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Post by Salzmank on Sept 22, 2017 20:00:30 GMT
@graham It's a hypothetical. If God's existence were proved--but you didn't know which god, only that it was some kind of deity--then which religion would you decide to be? But I wouldn't become a member of any religion if god's existence were proved. In fact other than bumming me out somewhat about the fact that there was a god, I don't see how it would change any aspect of my life at all. OK, swell, then that's your answer to this hypothetical: "if God's existence were proved, then I still wouldn't join any organized religion." D'accord?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 20:02:15 GMT
But I wouldn't become a member of any religion if god's existence were proved. In fact other than bumming me out somewhat about the fact that there was a god, I don't see how it would change any aspect of my life at all. OK, swell, then that's your answer to this hypothetical: "if God's existence were proved, then I still wouldn't join any organized religion." D'accord? Agreed. Although I wouldn't join any of the disorganised ones, either. |
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 22, 2017 20:04:11 GMT
@graham I gets it, I gets it! I just put the "organized" in there because Mello seems to want a specific church-like institution or organization, as opposed to a general set of principles (e.g., "deism"). |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 20:08:29 GMT
@graham I gets it, I gets it! I just put the "organized" in there because Mello seems to want a specific church-like institution or organization, as opposed to a general set of principles (e.g., "deism"). I think a more interesting scenario would be if one of the current religions was proved to be correct. Say allah appeared and performed miracles, smote some unbelievers, etc - whatever it takes to prove he was real. How would christians react? Would they all become muslims? Or would they convince themselves that it was a lie by satan or something? |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Sept 22, 2017 20:43:55 GMT
If you accept either as a religion, I'd be either Zen Buddhist or a LaVeyan Satanist, since there's a lot I like about both as it is.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Sept 22, 2017 22:00:13 GMT
@graham I gets it, I gets it! I just put the "organized" in there because Mello seems to want a specific church-like institution or organization, as opposed to a general set of principles (e.g., "deism"). I think a more interesting scenario would be if one of the current religions was proved to be correct. Say allah appeared and performed miracles, smote some unbelievers, etc - whatever it takes to prove he was real. How would christians react? Would they all become muslims? Or would they convince themselves that it was a lie by satan or something? Now THAT I would pay to see! |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 22, 2017 22:14:11 GMT
I wouldn't believe in any since none of them make any sense, or at least ones that contradict modern science (which is pretty much all of them). At most I would be a nondenominational deist (which isn't even really that far atheism anyways)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 23:23:31 GMT
I would choose the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda
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