Other Religions (beliefs, atheist, divorce, service, lutheran)

[Seyorni]

There are a lot of admirable qualities in just about every religion.

I admire the Peace Churches: Mennonites, Friends, Bretheren.
They take Christ's teachings seriously and tend not to alter them to fit current social and political trends.

I like the Amish and Hutterites, who structure their lives around their religious beliefs rather than just pay lip-service to the 'family religion.' They live in the world, but are not of the world, and have no interest in pushing their beliefs on others.

I Like Baha'is. They're devout but accepting of other religious traditions. They're pacific. And if someone has ten bad qualities and one good, they focus on the good one.

I like the mystical traditions: Sufism, Kabbalah, Theosophy (if Theosophy can be considered a "tradition"), &c. Though, admittedly, because their insights tend to mirror my own tradition.

I like the Earth-centeredness and social outlook of the Wiccans. They have their priorities in order.

I like the ecumenicalism, pacificism and social activism of the UUs

I like the no-nonsense reliance on Reason of the Pastafarians -- though this might be characterized more as a reactionary, counter-faith mythology than an actual religion.

OK. I'm going to end this now. With every religion I mention I think of two more I should list and a half dozen points I should add to those I've already mentioned.
I could be here all afternoon!