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Post by clusium on Mar 18, 2017 22:44:42 GMT
These 5 religions either have less than 10 million adherents or are not well known.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 2:51:16 GMT
Jainism is a peaceful religion, and also the only one of those about which I know anything. So I voted for that. |
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Post by clusium on Mar 19, 2017 4:01:38 GMT
Jainism is a peaceful religion, and also the only one of those about which I know anything. So I voted for that. Yeah, its very similar to Buddhism, only with far lesser adherents. |
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Post by gameboy on Mar 19, 2017 7:10:55 GMT
My choice is Bonism. It was the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet and has combined with Buddhism to create the unique form of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Post by clusium on Mar 19, 2017 20:20:39 GMT
My choice is Bonism. It was the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet and has combined with Buddhism to create the unique form of Tibetan Buddhism. That's really cool. |
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Post by gameboy on Mar 20, 2017 3:56:23 GMT
My choice is Bonism. It was the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet and has combined with Buddhism to create the unique form of Tibetan Buddhism. That's really cool. I was fascinated by Tibetan art as a kid. And Tibetan mythology is fascinating. |
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 20, 2017 3:58:18 GMT
Jainism. Though not perfect like other religions, I like its stress on non-violence.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 20, 2017 3:59:55 GMT
I was fascinated by Tibetan art as a kid. And Tibetan mythology is fascinating. Tibetan and some other Buddhist mythologies are partly derived from Hinduism. In many cases they just change the name of the deities. Sometimes, they don't even do that. Like they have got goddess Tara and so have Hindus. |
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Post by gameboy on Mar 20, 2017 4:07:03 GMT
I was fascinated by Tibetan art as a kid. And Tibetan mythology is fascinating. Tibetan and some other Buddhist mythologies are partly derived from Hinduism. In many cases they just change the name of the deities. Sometimes, they don't even do that. Like they have got goddess Tara and so have Hindus. But much of Tibetan Buddhist mythology is derived from the pre-Buddhist Bon religion. When atheists here claim Buddhism is an atheistic religion, I can't help but think of Tibet and roll my eyes. |
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 20, 2017 4:15:11 GMT
Tibetan and some other Buddhist mythologies are partly derived from Hinduism. In many cases they just change the name of the deities. Sometimes, they don't even do that. Like they have got goddess Tara and so have Hindus. But much of Tibetan Buddhist mythology is derived from the pre-Buddhist Bon religion. When atheists here claim Buddhism is an atheistic religion, I can't help but think of Tibet and roll my eyes. Some of them may be but yes, Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhism) places such a high importance on gods and goddesses and realms of hell and heaven that I would see them more theistic than atheistic even if they don't have concept of a creator god. Bhutan also follows Tibetan Buddhism and when I visited Bhutan, I saw deity worship as their core practice. Though most of those deities were derived from Hinduism. |
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Post by clusium on Mar 20, 2017 4:20:53 GMT
Tibetan and some other Buddhist mythologies are partly derived from Hinduism. In many cases they just change the name of the deities. Sometimes, they don't even do that. Like they have got goddess Tara and so have Hindus. But much of Tibetan Buddhist mythology is derived from the pre-Buddhist Bon religion. When atheists here claim Buddhism is an atheistic religion, I can't help but think of Tibet and roll my eyes. Yeah, I do too. TBH, I consider the term "atheistic religion" to be an oxymoron, & more importantly, a myth (please pardon the pun). All the so-called "atheistic religions" all have one thing in common: They all have gods or goddesses. That said, I do believe there are some religions which atheists may adhere to, WITHOUT believing in or worshipping its particular God or gods. Eg: There are many proud Jewish people who also happen to be atheists. |
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