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What religion should I follow based off my beliefs?

SomeRandom

Still learning to be wise
Staff member
Premium Member
Maybe one of the Dharmics. Jains have a similar theistic structure though reject the idea of a creator God (they still worship deities though.) Various schools of Hinduism have similar beliefs as do Sikhs though they are monotheistic.
Maybe check out some Pagan or Eastern religions as they don't generally take issue with being pluralistic about religion. Well a lot of easterners don't not sure about Pagans.
 

Kemosloby

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
The cult of the bedazzled monkey, everybody believes what they want to believe, they keep it to themselves so nobody knows if anybody believes something different.
 

Terese

Mangalam Pundarikakshah
Staff member
Premium Member
Sounds like Hinduism. There are Henotheistic traditions like Vaisnavism, Saktism and Saivism, each having their own denominations. These traditions believe in a Supreme Being, and that their deities called the devas whose power is insignificant compared to Brahman, the Supreme Being. The atma is the soul of a person, and the Lord resides in this atma, and is indestructible. Are you looking for a personal or impersonal relationship to God?

I was always told that if you believe there is a God or life force, you're agnostic? Has the internet lied to me again?
Definition of an Agnostic on Google: "A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God". Does that sound like one of your beliefs? :)
 

Ricktheheretic

"Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law"
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I believe in henotheism. I believe there is a God who is higher than all other Gods, whom we worship. We also believe there are other Gods that are worthy of our worship, but we praise them slightly less. I also believe that all objects have a life force, and spirit, to them and that we can be assisted in our lives by having a spirit for the house, a spirit in the workplace, etc., but we must invite them into our lives. I believe that the basic teaching I would like to follow is that there is suffering in this world and we can solve it by becoming wakeful and by learning the path given to us by the God(s) to stop ours and others suffering. I believe that we should gather for worship together, with other mortals, in a meeting room similar to a church building. The room would have a podium at the front in which members speak to the congregation. There would be no clergy, although there would be a leader for each community who organizes who talks at that meeting, and also coordinates with others around them. There would also be a higher leader that helps with basic organizations, but they wouldn't have any special privileges. I also think the meeting place would have small niches for private, personal reflections. I do think there would be a special being, a prophet, who would come down to this planet to inform us of the holy being's doings and that they would help us write our scripture. I also believe in reincarnation. We are reincarnated until we have learned enough in life about the path to salvation then we are brought up to a paradise of sorts to feast with the Gods, be with our families forever, and have no problems. I also think that families are eternal and that we should and always will be with our families.

I know I didn't go into tons of details, ask questions if you need to. I just need advice on which religion fits into those parameters, even if some things aren't exactly the same. Thank you for reading this.

If you have any questions you want to ask, please, let me know.

I have a personal preference for Thelema, as it encourages individual exploration and spiritual growth. Aleister Crowley started Thelema in 1904 when he was supposedly guided by a higher intelligence to an artifact in the museum in Cairo, Egypt. The artifact was a stele from the tomb of the priest Ankh Af-Na Khonsu, numbered 666. As a boy raised a devout Protestant Crowley had identified with the number 666 because it was the number of the beast, the anti-thesis of Judeo-Christian religion he had always rebelled against. Not long after his experience in Cairo Crowley began having visions in which a higher power dictated a holy scripture. What Crowley wrote down became Liber Al Legis (The Book of the Law). The third chapter of Liber Al is about the current aeon or age of mankind, the age in which the patriarchal/authoritarian religion symbolized by Osiris has died and is being replaced by a religion based on personal experience of the divine through mysticism and occultism (the aeon of Horus). One difference between Thelema and patriarchal religions is the belief that all people are gods, God is "one Star in the Company of Stars of whose fire we are created" Creed of the Gnostic Catholic Church Another thing that makes Thelema different from patriarchal religions is syncretism, the acceptance of truths found in all religions and belief in the divine origin of all religions. Aleister Crowley got a lot of bad fame, and was branded as "the beast" and "the wickedest man in the world," but despite his eccentric lifestyle Crowley wrote a lot of good books on mysticism and the occult. He encouraged his followers to find wisdom where ever it was - in Kabbalah, Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Alchemy, Witchcraft, Eastern mysticism etc. etc. He posited a formula of mystic/occult anarchism, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" or always follow your own inner voice. Thelema in Greek means "will" or "intention."

