Question by Black Diamond: what sounds like a good religion for me?
i love nature, and i appreciate it. i respect mother earth by being a vegetarian, and being eco-friendly. i also love art and literature i am very curious and the metaphysical amazes me, i love to study it.
what sounds like a good religion? preferably pagan.
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Answer by Augustin
Be an environmentalist. You can actively help nature that way.
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You’re a pagan! How wonderful!
Edit: Here’s a fun tool to find your “true belief”:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
You could be a Christian & appreciate nature, art, & literature.
There are tons of pagan paths, and it’s hard to suggest one without knowing you better. You might try sites like mysticwicks.com, or paganforum.com, or some of the yahoo groups around and speak with various pagans to see what pulls you.
You could be a satinist
Mormonism.
http://www.mormon.org
Wow, you’re just like me except that I’m not looking for a religion…
Because you shouldn’t really choose a religion based on what you are, but for what you believe and if you don’t believe in any religion, you shouldn’t have to choose a religion. Like, there will be people telling you should a Christian/Muslim/etc, but you shouldn’t have to listen to any of that, you know?
There’s Paganism, as you said.
Hinduism also has a huge body of philosophical/metaphysical literature, great art, huge amounts of literature of every type, and it encourages vegetarianism. There’s also Buddhism which has many common aspects with Hinduism. There’s Jainism, Taoism, and others. Look into the literature of these and see which appeals to you the most.
I’ll second the vote for pantheism.
Remember, the orgies are optional.
http://www.pantheism.net
don’t believe in god he is a fake
Jesus claimed to be God – John 8:24; 8:56-59 (see Exodus 3:14); John 10:30-33
Jesus is called God – John 1:1,14; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8
Jesus is the image of the invisible God – Heb. 1:3
Jesus abides forever – Heb. 7:24
Jesus created all things – John 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17
Jesus is before all things – John 1:1-3; Col. 1:17;
Jesus is eternal – John 1:1,14; 8:58; Micah 5:1-2
Jesus is honored the same as the Father – John 5:23
Jesus is prayed to – Acts 7:55-60; 1 Cor. 1:2 with Psalm 116:41; (John 14:14)
Jesus is worshipped – Matt. 2:2,11; 14:33; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6
Jesus is omnipresent – Matt. 18:20; 28:20
Jesus is with us always – Matt. 28:20
Jesus is our only mediator between God and ourselves – 1 Tim. 2:5
Jesus is the guarantee of a better covenant – Heb. 7:22; 8:6
Jesus said, “I AM the Bread of Life” – John 6:35,41,48,51
Jesus said, “I AM the Door” – John 10:7,9
Jesus said, “I AM the Good Shepherd” – John 10:11,14
Jesus said, “I AM the Way the Truth and The Life” – John 14:6
Jesus said, “I AM the Light of the world” – John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46; Luke 2:32
Jesus said, “I AM the True Vine” – John 15:1,5
Jesus said, “I AM the Resurrection and the Life” – John 11:25
Jesus said, “I AM the First and the Last” – Rev. 1:17; 2:8; 22:13
Jesus always lives to make intercession for us – Heb. 7:25
Jesus cleanses from sin – 1 John 1:9
Jesus cleanses us from our sins by His blood – Rev. 1:5; Rom. 5:9
Jesus forgives sins – Matt. 9:1-7; Luke 5:20; 7:48
Jesus saves forever – Matt. 18:11; John 10:28; Heb. 7:25
“what sounds like a good religion? preferably pagan.”
All non-Abrahamic religions are pagan. So, you would really have to narrow your search down somewhat further.
Here’s a list of all the pagan(non-Abrahamic)religions, & you can consider them all to see what suits you best:
Astatru,
Australian Native spirituality,
Buddhism,
Cao Dai,
Cargo cults,
Confucianism,
Gypsy,
Hinduism,
Jainism,
Mandeanism,
New Age,
North American Native spirituality,
Raelianism,
Rastafarianism,
Santeria,
Scientology,
Shinto,
Sikhism,
Taoism
Voodoo,
Wicca,
Yoruba,
Zoroastrianism.
That’s all I can think of for now. Please make your selection.
What you love is your religion, don’t spoil it by giving it an ordinary name for it. If we all could be part of that religion that you have found, the world would be so much happier place. We are all a part of it, but no one understands it, cause it so SIMPLE. There was no such thing as religion, you just were grateful to all that god had given you, Mainely, NATURE. But you know how egos are. Different people got up to different ideas, and wanted things their OWN WAY, therefore divied one creator into a thousand sects., although all of the various sect agree totally, that there is only one creator, Now where is the logic in then disecting the only true path to our creator, that is to thank him for giving us this earth, trees, plants, animals, air and a sky that protects us from the radiation from outerspace. Instead we humans like to make things difficult for us and creat one problem after another, and kill each other in order to prove who is the ONLY GOD. GOD, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO CREAT STUPIDITY! Go Pagen, but please DO NOT CONSIDER WHICH SECT OF PAGAN SHOULD I JOIN, THEY ARE ALL THE SAME, JUST DIFFERENT EGOS.
How does been a vegetarian let you respect mother earth? You eat you poop same as a meat eater!
You sound like someone stuck in the 60’s and they were whacked out of their minds most of the times!
Check out mormonism. We believe God created the Earth and it listens to his command, (thus we respect the Earth because God made it). We believe in moderation in all things (like eating meat- which is a Personal choice). We believe in being self sufficient so, have a garden, can your own foods, save up for a rainy day.
As far as art goes the church welcomes a variety of personal hobbies and the architecture of our churches and temples is beautiful. I’d recommend checking out http://www.lds.org or ww.mormon.org to see some pictures of the temples (especially the Bountiful, Utah temple lit up at night!) Literature is awesome in the church. We have so much inspiring material, there is always something new, I like John Bytheway (humor), Gordon B. Hinckly (Personal Growth) and David Ridges (Spiritual progression).
There are many other logical parts about being mormon such as answers to questions like- who am I? Where did I come from? What happens to my premature baby who died? Why should I try to be anything of value in this life? I have never found a religion that can logically answer these questions besides mormonism.