Hypothetical: If you had to choose a faith other than what you believe now?

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and this also includes the choice of atheism, which would it be?
Please play the hypothetical and don't answer with "I would never leave my faith" type responses.

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I'm going to let you all decide on a best answer here.. thanks for participating. To me, all your answers are fantastic ;)

Answer 1

I would have to say Christianity. Their beliefs are closest to my own as a Muslim.

Answer 2

I was born Congregationalist, my family joined the Lutheran Church later. I decided I was an Agnostic, then a Taoist, then a Zen Buddhist, I studied Hare Krishna for a while, and I eventually settled on the Baha'i Faith.

I am a committed vegetarian too, and you don't have to do that to be a Baha'i. My wife is a Hindu (from India), so I'd probably be following Hindu practices, although I wouldn't really be a Hindu since you have to be Indian to be a true Hindu. I already participate in some Hindu rituals along with my wife and her family.

If I couldn't do that, I'd probably be some type of Buddhist or Muslim who doesn't eat meat. Religion doesn't have any strong boundries for me. I'd have a really hard time calling myself a Christian though, but maybe I'm just rebelling from my upbringing.

Answer 3

I'm an atheist in belief in a personal God and an agnostic about a more naturalistic God as nature concept. I am learning about Toaism and Buddhism and I really admire and find things that I feel better my life and outlook in both. I don't know if I believe in some of the more supernatural beliefs in Buddhism but I still have much to learn about the differences between branches. I think I would choose Toaism as my first choice and Buddhism as my second if I were to pick a faith.

Answer 4

That's easy, Hellênismos. What can I say, I have a fondness for the ancient reconstructionalist religions. It's an exquisitely beautiful religion and the culture that it comes from, well....

Think about it, the epics of Homer, the great dramatic works of Sophokles and Euripides, the philosophic dialogues of Plato, or the body of myths all of which has informed and inspired the great minds of Western art down through the centuries. Greek culture is the hallmark of Western Civilization. Greece placed her indelible stamp upon the fields of mathematics, the physical sciences, astronomy, medicine, architecture, sculpture, philosophy, politics, economics, poetry, drama, and history, so that you cannot even discuss these various subjects without mentioning the Hellenic contribution. Well over 25% of our English words come directly from Greek - and that number rises drastically in the sciences. The American democratic form of government, with its checks and balances, its faith in the average citizen, and its separation of church and state - is a lineal descendant of 5th century Athens.

Answer 5

As an atheist I would choose something like Deism - i.e. the view that if a god actually exists then he has no interest or involvement with the universe at all. That's the only kind of religious belief system which isn't contradicted by everyday reality (although of course a god is still impossible).

Answer 6

I wouldn't do it!!! I grew up it the Catholic Church and Hated it!!!

Once I enbrace my Heritage I became Happy and here's Why!!!

Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping, gives thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the good things the Creator has given you and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek for the courage and strength to be a better person. Seek for the things that will benefit others (everyone).

2. Respect. Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy". Showing respect is a basic law of life.

3. Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what has been decided. If the council has made an error, that error will become apparent to everyone in its own time.

4. Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.

5. Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give of your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.

6. The hurt of one is the hurt of all; the honor of one is the honor of all.

7. Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the human family.

8. All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator they must all be respected.

9. To serve others, to be of some use to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with your own affairs and forget you’re most important talks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.

10. Observe moderation and balance in all things.

11. Know those things that lead to your well-being and those things that lead to your destruction.

12. Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise Elders and friends.








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Answer 7

I have a friend who is Muslim. I've been learning a lot about it recently and have been suprised to find that what I had believed the religion to be was not entirely correct. So, hypothetically, I would have to say that at this point in my life, that would be the religion I would explore if I were to change.

Answer 8

I am an atheist. If I HAD to choose a religion to pay lipservice to, I'd go with Wicca, one of the most positive and tolerant of religions. Or Hindu or Buddhism. Basically, anything but the negative and fear based religions of Christianity and Islam.

Answer 9

I am an atheist currently. If I had some reason to change, it'd probably either be to Orthodox Judaism or to a variant of Asatru (I would not worship the Æsir or Vanir, as I view them as treasonous traitors for what they did to the WulfFather... my worship and sword would be for Fenrirwulf).

Answer 10

Something peaceful. Probably Buddhism or some eastern meditation based belief system. I could be a monk in Tibet.

Addition:
Or possibly a native american nature based belief system.

Answer 11

Something nature based. I've always been fascinated with nature and (though I know I'm stretching it) its the one thing humans cannot control... destroy and alter, maybe but never control.

But that would still make me an atheist...