Thelema 101 at Thelema 101
 
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Brickjectivity

wind and rain touch not this brain
Staff member
Premium Member
I believe in henotheism. I believe there is a God who is higher than all other Gods, whom we worship. We also believe there are other Gods that are worthy of our worship, but we praise them slightly less. I also believe that all objects have a life force, and spirit, to them and that we can be assisted in our lives by having a spirit for the house, a spirit in the workplace, etc., but we must invite them into our lives. I believe that the basic teaching I would like to follow is that there is suffering in this world and we can solve it by becoming wakeful and by learning the path given to us by the God(s) to stop ours and others suffering. I believe that we should gather for worship together, with other mortals, in a meeting room similar to a church building. The room would have a podium at the front in which members speak to the congregation. There would be no clergy, although there would be a leader for each community who organizes who talks at that meeting, and also coordinates with others around them. There would also be a higher leader that helps with basic organizations, but they wouldn't have any special privileges. I also think the meeting place would have small niches for private, personal reflections. I do think there would be a special being, a prophet, who would come down to this planet to inform us of the holy being's doings and that they would help us write our scripture. I also believe in reincarnation. We are reincarnated until we have learned enough in life about the path to salvation then we are brought up to a paradise of sorts to feast with the Gods, be with our families forever, and have no problems. I also think that families are eternal and that we should and always will be with our families.

I know I didn't go into tons of details, ask questions if you need to. I just need advice on which religion fits into those parameters, even if some things aren't exactly the same. Thank you for reading this.

If you have any questions you want to ask, please, let me know.
Japanese traditional culture has a similar mixture I think. They have animist gods, household gods, buddhist sutras, ancestor worship, a divine emperor, little meeting areas (those red gate things), plus Buddhist temples, tons of temples all over the place.
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
I believe in henotheism. I believe there is a God who is higher than all other Gods, whom we worship. We also believe there are other Gods that are worthy of our worship, but we praise them slightly less. I also believe that all objects have a life force, and spirit, to them and that we can be assisted in our lives by having a spirit for the house, a spirit in the workplace, etc., but we must invite them into our lives. I believe that the basic teaching I would like to follow is that there is suffering in this world and we can solve it by becoming wakeful and by learning the path given to us by the God(s) to stop ours and others suffering. I believe that we should gather for worship together, with other mortals, in a meeting room similar to a church building. The room would have a podium at the front in which members speak to the congregation. There would be no clergy, although there would be a leader for each community who organizes who talks at that meeting, and also coordinates with others around them. There would also be a higher leader that helps with basic organizations, but they wouldn't have any special privileges. I also think the meeting place would have small niches for private, personal reflections. I do think there would be a special being, a prophet, who would come down to this planet to inform us of the holy being's doings and that they would help us write our scripture. I also believe in reincarnation. We are reincarnated until we have learned enough in life about the path to salvation then we are brought up to a paradise of sorts to feast with the Gods, be with our families forever, and have no problems. I also think that families are eternal and that we should and always will be with our families.

I know I didn't go into tons of details, ask questions if you need to. I just need advice on which religion fits into those parameters, even if some things aren't exactly the same. Thank you for reading this.

If you have any questions you want to ask, please, let me know.

Saivite Hindu here. My version is henotheistic. Some things align with my sect of Hinduism while others don't. The henotheism for us means we worship Siva as Supreme, but also spend a lot of time worshipping Ganesha and Murugan, and a few other more minor deities.

