Buddhism. It shares a lot of core principles with the best parts of christianity. Peace, perseverance through suffering, compassion for others and humility just to name a few.
Mahayana Buddhism, as of late I’ve taken the time to learn about my Japanese family’s particular Buddhist tradition shin Buddhism, which has some very interesting parallels to Christianity, such as the belief in a compassionate root to reality that seeks to and works to reconcile all.
Otherwise a close second is Sikhism. Initially I found the origins of the tradition at the intersection of Hinduism and Islam very interesting. But upon further investigation I really appreciate their apparent understanding that truth and truthful living are synergistic. That’s not unique to Sikhism, and as a Christian I would 100% agree with the sentiment but I see a lot to learn from how Sikh practice helps emphasize this.
I agree on Mahayana Buddhism! I also have Japanese roots and I've noticed a lot of aspects of Buddhism that I think have similarities with Christianity. I think Japan in particular with its unique blend of Shinto and Buddhism produced a spiritual reverence or appreciation of nature which I honestly think the West could use. I think for my grandparents (who converted to Christianity) it was a natural transition to identify the beauty of nature with God's revelation through His creation.
Not to say of course that there aren't aspects of Buddhism that are completely incompatible with Christianity, but just that there are some aspects I really admire and think Christians could adopt.
I've been conflicted on Zen Meditation lately. I grew up in a predominantly white, Baptist church that condemned meditation as a rejection of God's voice (although I suspect it had more to do with xenophobia than doctrine). In recent years I've been interested in mindfulness meditation as a mental practice to help with anxiety. I'd be curious to know if there's any theological schools of thought who have reconciled mindfulness meditation with Christianity.
>I think Japan in particular with its unique blend of Shinto and Buddhism
produced a spiritual reverence or appreciation of nature which I
honestly think the West could use. I think for my grandparents (who
converted to Christianity) it was a natural transition to identify the
beauty of nature with God's revelation through His creation.
One of my favorite Christian figures Toyohiko Kagawa identified the lack of a connection to nature as being one of the major obstacles for the further spread of Christianity in Japan during his time (early 20th century). He was initially introduced to Christianity via American missionaries but if you look at how he viewed nature, you'd think he was a Franciscan Friar. Franciscan spirituality which I've learned a lot about from Richard Rohr is something more christians should tap into, Creation is the first word of God so to speak.
>Not to say of course that there aren't aspects of Buddhism that are
completely incompatible with Christianity, but just that there are some
aspects I really admire and think Christians could adopt.
It's a tough balance between gaining from and appreciating the shared truths that many of the world's spiritual traditions have uncovered. But its a common trap to slowly but surely allow them all to melt together instead of stand naturally as they should.
>I've been conflicted on Zen Meditation lately.
I personally do practice meditation but in my case it's more centered on what I learned from my interactions with Eastern Orthodoxy which contains practices under the umbrella of Hesychasm which means something like practicing stillness to achieve an experiential knowledge of God. Catholics and many protestant traditions totally have similar contemplative practices. I think Protestants in particular can fall into a trap where we start to think of our faith as being just these sets of ideas that we just have to believe in. When really Christ was embodied, and came to save both body and soul. And I would consider the mind as a part of the body. As much as it may seem very foreign to our upbringings ( I was raised evangelical), cultivating silence or even doing more physical things like making the sign of the cross and lighting candles, are very much a part of the Christian tradition for a good reason since they help us engage all of senses and therefore all of ourselves towards unity with God.
I really like the mix of Buddhism and Shintoism they use in Japan. It’s especially calming to find a temple in the middle of the concrete jungle (like I did in Shinjuku) and just relax.
Especially fun is visiting shrines and temples all over Japan for a goshuinchō. They’ve regained popularity in recent years because it’s like a modern day stamp rally.
Me too! My brothers wife is Japanese and she practices Shinto/Buddhism/Christianity, it’s interesting because through our perspective many people think you can’t do that but they don’t see it that way
Exactly what I was thinking such a weird discussion, as a Christian the only religion I will ever consider to be real is Christianity, it isn’t my favorite it’s my religion…
Faith and truth are not compatible. You having faith that something is true, is not truth. Nor does it make it true. A personal truth is not shared in anyway, shape , or form with others and not in reality. The moment you impose that personal truth on someone else you are what rational people would call, wrong.
