Given a Choice at Birth?

[Saint Frankenstein]

I'd have to time travel for that.

 

[metis]

I'd have to time travel for that.

You didn't even buy a time machine?

BTW, even see the old movie by that name?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

You didn't even buy a time machine?

BTW, even see the old movie by that name?

I'm still saving for it!

The Time Machine? I've seen the 2002 version of it.

 

[Brickjectivity]

A religion that accepted both humans and synthetic humans. Rather than blood it would be founded on the common goal of being decent to one another.

***edit*** I suppose that given time there could be problems if someone decided they wanted to be choosy about who could join based upon their origin, capability, emphasis upon unimportant points, etc.

***edit2*** or if somebody thought they knew what was best for everyone else or decided they should be listened to and that everyone should listen to themselves, even if they claimed it was for the sake of unity. Things might really heat up, and chairs might be tossed around. Sometimes you know, people get it into their heads that they have a very, very important point to make.

 

[metis]

I'm still saving for it!

The Time Machine? I've seen the 2002 version of it.

I didn't see that one, and I think the first one goes back to around 1970 or so, and that one I did see.

BTW, the time machines are being discounted at Costco, so I have to check it out because at 75 I'm running out of time. But then, I have had the runs before.

 

[exchemist]

You didn't even buy a time machine?

BTW, even see the old movie by that name?

I've read the story - if you mean the one by H G Wells. It's very good. I know there is a film but I don't think I've seen it.

 

[epronovost]

Probably Hinduism as it is so open-minded.

Many muslims in India would like to say otherwise.

If I can't say atheism, I would choose the most liberal version of hoodoo.

 

[Nakosis]

Buddhism.

Even then though there are different concepts of Buddhism. Some Buddhists believe in Gods.
While I like Buddhism now, being raised a Buddhist might have left me an entirely different concept of Buddhism.

There different concepts of Christianity that I might have preferred as well. Like Gnostic or Quaker. Kind of like Catholic too but maybe it is just a case of the grass being greener in someone else's garden.

 

[McBell]

If you were given a choice at birth, which religious culture would you want to live and be raised. Secularism is not one of your choices.

Though raised as a Holiday Christian, I believe it has given me the desire to explore spirituality further, so I am quite happy with that which I was given.

um...
What knowledge of religions or basis for comparison would you have at birth?
and what of religions you have never even heard of?
Or religions that have faded away?
Or religions that are yet to appear?
And if someone chooses a religion they are not currently practicing, why are they not currently practicing the religion they think they would choose at birth?

 

[metis]

Many muslims in India would like to say otherwise.

Yes, but the reality is it's more the latter that's less open-minded, which is generally true of each of the Abrahamic religions.

 

[Quintessence]

I was just thinking about this yesterday how unfortunate it was to be spawned into a non-polytheistic, non-indigenous culture. That misfortune made the process of developing my tradition more complicated and difficult than it would have been otherwise. It's an ongoing challenge that I will have to deal with my entire life.

 

[Father Heathen]

Something occult or pagan. Seems more interesting as far as religious practices goes.

 

[Valjean]

Does Pastafarianism count?
I'd choose a non-obtrusive religion; one that makes no demands on me and levies no penalties.
As for religious 'culture', I'd probably be comfortable with UU.

 

[epronovost]

Yes, but the reality is it's more the latter that's less open-minded, which is generally true of each of the Abrahamic religions.

The dead body counts, the civil wars and the current wave of expulsions makes me think otherwise. The fact that Sikh suffered similarly also gives food for thought. Hindus are tolerent, until they are not like everybody else.

 

[syo]

I'd choose a non-pagan one. I want to know what to reject.

 

[metis]

The dead body counts, the civil wars and the current wave of expulsions makes me think otherwise. The fact that Sikh suffered similarly also gives food for thought. Hindus are tolerent, until they are not like everybody else.

I hear ya, but we also must remember that not all Hindus are on the same page [understatement of the century], plus politics often gets involved when push comes to shove. But if one takes the Upanishads and the Gita seriously, it is a very tolerant religion that allows for much individual discernment.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Secularism is not one of your choices.

Why not?

 

[PearlSeeker]

I think I have already chosen (Christian) although I feel sympathy and openess for all religions and imagine myself being part of a different religion if I was born elsewhere.