I just want to know how many religon actually are there in this world....
there are so many religon that some religon are totaly new to me....so i decide to start this topic... ok..let me start first by telling what religon am i....

I'm a HINDU...

hope to get know about others also...

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ooppss...
my mistake...i didn't check the previous post...but i hope there will be some reply about other religon

I am a baptist, all i have to say,sry.

I don't partake in religion. Not because there is a problem with the idea of God. The problem tends to be people and organized religion imo.

although I mostly speak of the Kemetic gods, I know for a fact that the majority of gods exist.

When you say the majority you mean the non-Kemetic ones as well right?

yes non Kemetic ones, you remeber the Where is god thread right

Hi Yadava!

Well this is certainly an interesting question for me but I always have to explain this to people...

I regard myself more spiritual than religious but in regard to religion I Do try to follow Buddha and Jesus's teachings. Although i was christian most of my life I am currently not regarded as such by alot of christians. I believe in reincarnation, karma, and such which is not widely accepted in that religion.

I suppose you can just say I'm a mutt (mixed breed0 with a spiritual twist....however I once took a religious test and it regarded me as 80% Hindu

So who knows really!

I'm "christian"...more specifcaly, The United Church of Canada. I was born and raised United, and I go to church and help in Sunday School every sunday.

But, there are many aspects of Christianity which I don't believe in...so, I;m not quite sure what my faith really is.

You mentioned them but I don't specifically remember you saying you knew the majority were real. You mean such as Greek Gods?

yes greek,mayan,viking,the sumerian gods that aren't used by later religions,hindu, ainu,japanese etc

I am a ....................BM LOL I dont have a religion..dont want one either

It doesn't matter to the gods if you believe in them or not, they have there plans for everyone

Anu...did you just type that for the sake of it...I couldnt see who it was aimed at....

I was stating that even atheists are part of the god's plans

This one is a Non-Denomination Christian...which is kinda ironic b/c it's considered a denomination...Went to a Catholic school K-7, was homeschooled 8-12, made me realize Christianity was too institutionalized by Man, wanted a Church believed like the 1st century Christianity, no denominations had been created by Man yet, institution, etc...

Everyone who is anyone are all part of Gods plans....ok in your case you thini/believe in more than one God but either way it's true

Exactly...


I was once a Christian but now I just consider myself Agnostic.


~ADHD~

My religion is to discover the truth.

that doesn't matter really..as long as u believe in good thing and practise good deeds, that itself a kind of believe.. don't u agree

I am an Arius Christian.

Roman Catholic.

We would end up posting on this side by side.
Some things just never seem to change much.

Christian. Past that dunno, need others to label me. I think "Protestant" Christian fits.

I am buddhist/pentacostle christian. I like that whole reincarnation thing. I like the Holy Spirit thing. So, since I don't go to church because of all of the hypocrits in my area, then I have just pretty much made my own religion. I don't believe in Satan either.

Yes I agree Yadava.... As long as one's path helps them to evolve in kindness, compassion, and doing good towards others than I do not believe it matters as well.

Kindness can also be a bad thing

I am a Christian... and serve Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior...

I was raised Baptist.. but really consider myself a non-denomination Christian now.

I am hearing you my man - me too.

It could also be said that love can be a bad thing. but my thought is that kindness and love are never bad things or messages it is the people that misuse them.

Coddling people, enabling people to continue in a destructive behavior pattern might be done out of misguided love, but it is not a kindness.

Then there are the white lies to make people feel better about something they cannot change. I try to avoid those as best I can. "It looks ok," is my usual out. I tell myself that it probably really does look ok to some people.

bella maybe you are referring to a conditional love and Star is speaking of a love with no conditions a love that only gives because thats it's nature and its sufficent to itself, definitly there is conditional and unconditional love agreed??? Namasate sheri

Bella
Coddling and enabling people is not about love or kindnes its about either ego or niceness which is not the same as kindness. But of course this is just my thoughts.

I do not believe as anything such as 'white lies" nothing in my mind that is dishonest can be related to goodness. perhpas it can be viewed as such like you spoke of if someone doesn't want to hurt anothers feelings but I think the better out is either be honest or avoid it all together.

Can conditional love even be considered love, or is it more of a... transaction?

The first was in thinking of my patients that were alcohol and drug addicts who had family members that kept paying their bills as they kept spending all their own money on booze and drugs, and the second was in thinking of my terminally ill patients who wanted to try to look nice for family visits.
Hope that helps explain it.

I am a Hindu but not just because I was raised Hindu. I am Hindu because I believe in the Karma system.

bella that is unfortunate. I can understand what your saying in that regards. I have lent money multiple times to a family member that abused drugs. if the intention is out of kindness than giving is great however i think if one knows before hand that this person will abuse it than perhaps they should be aware as well. I went through a similar thing with a family member. My intentions were out of love and kindness but that person vonitually abused the intention so I made the decision to longer give them money. The intention was still good but it was the person that abused it....there should most certainly be a point where you do not give in this respect.

About your second story. I wanted to share this. When my mother was going through chemo-therapy she had lost all her hair and was wearing a wig. I was all of 6 I think when she first got sick. I had never seen her without her wig. but one afternoon she called each of us into the bedroom one by one and revealed what she looked like. I remember seeing her there on the bed and she had tiny hairs here and there. She told me i could laugh if i wanted to that it was okay it wouldn't hurt her feelings and than asked if i thought she was ugly like that. I remember thinking her head looked odd but when I looked in her eyes past the physical I saw my mother's beauty and I answered just so. "No mom your beautiful to me." I think things like this are perception. Even if you think someone who is terminally ill looks rough I think the remark that they are beautiful can be very honest if it is their true beauty your looking at.

I believe in a god, certainly, don't know why though...but can't really see myself following any religion, maybe just haven't found the right one yet, maybe never will...

I am VERY spiritual.
Religion is made by people.

I believe in a "higher power" what ever name you want to give Him or Her.
We are all part of this higher power.
We are all connected and "one"

Oneness LIFE Namaste sheri

agnostic/atheist

Spirituality for a better future. The goal of every religion is to have better life for humanity. The destination is more important than the path.

Sheri...yes. You're right conditional and unconditional love are different most certainly.

just my thought of course but love within itself is perfact and unconditional it is only when people get a hold of it sometimes that they distort it and twist it to their purpose.

Kindness is the same in my mind. if one abuses it does not mean it is bad for the person giivng it it simply means its been distorted by a person who abused it. unfortunately it seems the human condition that these things get twisted and than other people become untrusting and guarded.

but in my mind these two things are not bad within themselves. My mother used to say, "Love and kindness are perfect, it is people that aren't." I still believe her.

I tend to believe sometimes <--plz note I said sometimes LOL ......that the kinder you are to a person the less they think of you

You could very well be right in some instances. I think sometimes when people are kind they can viewed as "soft." However personally if someone were to think less of me because I was kind to them than it seems like they have the problem doesn't it?
Just my own thought.....

Of course I still believe there are times you have to stand firm and times you have to stand up...and i don't view that as being unkind when nesessary.

Tis true Stargazer...I have seen me bend over backwards to ie - my sister and she has though much less of me then my sister in law who talks down to her..she seems to respect that kind of behaviour

Roman Catholic

I think you are right.
It seems several cultures equate respect with being feared so it seems common sense that many individuals on their own independent of their cultural background could develop this same philosophy.

They believe the truly strong are always feared and only the strong are really respected.

I see you Roman Catholic.

My husband is an Arius Roman Catholic.
Ya all figure that one out, I never really have.