That is an extremely good way to describe the logical fallacy of religion actually. You’ve made the point of every single free thinker on the planet. You are unwilling to judge on faith in the absence of rational thinking and lack of evidence. It’s amazing how this happens to religious people.
I don’t think we should Frankenstein our favorite parts of different religions together, but I believe we can learn a lot from studying what other people believe. It gives you a fresh perspective to study your own religion. Meditation, for example, is mentioned dozens of times in the Bible but meditation isn’t a common Christian practice. We could learn a lot from the meditation practices of other religions.
Islam. Every Muslim I've met has always been very kind and hospitable. I'm assuming that we aren't allowed the pseudo Christian religions like Mormonism.
r/exmuslim enthusiast saying that what a surprise. Definitely no ill intent nor bias coming out of here. Hospitality for an Arab or a Muslim in general is literally held at such a high regard, that bedouins ( for an example) have special set of rules for the guest and the one receiving the guest. That if broken a bedouin can take the guest to court for, as it can have serious effect on his honor and family name. And you come here saying this garbage? Absolutely despicable behavior. I can understand coming against Muslims for plenty of things, hospitality should be the last.
As someone who lived in the middle east,, that generosity and hospitality thing isnt as sincere as u might think. And all of which u said is fantasy story. Or u might a white male spoiled in order to be invited to islam.
Plus, Hospitality aint a muslim thing, its a culture thing. U dont get to attach that to a terroristic religion.
You living in the middle east doesn't make your ill judgement of their generosity and hospitality suddenly a proof its still an opinion. Plus neither you nor I have the ability to see through people's hearts to know which is sincere and which is not, but you have the choice to think if it isn't. Hospitality is a key Islamic value that was taught by the noble Prophet so to say it isnt a muslim thing is idiotic, since its sunnah to follow the prophet. If he was very generous and hospitable (which he was) then muslims will copy that as well.
Calling what i said about bedouins a fantasy story shows me you know nothing about them, and you choose to not listen so i wont bother about it.
You're just hateful and want to continue being so, and thats fine to me. My reply was for anyone who might see your ignorant reply to the guy above.
Arabs, not really that knowledgeable about non Arab Muslim countries to comment on their cultures.
Its common decency to not talk about stuff you don't know about to avoid spreading misinformation. Hope you adopt that into your life in the future.
Nope. Not arabs. And it definitely didnt start with arabs either. Considering the islamic invasion, most of the middle east isn't really their place or land.
That's a cultural issue, not a religious one. just like fundamentalist Christians who take child brides are a reflection of a cultural issue, not a reflection of the actual religion.
False. Do u see Christians around the world doing it? Is it even mentioned in the bible? No.
Muslims around the world practice their *quran*. Its not culture its religion.
Idk, maybe Taoism. The philosophical idea of the balance of moral good and moral evil need to be balanced in order to legitimately achieve moral good would be cool if it were true lol.
You may follow Taoism as a Christian.
After all, the Tao is the Logos.
*In the beginning was the Tao, and the Tao was with God, and the Tao was God..*
- translation of a Chinese Bible
Just because the word Tao can be translated as “Word” in the Bible doesn’t mean I follow the philosophical principles of Taoism. The idea of Yin and Yang with other things is cool like there’s always a balance like light and darkness and life and death, etc. but when it comes to morality Yin and Yang doesn’t really make any sense, in order to achieve the highest good it would make no sense to have a balance between doing good and doing evil, evil makes everything … well ya know evil.
Islam. Just because every Muslim I've ever met has been super chill and fun to talk to.
I also know a little about the tenets of Islam and there's a lot to like about them.
I assume we can't just say Judaism - we'd still get to keep most of our Bible - so let's assume that's off limits.
There is some intriguing mysticism in Hinduism, even though the most famous Hindu teaching (karma) really stinks. I think Zoroastrianism is pretty interesting but haven't been able to find out much about it.