Invocation, or asking Gods and devas for help is also there. So is reincarnation pretty much as you described it, but oour end point is different. We lose all individuality in a merger.

What definitely isn't there is a podium and a room with people sharing experiences. One's relationship with God, in my sect, is essentially a private matter between you and God. Also there is definitely no prophet. We have wise men and Gurus, but the idea of a prophet just goes way beyond how God would operate. If God concentrated that energy into a single physical body, surely that body would just explode.
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
I believe in henotheism. I believe there is a God who is higher than all other Gods, whom we worship. We also believe there are other Gods that are worthy of our worship, but we praise them slightly less. I also believe that all objects have a life force, and spirit, to them and that we can be assisted in our lives by having a spirit for the house, a spirit in the workplace, etc., but we must invite them into our lives. I believe that the basic teaching I would like to follow is that there is suffering in this world and we can solve it by becoming wakeful and by learning the path given to us by the God(s) to stop ours and others suffering. I believe that we should gather for worship together, with other mortals, in a meeting room similar to a church building. The room would have a podium at the front in which members speak to the congregation. There would be no clergy, although there would be a leader for each community who organizes who talks at that meeting, and also coordinates with others around them. There would also be a higher leader that helps with basic organizations, but they wouldn't have any special privileges. I also think the meeting place would have small niches for private, personal reflections. I do think there would be a special being, a prophet, who would come down to this planet to inform us of the holy being's doings and that they would help us write our scripture. I also believe in reincarnation. We are reincarnated until we have learned enough in life about the path to salvation then we are brought up to a paradise of sorts to feast with the Gods, be with our families forever, and have no problems. I also think that families are eternal and that we should and always will be with our families.

I know I didn't go into tons of details, ask questions if you need to. I just need advice on which religion fits into those parameters, even if some things aren't exactly the same. Thank you for reading this.

If you have any questions you want to ask, please, let me know.
Sounds like a variation of Mormonism to me. A few of your beliefs are spot on, others would need to be modified slightly, and at least one (reincarnation) would have to be discarded entirely. Unfortunately I don't have the time right now to elaborate. I'll see if I can get to it later today, though, but we've got a neighborhood backyard barbeque at our place tonight, so it's going to be a kind of a hectic day for me. I'll get started right now, but will update my post as I can grab a few minutes to do so.

I believe in henotheism. I believe there is a God who is higher than all other Gods, whom we worship. We also believe there are other Gods that are worthy of our worship, but we praise them slightly less.
The Bible, which is part of our canon of holy scripture, mentions other gods besides our God, who is our Father in Heaven. It also strictly warns against worshiping them. As to who these other gods are, Mormons don't claim to know. We do believe that, as Paul said, there are those who are "called gods, whether on earth or in heaven." We do not worship them because they have no power over us and no power to affect our lives in any way. They cannot hear or answer our prayers and they have given us nothing. This does not imply that they are in any way evil. For the time being, we are content to know that they do exist but are not part of our religion in any way.
 
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Pear

Member
Sounds like a variation of Mormonism to me. A few of your beliefs are spot on, others would need to be modified slightly, and at least one (reincarnation) would have to be discarded entirely. Unfortunately I don't have the time right now to elaborate. I'll see if I can get to it later today, though, but we've got a neighborhood backyard barbeque at our place tonight, so it's going to be a kind of a hectic day for me. I'll get started right now, but will update my post as I can grab a few minutes to do so.

The Bible, which is part of our canon of holy scripture, mentions other gods besides our God, who is our Father in Heaven. It also strictly warns against worshiping them. As to who these other gods are, Mormons don't claim to know. We do believe that, as Paul said, there are those who are "called gods, whether on earth or in heaven." We do not worship them because they have no power over us and no power to affect our lives in any way. They cannot hear or answer our prayers and they have given us nothing. This does not imply that they are in any way evil. For the time being, we are content to know that they do exist but are not part of our religion in any way.
See heres the thing, I have looked into the LDS Church, and it honestly didn't feel right at all to me. Thanks though.
 

