My class is having a debate on same-sex marriage. My partner made the excuse that's it's against the bible...i was wondering what religions do not follow the bible...other than Buddhism. Please do not give me your side of the debate. I don't want to hear it. just give me some religions..please.
2007-10-03 13:41:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Every religion other than Christianity doesn't follow the Bible, other than Unitarian Universalism and Theosophy. They like read all of the worlds holy books, but don't necessarily follow them.
If you want a list of religions, here they are
Judaism, (only the old Testament)
Islam,
Hinduism
Jainism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Shinto
Zoroastrianism
Baha'i Faith
Jehovah's Witnesses
Mormons (technically Christian, but have another Holy Book)
Hellenic Paganism
Asatru
Wicca
Gnosticism
Egyptian Paganism
Latvian "
Russian "
Shamanism
Native American Religions (nature centered)
Animism
Rastafarianism
Pastafarianism
Theosophy
Unitarian Universalism
Cao Dai
African religion (they're all pretty similar)
Polynesian Religion
The Ancient Maya/Aztec Religion
Incan Religion
Voodoo
Is that enough? If not, go here
http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/faith_communities.asp
2007-10-03 13:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jews and christians, are the only ones that I know to follow the bible. But we muslims, Believe in the part of the bible that does not conflict with islam, wether it be in the old testament or new testament.
2014-04-24 03:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by HEY DAY 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only christians follow the bible. Some cults take excerts from the bible out of context and use it for themselves, jews holy book "torah" is mostly contained in the bible, and I believe that the muslim holy book might have parts of the bible too, being a religion that much like christianity stemmed from jewish religion. Pretty much all other religions do not follow it.
2007-10-03 13:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non Jewish and Non Christian religions do not follow the Bible as authoritative. Some have their own Scriptures ,for example:
Islam-Quran
Hinduism,-many such as the Upanishads,Vedas and Epics like the Mahbarata and Ramayana
Buddhism-many Sutras
Some religions have their stories or myths but no scriptures
2007-10-03 13:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are aspects of the bible that are contradictory to itself and so human beings pick to stick to the section with which they're extra gentle i assume. i think of choosing and picking is important even with the undeniable fact that. i think of the bible could desire to be interpreted by questioning it by utilising the formula thesis, antithesis and synthesis. putting it purely the previous testomony is the thesis, the hot testomony is the antithesis and an concept like the Trinity may be the synthesis. this could nicely be a theory in the finished component recognising that there desires to be a stability between contradictory innovations.
2016-10-10 06:26:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing I was surprised to see missing from these answers - many Christian sects also do not follow the bible in regards to this teaching. I cannot provide the names of the Christian sects that permit homosexual marriage, but there are more than just a few (unfortunately for both them and us).
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-10-06 18:11:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't accept the premise of his claim. Religious beliefs, whatever they are, are IRRELEVANT to the law of the United States.
Your partner may object to same-sex marriage based on his religion. His/her church may choose to not marry same-sex marriage, but that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the legal right of two people to marry.
For example, the Catholic Church has the right not to marry a non-Catholic to a Catholic (nowadays this is rare, but still happens). However, that has nothing to do with the legal right of people of different faiths to get married.
If I were in that debate, I would his claim is irrelevant and a non-sequiter.
2007-10-03 13:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by QED 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only christians follow the bible.
2007-10-03 13:49:30 · answer #8 · answered by Cameron C. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism, Daoism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Jainism.
Jews do not follow all of the Bible(their Torah is the first five books of the Bible).
2007-10-03 13:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by some teenager 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hinduism, Judaism, Voroasterism, Islam, (we follow Qur'an but we admit the old testament is true), Santoism, a lot more.
2007-10-03 18:57:01 · answer #10 · answered by azim_cymo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