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Which religion is the correct one?

Which one is correct?

  • Christianity

    Votes: 13 22.4%

  • Islam

    Votes: 2 3.4%

  • Hinduism

    Votes: 1 1.7%

  • Judaism

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • None

    Votes: 42 72.4%
  • Total voters
    58
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Which one is correct? If you are an atheist pick none.
 
The question is impossible to answer correctly.
 
Pastafarianism.

Clearly by the obvious nature of the universe.

And he told me so.
 
99percenter said:
Which one is correct? If you are an atheist pick none.
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The one that says we are too ignorant to figure out the meaning of life and doesn't pass collection baskets.
 
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99percenter said:
Which one is correct? If you are an atheist pick none.
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Ontologuy said:
The question is impossible to answer correctly.
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I love how some people stated a specific subset of a religion as their answer.

:lamo

Poll is flawed and so is the OP question.

Atheism and religion are not mutually exclusive.

You do realize that some atheists are religious, right?
Many Buddhists are atheists.

There are even christian atheists, ffs.

So not including one of the major religions (buddhism) in your poll is a serious flaw in of itself.
But combined with your instructions to atheists make it ridiculous.
 
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zyzygy said:
I am worried that if I pick the wrong religion then I will go to hell, so I'll remain atheist.
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see? even atheists make the mistake of conflating religions and theism/atheism.

Being atheist does not mean you are irreligious.
Separate discussion.
 
99percenter said:
Which one is correct? If you are an atheist pick none.
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Eh... no. At least not automatically.

RogueWarrior does make the good point that atheism and religion are not mutually exclusive. So I'm going to assume when you say atheist, you really mean "skeptic" or "nonreligious."

Also, you've left out about a thousand different religions from your selections. There is more to religion than the monotheistic deities common in the West, and Hinduism. But anyway...

I can say with fair certainty none of them are correct as presented by anyone I am aware of. I can say that because they have given us clear parameters on which we can evaluate reality for evidence of their veracity. And based on those parameters, I can say none of those are correct, because they are either internally inconsistent or objectively false.

But there are as many ways of interpreting a given deity as there are people who believe in them, and I have not heard every single one.

From there, I can say that I have been provided no evidence giving me a reason to seriously consider them, and I can also say there are a billion other equally likely possibilities for what a deity could be that no human being has even conceived of. But I can not say with any certainty they are false.

I merely say I have no reason to accept any of them at this time, and therefore I don't, because doing so would be irrational.

So I can't vote. As a skeptic atheist, I don't have enough information on most possible deities to say what is truly false -- only that I have no reason to accept them. You have left out a billion interpretations of the deities in your options list, and billions of other deities -- both those described by humans, and those not -- aren't listed at all.
 
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SmokeAndMirrors said:
Eh... no. At least not automatically.

RogueWarrior does make the good point that atheism and religion are not mutually exclusive. So I'm going to assume when you say atheist, you really mean "skeptic" or "nonreligious."

Also, you've left out about a thousand different religions from your selections. There is more to religion than the monotheistic deities common in the West, and Hinduism. But anyway...

I can say with fair certainty none of them are correct as presented by anyone I am aware of. I can say that because they have given us clear parameters on which we can evaluate reality for evidence of their veracity. And based on those parameters, I can say none of those are correct, because they are either internally inconsistent or objectively false.

But there are as many ways of interpreting a given deity as there are people who believe in them, and I have not heard every single one.

From there, I can say that I have been provided no evidence giving me a reason to seriously consider them, and I can also say there are a billion other equally likely possibilities for what a deity could be that no human being has even conceived of. But I can not say with any certainty they are false.

I merely say I have no reason to accept any of them at this time, and therefore I don't, because doing so would be irrational.

So I can't vote. As a skeptic atheist, I don't have enough information on most possible deities to say what is truly false -- only that I have no reason to accept them. You have left out a billion interpretations of the deities in your options list, and billions of other deities -- both those described by humans, and those not -- aren't listed at all.
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Even if the poll had a billion choices wouldn't your answer remain the same?
 
