Quiz: Which religion is the right one for you?

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  1. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    i got buddhism too

    big surprise there
     
  2. jailmate

    jailmate Plantenist

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    only 1 best religiuon, the idea uv no harm to any living creature,Ahimsa, try Janism.
     
  3. Any Color You Like

    Any Color You Like Senior Member

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    I got Satanism in first and atheism very close second...
     
  4. Any Color You Like

    Any Color You Like Senior Member

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  5. KyndVeggie4Peace

    KyndVeggie4Peace -[ in.bloom ]-

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    On another quiz I got Unitarian Universalist.

    Liberal Quaker was the runner up.

    Ahaha, just like Megzzz. :p
     
  6. Radiation

    Radiation Ruling the Nation

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    You scored as atheism.

    You are... an atheist, though you probably already knew this. Also, you probably have several people praying daily for your soul. Instead of simply being "nonreligious," atheists strongly believe in the lack of existence of a higher being, or God.

    atheism 83%
    agnosticism 67%
    Buddhism 63%
    Satanism 63%
    Paganism 50%
    Islam 42%
    Christianity 33%
    Judaism 29%
    Hinduism 25%


    Hmmmm, I've always considered myself more of an agnostic, but I suppose I might tip towards atheist once and a while. Meh...
     
  7. _chris_

    _chris_ Marxist

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    atheist.


    hell yah
     
  8. TheMaskedPotato

    TheMaskedPotato Member

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  9. Maggie Sugar

    Maggie Sugar Senior Member

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    COOL!!!! tm


    :)
     
  10. JLPMGHRS

    JLPMGHRS Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    Isn't the real issue whether your religious beliefs are true or not, not whether you like them, not whether you try them and find them appealing? Many people choose religious views according to their tastes, not according to what is true.

    If we go by this method, how do we know that our religion is not just a placebo that makes us feel better, but ultimately does us no good.

    Should we really be treating God and religion like ice cream, choosing according to our tastes, what we prefer?

    Just a thought.
     
  11. TheMaskedPotato

    TheMaskedPotato Member

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    Isn't that what religion Is? A placebo that makes us feel better? And we have no reason to believe or disbelieve anything of what anyone tells us. But we all manage to believe something. Even if that belief is not believing or not knowing what to believe. We're all in the same position, none of us are God, none of us have seen God, and none of us know any better than the rest of us. So, you figure what you think is right, or what you want to believe and you stick with it. It's the best you can do.
     
  12. JLPMGHRS

    JLPMGHRS Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    "But we all manage to believe something. Even if that belief is not believing or not knowing what to believe."

    This is very true. We all do believe something. It is an inescapable concept.

    "And we have no reason to believe or disbelieve anything of what anyone tells us."

    Don't we though? I mean, we do it everyday through reason. If something is illogical should we still believe it?

    "So, you figure...what you want to believe and you stick with it. It's the best you can do."

    We can do this, but won't we just be fooling ourselves. What if what we want to believe is wrong? What about the consequences? Would you want to build your life around the certainty of that?
     
  13. TheMaskedPotato

    TheMaskedPotato Member

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    Yeah, but when it comes to things like what happens after you die, and other worlds, and things bigger than us, doesn't logic kind of not work anyways? I mean, isn't believing in a higher power alone, illogical? Science has no proof about any of these things that people believe, yet we all still believe in something.

    And besides, where do you get your logic from anyways? Most likely, other people. You have no other source for it.

    I don't build my life around the CERTAINTY of it, I build my life around the POSSIBILITY of it. I don't really for sure KNOW what's going to happen when I die, but I'd like to think that there's something better than this, and even if I'm horribly wrong, I'd rather have spent all these years thinking about the good that could be ahead rather than the bad. [​IMG]
     
  14. freakchild

    freakchild Member

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  15. JLPMGHRS

    JLPMGHRS Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    "Yeah, but when it comes to things like what happens after you die, and other worlds, and things bigger than us, doesn't logic kind of not work anyways? I mean, isn't believing in a higher power alone, illogical?"

    But you see, by concluding that believing in a higher power is illogical, you are using logic. It is another inescapable concept like belief. Without logic we can have no communication, no language, no thought. We can have nothing.

    "Science has no proof about any of these things that people believe, yet we all still believe in something."

    You can use science to measure everything you know. That's an option. But what science are you going to believe? Last millennium's? Last century's? Last year's? Yesterday's? Tomorrow's? The one thing that never changes about science is that it always changes.

    "And besides, where do you get your logic from anyways?"

    That is a good question.

    "I don't build my life around the CERTAINTY of it, I build my life around the POSSIBILITY of it. I don't really for sure KNOW what's going to happen when I die, but I'd like to think that there's something better than this, and even if I'm horribly wrong, I'd rather have spent all these years thinking about the good that could be ahead rather than the bad."

    Sure, but do you want to seek the truth or not? How much value does it have to you?
     
  16. Forgotten-holocaust

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    You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.
     
  17. TheMaskedPotato

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    Good point. But I'm not saying that it IS illogical, I'm saying that by standards of most peoples logic, it is illogical.
    Another good point. Science really is just another way of explaining things, and technically, for all we know, they could be completely wrong. What everything just comes down to is a matter of opinion, and whose opinion you're going to believe. Most "crazy" people aren't really crazy, they're just the minority, you know? Like if some guy was trying to prove that 1 and 1 made 3, everyone would think he's nuts. But whose to say that he is? We're no better than this man, we have no advantages over him, yet, we still shun his ideas.

    I want to seek the truth, but on this earth, there is no possible way of seeking the truth with 100 percent absolute certainity. So, I figure, I'll just live my life as happy as I can and by what I want to be the truth, and if I'm wrong, I can't do anything about it, and atleast I had fun. [​IMG]
     
  18. JLPMGHRS

    JLPMGHRS Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    understood.

    interesting example you gave. i don't think we really can't prove 1 and 1 made 2 using our five senses. math is logic. someone might say "sure I can" and give a demonstration to illustrate this concept, 1 and 1 made 2. He could take 1 potato and add another potato and say "look now we have two potatoes" but the crazy guy could say "i don't believe it, prove it!" it's understood. it's a concept, non-physical. i just thought that was interesting.

    i think that depends on what evidence we use to determine what is true, what our source of authority is. If truth is just a matter of opinion, whatever we want it to be, than it wouldn't be truth would it? peoples opinions differ and change, but truth never changes. it never contradicts itself.
     
  19. freedbypeace

    freedbypeace A Woman Left Lonely

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    luckily i don't understand this new quiz enough to alter it, but i think i might have put something wrong on accident....i am ver confused & shall try again
     
  20. Orsino2

    Orsino2 Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    Science can only go so far.

    The problem with religion (I wouldn't say religion if you follow where I'm going) is people always draw the line too close to politics and that's where the problems start.
     

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