Which is the only true religion?

There are NO "True Religions" they are ALL con jobs!

Human have, so far, invented (+ or -) some 25,000 different gods which they named and worshipped.
Not one of these gods has the slightest evidence of being real.

Plus, as Atheists are either the Leaders, and/or among the Leaders in EVERY Field other than CRIME and Religion, it proves NO religion is needed!

IF religion is so great, then why are 99.9975% of those in US Prisons religious while we Atheists are LIESS than 1/4 of one percent of those in US
Prisons?

IF religion is do great, why have multi-millions of those raised by religious parents to be religious, Now Atheists?
 
Kid Eager said:
You worship by teaching starfish to play the harp badly?
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Among other things. It's getting one to sing like Joanna Newsome that's proving to be the tricky part.

What an odd religion.
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"Odd" is sort of expected. :)

Is this an offshoot of scientology?
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No, but we do both evidence a reverence for Zeddemore's Principle.
 
Which is the only true religion?​

Wrong question. Before you start wondering which religion is the only true religion, there is a far more important question you must answer first...

Is any religion true?​

Kid Eager said:
"What is a True Religion?" needs to be answered first.
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A "True Religion" is a religion that accurately represents reality.

But of course...
Brainache said:
If it was true and demonstrably so, it wouldn't be Religion.
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Which means the answer to "Is any religion true?" is "No".

Therefore the answer to "Which is the only true religion?" must be "There isn't one".


nowornever said:
'...There are two kinds of religion: "I want something" religion and "Give to" religion.

"I want something" religion means people want something - health, prosperity, peace, happiness, enlightenment, salvation, to go to heaven. Many kinds of wanting.

"Give to" religion means don't think about "my" situation. How can I help you? In "Give to" religion, you must put down your opinion, your condition, and your situation. Then you can realize your true nature. Just give to others whatever they need. Just do it!...'

ZM Seung Sahn
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Wait... are you claiming that practitioners of a "give to" religion don't want to realize their true nature? Because if realizing their true nature was what they wanted, wouldn't that make a "give to" religion also a "give me" religion?

nowornever said:
I love your nirvana.
May all people be happy!
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Forget his Nirvana, mine smells of teen spirit. Wait, is that a good thing?
 
If you are not attached to your religion then it is the only true religion. You can use this religion to help first yourself and thereafter others.
 
nowornever said:
Which is the only true religion?
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None of them. They are all based on fairy stories, like the bible, that were written by bronze-age goat herders. Except the more recent religions, which were written by conmen like Hubbard.
 
But if one doesn't belong to any religion then he is alone, no together action practices. He is left alone and torn by life waves without any support, without any encouragement. Maybe we should get rid of companies, police, post, internet... Come on. What is wrong with religions? Why do we accept other institutions e.g. out job, marriage, schools but strangely not religion? Why?
 
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nowornever said:
'...There are two kinds of religion: "I want something" religion and "Give to" religion.

"I want something" religion means people want something - health, prosperity, peace, happiness, enlightenment, salvation, to go to heaven. Many kinds of wanting.

"Give to" religion means don't think about "my" situation. How can I help you? In "Give to" religion, you must put down your opinion, your condition, and your situation. Then you can realize your true nature. Just give to others whatever they need. Just do it!...'

ZM Seung Sahn
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False dichotomy?
 
nowornever said:
Nirvana is helping others.

a Buddhist student
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Nope, your statement implies conditional attachment to the act.

Nibbana is the state of free unconditioned action (allegedly). So such a simple statement would be hard to couch in terms of free action.

So an act of bhavana is often discussed in terms of the attachment of the individual engaging in the activity. If they are free of attachment to the act, free of attachments of the consequences of the act, freely engaging in the act with no thought of self, etc... then that is described as the preferable act.
 
nowornever said:
Of course. training is necessary before enlightenment! How do you want to pay off your debt, that is karma of your mistakes?
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Enlightenment is a state of freedom, it takes practice, no training.

If I have a gift or talent, which is free from attachment to the talent?

- I hold another occupation to meet my physical needs and give my talent away freely

- my hovercraft if full of eels
 
Dancing David said:
Enlightenment is a state of freedom, it takes practice, no training.

If I have a gift or talent, which is free from attachment to the talent?

- I hold another occupation to meet my physical needs and give my talent away freely

- my hovercraft if full of eels
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I suspect that the enlightenment of Eastern religions is very different from the Age of Enlightenment.
 
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