Which is "worse"?

[SinisterPizza]

Catholicism, Wicca, or Buddhism? I've decided that my faith is probably a big muddle of the three, since:

On the Catholic side, I believe in Jesus and God, think Notre Dame cathedral is gorgeous (I've been to the one in Quebec), like the idea of saints, like candles, like flying nuns, like that Mary (a female) is important, and believe in heaven. I celebrate Christian holidays like Easter and Christmas too. I also like that a part of some Catholic beliefs is to give back to the community and to help others. I like "Blessed are the merciful" as well, it's nice, and the fact that someone at PETA is a Catholic and that jesusveg.com exists.

On the Wiccan side, I believe in a goddess, I don't really believe in Hell or Satan, like and respect nature and animals and believe that it is important to protect them, I like candles, believe that there may be something to certain forms of divination/astrology, and I believe in the elements. I also celebrate some of the Wiccan sabbats by lighting candles or thanking the elements.

On the Buddhist side, I believe in vegetarianism and to not harm other animals and people. And I like some eastern beliefs/philosophy. I've been the the world's biggest Buddha in Hong Kong, and I really liked it. I just felt really nice and peaceful there. I believe that some people are reincarnated, and that karma exists too. I like the element of compassion. I don't know if there are any Buddhist holidays, If there were, I might celebrate some of them too ~shrugs~.

What I Don't like about:

Catholicism- I don't like the Pope, or the fact that women can't become popes if they want to, and certain parts of the Bible don't really fit my beliefs.And I don't agree with that you have to belong to a Catholic church and have communion and be baptized and all to be considered a real catholic. And I only pray when I feel the need to, really, not at certain times when I'm supposed to.

Wicca-the level of devotion required, I don't have that. And some Wiccans believe that you have to belong to a coven or be initiated to be a real Wiccan. And I'm not really too into doing magick, unless it's just something involving the elements and nature, like for protection or to help plants grow. Not for selfish personal gain (love spells, money spells, curses, ect.).

Buddhism- I don't think that there is anything wrong with drinking alcohol in moderation. I don't think it's good to drink in excess and be drunk all the time though, but occasionally having a drink is OK. And sometimes things just happen, whether you deserve them or not. I also don't do meditation, or feel a need for it.

Just out of curiosity though, since all three are considered "false religions", if I were to pick just ONE of the above faiths to follow (not that I am, I like my multicultural eclectic-ness, It's what really suits me I think.), which one do you think it should be? (I can already hear you saying neither or "True Christian"...lol). I like Narnia-ism, but that isn't a religion lol.

[Bobby-Joe]

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Just out of curiosity though, since all three are considered "false religions", if I were to pick just ONE of the above faiths to follow (not that I am, I like my multicultural eclectic-ness, It's what really suits me I think.), which one do you think it should be? (I can already hear you saying neither or "True Christian"...lol). I like Narnia-ism, but that isn't a religion lol.

Does it really matter? Judging by your comments you have no interest in faith or the philosophical side of religion. Otherwise religion is suppose guide a person on how to behave in society. You constantly reject being part of the group. Good going, you're inDUHvidal now. Repent and accept Jesus as your savior before it's too late sinner.

[OnYourKnees]

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Catholicism, Wicca, or Buddhism? I've decided that my faith is probably a big muddle of the three, since:

On the Catholic side, I believe in Jesus and God

If you believe in Jesus and God, then you also believe that failure to provide your complete and unquestioning obedience to God in all matters will result in Jesus withdrawing His Unconditional Love offer. Why would you want to do that? So you can hang out in a pretty cathedral and be sexually assaulted by lesbian flying nuns?

Catholics add a whole mess of blasphemous Pagan nonsense to Christianity, and somehow think they're not going to Hell for it. Idolatry is why God drowned most of the early humans in a Flood. It's also why He turns people into homosexuals (Romans 1:22-27). God's not a fan of idolatry. He also doesn't like it when people pretend that other people (Mary, the 'saints', and the Popes) are gods, or intermediaries, or whatever. He tells us in His Word to speak to Him directly or through Jesus, not through Jesus' dead mother or some dress-wearing pedophile.

