Help Me Find A Religion.?

Question

Tell me about your religions.
I really would like to learn about them.

I'm not a great believer in a personal God that watches everything you do and smites you for your bad.
I could somewhat believe in the afterlife or reincarnation [[however you spell it]].
I'm interested in what buddism really is.
Not the mainstream kind of buddism.

Tell me about them.
I really want to find something.
I guess you can call me...
Religiously confused.

Thanks everyone
I think I know now what I am to choose from

I know I don't need a religion...
but sometimes it's nice to beleive.
not just that, but to experiment.

Answer 1

Hello. I want to share some of my religion.
I'm a Buddhist. Nichiren Buddhism.
I used to be anti-religion. I used to think that
people have religion is weak. That's why they have to rely on religion. But I was wrong. In Nichiren Buddhism , the faithful are self-reliant, not dependent on an external force. The core of our belief is each one of us already have the power to create happiness no matter what kind of situations. Our mind often limit our unlimited lives.The purpose of this practice
is to bring out our unlimited potential, becoming the best you can be. It's like polishing mirror, taking off the dust from our lives and reveal our true self. The object of devotion in Nichiren Buddhism is found within our lives of ordinary human being.
I learned that I'm in charge of my happiness.
I don't have to ask for it.
If you need more info please check this web site. I am hoping that this will help you.

Answer 2

Zen Buddhism, Taoism, or Yoga (both the underlying beliefs and the practice) might all be things for you to look into . . .

As a follower of indigenous Northern European folkways, I guess I would be somewhat remiss, in a thread that has attracted so much "witnessing" already, if I didn't say that looking into the pre-christian beliefs and traditions of your own ancestors might be another logical place to start.

Myths were, after all, religious teachings once (literal for the simple, complex metaphors for the wise) and since your own have the advantage of having arisen from the soul and culture of your people, whomever that might be, they may just speak to you in a way that other truths will not.

Many if not most of these folkways have been revived as what are called "Reconstructionist" or "Ethnic" religions.

Answer 3

It sounds like you are going shopping because you have been bombarded with advertisements that tell you you must have this, that or the other.

Everyone is confused for part or all of their life, we are all looking for answers. You are in good company. Religion is only one answer (but the one that advertises the most).

Please keep your mind open because every belief system thinks it is the only correct one and logically, at best, only one can be completely right and probably none of them are.

Most beliefs have many similarities especially how to live a good life but the devil is in the detail (excuse the pun).

You know the difference between right and wrong and if you live accordingly, you can't go far wrong.

You have my best wishes.

Answer 4

Don't worry, having an open mind is a great position to be in. Doubt is the root of wisdom.

I'm a pagan Taoist. You might find Taoism interesting, although it doesn't speak much of an afterlife except for a reference of returning to the source. Personally I think we will create our own experience of an afterlife.

Link to the Tao Te Ching:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html

Taoism recommends living with wisdom and compassion, going with the flow, and being at peace. The Tao is too abstract to be described, but you can get a sense of it from the writings.

Answer 5

Look up each religion on the Internet and see what their beliefs are or go to the Library and do some research. There is more to religion then a person could possibly write in a answer, And you need to digest the information that you take in , and make your own decisions. Not have them made for you.

Answer 6

There are religions where you don't have to believe in a god, like Buddhism or Taoism. I personally don't follow any religion but my brother is Buddhist and lived in Japan for two years. To learn more about Taoism all you need to do is read the Tao-te Ching, which is only like 80 pages.

Answer 7

That's not the right way to think! You seem to have it in your head that you need a religion that is 'right for you'. This is not rational and won't get you anywhere in our modern civilization.

Sit back in your chair and look around, and think to yourself 'What's really out there? Does a god exist? What kind of a god? What does the world around me really suggest about religion?' Don't think 'What religion is right for me?', think 'What religion is TRUE, if any? What god, if any, really EXISTS, in the REAL WORLD?' Think in terms of fact and fiction, not what your emotions would like. In the end, ignorance is never bliss; the more you know about how the world REALLY works, as opposed to how you'd like it to work, the more easily you can help change it for the better.

Now, I happen to be an atheist, but for the moment I'm not too concerned about what conclusion you come to. What I'm concerned about is that you start thinking about the matter in the right way. There is a real, objective world out there, with real, objective facts in it. If the evidence suggests to you that Jesus was the son of God, then believe that. If the evidence suggests that Mohammed was Allah's prophet, believe that instead. If the evidence suggests that God doesn't exist at all (which as far as I can tell it does), then believe that. But do NOT force yourself to believe something that you think will give you temporary satisfaction. The Universe is an amazing, magnificent place, and the worst thing you can do is turn a blind eye to it in favor of what just happens to feel good at the moment.

Get what I'm saying?

Answer 8

faith:- faith is a device of ideals and worships which includes a code of ethics and a philosophy of existence. there are various faiths interior the international immediately. a number of those religions are of modern foundation yet maximum of them are very previous. in actuality all of us comprehend from historic previous that guy has continuously had a faith. Even the primitive adult males residing in caves or jungles had some variety of religion. The recommendations and rituals in guy's faith have consistently developed and become extra rational and state-of-the-artwork as time went on. The primitive religions of the Cave guy and the Bush guy gave upward push to the fashionable religions of the previous 3 thousand years. immediately, the main important religions of the international comprise: international faith ----- Originated in Zoroastrianism ----- Iran Confucianism ----- China Hinduism ------ India Taoism ------ China Jainism ------ India Judaism ------ Neat East Christianity ------ close to East Islam ------ close to East Buddhism ------- India Shinto ------- Japan those are the large religions of the international that are no longer in basic terms in charge for all our amassed wealth of understanding, philosophy, ethics, and social and ethical codes, yet have inspired the custom, the language and the moral attitudes of in basic terms approximately each and every person residing immediately. distinction between religious and Non religious Peoples. a million. The religious human beings have self belief in some thing collectively as the others do no longer. 2. The religious human beings carry out particular acts of worship collectively as the others do no longer. 3. The religious human beings seem to stay with a definite code for their social and ethical behaviour collectively as the others do no longer. 4. The religious human beings come across a purpose of existence and have a different philosophy in the direction of it, collectively as the others do no longer.

Answer 9

Well, first off, I'm with a couple of those above me, why do you need religion? Religion is a parasite feeding off spirituality.

But I do know the value of learning about other beliefs in searching, so I will tell you in a nutshell what I believe.

I think the most accurate term to describe my beliefs would be Pantheist. I believe that deity and nature are one and the same. I don't believe in a creator, but that deity came as a result of change in the universe. Somewhat of a collective soul idea. I believe that deity can manifest itself and appear as whatever it likes.

That's an overview, if you want to learn more, message me, I'd be glad to tell you in greater detail. : )
Good luck in your searching, may it be ongoing.

Answer 10

My spiritual path revealed itself to me. I'm lucky to have been paying attention.
It is the Sun, the Moon, and Mother Earth that sustain our lives. We are dependent on the Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Spirit. God is energy. . . in the smallest void in the smallest vacuum between sub-atomic particles and encompassing all that we know and all we will never know.
My church is the forest, the ocean, the mountains.