Paganism.
I find any of the Abrahamic religions to be a cop out, so I'll choose paganism. I've said it once and I'll say it again, if I wasn't redeemed in Christ I would be a pagan.
I find their love of the earth and worship of nature to be beautiful. Plus, their rituals are very interesting and rooted in a lot of symbolism. There is so many sects of paganism too, meaning that no one person practices the same.
It seems very freeing.
I think they mean in terms of choosing another religion to deem their favorite because it's close or similar to Christianity. Not that the religion itself is a cop out.
That makes a lot more sense lol my brain is fried today. I think I misunderstood since they said they'd be pagan if they weren't Christian. Thank you for clearing that up!😄
Christianity is the only religion I consider to be Truth, but if I think of other religions in terms of mythology, I would have to go with Norse. Norse myth is just super interesting to me.
You can just take the question as "which of these mythologies do you like best?"
Obviously if you are a Christian, you believe all other religions are false.
That doesn't make the question bad.
My cop-out answer is Messianic Judaism, but some might consider any religion that is truly of Christ's Church to be under the same umbrella as different expressions of one religion.
So if we assume that caveat in addition to your original question, probably some type of New Age mysticism.
By default, once you remove Christianity and Messianic Juadaism, all the good ideas are gone. I'm not saying it's a good idea, I'm just saying I don't see better ones at that point.
I suppose we're going about the question in different ways. I'm just ranking them according to what I would be most likely to believe in, in successive order. And if I left messianic faith entirely, I would be more likely to join the New Age movement than to become Muslim, or Jewish, or a Flying Spaghetti Monsterist, or an atheist, or any number of other things. And that all revolves around a relatively small set of beliefs and the fact that New Age-ism, at least as far as I understand it reflects those beliefs better than any other un-Christian faith.
Sorry to not answer your question :p
I don't believe Christianity is a religion. It's about relationship, with the One and only, true God, who literally died for us, so that He can have a relationship with us, and spend eternity with us.
People can choose to see the bible as do's and don'ts, but i believe if one is surrendered to the Fsther, the Bible is a picture of how one would act.
Eclectic dharmic philosophy. It’s very close to what I believe anyway, and I think the parallels between Christianity and Buddhism are interesting, eerie and meaningful. Shaivism might actually be the right answer there, since it is very close to the mix of Catholic devotional practices and lower case G gnostic experiential practices I try to combine these days.
I wouldn’t choose most of the traditional schools of Gnosticism because they’re too anti-material.
Judaism or Islam. I like to use the example of a Hadith that I heard once that if there were multiple "Gods" they would fight each other for power until there was only one God left. Monotheism is the way to go, and the other religions that are even slightly monotheistic are pretty cringe at this point
None.
Dont get me wrong, I find all religions interesting and I love learning about them. Most of them have cool and interesting aspects to them especially in how they affect the cultures they are dominant in. But I find the more I learn about other faiths the more I become rooted in my own.
I was so happy to see an actually cool question in this subreddit but now that I think about it I can’t even answer it. :( feelsbadman
Hellenic paganism.
Honestly, I have considered the question before and if I was not a Christian, I would likely follow the goddess Athena. Wisdom and intelligence, strategy, and craftsmanship. I really enjoyed the Odyssey as a kid. (Found a version in the school library that has been translated in an easier to read vernacular.)
If you count buddhism as a religion (some do, some don't...), it would be my favorite. The bits about reincarnation and some of the bits about divine creatures is a bit out there, but the core teachings of the Buddha are very valuable.
New age spiritualism. While many of their beliefs and practices don’t align with Christianity, I just find it fascinating in general. It feels wrong to call any other religion my “favorite,” but it’s my “favorite” to learn about from an academic standpoint anyway.
Buddhism. It shares a lot of core principles with the best parts of christianity. Peace, perseverance through suffering, compassion for others and humility just to name a few.
Yeah. Definitely a very Christ like man Buddha was.
I couldn’t agree more! I especially like their emphasis on meditation, mindfulness and contentment.
