiots or sick in the head. Is there Santa? I believe not. But I cannot be absolutely certain either way without proof.

Therefore, whilst it is overwhelmingly obvious to me there isn't one, I still wouldn't be so stupid to claim I can be absolutely certain. We may just be a brain in a box and there may very well be a Santa running the experiment, or a fairy, or a leprechaun. Sure, my atheist belief is the same. I am perhaps less than 1 part in googleplexs doubtful, but this infinitesimal doubt means I cannot claim certainty on the matter.

Oops,make that googolplex.. My lack of religious beliefs are in no way related to Google's headquaters. When Buddha was asked by a student about whether there was a God, he smiled and said yes but it is irrelevant. Or more concretely, there is something so awesome out there that your brain can't handle it.

It is perfectly arguable to say that that awesome thing is actually an eleven dimensional multiverse where every possibllity is played out infinitely, but there is something nontheless by the Buddha's own admission.. It should start with: Do you like hummus? Yes: How many gods do you want to worship? I want to, but I'm allergic: Same. No: What's wrong with you?

What about Cthulhu? I thought the chart was funny, but as a Mormon, let me clear up a few things. We eat bacon. It is great with breakfast or in broccoli salad. We are supposed to eat meat sparingly an animal has to die for you to have meat, so don't waste it! Next, not just males do missionary work. Women and couples serve missions as well, and we are told "every member a missionary," we just don't have the formal 2 year missions. And another thing, we LOVE science, and free will, or "agency," as we generally refer to it.

No, Alice is a rare breed. A humble atheist. It's refreshing to find one, as I have never seen one before. I would like to think I am a humble Catholic. I follow a set of rules and guidelines in my own imperfect way, aware that the path could be the wrong one; sometimes disagreeing with the rules and guidelines, but also aware that I could be the one who is mistaken.

I figure if you're going to be a "Christian", you might as well go with the one denomination that can traces its' history directly to the "Peter-Rock" moment. You can look it up, it's in all the encyclopedias. But they could all be wrong. You are correct that, according to traditional Buddhist thought, there are such things as gods Skt. However, they a are born and die, and b have nothing to do with the creation or destruction of the universe, and c don't meddle in human affairs as their heavenly abodes are far, far to pleasant for them to turn their minds away from.

However, you are mistaken when you say that someone asked the Buddha whether there is a god, and that the Buddha said yes, but it's irrelevant. I think what you may have in mind is the Aggivaccagotta Sutta, wherein the Buddha declines to answer metaphysical questions such as whether or not the body and "soul" are the same or different, whether a Buddha exists after death or not, etc.

Pantheists are missed once again. Also, what happened to the devil-worshippers? We are not Wiccans, we serve the dark lord, we deserve our own box. Finally, what about the biggest religion of them all, i.

Is this a coverup? Grrrrl S might like to know that London has wild parrakeets, only south of the river tho loved the show. Well, I'm sure there are lots of organised atheists out there, many of them a lot more organised than this atheist ever seems to manage, but other than that, Pb just seems to be yanking chains, looking to outrage someone.

Sorry Pb, if you're a theist, you don't get to define me, except in that one sense where I am not what you are. If you are an atheist, then you've contradicted yourself. I wouldn't join with any organisation that would have the likes of me or you. I completely disagree. Atheism is not a religion nor is it a positive assertion. I was born an Atheist and knew nothing of any gods until it was asserted to me by Theists.

This is a positive claim that Theists have made to me continually all of my life. Atheism is merely a response to the positive claim that god s exists. The burden of proof is upon those making the positive assertion s t he y exist s let alone it is the god they claim it is.

I see no more reason to believe in any of the various described gods than I do leprechauns or fairies. I do not need any evidence to disbelieve them, rather I can see no reason to believe in any of the above without credible evidence from the "believers" who are making the assertion. Your definition more closely fits Antitheism which is the positive assertion that no gods exist.

As an Atheist I am skeptical but open to believing in god s if I found any evidence that they in fact exist. To date, only having heard nothing but "personal experience", choked on some of the most awful apologetics, and sacred texts that completely fail to demonstrate any claims of an omnipotent, all-knowing, or made-of-love-god s , I remain unconvinced.

Even if god s exist IMHO there is no text on Earth describing any god character that lives up to any claim of all-knowing or all-powerful let alone all-loving. IMHO these characters are poor fabrication.

