Which Religions Are Not An Escape From Reality?

[LuisDantas]

Religion without Theism is like dinner without food

Uh, no. Not at all.

Theism is nothing more than a personal aesthetical preference.

In any case, how does that connect to the text that you quoted?

 

[oldbadger]

Personal hygiene is independent from Revoltifarianism.....tis a personal choice....like boxers or briefs.

Can a Revoltifarian go 'commando'? (neither boxers nor briefs).
Do Revoltifarians have a high moral code, like not kissing girls on dates at the cinema, or not peeing in bushes at parks etc?
Do Revoltifarians have to have sets of every type of spanner? (AF, Whitworth, metric etc?)
I'm just putting a toe in the water here.

 

[Revoltingest]

Can a Revoltifarian go 'commando'? (neither boxers nor briefs).

Yes.
But a trigger warning is advised.

Do Revoltifarians have a high moral code, like not kissing girls on dates at the cinema, or not peeing in bushes at parks etc?

Tricky.
A high moral code allows defiling bushes when the call of nature becomes that compelling.

Do Revoltifarians have to have sets of every type of spanner? (AF, Whitworth, metric etc?)

Yes....
SAE, metric, Whitworth, British Standard
But not British Association...I manage to work on instruments using the other sizes.

I'm just putting a toe in the water here.

An acceptable Revoltifarian practice.

 

[Revoltingest]

Breaking news!
This silly thread just became featured.
Or was it fetid?
Go figure.

 

[George-ananda]

Which Religions Are Not An Escape From Reality?

I certainly think my spiritual beliefs are not an escape from reality but a deeper understanding of reality than is to be found in a materialist's view.

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

Personal hygiene is independent from Revoltifarianism.....tis a personal choice....like boxers or briefs.

False dichotomy. It excludes commando.

 

[Revoltingest]

False dichotomy. It excludes commando.

Excluded?
No.
Encouraged?
Yes!

 

[Wu Wei]

So far, there's only one Revoltifarian.
And afterlife isn't one of his needs.
So it's a very stable lack-of-belief system.

The Simpsonian mythology is quite different from Revoltifarianism.
Ref....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_The_Simpsons
Some highlights....
- Ned Flanders is The Devil.
- God has an extra finger on each hand.
- Ganesha should not be fed a peanut.

 

[Revoltingest]

That's Futuramian....not Simpsonian!

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

Do Donald Trump and a child dying of cholera in a third world country live in the same world?

Yep.

They might even live in the same country, depending on your criteria for a country being third world. The Norwegians don't seem to think much of America and American life.

 

[Wu Wei]

That's Futuramian....not Simpsonian!

Yes, I know.....[Insert Evil Laughter Here]

 

[Scott C.]

The title says it all.

To the extent that a religion is true, it helps us understand, embrace, and cope with reality. To the extent that it's false, it does the opposite. So all we have to do to answer your question, is decide which religion(s) are true. Hmmm... that should be easy...

 

[Wu Wei]

Breaking news!
This silly thread just became featured.
Or was it fetid?
Go figure.

the thread is Featured.... you're fetid... see how that works

 

[Revoltingest]

the thread is Featured.... you're fetid... see how that works

It's clear now.

 

[Frater Sisyphus]

Would the question not be more useful if phrased "which religions are most concerned with the practical, material world?"

As religion itself is kind of a paradoxical dilemma, as it (insert religion) may or may not be founded in true, historical events and aspects of the scientifically unknown universe.
Another aspect of the paradox, is that even the most absurd of religions (conceptually) may have grounding in real world dealings, philosophy and etc.

Taking the question this way, it is treating religion like a frame and seeing what picture goes inside of it

 

[Grandliseur]

The title says it all.

I think we all seem to have our own beliefs and do not want to abandon our paradigms unless seriously kicked in the rear.
"Which Religions Are Not An Escape From Reality?" - the one 'I' have of course. 'I' being, you, me, and everybody else.

 

[Jonathan Ainsley Bain]

The title says it all.

So you think that Christ nailed to a cross is an escape from reality?
Wow, you must have a pretty horrid reality to escape from.
It does not get more real than that, old bean.

 

[Revoltingest]

So you think that Christ nailed to a cross is an escape from reality?

That would be (at most) an historical event, itself not an escape.

Wow, you must have a pretty horrid reality to escape from.
It does not get more real than that, old bean.

Belief in the mythology of which it's part is the escape.

 

[Muffled]

The title says it all.

I believe it would be Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Baha'i, Sikhism.

I believe Judaism is escaping the reality of Jesus as Messiah.

I believe Pagans are escaping the reality that their gods no longer exist as gods on earth.

I believe one might say that all the other religions are escaping the reality of Christianity but that may not be a major tenet just a result of illogical thinking.

 

[Muffled]

The Internet! Oh wait. TV oh WAIT! SHOPPING oh wait! Politics oh wait..money oh wait...

Oh wait a hike along a mountain trail less traveled. Sorry took me a while. I confused reality with daily actuality of culture for a bit. I might add breathing with conscious awareness that too is not an escape from reality. But that's a rarely practiced one.

I believe people do not really consciously breathe. It is a religious exercise that promotes that.