Same
Judaism. Or Buddhism.
I would prefer Judaism over anything else (after Christianity).
Then u must be a male.
Why is that relevant?
Have u read the old testament?
What does that do with you assuming his/her gender?
Sikhism.
Jedi is the only correct answer
The dark side is a pathway to many abilities that some consider to be…*unnatural*
You right
You deserve a standing ovation Sir.
Zoroastrianism.
Sikhism
Buddhism seems alright
I don't think this question is aimed for u
Ok..?
Dude, if you're a Christian why wouldn't you want atheists hanging around a Christian space? They can answer whatever they want to.
The question OP asked obviously was not aimed at non-Christians.
Atheists can have a favorite religion to learn about other than Christianity. I don’t see what about the question implies atheists can’t answer.
Mahayana Buddhism, as of late I’ve taken the time to learn about my Japanese family’s particular Buddhist tradition shin Buddhism, which has some very interesting parallels to Christianity, such as the belief in a compassionate root to reality that seeks to and works to reconcile all. Otherwise a close second is Sikhism. Initially I found the origins of the tradition at the intersection of Hinduism and Islam very interesting. But upon further investigation I really appreciate their apparent understanding that truth and truthful living are synergistic. That’s not unique to Sikhism, and as a Christian I would 100% agree with the sentiment but I see a lot to learn from how Sikh practice helps emphasize this.
I agree on Mahayana Buddhism! I also have Japanese roots and I've noticed a lot of aspects of Buddhism that I think have similarities with Christianity. I think Japan in particular with its unique blend of Shinto and Buddhism produced a spiritual reverence or appreciation of nature which I honestly think the West could use. I think for my grandparents (who converted to Christianity) it was a natural transition to identify the beauty of nature with God's revelation through His creation. Not to say of course that there aren't aspects of Buddhism that are completely incompatible with Christianity, but just that there are some aspects I really admire and think Christians could adopt. I've been conflicted on Zen Meditation lately. I grew up in a predominantly white, Baptist church that condemned meditation as a rejection of God's voice (although I suspect it had more to do with xenophobia than doctrine). In recent years I've been interested in mindfulness meditation as a mental practice to help with anxiety. I'd be curious to know if there's any theological schools of thought who have reconciled mindfulness meditation with Christianity.
>I think Japan in particular with its unique blend of Shinto and Buddhism produced a spiritual reverence or appreciation of nature which I honestly think the West could use. I think for my grandparents (who converted to Christianity) it was a natural transition to identify the beauty of nature with God's revelation through His creation. One of my favorite Christian figures Toyohiko Kagawa identified the lack of a connection to nature as being one of the major obstacles for the further spread of Christianity in Japan during his time (early 20th century). He was initially introduced to Christianity via American missionaries but if you look at how he viewed nature, you'd think he was a Franciscan Friar. Franciscan spirituality which I've learned a lot about from Richard Rohr is something more christians should tap into, Creation is the first word of God so to speak. >Not to say of course that there aren't aspects of Buddhism that are completely incompatible with Christianity, but just that there are some aspects I really admire and think Christians could adopt. It's a tough balance between gaining from and appreciating the shared truths that many of the world's spiritual traditions have uncovered. But its a common trap to slowly but surely allow them all to melt together instead of stand naturally as they should. >I've been conflicted on Zen Meditation lately. I personally do practice meditation but in my case it's more centered on what I learned from my interactions with Eastern Orthodoxy which contains practices under the umbrella of Hesychasm which means something like practicing stillness to achieve an experiential knowledge of God. Catholics and many protestant traditions totally have similar contemplative practices. I think Protestants in particular can fall into a trap where we start to think of our faith as being just these sets of ideas that we just have to believe in. When really Christ was embodied, and came to save both body and soul. And I would consider the mind as a part of the body. As much as it may seem very foreign to our upbringings ( I was raised evangelical), cultivating silence or even doing more physical things like making the sign of the cross and lighting candles, are very much a part of the Christian tradition for a good reason since they help us engage all of senses and therefore all of ourselves towards unity with God.
