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Latvian Orthodox because I like the hats.
If you had to change religions, which one would you choose?
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Not sure, to be quite honest. It would be something I would have to consider very deeply and seriously.
I'd change from an atheist to being a Pastafarian (Church of the flying spaghetti monster).
Because why not.
Because why not.
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Good question. To start with, I did experiment with Mormonism for a while, and I still very much like the religion, but I can't go back to it. I could will myself to overlook the stupid shit because I really liked what they were selling, but when you start spending time really thinking through the problems, you can't lie to yourself any longer. I also very much disapprove of the direction the Church leadership is going in.
I also spent time with Pentecostals. They have nice music and the charismata is entertaining, but it's also obviously performative, fake, bullshit. I would like them if they would just admit that they're faking it when they're speaking in tongues.
Now, the others:
CONFUCIANISM
I like the basic idea of Confucianism. The execution is awful. I think an Americanized version would be great.
BUDDHISM
I don't like Buddhism in the sense that I don't want it to be true. However, I'm drawn to it a fair bit. It's more of an interest than anything else. I wouldn't mind trying to study it.
EASTERN ORTHODOXY
Quality Alt-Right meme religion, good for edgelords to jerk off to before getting bored and joining the next bandwagon. I like the pretty artwork and buildings. Probably too much effort for somebody like me.
SIKHISM
I like their turbans and knives. However, my affection for Sikhism is based entirely around their history, and as such is too superficial for me to really try them.
BAPTISM
Ancestral religion of my people. Boring, but the churches tended to be more genuinely warm than others and it is a steady and pliable faith.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM
I like how Unitarian Universalism takes a buffet approach, where you can play different religions each week without having to actually believe in them. The old members of the local UU congregation are also fascinating people. However, the young members are cancer. I wish I could do it but UU is very overtly Left-wing and I can't see myself putting up with it, or being tolerated in the long run.
FOLK CATHOLICISM
Seems pretty fun when you get to worship skeletons and have saints that you threaten to torture if they don't give you the prayers you want. Might also score me a qt illegal gf
SUN WORSHIP
Worship the only truly deserving God.
I also spent time with Pentecostals. They have nice music and the charismata is entertaining, but it's also obviously performative, fake, bullshit. I would like them if they would just admit that they're faking it when they're speaking in tongues.
Now, the others:
CONFUCIANISM
I like the basic idea of Confucianism. The execution is awful. I think an Americanized version would be great.
BUDDHISM
I don't like Buddhism in the sense that I don't want it to be true. However, I'm drawn to it a fair bit. It's more of an interest than anything else. I wouldn't mind trying to study it.
EASTERN ORTHODOXY
Quality Alt-Right meme religion, good for edgelords to jerk off to before getting bored and joining the next bandwagon. I like the pretty artwork and buildings. Probably too much effort for somebody like me.
SIKHISM
I like their turbans and knives. However, my affection for Sikhism is based entirely around their history, and as such is too superficial for me to really try them.
BAPTISM
Ancestral religion of my people. Boring, but the churches tended to be more genuinely warm than others and it is a steady and pliable faith.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM
I like how Unitarian Universalism takes a buffet approach, where you can play different religions each week without having to actually believe in them. The old members of the local UU congregation are also fascinating people. However, the young members are cancer. I wish I could do it but UU is very overtly Left-wing and I can't see myself putting up with it, or being tolerated in the long run.
FOLK CATHOLICISM
Seems pretty fun when you get to worship skeletons and have saints that you threaten to torture if they don't give you the prayers you want. Might also score me a qt illegal gf
SUN WORSHIP
Worship the only truly deserving God.
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Depends on if I'm picking strategically, or picking in terms of personal preference.
If I was picking strategically, I'd 100% go with a branch of Sunni Islam, considering it's by far the religion that's most likely going to become dominant in the upcoming centuries, assuming the social climate doesn't change drastically (which considering how placcid most people are nowadays, that definitely has a higher than zero chance to happen). The fact that most Western countries will overlook pretty much anything bad you do, and give you way more advantages than most other faiths certainly helps. I mean, the fact that anti-Islamophobia laws end up basically being blasphemy laws by any other name is pretty interesting. I personally disagree with almost all of what Islam in general preaches (Things like killing/subjugating non-believers, women being property, slavery being allowed, polytheism being by far the worst sin possible, etc), but if the choice is either pretending to believe the delusional ravings of a seventh-century oasis-dwelling warlord, or being beheaded to try and spread the Dar al-Islam (or at least forced into a Dhimmi-like state), the former certainly sounds a lot more tempting.
