Most Simplistic Religion

[dave_]

What is the most simplistic religion in your opinion?

I am not saying simple is bad.But personally I am a follower of Dharma and LHP.Both are incredibly complex and intelligent.In fact Dharmic religions and LHP are rather like ancient philosophies then beliefs.To understand them you have to do some brain work.

Originally I was born into an abrahamic faith and i found the abrahamic beliefs the most simplistic belief systems ever.Actually i can summerize them in 3 sentences:

god is all powerful

believe in god be good go to heaven with virgins etc.

dont believe in god be bad god go to hell and burn eternally.

I think thats why abrahamic religions are so wide spread.

 

[Lyndon]

I think clearly atheism is the most simplistic religion, no rules that aren't made to be broken, my opinion is the important one, it doesn't take much thought to be be atheist, not to say that there aren't some that put an immense amount of thought into it, Like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, etc

Buddhism is good if you're primarily concerned with your own salvation, Keeping the 5 precepts, the 4 noble truths, the 8fold path, its not a bad way to live, certainly not what I would call evil.

 

[Nietzsche]

What is the most simplistic religion in your opinion?

I am not saying simple is bad.But personally I am a follower of Dharma and LHP.Both are incredibly complex and intelligent.In fact Dharmic religions and LHP are rather like ancient philosophies then beliefs.To understand them you have to do some brain work.

Originally I was born into an abrahamic faith and i found the abrahamic beliefs the most simplistic belief systems ever.Actually i can summerize them in 3 sentences:

god is all powerful

believe in god be good go to heaven with virgins etc.

dont believe in god be bad god go to hell and burn eternally.

I think thats why abrahamic religions are so wide spread.

Ahem.

See that thing in the sky? Big ole' fireball. Give life. Worship. Make happy.

Simplest religion? Done.

 

[dave_]

Ahem.

See that thing in the sky? Big ole' fireball. Give life. Worship. Make happy.

Simplest religion? Done.

This is equally simplistic because it was 3 sentences like mine .

I didn't know people that worship sun said sun gives life.They were right and it is really cool they knew it.

 

[Nietzsche]

This is equally simplistic because it was 3 sentences like mine .

I didn't know people that worship sun said sun gives life.They were right and it is really cool they knew it.

That isn't new information. People noticed that plants don't really tend to grow in the dark, and that where there are no plants, there isn't much in the way of life.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Just abiding and contemplation. A simple enough religion.

 

[FearGod]

What is the most simplistic religion in your opinion?

I am not saying simple is bad.But personally I am a follower of Dharma and LHP.Both are incredibly complex and intelligent.In fact Dharmic religions and LHP are rather like ancient philosophies then beliefs.To understand them you have to do some brain work.

Originally I was born into an abrahamic faith and i found the abrahamic beliefs the most simplistic belief systems ever.Actually i can summerize them in 3 sentences:

god is all powerful

believe in god be good go to heaven with virgins etc.

dont believe in god be bad god go to hell and burn eternally.

I think thats why abrahamic religions are so wide spread.

What your dharma says about alcohol and prostitution.

 

[AllanV]

Learning how to purify and clean the self and mind and to talk with an unencumbered energy from the heart, believing in God and not own self.

 

[Lyndon]

What your dharma says about alcohol and prostitution.

Traditional Buddhism is against any use of intoxicants, drugs and alcohol, even just one drink, western converts very often tend to ignore this one, The other four commandments are No Lying, no white lies, no lying by not saying anything, complete honesty, no stealing, no killing animal or human, and no sexual misconduct which means no sex outside of a committed relationship or marriage to another single person, no cheating, no stealing someone elses woman. (No Killing, no stealing, No lying, no adultery, no intoxicants). 4 of these are in the ten commandments, and the five commandments Jesus said were the most important, and all five of them are commandments in Islam.

Dharma means "divine" truth, or instruction for rightful living.

 

[nazz]

All religions seem equally complex to me

 

[Sha'irullah]

Deism, although it is not a religion

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Probably Abrahamic religions like you said. They seem to stress more on metaphysics and simplistic ethics.

 

[Lyndon]

You may consider it simple to be a Christian, but its not easy to be an orthodox Jew or Muslim, Buddhism also, very complex religion, Taoism perhaps simpler, I think Hindu not particularly easy either, the easiest Abrahamic would be born again Christianity, Catholic perhaps the most complex Christian.

I am speaking of the top of my head here, these are not well thought out musings, I've never considered the OPs question before, My opinion though, it doesn't matter how simple or complex your religion is if it gives your life meaning.

 

[Quintessence]

Religion doesn't strike me as a thing that is capable of being simple. I mean, we're talking about a system of beliefs and practices that inform a person's entire way of life here. If it actually does what it is supposed to do, it's not simple.

So, perhaps then, I might say the simple religion is that which is not actually followed as it should be. It doesn't inform a person's relationships, doesn't guide that person's values, doesn't impact how they see the world, and has basically no real meaningful influence on them whatsoever. And at that point, I'm not sure I'd call them an adherent.

 

[Lyndon]

Excellent comment, Quintessence.

 

[dave_]

What your dharma says about alcohol and prostitution.

RHP dharma is against those but LHP dharma may use alcohol , sex as a means to spiritually grow.

 

[1137]

Thelema can be summarized in four words so...

 

[Lyndon]

I was speaking of Theravada Buddhism and also Mahayana Buddhism, what is RHP, and LHP, I have never heard of them.

 

[1137]

I was speaking of Theravada Buddhism and also Mahayana Buddhism, what is RHP, and LHP, I have never heard of them.

They're rather silly and poorly defined terms that try to separate different path. One definition is that the RHP seeks union with god where the LHP seeks to become god. Another that the RHP is about community where the LHP is about individuality. Another that the RHP is conformity and the LHP is heterodoxy.

 

[dave_]

I was speaking of Theravada Buddhism and also Mahayana Buddhism, what is RHP, and LHP, I have never heard of them.

They're rather silly and poorly defined terms that try to separate different path. One definition is that the RHP seeks union with god where the LHP seeks to become god. Another that the RHP is about community where the LHP is about individuality. Another that the RHP is conformity and the LHP is heterodoxy.

LHP and RHP in Dharmic Religions are well defined.In Dharmic religions LHP and RHP uses different methods to attain nirvana but their goal is the same.Aghori are a LHP branch of hinduism.Western LHP is different.It's aim is becoming a god yourself.

Personally i believe in power and fun So i'd choose the one that will give me those.