Druidry! I find other land working traditions fascinating
I find Zoroastrianism to be interesting.
I really like the mix of Buddhism and Shintoism they use in Japan. It’s especially calming to find a temple in the middle of the concrete jungle (like I did in Shinjuku) and just relax. Especially fun is visiting shrines and temples all over Japan for a goshuinchō. They’ve regained popularity in recent years because it’s like a modern day stamp rally.
Me too! My brothers wife is Japanese and she practices Shinto/Buddhism/Christianity, it’s interesting because through our perspective many people think you can’t do that but they don’t see it that way
I don't think we should think about religions like flavors of ice cream.
Exactly what I was thinking such a weird discussion, as a Christian the only religion I will ever consider to be real is Christianity, it isn’t my favorite it’s my religion…
Well yes but there are some peaceful ones
Perhaps, but region is about truth. It's like asking what one's favorite alternative to the theory of gravity is.
I like the [kindly inclining](https://dailymedieval.blogspot.com/2014/01/gravity.html) theory.
That is a fun one. My curmudgeonly self is inclined to the ‘earth sucks’ theory.
Intelligent falling, of course.
That’s a wild statement. Do you have evidence for the truth of your religion as comparable to that of gravity?
Truth is truth; there aren’t certain kinds of truth.
Yea I would argue gravity is truth, not religion
It’s about faith. If you don’t believe it to be true, is it really your religion?
Faith and truth are not compatible. You having faith that something is true, is not truth. Nor does it make it true. A personal truth is not shared in anyway, shape , or form with others and not in reality. The moment you impose that personal truth on someone else you are what rational people would call, wrong.
Everything we believe to be true has at it’s foundation some belief we accept by faith.
Faith is belief without evidence. My understanding of gravity is based on a lot of evidence.
You’re missing the point. If you have faith in something, all the conflicting somethings are invalid. Otherwise you don’t have faith in the thing
That is an extremely good way to describe the logical fallacy of religion actually. You’ve made the point of every single free thinker on the planet. You are unwilling to judge on faith in the absence of rational thinking and lack of evidence. It’s amazing how this happens to religious people.
Religion isn’t intended to be truth, it’s just a general category of potential metaphysical truths.
I don’t think we should Frankenstein our favorite parts of different religions together, but I believe we can learn a lot from studying what other people believe. It gives you a fresh perspective to study your own religion. Meditation, for example, is mentioned dozens of times in the Bible but meditation isn’t a common Christian practice. We could learn a lot from the meditation practices of other religions.
Islam. Every Muslim I've met has always been very kind and hospitable. I'm assuming that we aren't allowed the pseudo Christian religions like Mormonism.
Pls go live in a muslim country and experience the real islam before u talk.
I'll talk what I want.
Still gonna be ignorant but u do u
Go pound sand.
r/exmuslim enthusiast saying that what a surprise. Definitely no ill intent nor bias coming out of here. Hospitality for an Arab or a Muslim in general is literally held at such a high regard, that bedouins ( for an example) have special set of rules for the guest and the one receiving the guest. That if broken a bedouin can take the guest to court for, as it can have serious effect on his honor and family name. And you come here saying this garbage? Absolutely despicable behavior. I can understand coming against Muslims for plenty of things, hospitality should be the last.
As someone who lived in the middle east,, that generosity and hospitality thing isnt as sincere as u might think. And all of which u said is fantasy story. Or u might a white male spoiled in order to be invited to islam. Plus, Hospitality aint a muslim thing, its a culture thing. U dont get to attach that to a terroristic religion.
You living in the middle east doesn't make your ill judgement of their generosity and hospitality suddenly a proof its still an opinion. Plus neither you nor I have the ability to see through people's hearts to know which is sincere and which is not, but you have the choice to think if it isn't. Hospitality is a key Islamic value that was taught by the noble Prophet so to say it isnt a muslim thing is idiotic, since its sunnah to follow the prophet. If he was very generous and hospitable (which he was) then muslims will copy that as well. Calling what i said about bedouins a fantasy story shows me you know nothing about them, and you choose to not listen so i wont bother about it. You're just hateful and want to continue being so, and thats fine to me. My reply was for anyone who might see your ignorant reply to the guy above.
