Base this on what you know of the god's attributes and the beliefs of the followers.
2007-02-20 06:25:26 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Buddhism gets my vote overall.
Firstly it places Divinity in the self, not in the cosmos. It's a well of unlocking human potential, which I like. It doesn't have an extensive rulebook on do's and dont's. Basically, if you personally believe it's wrong then that is authority enough, and it applies to you they don't require others to follow their ways. The part I didn't really like was the whole disattachment to the world to attain a spiritual perfection, but there are alternate paths to this, the Bhodi for example which is possible of attaining Nirvana but chooses instead to stay and experience life. Finally reincarnation seems a nice idea to me, the thought of coming back and doing stuff over and over again. Overall a very responsible religion politically with the right idea and a very encompassing attitude.
Second to that comes Wicca, again very inclusive without being accusatory although a bit vindictive about persecution, they need to let some things go.
On the whole it's a shame I haven't got a theistic bone in my body because I'd be quite happy being one of these two. i could also still believe in Evolution and get condemned to Hell by Christians, which I never get tired of.
2007-02-20 06:33:50 · answer #1 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since it's fundamental to all of them to believe in something "magical" for which there is no evidence...none of them are reasonable or believable. Ones such as paganism, wiccanism, shinto, and a few others that are basically "nature based" come close to almost being reasonable, but all of those and others still introduce elements of magic and mysticism which have no basis in reality and have no evidence to back them up.
Personally, I feel that if people would spend some time learning just how wondrous the real world is, with all its beauty, questions about how things work and came to be, natural explanations for seeming mystical phenomena...they'd satisfy their need for wonder and majesty without having to resort to superstition and magic. But as so much of the world is completely ignorant of what reality has to offer, they find refuge in myth that has nothing to back it up. Very sad :(
2007-02-20 06:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None, hence the reason I'm an Athiest. That means no-god. See At first people beleived in Polytheism, or belief in many gods, Then came Monotheism, which is one god. Now something came about called Atheism, which is a belief in no god. I don't see how its so hard to understand. You have your religion and I dont agree with you, I dont agree with any of them. I have my own religious belief and that is that there is not a god.
2007-02-20 06:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by tsumavoc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism is the most believable but for fun value it would have to be Norse mythology. Feasting in Valhalla for eternity sounds a lot more fun that sitting on a cloud playing a harp.
2007-02-20 06:29:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm not sure exactly what belief system this would be, but I'd sooner buy into one that reveres nature and believes that there's sentience there; perhaps even a godlike sentience.
Or the kind who believe that there WAS a god who created the world, but s/he lost interest and left us to our own devices. And there's no life after death - no heaven/hell.
2007-02-20 06:28:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Humanism
Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities—particularly rationalism
2007-02-20 06:29:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you ever taken the time to be conscious the present financial and political problems dealing with the international and the various countries and people who compose a similar? human beings are very actual lead off aim and duped. i've got self belief the expression, via P. T. Barnum, replaced into "A sucker is born each and every minute". namaste
2016-10-02 11:08:50 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of them are reasonable or believable. The beliefs, feelings, coincidental events, etc. of believers provide no support for their claim that their gods exist.
2007-02-20 06:30:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you would have to go with Hinduism or Universalism as they don't espouse one belief or God over another. Hindus tend to be a little less ornery than most religious folks.
2007-02-20 06:30:08 · answer #9 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddism
2007-02-20 06:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