Any interesting groups or sects you know about?
The wilder the better!
2007-08-04 01:41:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Curch of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. http://www.venganza.org
You get to behave like complete pirates with grog, swag and wenches!
2007-08-04 01:43:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, any of the Judaic-Christian sects do. They seem to believe their God created humanity to inherit the Earth through docile obedience and worship, and everything else for our provisions. But I've got news. We are simply part of an interdependent and interconnected whole - and in any closed system the damage any part does to any other part rebounds one way or the other on the damager, one way or the other, eventually. But not necessarily quickly enough for the damager to get the message in time - as climate change demonstrates. You can extrapolate that as far and as close as you care to go. Good luck!
2007-08-04 09:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Terry Pratchett's "Yen Buddhism":
"The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people."
There's always Californian Existentialism:
"If it feels good, do it"
(DO NOT use this a a bumper sticker: someone will write "It felt good" on a brick and put it through the car windscreen)
2007-08-04 08:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The followers of Bacchus are the most hedonistic that I've run across. They are a little hard to find.
Added: Here is an article: http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/07_05/0705_dionysus_rising.htm
Gotta love using Modern Drunkard Magazine as a source...that is how out there they really are.
2007-08-04 08:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Responsible spiritual approaches, any of them, are probably the answer to your question.
Responsible spiritual approaches, by my definition, assume life is a series of choices by individuals, and that those choices aren't necessarily 'right', or 'wrong'. They're merely paths for learning, experience, and usually difficult spiritual growth.
2007-08-04 08:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by Jack P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism. If there is no God, everything is allowed.
(and yes, atheism is a religion)
There's also a couple of wacky cults out there, but they are mostly for old geezers. Take the raelians, for example.
I really don't see the promise in hedonism, because it leaves you feeling empty. Eventually these people will hopefully figure this out.
2007-08-04 08:49:12 · answer #6 · answered by Oogglebooggle 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If that is the approach you want to take, you may want to ask yourself why you seek a group of like-minded people who claim to be religious. Are you looking for justifications and evidence for decisions you have already made.
2007-08-05 17:44:51 · answer #7 · answered by Ward 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Klysty had a deep influence on Rasputin. It was(perhaps still is) a sect that practised ritual orgies as part of their exercise of the cycle of sin/forgiveness. The basic element that Rasputin gleaned from this was encapsulated in his motto, "Sin, in order that you may be forgiven".
2007-08-04 08:48:58 · answer #8 · answered by Jack B, sinistral 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The religion of Money
Which is the foundation of the USA
2007-08-08 02:54:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sons of Sacanage, an hedonistic goddess
2007-08-04 08:48:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