What do you consider the most PEACEFUL religion?

[Madhuri]

Lolz to the people who voted non-religious/atheist!
This option refers to a concept of no rules, no set beliefs. That neither makes it more or less peaceful than anything. Why would you vote for it?

 

[MurphtheSurf]

I voted Christianity.
But not to be confused with Christendom.
Big difference.

 

[Misty]

I voted Christianity.
But not to be confused with Christendom.
Big difference.

Christianity has brought nothing but strife since it became a religion!:yes:

 

[Mr Orange]

Any religion that teaches love for one another and does not spread hate/war is good. Therefore i could not choose Christanity or Islam. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist - these or not religions not to my knowledge so how can i choose them?

The fact is most religions can be peaceful yet it depends on the Sanga- community, Church of people/ the indervidual. Yet in history christanity and perhaps Islam have coursed the most damage.

 

[LuisDantas]

From those selected, Secular. I would choose Jainism if I could.

 

[LuisDantas]

I think most generally promote peace. Islam, Christianity and the others above are all peaceful by my reading.
I think Social Identity Theory offers the best account for intergroup violence available at present.

Damnit, Stephenw. You just can't stop being reasonable, wise and sensible. You're putting my objections to Christianity in constant danger.

 

[Autodidact]

Yeah, Jainism is the most peaceful religion. Also kinda tiny, and these two facts may be related.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I find that absurd. That means the Holocaust is now a defining attribute of paganism, the suicide bombings are a defining attribute of Islam, and the atrocities of Mao are a defining attribute of Atheism.

True, but Buddhist scripture has no passages that can be interpreted violently.

The core tenet of Jainism is ahimsa or non-violence, yet if a bunch of people who happened to be Jains committed mass murder, you would say that defines Jainism? Even if you went with the interpretation excuse, you can't interpret non-violence to mean violence. Which is my point regarding Buddhism as there is not one single passage that can even be interpreted violent.

You're not defining their religion. The scriptures define their religion. A religion is a set of beliefs and codes of conduct and these beliefs are defined by the scriptures of each religion. This is evidently true because sects who stray away from scripture are outcasted as heretics.

I don't know why you feel such a strong need to engage in conflict with me, but I've already said that your perspective is valid. I'm not disagreeing with the validity of your view, I'm simply saying that there is another view that is also valid. You may choose to only see things from your perspective, but that doesn't make it the only correct way to look at it. Of course, as a Buddhist, I don't know why I need to be telling you this. Then again, you're helping to validate my perspective.

 

[MissAlice]

I don't know much about Jainism so I selected Buddhism. I've found the philosophies of Buddhism to seem quite realistic in terms of daily life stressers. The teachings remind me a lot of what I hear in my cognative therapy group.

 

[Jeremiah]

My nil-religious beliefs have never once sparked a violent notion in my head. Of course, being non-existent might have something to do with that.

 

[MissAlice]

I would've chose Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist but I don't consider the notion to be of any religious value.

 

[Jeremiah]

I would've chose Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist but I don't consider the notion to be of any religious value.

I found it odd that it was included in the list. Since the title of the thread is most peaceful religion.

 

[LuisDantas]

I don't know much about Jainism so I selected Buddhism. I've found the philosophies of Buddhism to seem quite realistic in terms of daily life stressers. The teachings remind me a lot of what I hear in my cognative therapy group.

Vietnamese Buddhism sort of found a way into Behavioral Dialectic Therapy.

Dialectical behavior therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Metempsychosis]

The person who voted Christianity was playing around though, so it doesn't really count (Anti-Religion).

But most Christian countries now enjoy good peaceful atmosphere,then the internal strife present in say the modern Buddhist countries for instance.So,my vote does count .

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Buddhism is the most peaceful religion.

Unlike Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and atheism... Buddhism has not lent itself to a government for the sake of war.

 

[Misty]

But most Christian countries now enjoy good peaceful atmosphere,then the internal strife present in say the modern Buddhist countries for instance.So,my vote does count .

I don't want to be impolite, but the US which seems to have more Christians than most countries, especially those of fundamentalist persuasion, still has the death penalty in many states, which is quite shocking, imo.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Buddhism is the most peaceful religion.

Unlike Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and atheism... Buddhism has not lent itself to a government for the sake of war.

True, but culturally they're still largely misogynistic and homophobic. I don't see peace there. :sad:

All right....Tantra. That's my vote. Put it up on the board.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

True, but culturally they're still largely misogynistic and homophobic. I don't see peace there. :sad:

All right....Tantra. That's my vote. Put it up on the board.

I didn't think about that.

 

[Storm]

Well, I'm obviously biased, but I'd have to go with UU.
1) We've never been warped to justify a war.
2) We have a strong record of championing equality for all, so no deep-rooted misogyny, etc.
3) We manage to get along with each other despite an utter lack of anything resembling theological conformity. When members range from atheist to Muslim and neopagan, that's no mean feat.

 

[Metempsychosis]

True, but culturally they're still largely misogynistic and homophobic. I don't see peace there. :sad:

All right....Tantra. That's my vote. Put it up on the board.

Tantra is part of Buddhism (and Hinduism).

I don't want to be impolite, but the US which seems to have more Christians than most countries, especially those of fundamentalist persuasion, still has the death penalty in many states, which is quite shocking, imo.

Buddhist China has more executions than many other countries,which is also shocking.