Religion(s)

[OGLemon]

I made this thread to get an idea of which religions people have interest in and why.

[Genevieve]

Mazzeltov!

[Jizz]

nihilism

[RKM]

the real question is which one is right

discuss

[ehbes]

is Zoroastrianism even around anymore?

[DrGatineau]

Rastafarianism obviously there's a reason it's called dub-step

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[OGLemon]

is Zoroastrianism even around anymore?

mostly as a culture

[mks]

Wiccan
Paganism
Juggaloism
Greek & Roman Gods
Based God
Quetzalcoatl

[Lye_Form]

No Jedi? fuck this list

[OGLemon]

Juche is pretty much like Jediism

[ehbes]

i went with Christianity cuz im a Catholic

[mks]

People can't even get along in their own religion. Sunnis and Shiites dislike each other. Protestants, Lutherans, Baptists, Jehova's Witnesses. What's up with the Mormons? And the Catholics?

[OGLemon]

I think most Christians view Mormonism as not being part of Christianity.

[mks]

I think most Christians view Mormonism as not being part of Christianity.

I agree. They are in their own league. Pretty much their own religion.

Some Mormons believe that Quetzalcoatl was actually Jesus Christ. According to the Book of Mormon, Jesus visited the American continent after his resurrection. Quetzalcoatl is not a religious symbol in the Mormon faith, and is not taught as such, nor is it in their doctrine.[26] LDS Church President John Taylor wrote:[27]

The story of the life of the Mexican divinity, Quetzalcoatl, closely resembles that of the Savior; so closely, indeed, that we can come to no other conclusion than that Quetzalcoatl and Christ are the same being. But the history of the former has been handed down to us through an impure Lamanitish source, which has sadly disfigured and perverted the original incidents and teachings of the Savior's life and ministry." (Mediation and Atonement, p. 194.)

Latter-day Saint scholar Brant Gardner, after investigating the link between Quetzalcoatl and Jesus, concluded that the association amounts to nothing more than folklore.[28] In a 1986 paper for Sunstone, he noted that during the Spanish Conquest, the Native Americans and the Catholic priests who sympathized with them felt pressure to link Native American beliefs with Christianity, thus making the Native Americans seem more human and less savage. Over time, Quetzalcoatl's appearance, clothing, malevolent nature, and status among the gods were reshaped to fit a more Christian framework.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl

[OGLemon]

Is there a link between Judaism and Zoroastrianism? If so, I think that the Jews were polytheistic until the Babylonian captivity. Once freed by the Persians there was a bit of cultural diffusion and monotheism became the dominant belief.

[ehbes]

Is there a link between Judaism and Zoroastrianism? If so, I think that the Jews were polytheistic until the Babylonian captivity. Once freed by the Persians there was a bit of cultural diffusion and monotheism became the dominant belief.

if i remember correctly from my world histories course, Zoroastrianism was the first monotheistic religion from which it spread and branched out

[OGLemon]

Could be very likely then.

[nousd]

I tend to have
christian mores cos that's my cultural milleu
buddhist understanding cos that's what I practised
& pantheist beliefs because that's what my life's experiences best fit

but ultimately it's all disposable mental shit

not that I'm an aetheist or nihilist
more agnostic, in the sense of being willing to admit that I don't know ultimate reality because of my limited capacity for analysis/synthesis
which I'm quite comfortable with.

as to what system "ties me back"(re-ligion)
I don't need one
because I am (connected to or unified with whatever creates this) anyway.

so that's religion....NEXT!

[sigbowls]

The one with a big boring book

[nousd]

scientology?