On a side note, I wonder from time to time about the Students of the Seven Seals. There are still a few of them around. They are also still teaching indoctrinating their children with the claims of Koresh's divinity. I wonder what that "religion" will be like, the claims that will be made, in a couple of hundred years I believe Taoism also strives to disprove itself.

Whoever knows does not speak, whoever speaks does not know, for instance. But it really can't be considered a religion. But Dr. Venter is certainly correct. Scientists strive to do exactly what religions cannot do at all. They can't even disprove those religions they disagree with. All they can do is take ancient writings out of context and twist the meanings of words to fit their agenda.

Each and every one, pretending to be selfless, seeks first to save their own soul. And though religion may offer answers and many of the answers they offer are absolutely right, don't kill, steal, covet, enslave, etc. And then Jesus said not to judge well, except maybe moneylenders but there is a lot of judgement going on in the responses above and it seems to be coming from his followers please correct me if I'm wrong.

I do believe in the Golden Rule, though; an ye harm none, do what ye will. But my answers are None and No, so I should be an atheist. The chart works perfectly for me. Religious scholars generally agree that writing a single definition that applies to all religions is difficult or even impossible, because all people examine religion with some kind of critical eye, and the term is therefore fraught with ideological consequences for anyone who might want to construct a universal definition. Talal Asad writes that "there cannot be a universal definition of religion Tweed, while defending the idea of religion in general, writes that "it would be foolish to set up an abstract definition of religion's essence, and then proceed to defend that definition from all comers.

The earliest definition of religion is from Johnson's Dictionary, which simply calls it "a system of faith and worship". The Flaw is Christians are just as annoying as the others Religious scholars generally agree that writing a single definition that applies to all religions is difficult or even impossible. Another category for the chart: if you believe destiny comes with an operator's manual, you should chuck religion and become an engineer. Jesus was born in the Middle East. Does that mean that only Middle Easterners can be Christian?

The fact is that while the Buddha was born in India, the religion that he founded is far more popular in China than it is in India.

And anyone who'd encountered Chinese Mahayana Buddhism would not take issue with it being characterized as having a "ton of" gods. It does. Speaking as a Unitarian Universalist and former biologist , the flaw in this flowchart is that it starts by asking how many gods one wants to worship. No one who actually is religious approaches religion that way. Only non-believers looking at it from the outside think it can be dissected that way.

For me, religion is about reverence, community, and service. That's chart is great! Giving up magic underwear and abrasiveness to leave Mormonism was hard.

But now, finally, the way is clear. To complete my Path to scientology, all I need is loads of mercury-covered cash! Isn't it relatively simple to prove the exisitence of a supernatural power? Show me a creature or a part of a creature that cannot have been produced by evolution or statistical evidence that prayer works or proof of any other divine intervention and I, for one, will be convinced.

Of course, the obvious mistake as noted by multiple people , is that atheism is not a religion. That stated, I would like to point out that post 10 Andy is incorrect. Jews were not allowed to eat bacon, but this was part of the 'Mosaic Law. Thus, cloven-hoof animals ceased to be forbidden.

I was raised in the Jehova's Witness faith which is a huge portion of why I am now agnostic. Further, Catholicism was obviously left out.

This could easily be discriminated with, "Do you like little boys? Scientologists are not 'crazy. No religion can survive the scrutiny of rational thought. No theistic school of 'thought' fails to insist upon some form of sacrifice, force, or bloodshed. I believe Robert Heinlein said it best when he stated that paraphrasing, here As evidence, I offer the following: What happens when you put two self-absorbed, absolutely spoiled children in the same room?

More often than not, the children end up bickering, as they both assume they are the privileged. I give you the Christian-Muslim animosity Alice: If I rap my knuckles on the table, ouch, it sure feels solid. But you're right, just because it feels solid to me, doesn't mean it is solid. The other world religions would beg to differ, of course. But the chart is interesting nonetheless:. For example, does God play a part in the world?

Does God even exist? Events Innovation Festival. Follow us:. You think people should not be upset when their families or parents leave because you are pursuing a Zen life. You have a strong belief in the day of judgment and the holy book. In Your opinion, God is the Creator of the world and humanity.

You believe in the prophets and follow them. Sometimes your belief in Predestination changes your life, and you believe it. You believe in an eternal and unique God that holds all power in your faith. Of course, you consider Christ to be very holy and respect him, but you do not see him as Messiah or the Son of God.

Monotheism, covenant, and identity are the three values that make up your beliefs. In choosing a religion, This is difficult to escape the conditioning that we have had over the years of being born in religious communities. Still, we do have the capacity to think objectively and to make choices for ourselves.

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