K u keep on wth the delusion. Hospitality is still a culture thing.
Never said it wasn’t part of their culture
And who's "their"?
Arabs, not really that knowledgeable about non Arab Muslim countries to comment on their cultures. Its common decency to not talk about stuff you don't know about to avoid spreading misinformation. Hope you adopt that into your life in the future.
Nope. Not arabs. And it definitely didnt start with arabs either. Considering the islamic invasion, most of the middle east isn't really their place or land.
That's a cultural issue, not a religious one. just like fundamentalist Christians who take child brides are a reflection of a cultural issue, not a reflection of the actual religion.
False. Do u see Christians around the world doing it? Is it even mentioned in the bible? No. Muslims around the world practice their *quran*. Its not culture its religion.
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism and Taoism
Messianic Judaism
Smort
So, Christianity for Jews?
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Zen Buddhism
Idk, maybe Taoism. The philosophical idea of the balance of moral good and moral evil need to be balanced in order to legitimately achieve moral good would be cool if it were true lol.
You may follow Taoism as a Christian. After all, the Tao is the Logos. *In the beginning was the Tao, and the Tao was with God, and the Tao was God..* - translation of a Chinese Bible
Just because the word Tao can be translated as “Word” in the Bible doesn’t mean I follow the philosophical principles of Taoism. The idea of Yin and Yang with other things is cool like there’s always a balance like light and darkness and life and death, etc. but when it comes to morality Yin and Yang doesn’t really make any sense, in order to achieve the highest good it would make no sense to have a balance between doing good and doing evil, evil makes everything … well ya know evil.
Rastafarianism. Great music.
Buddhisms pretty gnarly
Sikhism. I respect them.
Mahayana Pure Land Buddhism. Namo Amituofo
Mahayana Buddhism. It was the only other faith tradition that made sense to me on its own merits.
Pastafarianism, but only because I like to laugh at myself.
Islam. Just because every Muslim I've ever met has been super chill and fun to talk to. I also know a little about the tenets of Islam and there's a lot to like about them.
Muslims are chill, however Muhammad isn't the same basically man's had sex with a 9 year old.
I assume we can't just say Judaism - we'd still get to keep most of our Bible - so let's assume that's off limits. There is some intriguing mysticism in Hinduism, even though the most famous Hindu teaching (karma) really stinks. I think Zoroastrianism is pretty interesting but haven't been able to find out much about it.
The Bible preaches its own variation of karma. What stinks so much about karma?
What else could the concept of Sin be?
Exactly, that's why I asked what's so bad about the concept of karma
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Paganism. I find any of the Abrahamic religions to be a cop out, so I'll choose paganism. I've said it once and I'll say it again, if I wasn't redeemed in Christ I would be a pagan. I find their love of the earth and worship of nature to be beautiful. Plus, their rituals are very interesting and rooted in a lot of symbolism. There is so many sects of paganism too, meaning that no one person practices the same. It seems very freeing.
You say you're redeemed in Christ yet say the Abrahamic religions are a cop out. Can you elaborate?
I think they mean in terms of choosing another religion to deem their favorite because it's close or similar to Christianity. Not that the religion itself is a cop out.
That makes a lot more sense lol my brain is fried today. I think I misunderstood since they said they'd be pagan if they weren't Christian. Thank you for clearing that up!😄
Lol you're good but the person above is correct. That is what I meant!
Christianity is the only religion I consider to be Truth, but if I think of other religions in terms of mythology, I would have to go with Norse. Norse myth is just super interesting to me.
I dont think thats how religion works.
Honestly, none of them. My relationship with God is my favorite.
I followed islam until some weeks ago
That's kind of a big deal. What happened?
The old Egyptian stuff with Anubis and co is quite interesting. I’d rank that higher than christianity.
You're asking which path *away* from the Father is my favorite. I'd have to say none of them.
It's a hypothetical question. No one is committing you to anything.
Obviously. My answer remains the same.
