Requia
Active Member
I find myself frequently giving out advice that isn't useful for one reason or another, or failing to say things that I didn't realize were relevant, and I thought it might be useful to point out some things that will help me (and hopefully others) help the seekers here.
Be upfront about what you're looking for in a religion. If the social aspects of religion are important to you, then you don't want people suggesting obscure religions that probably don't have a congregation in your area. If you want a religion that already matches the beliefs you have, say what those beliefs are.
Avoid fuzzy labels. Pretty much any label for a religion, be is mystic, christian, satanist or the like, has many meaning to many different people. You'll get a better quality of responses from saying "I want a religion that will help me get closer to God" than saying "I want a mystic religion".
If you've already decided you don't like a given religion, say why. No religion is homogeneous, the things you don't like about a religion you rejected may not be present in another sect of the religion, but nobody is going to tell you that unless they know why you rejected the religion.
Be upfront about what you're looking for in a religion. If the social aspects of religion are important to you, then you don't want people suggesting obscure religions that probably don't have a congregation in your area. If you want a religion that already matches the beliefs you have, say what those beliefs are.
Avoid fuzzy labels. Pretty much any label for a religion, be is mystic, christian, satanist or the like, has many meaning to many different people. You'll get a better quality of responses from saying "I want a religion that will help me get closer to God" than saying "I want a mystic religion".
If you've already decided you don't like a given religion, say why. No religion is homogeneous, the things you don't like about a religion you rejected may not be present in another sect of the religion, but nobody is going to tell you that unless they know why you rejected the religion.