Nilly said:
Even if the poll had a billion choices wouldn't your answer remain the same?
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Not if it was multiple choice. As I said, I can make statements about interpretations with defined parameters. Although it would take the rest of my life to answer. :lol:
 
99percenter said:
Which one is correct? If you are an atheist pick none.
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They're all speaking about the same God, but they're all insufficient in a complete description. Even if you add science and all the knowledge of the world, it would fall short of explaining a supreme being and creation.
 
Whatever floats your boat.
 
I view the truth to religion as a white light passing through a prism and splintering into the seven colors of the rainbow. And I view our purpose and development hinging on an ability to take these seven colors and merge them back to its original state of absolute truth, to which it will then be seen as only white. In this regard, all religions are correct but speak in different hues.

It’s the story of the blind men each touching a different part of an elephant and giving its description. Each man would have a different story than the other but all would be within their own right correct. It’s the day humanity learns to conquer its ego and to stop saying “my religion is better than your religion”, it’s this day in cooperation and discernment that we can truly say evolution has erected fully upright from a hunching ape.

And then, progress will push forward instead of what appears to be a giant leap back into the Stone Age, to where I see an escalating religious war brewing in the Middle East and with its potential to go nuclear, more people need to step up and voice true sentiments that Islam is not violent or evil such as some militant Christians are all too willingly mislead.
 
Every religion has claimed to be the only true path and every religion has offered the same proof, none, that this claim is correct. If one of them was right, you'd think it would stand out in some way. None do. The followers of each one are equally passionate in their support. None provide a person with a noticeably better life than any others. None make a person kinder or more moral than any others. Meanwhile, the less religious a society is, the better life in it is, and the kinder and more moral that society is.
 
There's only a few things you need to know about religion.

1. We were created to enjoy and appreciate life.
2. To care for others and be fair.
3. To forgive ourselves and each other, because God knows he didn't create us flawless.
4. There is no devil, except the one we create.
5. And to hope for peace in this life and the next.


The meaning of the first five.

1. Your first responsibility is to self.
2. Do to others equally.
3. Don't be judgmental, because nobody is perfect.
4. Don't lie and steal.
5. Put your trust in God (life).
 
serato said:
It’s the story of the blind men each touching a different part of an elephant and giving its description. Each man would have a different story than the other but all would be within their own right correct. It’s the day humanity learns to conquer its ego and to stop saying “my religion is better than your religion”...
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I think you should read the following article to see how absurd your contention above is.

Do All Paths Lead to the Same Destination?
 
Paschendale said:
Every religion has claimed to be the only true path and every religion has offered the same proof, none, that this claim is correct. If one of them was right, you'd think it would stand out in some way. None do.
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That's incorrect. The resurrection stands as solid as a Rock. That is, unless you think you can bust it. So far, no one has.
 
Logicman said:
That's incorrect. The resurrection stands as solid as a Rock. That is, unless you think you can bust it. So far, no one has.
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Or prove that it really happened.
 
Logicman said:
I think you should read the following article to see how absurd your contention above is.

Do All Paths Lead to the Same Destination?
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Christian militants and I see you as such, are dangerous to humanity. For someone who views our president as the evil destructor to the economy, how can you possibly have any useful insight to ambiguous events taken place thousands of years ago when the present is as much a puzzle as a new born baby trying to beat a rubix cube?
 
serato said:
Christian militants and I see you as such, are dangerous to humanity.
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I'm a militant and you're still breathing? LOL!

serato said:
For someone who views our president as the evil destructor to the economy, how can you possibly have any useful insight to ambiguous events taken place thousands of years ago when the present is as much a puzzle as a new born baby trying to beat a rubix cube?
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Well here's Obama's numbers, sport. See for yourself what a disaster he is.

https://www.gop.com/obama-by-the-numbers-10/

Now, since you didn't have insight on those things (and the 10% yacht tax example from yesterday), how in the Sam Hill do you purport yourself to know anything that you're talking about?
 
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