Polls: Religion & Spirituality

i dont wanna be burned alive or radioactive or bombs or shot or starve to death

we all know what happens to people who were muslim but change. how parents and past friends react.

in fact Leaving Islam, known as apostasy (ridda), is considered a severe crime in Islam. in some countries: Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Maldives, Mauritania, Yemen more than 5 have death penalty for openly Leaving Islam. so people pretend.

but how many? considering people can't leave openly, visibly, and considering their strict rules- how many would stay? if muslim country all obeyed quran 2:256 'no compulsion forcing in faith".

If karma is there to make us feel pain, and people use the belief in karma/god to minimize emotional pain, then that necessitates karma to cause even more chaos in the physical world in order to finally force us to feel that original pain.

Christians are the same. Belief in salvation is used to silence the heart.

You can answer even if you believe that the collective unconscious is confined in the brain as a set of DNA programmed archetypes. I think the two screenshots below prove otherwise. But it does not imply any prepackaged schools of thought, for example, does not prove any "simulation", nor any kamaloca.

The message of religion appears to be that in order to end the suffering of one part, we must sacrifice another part. That is how karma needs to be extinguished, I agree. But mainstream religion has the parts switched:

I say suffer in your heart silently and karma will cease causing you physical and mental torment.

Religion says do these actions physically, avoid negative emotions, and hope for relief after death (or somehow feel pain without a body..)

If you always focus on the explanation of how it happened or say "it's in god's hands" to avoid feeling agony, then obviously no amount of pain will resolve your karma causing it.

Jesus said that to follow him has nothing to do with symbolizing or naming his name or using forgiveness to bypass the suffering, "disregard your own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and your own life..." means be heartbroken at every single cope and distortion subconsciously committed especially by our family because we are raised to believe that our parents' flaws are not to be upset about. Most harm in the world is unintentional and still we must feel the ache, deleted from excusing, no matter how excusable.

Every single time I deal with someone who is "hyper religious," they are shockingly unkind. They memorize scripture and go to services just to turn around and gossip, judge, and treat outsiders like garbage.

You would think that devoting your life to a faith that preaches loving your neighbor would make you a better person. But in my experience, it does the exact opposite. They act like their religion gives them a free pass to be arrogant and mean, all while patting themselves on the back for being "righteous." It is pure hypocrisy.

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As per the New Testament, as a Christian, I know the type of white Resin material cross that I hold and own. Not necessarily to carry neither to bear.

Lol, bear. Anyways - N is for Nicholas. 👀✍🏻

It also matches the respect and admiration I've often held of the "many Bishops and Archbishops I've known or met in my lifetime so far" - true story. Praise our Saviour Jesus Christ/Christ Jesus, the Saviour and Lord of His Story. Lol. 😋

I don't feel like posting this for learning, and I don't feel like bragging about my ideas, so I am posting this for entertainment. But I hope at least a handful will vote for option B.

Not just one, but having both at the same time.

Most of them live in the northern parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, where viruses like Ebola and cholera are everywhere. They are poor because they were French colonies, and their native languages have disappeared. They have no industry. They don't work in air-conditioned offices; they farm under the blazing sun in 50-degree heat. Their countries are strategic battlegrounds for the United States, China, and France. There are constant coups and instability, and it is these people who pay the price. They are looked down upon even by their fellow Muslims. (Racism against Black people is quite common in Berber and Arab countries.)

Because they are Muslims, they are automatically branded as pedophiles, rapists, terrorists who behead people and blow themselves up. (Black Christians are nowhere near as disadvantaged.)

When they try to move abroad and build a new life through hard work, they arrive before everyone else and leave after everyone else, yet they still endure those contemptuous looks.

Even in a CS game, when I introduced myself as a Black Muslim, the very first words I heard were the N-word, "pedophile," and "terrorist."

In this world, they have no one to turn to except Allah.

"We know that your heart is distressed."
Surah Al-Hijr (15:97)
"Do not grieve. Indeed, Allah is with us."
Surah At-Tawbah (9:40)
"Is Allah not sufficient for His servant?"
Surah Az-Zumar (39:36)

I want to start by saying I am not here to attack your faith or start an angry debate. To be completely honest, I do not believe in God. When I look at the world, things like biology, the brain, and how the universe works just seem to run on their own natural rules. Because of that, I have never really found a reason to believe in a creator.