Now, if I was picking based on personal preference, that's a much more difficult choice. I'm not really a believer in the divine and other such mystical beliefs, and most religions are absolutely full of spiritualist bullshit. So finding religions with a less of a focus on that whole thing in general would probably be my choice. Ideally one that has almost no focus on the divine, and instead focuses more on establishing religious teachings that stop people from being absolute morons. Because some people apparently need a deity to tell them that things like murder and rape are bad. I mean, look what shit some atheists get up to when they decide that they have no god to tell them what to do. But I also wouldn't want one of those "tolerant" modern religions that basically boil down to "literally every single religion is valid shitlord, the Christians and the Hindus are just as valid as faiths that practice human sacrifice (or similar barbaric practices)" like the Baha'i faith. So it'd probably be a branch of Protestantism or something similar. Granted, I'm not too versed on minor religions so perhaps there'd be one that fits my criteria better, but for now Protestantism (or rather, one of it's branches) seems like it'd be the most likely fit for my criteria.
If I was picking strategically, I'd 100% go with a branch of Sunni Islam, considering it's by far the religion that's most likely going to become dominant in the upcoming centuries, assuming the social climate doesn't change drastically (which considering how placcid most people are nowadays, that definitely has a higher than zero chance to happen). The fact that most Western countries will overlook pretty much anything bad you do, and give you way more advantages than most other faiths certainly helps. I mean, the fact that anti-Islamophobia laws end up basically being blasphemy laws by any other name is pretty interesting. I personally disagree with almost all of what Islam in general preaches (Things like killing/subjugating non-believers, women being property, slavery being allowed, polytheism being by far the worst sin possible, etc), but if the choice is either pretending to believe the delusional ravings of a seventh-century oasis-dwelling warlord, or being beheaded to try and spread the Dar al-Islam (or at least forced into a Dhimmi-like state), the former certainly sounds a lot more tempting.
Now, if I was picking based on personal preference, that's a much more difficult choice. I'm not really a believer in the divine and other such mystical beliefs, and most religions are absolutely full of spiritualist bullshit. So finding religions with a less of a focus on that whole thing in general would probably be my choice. Ideally one that has almost no focus on the divine, and instead focuses more on establishing religious teachings that stop people from being absolute morons. Because some people apparently need a deity to tell them that things like murder and rape are bad. I mean, look what shit some atheists get up to when they decide that they have no god to tell them what to do. But I also wouldn't want one of those "tolerant" modern religions that basically boil down to "literally every single religion is valid shitlord, the Christians and the Hindus are just as valid as faiths that practice human sacrifice (or similar barbaric practices)" like the Baha'i faith. So it'd probably be a branch of Protestantism or something similar. Granted, I'm not too versed on minor religions so perhaps there'd be one that fits my criteria better, but for now Protestantism (or rather, one of it's branches) seems like it'd be the most likely fit for my criteria.
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Is there any specific religion that emphasizes feeling a deep connection to the physical reality? Like, one that places an importance on paying attention to your physical senses and experiencing physicality on a deeper level?
Oh no, that's awful that a religion has standards...
(This is why half the fags in this thread are saying "Catholic because I want to do whatever")
If people can "choose" religion doesn't that in itself prove that religions are all made up and god does not actually exist?
I don't understand "choosing" what is supposedly the ultimate truth. If you choose, that removes any legitimacy and shows religion is arbitrary and fictional.
Also, @autisticdragonkin mormons want you to believe they have a nice community, but really it's one of the more controlling and damaging and judgemental religious communities you can find. Even if you subscribe perfectly to all their teachings you still will be judged as being "too mormon" and chastized. And if you dare to drink or have sex, you will be shamed and ostracized. And if you masturbate? Be prepared to have everyone in the church know and to be interviewed and scrutinized by old male higher ups in the church and publicly shamed.
Also, women can't do anything meaningful in the religion and they didn't allow blacks until the 70s. And they have a big hatred/fear for anyone who strays from mormonism, so if you second guess them get ready to lose all your support you ever had.
Yah...not so great a community.
Oh no, that's awful that a religion has standards...
(This is why half the fags in this thread are saying "Catholic because I want to do whatever")
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Assuming I can't go from orthodox to another form of christianity or go with the slavic paganism (which honestly just blended with our form of christianity.) I would likely pick Shintoism. The huge emphasis it places on the importance of family, nature, purity and ritual is something I could get behind.
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Probably some form of Orthodox on account of it being the closest to Catholicism.
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Eastern Orthodox, maybe the Vaishnavism hinduism. Rationally I'm pretty solidly convinced on the existence of God as a supreme being and have pretty conservative ethics so I'm pretty much good with most religions.
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Atheism isn't really a religion as such, so I don't really have one to change away from, with that bit of semantic quibbling out of the way, let me actually answer the question.
