If You Could Invent Your Own Religion...

[dannyp]

Section 8: i read your posts and noticed your sig and it seems like buddhism ideals would work well for you, some people need a higher structure to conform to [ by higher i'm saying an external driving force] cause some people don't have enough power within themselves ( at least they do not think they do ).

I personally would have a cross between many religions and ways of thinking, beacuse thats how reality is.. its just not one way. Even if you think you can use one example to determine everything, you just cannot. I'm in the continuous persuit to discover which is most fulfilling, and I have so far found that being open to all religions, forming my own disposition is the best way to go, and that works best for me.

If I would make the ideal reality or community that believes in what I do, I think I would have it exist similarly to how the world [and universe] actually is, varying greatly. Apparently being chaotic, but at the same time be connected at so many levels that its ridiculous. I could see why God would do this ;D

[GreatWyrm of Babylon]

Each must find his own path and allow others to find theirs in peace. The only thing to be asked of others is that they do not impede your personal pursuit. Each person's religion is understandable by that individual alone, and irrelevant as long as he only uses it to affect his own choices. If another starts to make your decisions for you based on his religion, conflict is inevitable.

[Section 8]

GWB, what happens if someone believes in brutal killing and raping, what would happen then. Other than that i beilieve this was for ur own personal religion, so what would u be?

[GreatWyrm of Babylon]

Brutal killing and raping impedes the path of another does it not? Do you not know me well enough yet to figure out that pacifist is not one of my attributes??

[Conan]

I don't know GWR, your theory on Your religon doesnt seem to have anything brutal to test it, keeping faith with what you believe in under duress even your own life, or familys being taken because of it is the true test of what you believe in, otherwise if you fail that test your faith becomes redundent.

[Section 8]

But by stopping the killers, than you're impeding on their beliefs.

[Conan]

I was refering to being given a choice of keeping your religon and dying, or giving lipservice to another and surviving
This is taking place in quite a few parts of Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation in the world at the moment..

[Section 8]

The comment that I made was directed toward GWB. Sorry for the confusion.

[Conan]

Thats allright. Quote button(cough)

[Impenitent]

my own religion? well lets see...

1. every one would be everyone else's slave...
2. we'd have to call it communal... er communism...
3. no freedom, no advancement, no growth... communal stagnation

praise the non-god...

[The Fyrdman]

My own religion would be paganism of course. Total religious freedom is given by paganism, no-one denies the existence of others, rather others are either the same under a different name, or another to add to the pantheon of others. Grooviest religion possible is, clearly, paganism.

[Waychel]

Don't we already invent our own religion? Our interpretations of even organized religion in and of themselves are unique to every person; so are our ideals, morals, values...

Even the most conservative Christian invents their own religion, IMO. ^^