Which...(A religion question)

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-10 10:00am

Consider for a moment the top six Five Religions in the Land, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddism, Judisim

If you for some... Subspace reason (:P ) had to pick one of those five religions to follow which one would you?

IE say umm SHEP!, Yes Say Shepperd Suddenly devopled superpowers took over the world and order everyone to have a religion and they had to follow it to the letter

Which would you pick?

And more importantly

Why?

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-09-10 10:09am

The older Christianity. When it first started and before it became institutionalised...

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-09-10 10:10am

Into the current form and containing the current crop of idiots.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-10 10:22am

*Remeber I said follow the rules...
ALL the Rules

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-09-10 11:07am

Mr Bean wrote: IE say umm SHEP!, Yes Say Shepperd Suddenly devopled superpowers took over the world and order everyone to have a religion and they had to follow it to the letter

Whoohoo! I'm becoming Mr. Evil!

Excellent. (adjusts monocle)

Mr. B · Post by **Mr. B** » 2002-09-10 02:05pm

Hinduism, because of the cool looking gods.

Hendrake · Post by **Hendrake** » 2002-09-10 02:51pm

I'd go with Buddism. This way you don't have to kill anyone who supports another religion.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-10 02:57pm

I'd probably choose a gun to the head, but for the sake of argument, I'll go with Buddhism.

At least they can eat meat.
I mean, think about it: Hinduism, NO BEEF. Islam, Judaism, NO PORK. And if we have to follow the religion "to the letter" because of Shep's awesome superpowers, even Christians can't eat PORK. Or SHELLFISH. Or DATES. Ok, well dates aren't meat, but they taste good.

Fuck all that shit. I'm going to be a Buddhist, and I'm going to laugh my ass off at all you porkless, beefless freaks.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-09-10 03:55pm

Buddism. They don't force their beliefs on others and don't care about god.

Sebastin · Post by **Sebastin** » 2002-09-10 04:46pm

I have to say Buddhism too. Mostly because you could say it´s not even a religion. More of a philosophy.

Uther · Post by **Uther** » 2002-09-10 06:04pm

Whose letter, exactly, is one following when one chosen a given religion?

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2002-09-10 06:24pm

I like the fact that Islam supports almsgiving but I have no desire to travel to mecca and worship a giant stone. Hindus don't eat beef and I really have a beef with that particular belief! Jews have some cool holidays and I enjoy kosher foods. However, I really don't want to have my johnson to go under the knife! This leaves me with Buddhism and Christianity.

**NOK flips a coin**

Hey! I'm a Christian! Does this mean I should start watching John Hagee and Jerry Falwell?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-10 08:32pm

Your jonny goes under a knife as a christian too NK

And *Strict interptation is hard with Buddism and Hindism(Easy with the rest, IE you have to be a Fundie, The Koran, Tora, Bible is literly true follow all of its laws or god will send waves of telemarketers to talk your ears off and then thrust you into the fires of hell while listening forever to Ricard Simmons)

By too the letter I mean Fundiementalism for the Books three, And according to the laws of the two great Hindiu epec storys, Annd for Buddism? Just what the man said, do what he says do, and umm do it

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-09-10 08:34pm

Taoism. Some variants believe that one of the most important natural flows of energy in the universe is the sexual energy, so you can worship sex!

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-10 09:14pm

Hmm techincaly you can get away with that in Buddism to if constant physical stimulation is your thing there Wong

Try and stick to the topic

C.S.Strowbridge · Post by **C.S.Strowbridge** » 2002-09-10 09:29pm

Buddism, cause I'm fat enough to be worshiped as Budda's reincarnation.

XPViking · Post by **XPViking** » 2002-09-10 11:25pm

I'm not so sure about Buddhists being able to eat meat. They are pretty strict about not killing sentient life. The Buddhist monks that I've met seem pretty trim and fit. Whether that's due to their mostly vegetable diet or other things I'm not sure. Regular buddhists (not monks) seem to have no problem going to MacDonalds. It seems that the Buddhist diet is determined by how closely one follows its own precepts.

Here's an interesting link that I found for a point of departure:

http://www.buddhismtoday.com/english/ve ... 20diet.htm

XPViking

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-10 11:31pm

For me, the problem with the religions listed there is that none of them revolve around me being the supreme deity and overlord of the universe.. so I'd have a problem choosing.
However, if blowing my brains out weren't an option.. Buddhism, it's the least threatening.

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-09-10 11:41pm

Buddhism. Though I am an admitted atheist I still utilise Buddhist meditation practices. That and the fact that the buddhists are the most reasonable and coherent of any religious group I've encountered.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-09-11 01:27am

I said Christianity (early-when it first started) as there wernt all those do's and donts BS to deal with.

AFAIK, when it was institutionalised is when it really started going down hill (read made into a state religion)

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2002-09-11 06:25am

XPViking wrote:I'm not so sure about Buddhists being able to eat meat. They are pretty strict about not killing sentient life. The Buddhist monks that I've met seem pretty trim and fit. Whether that's due to their mostly vegetable diet or other things I'm not sure. Regular buddhists (not monks) seem to have no problem going to MacDonalds. It seems that the Buddhist diet is determined by how closely one follows its own precepts.

Well yeah, I know Buddhists are fucking stupid too (in real life I chose none of the above), but out of the options given, it's the most likely to allow a meat diet, I suppose.
All the Buddhists I know eat meat. Except one, but that's because she's seeing how long she can go as a vegetarian. I told her a better test of willpower is to start smoking and then quit.

I think it mainly has to do with what sect or denomination or whatever you follow.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-11 09:15am

However to play Advocte EJ, Buddism could be said to be that as your seeking enligtnment and knowledge

Who says its not to take over the world?

Budda was a thin guy BTW

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2002-09-11 09:27am

I'd go with Buddhism, becuase its the least threatening, and its the most... different.

On diet: I believe its the Jainists that are strictly vegitarian... but I susppose that everyone would be vegetarian if all were buhhudist.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-09-11 10:49am

Problem is that Shep would be deposed before he could implement that rule.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-11 11:22am

This is super-powered shep remeber

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