I would only realistically convert to a religion for pragmatic reasons if it gave me some sort of advantage in the here and now, since I don't actually believe in the existence of a deity or deities, nor do I think the supernatural is something that exists at all. Given that, my pragmatic choice as a US citizen would almost certainly be some flavor of mainline Protestantism. That's the religion(well, denomination, technically)that all the important people still vaguely pay lip service to and I see little reason why it won't remain that way for the foreseeable future.
Now, if was to convert because I either needed something to belong to or because of personal fondness for a given religion or group of religions underlying mythology and such, then the obvious choice for me would be some form of European polytheism. Asatru, Religio Romana, whatever the Greek one is called now, and obviously whatever the Celtic one is called. I find western polytheism far more interesting then assorted forms of Christianity and I always will.
I would only realistically convert to a religion for pragmatic reasons if it gave me some sort of advantage in the here and now, since I don't actually believe in the existence of a deity or deities, nor do I think the supernatural is something that exists at all. Given that, my pragmatic choice as a US citizen would almost certainly be some flavor of mainline Protestantism. That's the religion(well, denomination, technically)that all the important people still vaguely pay lip service to and I see little reason why it won't remain that way for the foreseeable future.
Now, if was to convert because I either needed something to belong to or because of personal fondness for a given religion or group of religions underlying mythology and such, then the obvious choice for me would be some form of European polytheism. Asatru, Religio Romana, whatever the Greek one is called now, and obviously whatever the Celtic one is called. I find western polytheism far more interesting then assorted forms of Christianity and I always will.
Say what you will about the lack of strict control over people's personal lives that modern Catholicism has, at the end of the day they will likely be the longest lived Christian denomination globally simply for the adaptability that gives them.
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I'd want to be a Catholic or something. I don't really care as long as there's life after death.
As an athiest I have constant panic attacks in the middle of the night that keep me from sleeping.
I WISH I could believe in God. I would love to have some hope, but that's just not realistic.
As an athiest I have constant panic attacks in the middle of the night that keep me from sleeping.
I WISH I could believe in God. I would love to have some hope, but that's just not realistic.
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Essentially I believe in something similar to the Halo Covenant's Great Journey AKA The Path. In which advanced Aliens/Higher beings created humans and left giant object(s) somewhere out there in deep space for us to find so we can transcend from this awful dimension to the true and pure dimension.
(Hopefully those objects aren't actually last resort superweapons that destroy all sentient life in the galaxy)
(Hopefully those objects aren't actually last resort superweapons that destroy all sentient life in the galaxy)
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Assuming I'm limited to currently practiced religions, eastern orthodox christianity. I was raised loosely Christian so I don't think it would be a major lifestyle shift and I know quite a bit about its history.
If not that, probably one of the variety of Hindu sects since I could get free Indian food from local temples.**
**and because I do generally like some of the ideas in these religions, moreso than other religions.
If not that, probably one of the variety of Hindu sects since I could get free Indian food from local temples.**
**and because I do generally like some of the ideas in these religions, moreso than other religions.
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Probably a form of Pantheism, identifying the universe or existence as "God".
Shelby Spong wrote a little bit on this but it generally hasn't generated traction; as someone with this mindset generally follows materialist/epicurean/hedonistic philosophies and sees "religious" activities as pointless.
Alain De Botton has a few tracts on the use of religion for unbelievers, so perhaps someone could fuse the two together.
As for what religion I would follow? Therevada Buddhism. It's the only one I'm aware of which is non-theistic, rejects the supernatural, is not designed purposefully to be satire or a modern communal cause (in the vein of LaVeyan Satanism or Heathenry), and advocates tossing aside doctrines which are no longer useful or otherwise prove to be untrue. I'm not fond of their concept of monasticism being the ideal that said; not because I don't see the benefits but I think there is a certain selfishness required for a wise or intelligent person with presumably benevolent tendencies to cut themselves off from a world which could otherwise benefit from their input. I don't condemn Arhats for this, it's not harmful after all, more a personal disagreement.
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I’m a Mormon fag and I would probably convert to Judaism if I had to choose one. I wanna make a lot of shekels and control the world. Sounds kinda fun.
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Theravada Buddhist here, which fits me well enough.
I don't love the community. In the west it's all folks rejecting Christianity and they sort of teach the version for monks which already involves rejecting the world in part...so it's just a bunch of fuckers running away.
If I could get on board with the Christian God thing, I would totally do Catholicism, and if I were Indian I would check out Sikhism.
I do like the religions that involve family, like Mormonism.
I really wish I were more rooted in a religion.
I don't love the community. In the west it's all folks rejecting Christianity and they sort of teach the version for monks which already involves rejecting the world in part...so it's just a bunch of fuckers running away.
If I could get on board with the Christian God thing, I would totally do Catholicism, and if I were Indian I would check out Sikhism.
I do like the religions that involve family, like Mormonism.
I really wish I were more rooted in a religion.