Which Religion Do You Follow?

[JustGeorge]

To be honest, I rather enjoyed my brief stay in Omaha. It's the five hour drive from Omaha to Julesburg that I found a bit off putting.

Boring drive?

I'm 4 hours from Omaha(its to the west of me). Nothing but flat cornfields on that trip...

I haven't been to Omaha personally, but Iowa's pretty uniform.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I'm 4 hours from Omaha(its to the west of me). Nothing but flat cornfields on that trip...

Iowa City? I have family in the Quad Cities.

 

[JustGeorge]

Iowa City? I have family in the Quad Cities.

I'm in Waterloo, which is about an hour and a half north(west) of Iowa City. Ironically, I have to go to Iowa City today for one of the kids' psychiatric appointments(mental health care for kids is very hard to come by in the Midwest, and often involves travel if the troubles are anything other than very basic).

 

[Secret Chief]

What is a distinguishing or important feature of Soto Zen?

Objectless meditation (termed zazen or shikantaza). Not so much the koan thing.

 

[Starlight]

I follow new age, spiritual but not religious

 

[CharmingOwl]

I practice new religious movement. Sometimes it's a category in surveys like this. I would call it Paganism but modern pagan people don't really like to do that since they are trying to adhere strictly to practices from before Christianity.

 

[Left Coast]

I practice new religious movement. Sometimes it's a category in surveys like this. I would call it Paganism but modern pagan people don't really like to do that since they are trying to adhere strictly to practices from before Christianity.

So did you opt for Pagan or Other in the poll?

 

[CharmingOwl]

So did you opt for Pagan or Other in the poll?

I put other.

 

[Quintessence]

I practice new religious movement. Sometimes it's a category in surveys like this. I would call it Paganism but modern pagan people don't really like to do that since they are trying to adhere strictly to practices from before Christianity.

For the record, I definitely do not do this. And as far as I'm aware, neither do the overwhelming majority of contemporary Pagans. It's the smaller subset of reconstructionist traditions that get strict about that sort of thing, and even they cannot escape modernizing practices because doing otherwise would be... problematic in modern society.

 

[loverofhumanity]

Err, lol what?

Never mind. In one of the World Books of Encyclopaedia Brittanica the Baha’i Faith was mentioned as the second most widespread religion in the world after Christianity. Some religions are just concentrated in certain areas but we are the most internationally spread second to Christianity. This is from 1999. It would be good if there is an updated version.

Bahá'í Library Online

Baha'i articles, books, translations, and historical materials

bahai-library.com

 

[Hockeycowboy]

Anglicanism.

Wow! That’s a change!

You certainly recognize that there is a spiritual side of life!

Good for you.

(You have piqued my curiosity — I have a bunch of questions — but I’ll refrain from asking, for now.)

Have a good day, my cousin.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Never mind. In one of the World Books of Encyclopaedia Brittanica the Baha’i Faith was mentioned as the second most widespread religion in the world after Christianity. Some religions are just concentrated in certain areas but we are the most internationally spread second to Christianity. This is from 1999. It would be good if there is an updated version.

Bahá'í Library Online

Baha'i articles, books, translations, and historical materials

bahai-library.com

So you're speaking of diversity, not "widespread." However, unless you incorporate per capita as a measure (which it appears the link you post above is doing, though I'm quite skeptical of studies published by a religion itself intended to promote their religion), your assessment, regardless of what your religion says, is wildly inaccurate. Islam is easily #2.

And you'll notice in the notes above below the table that Baha'i Faith is included in "other relig."

Global Religious Diversity

A new report measures religious diversity by the percentage of each country's population in eight categories — Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, the unaffiliated, folk religionists and members of other religions.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[Rival]

Is there a particular ‘camp’ within Anglicanism that you identify with?

No, I'm trying to avoid too many boxes.

 

[loverofhumanity]

So you're speaking of diversity, not "widespread." However, unless you incorporate per capita as a measure (which it appears the link you post above is doing, though I'm quite skeptical of studies published by a religion itself intended to promote their religion), your assessment, regardless of what your religion says, is wildly inaccurate. Islam is easily #2.

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And you'll notice in the notes above below the table that Baha'i Faith is included in "other relig."

Global Religious Diversity

A new report measures religious diversity by the percentage of each country's population in eight categories — Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, the unaffiliated, folk religionists and members of other religions.

www.pewresearch.org

It was published in Encyclopaedia Brittanica and it was referring to widespread geographically.

 

[SalixIncendium]

It was published in Encyclopaedia Brittanica and it was referring to widespread geographically.

Great! Please provide the Encyclopedia Brittanica link to the article referenced.

 

[loverofhumanity]

Great! Please provide the Encyclopedia Brittanica link to the article referenced.

It’s in a hard copy which I do not possess. There was no internet at the time and I don’t know if they have posted it online..

 

[VoidCat]

So, which religion do you follow?

Im syncretic. I mix paganism with luciferianism. I voted paganism.

I'd love to know if there is a particular denomination or church or sect or other specific version of the religion you belong to as well.

My main deity is Bastet. I love cats. I have other deities I worship but that one is my patron.

Were you raised in that faith?

No I was raised christian

Did you convert at some point?

Yep when I was 16. I'm now 21 almost 22.

 

[Tamino]

My main deity is Bastet. I love cats. I have other deities I worship but that one is my patron.

Bastet is pretty awesome!

 

[VoidCat]

Bastet is pretty awesome!

I got a book on her you might like! Hang on ill show you

 

[VoidCat]

I got a book on her you might like! Hang on ill show you

@Tamino. Very good book...