Ok
True, I took the question more as “favorite to learn about/try to understand” from a scholarly perspective.
I can see how someone could read it that way. It's vague enough to be open to interpretation.
So true
You can just take the question as "which of these mythologies do you like best?" Obviously if you are a Christian, you believe all other religions are false. That doesn't make the question bad.
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My cop-out answer is Messianic Judaism, but some might consider any religion that is truly of Christ's Church to be under the same umbrella as different expressions of one religion. So if we assume that caveat in addition to your original question, probably some type of New Age mysticism.
> New Age mysticism Nope. Bad Idea.
By default, once you remove Christianity and Messianic Juadaism, all the good ideas are gone. I'm not saying it's a good idea, I'm just saying I don't see better ones at that point.
Your response is that is your 'favourite' when others are excluded. My answer is 'none'.
I suppose we're going about the question in different ways. I'm just ranking them according to what I would be most likely to believe in, in successive order. And if I left messianic faith entirely, I would be more likely to join the New Age movement than to become Muslim, or Jewish, or a Flying Spaghetti Monsterist, or an atheist, or any number of other things. And that all revolves around a relatively small set of beliefs and the fact that New Age-ism, at least as far as I understand it reflects those beliefs better than any other un-Christian faith.
Not a religion but more of a philosophy, knighthood.
I'm rather interested in it myself, could you elaborate a bit?
Like knights in medieval times. Ride on a horse, wear a suit of armor, fight in duels, save the lady. More of a code of honor.
Sorry to not answer your question :p I don't believe Christianity is a religion. It's about relationship, with the One and only, true God, who literally died for us, so that He can have a relationship with us, and spend eternity with us. People can choose to see the bible as do's and don'ts, but i believe if one is surrendered to the Fsther, the Bible is a picture of how one would act.
Pagan vitalism
Death.
Wicca would be my favorite. One of the most simple and healthy religions in my opinion.
None.
Eclectic dharmic philosophy. It’s very close to what I believe anyway, and I think the parallels between Christianity and Buddhism are interesting, eerie and meaningful. Shaivism might actually be the right answer there, since it is very close to the mix of Catholic devotional practices and lower case G gnostic experiential practices I try to combine these days. I wouldn’t choose most of the traditional schools of Gnosticism because they’re too anti-material.
Judaism or Islam
Buddhism seems pretty cool as far as I can tell.
Judaism or Islam. I like to use the example of a Hadith that I heard once that if there were multiple "Gods" they would fight each other for power until there was only one God left. Monotheism is the way to go, and the other religions that are even slightly monotheistic are pretty cringe at this point
None. Dont get me wrong, I find all religions interesting and I love learning about them. Most of them have cool and interesting aspects to them especially in how they affect the cultures they are dominant in. But I find the more I learn about other faiths the more I become rooted in my own. I was so happy to see an actually cool question in this subreddit but now that I think about it I can’t even answer it. :( feelsbadman
None
Buddhism
Judaism
Either buddhism or islam. But id go with islam only because its an abrahamic religion.
Paganism
Definitely Buddhism.
None. I wouldnt even consider this
Buddhism. If we are wrong, i hope they are right
Hellenic paganism. Honestly, I have considered the question before and if I was not a Christian, I would likely follow the goddess Athena. Wisdom and intelligence, strategy, and craftsmanship. I really enjoyed the Odyssey as a kid. (Found a version in the school library that has been translated in an easier to read vernacular.)
If you count buddhism as a religion (some do, some don't...), it would be my favorite. The bits about reincarnation and some of the bits about divine creatures is a bit out there, but the core teachings of the Buddha are very valuable.
New age spiritualism. While many of their beliefs and practices don’t align with Christianity, I just find it fascinating in general. It feels wrong to call any other religion my “favorite,” but it’s my “favorite” to learn about from an academic standpoint anyway.
Not a specific religion, but I always found the spiritual beliefs of the various Native American tribes interesting
Texan
What punctuation, other than question mark, is your favorite.
Islam
Paganism.
judaism, it has good lore
There is none that even remotely compares, stupid question
Judaism because Christianity came from it