aquapub

If you were to list off the religions along with point values, determined by tabulating 1 point per tenant that you agree with, which religion would come out closest to your philosophy? I ask that you give this serious thought, then vote, then rank the religions. Be ready to defend your logic.

Also, you don't have to present all of your tabulations and reasoning, just your results.

Here's an example for Islam:

+1: No glorification of men.

+1: The enemy of the people-theologians, bigots.

+1: Singing is more for man than it is for God, so singing is not a substantive part of the religion.

+1: Charity is best done in private both to remove temptation of ego and to prevent ego from entering into the spiritual rewards one receives for giving charity (3rd Pillar).

+1: Total submission to infinitely superior, divine forces.

+1: Every moment of life is a test.

+1: Man cannot have unlimited numbers of wives.

+: Man must keep focused on his “spec of dust” status in the universe and resist the temptation to put himself at the center of the world (2nd Pillar).

+1: There can only be one God for the world to have any meaning.

+1: God’s work is great, next to perfection, even, therefore science is to be embraced as the engagement of God’s masterful craftsmanship.

+1: Women can marry based on their own will and divorce.

+1: Women can own and inherit property.

+1: All men are of equal worth, deeds aside, in the eyes of God.

+1: Women are innately prone to weakness of character and wickedness.

+1: Placing great value on the unseen.

-1: The abolition of interest; no man shall lend money for the purposes of personal gain.

-1: Every moment of life is a morality test, with rules that do not necessarily pertain to individual intentions and are non-negotiable.

-1: Eye for an eye.

-1: Freedom is merely the right to do the wrong thing, so why bother having it at all?

-1: Women are incapable of overcoming their tendency towards weakness of character and wickedness.

-1: Worshipping God.

-1: Congregationalism.

-1: Young adults and women must be shielded from perversion, obscenity, and temptation.

-1: Women must be “protected” to keep them from inadvertently tempting men.

-1: Ritualism (the Haaj, Kaaba-the 7 circuits, Ramadan, etc.).

-1: There can be no more legitimate prophets; the notion that Islam is the fulfillment of Judaism and Christianty’s lacking specificity for daily practical applications of their taught principles; the final, most correct testament of God.

-1: The material world matters.

-1: Fixating on conversion.

-1: Conversion at the tip of a sword.


Total Score for Islam: +1.

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Voidwar

Yeah, but Hinduism is more upbeat and you can dance to it.
I give it a 54, Dick.

Hatuey

What was your score for Christianity? Just curious.

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aquapub

I have been in a constant struggle between endorsing Judaism and Hinduism as the religion with teachings closest to me for years.

What pushed me over the line to vote for Judaism is I increasingly find myself moving away from the Hindu disdain for attaching yourself to the outcomes of things in the outside world; trying to affect things that are ultimately beyond human control and meaningless in death.

I'm finding that Judaism's activism is more meaningful and True.

"A man like Job was once smitten from every area of life, broke down, like Job, and shook his fist at God, saying, 'Things are terrible down here. Why don't you send help?'

And God replied, 'I did send help. I sent you.'"

-A Rabbi I once heard.

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Gardener

You think women are prone to weakness of character and wickedness?

yikes!

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aquapub

Here's my list:

1) Judaism
2) Hinduism
3) Buddhism
4) Daoism
5) Islam
6) Christianity
7) Confucianism
8) Paganism
9) Shinto
10) Satanism

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aquapub

I knew that one would raise some eyebrows. Yes, but I don't think they are bound to it.

Example: Abraham is told by God to sacrifice his son. The mother is the one with the the maternal bond, nearly incapable of going along with such an idea, regardless of the eternal consequences. In the end, God was merely testing Abraham and let him keep his son once he demonstrated to him that he was willing to sacrifice all. Women aren't designed very well for detaching themselves from their emotions to make principled decisions.

There are numerous things about women that are designed towards shortsightedness, but they are in no way forced to go along with it.

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Stace

That's one of the most sexist comments I've heard in quite some time. Without being a woman yourself, it's pretty impossible for you to truly say with any actual knowledge what we're capable of or how we're designed, just as, not being a man, I couldn't say with any real knowledge what you men are capable of or designed for.

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Duke

I'm going with Confucianism. I am inclined to philosophize.


Duke

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rathi

I wouldn't kill a kid just because some divine power asked me to. Who would want to worship a god that demands the needless sacrifice of children? If you want to prove your faith, risk your own life. Not that of the innocent.

Neither are men. Overcoming emotion is difficult, yet part of why humans are successful. Also considering that war and crime are almost always commited by men, its hard to claim they are better at making principled choices.

Societal conditioning and possibly genetics let men or women express emotions differently. Women are more inclined to tend towards despair men tend toward anger. Each if harmful in its own way.

Science only offers a limited look in this area, but men nor women are pretty much equal when it comes to making rational decisions.

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