But I am also very curious. I know belief is a huge part of many people's lives, and I want to understand the other side without judging it. I really want to know what it was that convinced you that God is real.

Was it a specific moment or a personal experience you had? Is it a logical idea that just makes perfect sense to you? Or is it something you just feel deep down?

I am not asking this so I can argue with your answers or tell you that you are wrong. I genuinely just want to see things from your point of view. And I like to keep an open mind. If someone shares a reason that is truly convincing and makes sense to me, I am absolutely open to changing my mind and believing too.

So, believers, what is your main reason for believing? I would love to hear your stories.

Personally, I don't. I know she may exist, but I doubt it. What do you think?

Here are just a sample of some various religious sects:

1. Islam

2. Catholicism

3. Calvinism

4. Greek Orthodox

5. Baptist

6. Presbyterian

7. Hinduism

8. Buddhism

9. Reform Judaism

10. Orthodox Judaism

11. Mormonism

12. Shintoism

Obviously, there are many more religions. But do any of them lead to more or less economic success/wealth?

It is nothing like pagan religions, where people were buried with their belongings, or polytheistic religions in which every city had its own god.

Christianity, which most of you belong to, is considered by some to have begun as a sect of Judaism. Since the Jews no longer had a sovereign state, it lacked the institutions that might have kept it within Judaism. Its revolutionary feature was its claim to universality, which separated it from Judaism and gave rise to missionary work.

Judaism centers on the revelation of the Torah to Moses, alongside later rabbinic traditions. Christianity is different: the Gospels were written decades later by people traditionally linked to the apostles. Rather than being presented as God's direct words, they mainly recount Jesus' life. One could argue that this makes Christianity easier to reinterpret and reform.

Islam, meanwhile, also claimed universality but almost immediately became the religion of a state. Within a century it had spread from al-Andalus to Khorasan. Muslim scholars developed detailed traditions in hadith, sira, aqidah, fiqh, kalam, and tafsir. In that sense, Islam combines Judaism's strong textual tradition with Christianity's missionary outlook while avoiding what many see as their weaker aspects. Its legal and theological traditions are so comprehensive that major reform is far more difficult.

Muslims also tend to place greater emphasis on the ummah and religious commitment. British Protestant schools in the Ottoman Empire initially aimed to convert Muslims, but their own reports admitted they achieved little success because Muslims were deeply attached to their faith. Many schools instead focused on converting Armenians.

Recently, a comedy portrayed Jesus as gay and drew relatively little reaction from Christians, despite Christianity being the world's largest religion. Try making a similar claim about the Prophet Muhammad to a Muslim. If your head is still attached afterward, consider yourself lucky :D

“The serpent in the garden wasn’t satanic… it was the savior. It was the voice of Earth wisdom guiding humans to awakening to the truth of who they are. In the oldest layers of symbolism, the serpent has been associated with wisdom, reincarnation, and eternity. It is the one who sheds its skin and is reborn. The one who moves between worlds. The one who represents cycles, transformation, and the eternal return of divine consciousness. In the Garden of Eden, the serpent was not introducing corruption, but interrupting illusion. The illusion of separation from divine presence. Eve stood at the threshold of shifting from the comfort of illusion into total divine awareness. What if the Garden of Eden was not heaven on Earth, but the comfort of not yet questioning it? A place where everything is given to you, but nothing is yet truly known by you. Then why did God get mad at Eve? God didn't get mad. The ego did. No God of the highest Light would curse his own creations. It is impossible for darkness to flow from light. The ego tries to convince you that you are in danger when you expand past the comfort of your current beliefs. The whole story of Eve is the story of killing the comfort of your ego identity to expand your consciousness. It wasn't temptation that she fell to. It was choosing awareness over comfort. Eve represents the initiation of humanity's awakening to their divinity. How overcoming the voice of fear and choosing expansion leads to the journey of enlightenment.” - Angela Nicholson on Facebook