What religion has the most authenticity?

Question

Thats exactly my question. And upon answering it, include any evidence or explanation that you deem relavant. Thanks

Answer 1

none have the most and all have the least

Answer 2

Your use of authenticity is ambiguous. Is authenticity a property of the sources that people take for a particular religions doctrines to be true? is authenticity a property of the those things that make up the founding history of a particular religion? Or is authenticity, perhaps, something relates to the quality of life its practitioners exemplify? So, we don't know if what you mean by authenticity relates to truth or what.

Any answer that someone gives you is going to explicitly or implicitly presuppose some sense of authenticty that may or may not even apply to your question because you are unclear on what you mean.

Moreover, their is a distinction between the scope of authenticity (whatever that account amounts to), and that is that a religion can be internally authentic or externally authentic, or perhaps both. Again, you have not parsed your concept sufficiently to determine which you mean.

Answer 3

I truly don't believe that a single religion can be the most "authentic," because religion is a structure based on belief and faith. So of course the believer of any religion, whether it be Christianity, Islam, or Buddhism, is going to say their religion is the most authentic. Yet, non-believers will say that no religion is authentic.

Sorry if you think this is cop out answer to your question, but it's true. Religion is based on the eye of the beholder.

If you want an semi-answer though, look broader at just the simplistic nature of the idea of religion - it is agnosticism that is the most authentic. The agnostic doesn't claim to know if there is a God or not, its neutrality and broad perspective surely makes it the most authentic.

Answer 4

Religions being authentic...religion is comprised of doctrine. These man made rules may hinder an individual from receiving the truth. Religion sidetracks people into following rules instead of Jesus. Most people associate faith with religion but they are two different things. Many religions consider themselves to be Christians but in reality followers of Christ, Christians, do not follow a set of religious man made laws. Anything that divert's man's knowledge of truth cannot be viewed as authentic.

Answer 5

Well, once you explain what counts as authenticity, then I'll give an answer; otherwise, you need an account of what evidence is and how it relates to authenticity when verifying or attempting to confirm any given religious tradition.

Sorry, but your question, in order to get the kind of answer you want, needs further comment.

(Yes, give me a thumbs down now. You are all so predictable.)

Answer 6

Taoism,

But only in it's primitive form. It is based in the principal that by study of the way water moves, all of nature including human nature can be understood.

Since all of life basis is water, it is a philosophy reflective of the basis of life. Many religions have tried to usurp it's basic ideas, but they fail to appreciate the simplicity of the message.

All other religions require the follow to suspend Reason to one degree or another. Most also are based on maintaining a political Status Quo and not on any authentic Truth.

This said, I will quote Jesus and state "seek and ye shall find" to show that I think all religions have value provided they do not forsake the most important religious Virtue: Tolerance.

Answer 7

None are authentic - they are stories created by humans to either try and explain the unexplainable, or avoid dealing with the inevitability of death.

We fool ourselves into believing that if we are good little boys and girls a heavenly father will reward us with eternal life in paradise with all the toys we can play with and all the ice cream we can eat.

We then go out and slaughter as many people as we can who don't hold our narrow view of truth and call it god's will.

Religions are a source of much evil in the world. We would be better off without any of them.

Answer 8

Since religion is of man, I don't believe there is one that has authenticity. Each one is corrupt in one way or another. I believe pure Christianity (free from its religious offshoots) has the most authenticity. Much of the Holy Bible and key events relevant to faith can be verified by historical, secular documents. Personal experience further validates its authenticity to the individual, but not necessarily to others.

Answer 9

The one that's practiced from the heart; in an honest attempt to do the Good and know the Truth.

Answer 10

there is no authentic religion...authenticity means undisputed credibility...until we can prove the existence of "God" mathmatically (logic) there is no authenticity...faith is based on emotion...it's part of our feeling...but that being said...i believe that the Bahai Faith comes the closest of all "religions of God" because it uses logic for most of their beliefs...like Progressive Revelation....a different "teacher" for each age of humanity...i believe in God because it "feels" right...not because someone told me so

Answer 11

Love