If you had to change religions, which one would you choose?

I'm a sort of agnostic whatever right now and always have been save for a couple months in my tween years where my parents tried to get me into some ~*~cool church~*~ where I got reluctantly confirmed as Lutheran because I was made to. Parents wanted to make good ol' grandma happy so she got her way. After that I had some edgy atheist phase at 13 or whatever but quickly got out of that.

At any rate I suppose that is sort of changing because I am finding myself interested in some forms of neopaganism, mostly around the feature of animism. Not sure if it's anything more than a passing curiosity, but there isn't any harm in checking that out. I'm certainly more of a spiritual person, just not in the Christian monotheistic way that I was raised in.
 
Dudeofteenage said:
The Catholic mass was substantially altered in 1962, only the most recent of many revisions.
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It's still possible to find the Tridentine Mass here and there, usually on special occasions, although it is generally associated with Traditionalist Catholics.
 
AnOminous said:
It's still possible to find the Tridentine Mass here and there, usually on special occasions, although it is generally associated with Traditionalist Catholics.
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I guess it's possible that the Tridentine Mass is the one the Sunday School teacher was talking about that, but even then it's only a relatively spritely 450 years old.
 
This is kinda awkward for me, because I hover somewhere between a Catholic and a Agnostic. I don't really attend church all that much anymore nor do I pray on a regular basis, but I acknowledge the idea of some supernatural deity and I often attribute it to the God of Catholicism, and despite my grievances with it I often do think that a lot of the moral principles of the Bible are pretty good in theory. I recently went to Rome with my family last summer and there's this... well, ethereal feeling with the Vatican. It's probably the closest I would say I've felt with being "in the presence of God."

I suppose if I was questioned, I'd identify as Agnostic, and I'd happily return back to Catholicism given the purposes of this topic. Most of my issues stem not from the theology, but rather disagreements regarding morality and the crazy Fundies that most people hate anyway. Religion often leads to a very great and welcoming community regardless of your thoughts on hypothetical deities.
 
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If I had to change religions, it would be to Islam. Why?

Because the only realistic reason that I'd have to change religions is if someone put a sword to my throat and said they'd kill me if I didn't convert to their religion. I can't think of any religious group today that would do that except Muslims. Islam is the only religion that I could realistically have to change to.
 
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Jon-Kacho said:
If I had to change religions, it would be to Islam. Why?

Because the only realistic reason that I'd have to change religions is if someone put a sword to my throat and said they'd kill me if I didn't convert to their religion. I can't think of any religious group today that would do that except Muslims. Islam is the only religion that I could realistically have to change to.
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http://jdstone.org/cr/files/converttochristianityordie.html
 
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Not religious, never have been, raised in a family where it wasn't even discussed, not taboo, just not relevant to the family dynamic. Mom had a falling-out with Catholicism when a priest told her my being a sickly infant was because she'd married a divorcee, not because she had a condition that made it physically impossible to carry a baby to full term, and Dad was from a very weakly religious family and gave up worship for lack of proof it did anything when he became involved in the sciences as a career. I don't know if that makes me agnostic, atheist, or what, but, I'm not likely to pick up any religion as I don't feel a need to worship anything. The only religion I'd "convert" to is, like above, one that I was told to do so "or else" at the point of a gun.
 
Currently, spiritual agnostic.

If I had to pick a different religion then I would choose either Buddhism or Unitarian Universalism.
 
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Probably some kind of christian, I'd fit in more. Also, I wouldn't have to say "no I don't worship the fat guy at chinese restaurants"
 
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I'm currently an atheist but if I had to change I'd pick Satanism, which is pretty much the same as atheism but with more orgies.
 
I don't have a religion at all. Religiosity causes problems, to my way of thinking.
People like labels, it keeps things simple for them.
" What religion are you?" is a way to label and pigeonhole people for convenience sake.

I've read alot of material on numerous religions, but found that the concept of a personal loving relationship to be the most intriguing one.
Put to the test, the simple but difficult words of Jesus are literally all the dogma/creed/doctrine/ belief system I need.
You'll label me Christian. I don't really care, it changes nothing for me., either way. If it helps people to label, fine.
As for changing, I don't really know what else there would be to change to.
 
I'm an atheist, but I used to be Church of England. I think if I had to convert, I'd go back to that - not just because it's what I'm familiar with, but because it's generally just a pretty chill religious scene. The general message seems to be, "The Bible says don't do that but you know whatever, let's have some cake." I couldn't see religion ever being a major part of my life, so I'd probably want to go with one that doesn't demand much.

If going back to an old religion is cheating, I'd consider Judaism. I don't know why, it just appeals to me.

Or something weird and occult like Thelema. Provided I got a cool robe or something.
 
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