Not sure if that's the test I would use. I've cried out to Gods I don't believe in during a psychotic episode, where I thought I was dying.
Death does strange things to the mind and sanity.
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Not sure if that's the test I would use. I've cried out to Gods I don't believe in during a psychotic episode, where I thought I was dying.
Death does strange things to the mind and sanity.
The fact that there are one or more religions for each major and most minor cultural groups is one of the most obvious things about belief. As you say, they can't all be right, even though they could all be wrong.Can someone tell me plainly if their religion is the actual correct one? You see, I’m trying to figure it out, but I’m just about burnt out investigating. thanks!
This thread is intended to be an exercise in futility
The problem ─ as doubtless you already know ─ is that religion has no test for truth. Instead, in religion something is 'true' because an authority figure says so, or it's true because it somehow feels to the individual like it should be true.
Elsewhere, truth, as the 'correspondence' definition says, is a quality of statements, and a statement is true to the extent that it corresponds with / accurately reflects objective reality, the world external to the self. Thus the test for truth here is about as objective as we can make it.
But objective reality is at best only a tiny part of what religions are about.
Christianity is right.
It's not for everyone.
It can, but when it comes down to it, it seems one of the most raw and honest methods.
Fair enough. Shouldn't you be in bed
Edit: Need to make sure I scream for Wodan next time.
I am in bedFair enough. Shouldn't you be in bed
It all comes down to personal perspective, doesn't it?
I am in bed
You know what I meant. Lmao.
If you're awake get back in Discord
Edit: Grammar
Oh yeah. Discord. I forgot about that....
Yup, it's one of those topics where everyone knows they're right.
Look for the ones that don't claim they are. Arrogance is not a good sign.Can someone tell me plainly if their religion is the actual correct one
Well, we have the Book of Mormon. We believe it has the fullness of the gospel and that a man will get closer to God by abiding by its precepts than any other book. The very first chapter is about survival and revelation.Can someone tell me plainly if their religion is the actual correct one
This thread is intended to be an exercise in futility
Spiderman
Veteran Member
Osiris, God of the dead!
Anyway OP, Shinto has only one Doctrine, no Scriptures, no known founder, so nothing to argue about.
Shinto Doctrine is simply "belief in the Kami".
Kami is simply Spirit, Angel, or God. If God exists, if Angels exist, if souls/spirits exist, then Shinto is a true faith.
End of story!
Can't argue that point. Many didn't want him when he roamed the earth
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Kooky
Freedom from Sanity
What if they're all wrong, then?This thread is intended to be an exercise in futility
Then it was at least fun on the way out.
Kooky
Freedom from Sanity
I don't know about that. Quite a few outspokenly religious people tend to be overly serious, and exceptionally unfun.
amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
I still think that an old religion I used to pursue, which is some kind of "general animism," is correct, but I can't follow it for a few reasons. One is that I have not been able to apprehend it, in the context of this society. The second is that it blows apart all dogma, as it is like water to a duck's back. So a further point that is a product of those two points, is that the religion is 'too heavy' for me. A third is that it may require community, which is not forthcoming in this context. So now, I merely stick to mere spiritual assertion, I am a dualism advocate
If your religion isn't bringing you joy, you're in the wrong religion.