Which Of the World's Religions Is Most Practical? (ritual, America)

[fullyveiled muslimah]

Well since Islam don't get alot of votes around here for the good stuff, i'm gonna say Islam is the most practical. It's goals are reachable and feasible. Every command of Allah is able to be practiced, and best of all we ain't gotta be perfect to do it.

[Trey of Diamonds]

Originally Posted by fullyveiled muslimah

i'm gonna say Islam is the most practical.

Which form of Islam? Not that you have to choose one but I'm curious if you consider one better than the others. I could see Sufi Islam being a contender but I'm still going to vote UU.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

Well, I was interested in how everyone would define "practical" so I left that open.

Alrrrrighty! It seems people have indeed understood it differently.

[cardero]

Originally Posted by Victor

Alrrrrighty! It seems people have indeed understood it differently.

It seems that some people have understood it faithfully.

[lilithu]

Originally Posted by Aasimar

Bah. In the general sense of rape sure, but let's say someone has a gun to the head of someone who believes that if they lose their virginity they are damned. The man with the gun, who you cannot get to by the way and it's a 50 cal, so it's gonna blow a big hole in the person (You can't jump in the way of the bullet, besides he has more) Tell you to rape the woman or he will kill her. She begs you not to rape her because she believes she will go to hell (Not willing to partake aka. Rape) How would you respond. I know this is a big hypothetical, and of course I despise rape as a concept, but in this case I would rape the woman, what about you?

I would not rape her... and it has nothing to do with her beliefs about whether she is going to hell or not. It has more to do with respecting her choices about herself. Who are you to decide that she's better off having to live with being raped than dead?

[Victor]

Originally Posted by cardero

It seems that some people have understood it faithfully.

Faithfully?
I'm not sure what you mean?

[lilithu]

In the absence of criteria for what constitutes "practical" I would agree with Reform Judaism. Not because it's the most tolerant, but because it's humanist oriented. (The two tend to go together but are not the same thing.) It's focus is on the needs of its practitioners and that seems like a good criterion for "practicality."

I wouldn't pick UU, believe it or not, because I think our extreme openness can be disorienting to a lot of people, and that makes it less practical.

Another candidate I would suggest is Western Buddhism. Buddhism is practical in that it is very empirical - go with what works - and Western Buddhism strips Buddhism of most of its religious elements, which some would see as "impractical." I personally like the religious elements of Buddhism, but then "practicality" is not my main criterion for choosing a religion.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by lilithu

... It's focus is on the needs of its practitioners and that seems like a good criterion for "practicality."

Hmm....just pondering.....don't most religions do that?

[TashaN]

Originally Posted by Trey of Diamonds

Which form of Islam? Not that you have to choose one but I'm curious if you consider one better than the others. I could see Sufi Islam being a contender but I'm still going to vote UU.

Islam is Islam, we all believe in one God and also we all believe in Prophet Mohammed "peace be upon him" to be the final Prophet of Allah, who was sent by Allah almighty, as mercy to all human beings till the day of judgement.