What's Your Favorite Religion - Page 2

Theben · November 12, 2003, 11:14

You forgot 'libertarianism' too (if we're including economic policies as religion).

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and in this argument I am ignoring all the religious aspects of atheism

Glad to hear it, since they're aren't any.

Theben · November 12, 2003, 11:16

btw, I picked 'shintoism'.

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 11:19

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btw, I picked 'shintoism'.

Not much to it that I can see, although it is certainly all-powerful. God help the world if Amaterasu and Co. ever decide to venture out from this sacred land.

Theben · November 12, 2003, 11:23

Sounds like a law firm.

Amaterasu, Kami, and Oni.

Prepare to get 'sued.

Elok · November 12, 2003, 11:24

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Originally posted by Sikander
This is like Christians insisting that there is a religion called Satanism, when in reality it's just another part of Christianity. Communists created a straw man and called it Capitalism, and used it much as the Christians use Satan, in order to scare people into their flock. Deal with it, your government is based on sh!t.

Off-topic, insulting, and severely mistaken on several different counts. Wow. Capitalism is existent as a separate system from communism, just like the more moderate forms of socialism. It's mostly mentioned in the context of Communism debates because the rest of us don't object to it, but capitalism is just as "real" as communism.

And while Satan is a Christian concept, to suggest that satanists are a mythological subset of our faith is ludicrous. They're a reactionary group that exists for shock value, but they do exist outside of Jack Chick tracts in thankfully small numbers.

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 11:25

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Sounds like a law firm.

Amaterasu, Kami, and Oni.

Prepare to get 'sued.

Lawyer-gods? Is there anything more frightening? I told you these guys were all-powerful...

Theben · November 12, 2003, 11:32

Hmmm....I wonder how you'd say 'lawyer-god' in Japanese...

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 11:36

å¼è*·å£«ç¥ž, possibly...

Theben · November 12, 2003, 11:45

Try romanji. Whatever you typed sure didn't translate well.

And I should've typed "prepare to get 'tsued," which is what I was aiming for. It would've been hilarious. Ah well, another comedic failure.

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 11:51

You have to set your browser to Unicode to see the kanji. It's "bengoshi-kami" in romaji.

Kirnwaffen · November 12, 2003, 12:26

Atheism is not necessarily the lack of religion; rather, it is simply the belief that there is no God. It is still theoretically possible to follow some kind of religion, and be atheist.

DAVOUT · November 12, 2003, 14:34

I voted atheism; it is the only option which does not require the use of misleading words such as : faith, belief, trust, intention or sincerity.

Az · November 12, 2003, 14:39

Onanism.

Ramo · November 12, 2003, 14:44

Daoism isn't too bad.

Jon Miller · November 12, 2003, 15:05

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Originally posted by DAVOUT
I voted atheism; it is the only option which does not require the use of misleading words such as : faith, belief, trust, intention or sincerity.

I like your outlook on life

JOn Miller

Ben Kenobi · November 12, 2003, 15:13

/me flames Da Shi.

Catholicism and Protestantism are not different religions. They are branches from the same tree. Therefore I will protest your obviously inaccurate and carelessly flawed poll by voting for the banana religion.

Buck Birdseed · November 12, 2003, 16:43

My favourite religion is Give Birdseed Stuffism. I don't practice it myself but it does have a certain je ne sais quoi.

lord of the mark · November 12, 2003, 17:02

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Originally posted by Elok

Off-topic, insulting, and severely mistaken on several different counts. Wow. Capitalism is existent as a separate system from communism, just like the more moderate forms of socialism. It's mostly mentioned in the context of Communism debates because the rest of us don't object to it, but capitalism is just as "real" as communism.

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Im not sure thats quite true. There's a market economy, private property, etc - but what is capitalism? Why privilege the role of capital or its owners in charecterizing a market economy? Historian Ferdinand Braudel, who most certainly DID believe that capitalism was a useful category, still felt the need to justify that assertion. (BTW he did not consider capitalism identical to a market economy with private property)

Buck Birdseed · November 12, 2003, 17:19

Power. All lefty political analyses are more-or-less based on who's got the power and who should have it. Thus commies lift our the owners of capital as they're the ones who weild most power in a capitalist economy.

Could you withhin their belief system design a market economy with private ownership where capitalists (marxist sense) did not weild the most power? Possibly. You could ban corporations for instance, or require all companies to be owned privately-yet-collectively by the workers...

Gangerolf · November 12, 2003, 17:24

judaism. at least the hasidic guys with funny beards and hats

Mercator · November 12, 2003, 17:33

Monotheistic religions are boring.

Shogun Gunner · November 12, 2003, 18:49

Hindi - you got love Ganesh - a dude with an elephant head. And that chick with six arms... And Brahma has four faces on his head to look in every direction! Awesome!

Drake Tungsten · November 12, 2003, 20:04

****, Kannon has eleven heads and a thousand arms...

Buddhism 1 - Hinduism 0

Shogun Gunner · November 12, 2003, 20:57

damm!

Urban Ranger · November 12, 2003, 23:18

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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
How can a person living in China leave Daoism out of a religion poll?

Because Daoism is not a religion?

Imran Siddiqui · November 12, 2003, 23:25

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Catholicism and Protestantism are not different religions. They are branches from the same tree.

In addition, if you seperate Catholicism and Protestantism, then you have to seperate out Protestantism, because you have very different variations there.

Zkribbler · November 13, 2003, 01:12

I've always had a soft spot for the Church of the Most High Goddess. You went in, paid her husband a "love offering," then took the Goddess into the back room where she performed a ... uh ... "religious" ritual on you.

She tried to defend her prostitution charge by arguing the First Amendment. It didn't work.

Ben Kenobi · November 13, 2003, 01:32

True Imran. There is no one true 'Protestant' church.

Drake Tungsten · November 13, 2003, 02:37

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Because Daoism is not a religion?

I would've thought you'd know your own country's history better than this. Not all Daoists follow what could be called a Daoist "religion", but there has been a significant religious form of Daoism in China for thousands of years. It was one of the main competitors to Buddhism in China for a long time.

Urban Ranger · November 13, 2003, 03:12

The confusion arises because there's no differentiation in English between the two, though in fact they are very different from each other and should have separate names in English, as they do in Chinese.