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What religion do you find most attractive (NOT what religion do you follow)?

sandandfoam

sandandfoam

Veteran Member
What religion catches your eye the most?
Why?

The Cathars catch mine.
I think because of the mystery surrounding them. They also have the whiff of heresy that appeals to me and I like the gentleness and tolerance that seems to have been there.
 
Paraprakrti

Paraprakrti

Custom User
This is an odd distinction you're making. If a person follows a religion, why wouldn't it be the one they are most attracted to?
 
Riverwolf

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
Saiva Siddhanta as taught by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Then again, that may be because his is currently the Hindu religion which I'm not following that I'm studying.
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
Buddhism.

If I have to pick one I don't identify with, I guess I'd have to say Hinduism -- specifically, Smartism.

I find the Hasidim fascinating, but I wouldn't say I'm attracted to Hasidism.
 
Charity

Charity

Let's go racing boys !
Wicca fascinates me.....
Maybe because I'm such a witch at times :p

Seriously there are several members on the forum and I have enjoyed many of their posts......
 
dawny0826

dawny0826

Mother Heathen
Catholicism - I'm deeply touched by the concept of intercessory prayer and I find many Catholic traditions to be beautiful.
 
Metempsychosis

Metempsychosis

Reincarnation of 'Anti-religion'
Buddhism among dharmic religions and Judaism among abrahamic religions.:)These two are excluding the one I am currently studying.
 
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Caladan

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
I enjoy exploring Thelema, and reading Crowley's literature. I think a great part of it is the fascination I have with some of the interesting characters who stood out in the Victorian era and showed an alternative to what many perceive as a sexually restrained period. some spicy characters in the Victorian era explored all the sexual realms that were taboo, including homo eroticism which 'officially' was abomination. characters like Richard Francis Burton, Crowley and phenomena such as The Pearl magazine give us a fascinating testimony of some of the great passions of that era.
Thelema offers me an attractive synthesis of the exotic wrapped by an Englishman with a taste for the forbidden.
 
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footprints

Well-Known Member
stephenw said:
What religion catches your eye the most?
Why?
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The Religion of Man.

Why? It captures my eye and my mind. It can be practiced anywhere, anytime anybody likes and doesn't involve anything except being your self and trying to improve yourself to be a better person every wakening day.
 
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Caladan

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
stephenw said:
What religion catches your eye the most?
Why?

The Cathars catch mine.
I think because of the mystery surrounding them. They also have the whiff of heresy that appeals to me and I like the gentleness and tolerance that seems to have been there.
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A medieval eccentric group, persecuted by the Catholic Church... that's a winner ;)
 
K

Kerr

Well-Known Member
stephenw said:
What religion catches your eye the most?
Why?

The Cathars catch mine.
I think because of the mystery surrounding them. They also have the whiff of heresy that appeals to me and I like the gentleness and tolerance that seems to have been there.
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Buddhism or hinduism or something like that (think it is mostly Buddhism, though). Do not know much about them, to be honest, but what little I have read so far about religions it is them that I am mostly drawn to. It is basically because they seem more... humble... more humane, so to speak.
 
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