SabahTheLoner

Master of the Art of Couch Potato Cuddles
I believe in henotheism. I believe there is a God who is higher than all other Gods, whom we worship. We also believe there are other Gods that are worthy of our worship, but we praise them slightly less. I also believe that all objects have a life force, and spirit, to them and that we can be assisted in our lives by having a spirit for the house, a spirit in the workplace, etc., but we must invite them into our lives. I believe that the basic teaching I would like to follow is that there is suffering in this world and we can solve it by becoming wakeful and by learning the path given to us by the God(s) to stop ours and others suffering. I believe that we should gather for worship together, with other mortals, in a meeting room similar to a church building. The room would have a podium at the front in which members speak to the congregation. There would be no clergy, although there would be a leader for each community who organizes who talks at that meeting, and also coordinates with others around them. There would also be a higher leader that helps with basic organizations, but they wouldn't have any special privileges. I also think the meeting place would have small niches for private, personal reflections. I do think there would be a special being, a prophet, who would come down to this planet to inform us of the holy being's doings and that they would help us write our scripture. I also believe in reincarnation. We are reincarnated until we have learned enough in life about the path to salvation then we are brought up to a paradise of sorts to feast with the Gods, be with our families forever, and have no problems. I also think that families are eternal and that we should and always will be with our families.

I know I didn't go into tons of details, ask questions if you need to. I just need advice on which religion fits into those parameters, even if some things aren't exactly the same. Thank you for reading this.

If you have any questions you want to ask, please, let me know.

Sounds a bit like a mix of most polytheistic African religions and Hinduism in my opinion. I would probably also point you to Wicca although the divine in that sect of paganism is slightly more complex. But definitely something of a Pagan or theistic Hindu nature.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
One thing for sure @Pear, when it comes to "religion" don't let other people tell you what you are or what you are not. No one here but yourself can decide if you are agnostic.

Thats like going to the dictionary to ask what "what does emphazing mean?" And you look it up and it says, "it means to put emphasis to something important."

If the OP wanted a theraputic answer, that would be perfect. If youre an atheist, you dont believe in god. Agnostic gods are not proovable. Theist believe god exist.

Most people who ask "what they want to believe" are not looking for a theraputic answer. Thats why reflection helps (if I mentioned that), education, and knowing your values.

You can get words of wisdom from others just know your barriers of whose wisdom are you adopting, yours or another person's. @Pear
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
See heres the thing, I have looked into the LDS Church, and it honestly didn't feel right at all to me. Thanks though.
Okay, well it actually meets more of the "criteria" you mentioned than any other religion I know of, but thanks for your honesty and civility. :) Since you're really not interested, though, I guess I've probably said all I really need to say on the subject. Good luck in your search.
 

A Vestigial Mote

Well-Known Member
The cult of the bedazzled monkey, everybody believes what they want to believe, they keep it to themselves so nobody knows if anybody believes something different.

Except for the "keep it to themselves" part, this sounds an awful lot like plain old reality.
 

Pear

Member
Okay, well it actually meets more of the "criteria" you mentioned than any other religion I know of, but thanks for your honesty and civility. :) Since you're really not interested, though, I guess I've probably said all I really need to say on the subject. Good luck in your search.
Thank you for not being a d-bag about it too. :) Thanks, I will need that luck. :p
 
Sounds like Hinduism. There are Henotheistic traditions like Vaisnavism, Saktism and Saivism, each having their own denominations. These traditions believe in a Supreme Being, and that their deities called the devas whose power is insignificant compared to Brahman, the Supreme Being. The atma is the soul of a person, and the Lord resides in this atma, and is indestructible. Are you looking for a personal or impersonal relationship to God?


Definition of an Agnostic on Google: "A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God". Does that sound like one of your beliefs? :)

ISKCON (Hare Krishnas) would probably be one of the most accessible forms of Hinduism for him.
 
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