Which is the Worst Religion?

[psychosemitic]

take a guess at what i voted for

[Josh]

anunnaki said:

Hinduism, because of it's caste system, but I generally dislike all organized religions.

I agree with the last statement, which is why I chose Judaism, since it kind of knocks out three birds with one stone.

[kwalka]

anunnaki said:

Hinduism, because of it's caste system, but I generally dislike all organized religions.

the caste system isnt the necesary result of the hindu religions though. i don't get why everyone here is judging religions by their political and social consequences - you know there's a lot more to them than that?
i'd love someone to provide an actual religious reason for labeling one "the worst" religion. there's more to religion than what people use it to justify.

[Jack Reed]

josh said:

As I generally dislike the Abrahamic religions, I had to choose between Christianity (the one that immediately affects my daily life and culture the most), Islam (the most militant of the three), or Judaism (the one that started it all). I chose Judaism, since without it, none of the other two would have existed either.

Why do you generally dislike the Abrahamic religions? I'm not challenging you, but I'm just curious. I think that most Christians and Jews aren't dangerous fanatics, although an unacceptable percentage of Muslims are. BTW, you should check out the history of Zoroastrianism, which is the forgotten western monotheistic religion.

[Siafu X]

RELIGION IS 4 SUCKERS! man made GOD :0

[psychosemitic]

siafux said:

RELIGION IS 4 SUCKERS! man made GOD :0

stick to worshiping (unproccesed) hamburgers

[psychosemitic]

jackreed1 said:

josh said:

As I generally dislike the Abrahamic religions, I had to choose between Christianity (the one that immediately affects my daily life and culture the most), Islam (the most militant of the three), or Judaism (the one that started it all). I chose Judaism, since without it, none of the other two would have existed either.

Why do you generally dislike the Abrahamic religions? I'm not challenging you, but I'm just curious. I think that most Christians and Jews aren't dangerous fanatics, although an unacceptable percentage of Muslims are. BTW, you should check out the history of Zoroastrianism, which is the forgotten western monotheistic religion.

Zorastrianism is Dualistic /Duotheistic kinda like christianity (altho thats more like 3 to 1 JEsus God and some white pigeon against Satan, hardly seems fair)

[gelaye]

i can't believe this post is allowed up haha. i would have to say.......islam and hinduism, and some christian denominations, as they don't have much idea about how humans actually live their lives daily, and they demand total subjagation to the religion (ok maybe not hinduism, but they have a pretty horrid caste system, apart from that its cool) - they also aren't very open minded or tolerant, which means wars and hate....

[MC anunnaki]

jackreed1 said:

BTW, you should check out the history of Zoroastrianism, which is the forgotten western monotheistic religion.

What's 'Western' about Zoroastrianism?

[gelaye]

anunnaki said:

jackreed1 said:

BTW, you should check out the history of Zoroastrianism, which is the forgotten western monotheistic religion.

What's 'Western' about Zoroastrianism?

i think they meant eastern.

[MC anunnaki]

Probably.

[Crimson Guard]

Theirs no Atheists in foxholes. Also Satanists and Abrahamic religions .

[kwalka]

atlantis said:

Which is the Worst Religion?

Hinduism - because they worship f*cking rats and feel blessed if the rats pis on them! And I'm not going into the whole cow thing ...

I also wanted to vote Judaism because it preeches suppremacy for it's (ethnic) people and inferiority for the rest of humanity.

Judaism in no way preaches the supremacy of the Hebrews. They are arbitrarily chosen by no virtue of their own, and their loyalty from God is absolutely conditional. The isralelites must be utterly faithful to God if they are to receive his favor, and if they abandon him, they are forsaken just like everyone else (and in fact others such as the Egyptians, Babylonians, etc are often favored over the Israelites when they do abandon God).

The basis of the Jewish religion is simply one god choosing a specific people to be his. This happens all over the Near East and there is nothing particularly Jewish about it. Nannar was the god of Ur, Marduk the god of Babylon, Enlil of Nippur, etc. It does not assume any superiority of that people, merely favor with that specific god. In the case of Judaism this eventually evolved into yhwh being the ONLY god, and therefore the Jews being God's chosen people, which is where a problem might arise. But not when you keep in mind that this is still a conditional relationship. The Jews can lose god's favor at any moment, and any non-Jew could gain it by being faithful to that same god and observing the Jewish customs (and of course, why would any non-Jew even want it unless he believed that this was the true god worth being loyal to in the first place, thus making him a jewish convert anyway?)

[Jack Reed]

anunnaki said:

jackreed1 said:

BTW, you should check out the history of Zoroastrianism, which is the forgotten western monotheistic religion.

What's 'Western' about Zoroastrianism?

It's classified as a western religion like the other three major monotheistic religions. This is in opposition to eastern religions like Buddhism and Hinduism.

[Josh]

jackreed1 said:

josh said:

As I generally dislike the Abrahamic religions, I had to choose between Christianity (the one that immediately affects my daily life and culture the most), Islam (the most militant of the three), or Judaism (the one that started it all). I chose Judaism, since without it, none of the other two would have existed either.

Why do you generally dislike the Abrahamic religions? I'm not challenging you, but I'm just curious. I think that most Christians and Jews aren't dangerous fanatics, although an unacceptable percentage of Muslims are. BTW, you should check out the history of Zoroastrianism, which is the forgotten western monotheistic religion.

Take a look at the different categories of passages here for a start:
www.skepticsannotatedbible.com

Why are the passages that fall under the listed categories never mentioned in church? From attending Catholic church for many years with my parents, I have noticed that the general pattern is to sweep such passages under the rug.