Which religion is most demanding?

Answer 1

I think that all religions are equally demanding if a person is to live them seriously, but the ones which demand that you "work out your salvation" for an afterlife are much more tiring, that is, a religion based on works rather than grace.

Answer 2

From an outsider's viewpoint?----I'd say the Amish faith would be really tough for a convert to handle. The nonviolence, hard work ethic, and "stepping away from worldly ways" is not too bad on the face of it----but the culture shock of going into such a low-tech lifestyle would be a jolt for most Westerners, IMO.

I've read about the demands that are placed on the very Orthodox Jews, and winced----had a couple friends who kept a "modified Kosher" house, and they always moaned about the cleaning for Passover. I don't even want to THINK about how rough it'd be to maintain all the "rules and regulations" for a Kosher lifestyle, in terms of food, clothing, hygiene, prayer, etc.

But it's probably a lot different, if you've been raised up into it---like I said, "outsider's view". And many people of faith will tell you that it's sometimes very beautiful to do something "difficult for God": ask anyone who's lived in a religious community under vows....

Answer 3

All religions especially eastern religions. Christianity should be the least demanding. You only have to except that the Lord Jesus Christ has taken all your sins onto Him. All other religions want you to fix your own sins. If you realized what sins really boil down to, you will realized that impossible to fix your sins and to be a good person in the true sense of the word. May be this makes Christianity the most demanding religion, because in your nature you want to correct your own sins, instead of excepting the grace of God.

Answer 4

What is your idea of "demanding"?
Is it the one with the most rules?
The one demanding the most financial contributions?
The one demanding the most acts of service?
The one demanding time spent in ritual or prayer?

Even among individual sects, there are grops demanding more than the sect.

In Wicca, we have only one "commandment" as it were; that being "An it harm none, do what thou wilt".

Seemingly permissive at first, it requires thought before any action. Will that action harm, directly or indirectly, any other creature? Will it harm the environment? Will it harm yourself?

Thought prior to action can be demanding at first, but it is a healthy way to live.

Answer 5

Actually none of them.

They all expect you to follow and believe without any more reason than the pressure of the culture you were born into and the demand that you not use your mind and require any verification of their silly beliefs.

Master-Slave relationships are not very demanding, it is always the easy way out.

Answer 6

Well according to me no religion whatever it may be can ever be demanding. It all depends on the respective religion followers' that how much they can sacrifice for it.

Answer 7

Catholicism, for the simple reason that I have never run across any other religion which makes you feel so guilty for things which say you cannot control (since we are born with original sin), but which also dictates that if you do not go to Mass, go to Confession, do penance, and that you have to try not to sin, otherwise you won't go to heaven. The message I get is you can't help sinning no matter what you do, but you have to try your dardest not to, otherwise you are rejecting salvation and you go to Hell. Catholic guilt is a heavy burden to bear.

Answer 8

Heaven's Gate

Castration! Ouch!

Answer 9

If your already following or born into a belief it isn't demanding, Changing that belief is the challenge.

Answer 10

I knew a Buddhist monk who did something like 10,000 prostrations a day in his prayers. Now THAT'S demanding.