On the Wiccan side, I believe in a goddess, I don't really believe in Hell or Satan, like and respect nature and animals and believe that it is important to protect them, I like candles, believe that there may be something to certain forms of divination/astrology, and I believe in the elements. I also celebrate some of the Wiccan sabbats by lighting candles or thanking the elements.

How many sins against God (whom you already said you believe in) can you count in the above paragraph? I see five. (A goddess, don't believe in Hell/Satan, practice the curious arts, worship natural forces, celebrate pagan holidays.) Each is worthy of eternal damnation.

On the Buddhist side, I believe in vegetarianism and to not harm other animals and people. And I like some eastern beliefs/philosophy. I've been to the world's biggest Buddha in Hong Kong, and I really liked it. I just felt really nice and peaceful there. I believe that some people are reincarnated, and that karma exists too. I like the element of compassion. I don't know if there are any Buddhist holidays, If there were, I might celebrate some of them too ~shrugs~.

Reincarnated? More superstitious nonsense. That came from the Hindus (Buddhism was originally an atheistic philosophical revolution against Hinduism's bizarre panoply of mutant demon-gods); the concept of reincarnation was for social control, to reinforce the caste system. "If you're a good little Untouchable and scrub the toilets, maybe in your NEXT life, you can be a Brahmin!"

Have you been listening to the Dolly Llama? He's a Tibetan Buddhist. Tibetan Buddhists are to Buddhists what Catholics are to Christians. Tibetan Buddhists took the philosophical musings (and anti-God lies) of the Buddha (present in modern Theravada Buddhism) and slapped them together with the local high-country paganism with its demon-gods, and came up with a mishmash of ideas almost as bizarre as Catholicism. But Tibetan Buddhists aren't cannibals, so I guess even THEY are better than Catholics.

Just out of curiosity though, since all three are considered "false religions", if I were to pick just ONE of the above faiths to follow (not that I am, I like my multicultural eclectic-ness, It's what really suits me I think.), which one do you think it should be? (I can already hear you saying neither or "True Christian"...lol). I like Narnia-ism, but that isn't a religion lol.

If you already know the answer, why ask the question?

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

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Just out of curiosity though, since all three are considered "false religions", if I were to pick just ONE of the above faiths to follow (not that I am, I like my multicultural eclectic-ness, It's what really suits me I think.), which one do you think it should be?

Are you truly curious if one of those would end up with you receiving a lesser torture in Hell, or are you just playing a game to see if you can get a True Christian to recommend a specific form of Satan worship for you?
If it's the former, well, sorry to tell you this but Dante's levels of Hell weren't biblical at all. There is only one Hell with one level, and that's eternal fire.
If it's the latter, you're out of luck. All three are equally evil tools of Satan to lure humanity away from Jesus, so the only recommendation you will ever get here is to denounce all three as fast as you can and start following the KJV1611 Bible word for word immediately. We are in the End Times, my friend, so the clock is ticking down before it will be too late to repent of your sins.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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What an absurd, childish question. That's like asking which is worse, sliding down a 100 ft. razorblade, or sucking the snot out of the nose of some homer who died of AIDS. How can anyone answer that?

Boy, you are engaging in a game of mental masturbation and wasting our bandwidth. If you are too lazy to accept Jesus' gift of temporary death, then you are just hellbound, that's all.

[SinisterPizza]

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Are you truly curious if one of those would end up with you receiving a lesser torture in Hell, or are you just playing a game to see if you can get a True Christian to recommend a specific form of Satan worship for you?

No, I just thought I'd introduce myself, and my completely random mix of faiths. But I was a bit curious if you guys would think that Catholicism (since there is God and Jesus, and other Christian elements) is "better" than being a wiccan. I don't know ~shrugs~. Whatever I say, I'm going to hell anyways...according to True Christians.

Does it really matter? Judging by your comments you have no interest in faith or the philosophical side of religion.

Not exactly, but I do like believing in something, I'm just not sure exactly what. I dream of religious tolerance and peace between all religions, so I find it hard to devote myself to just one. I'm not an atheist, but I feel pressure to "pick a side" sometime, and I have a hard time doing that.

What an absurd, childish question. That's like asking which is worse, sliding down a 100 ft. razorblade, or sucking the snot out of the nose of some homer who died of AIDS. How can anyone answer that?

Boy, you are engaging in a game of mental masturbation and wasting our bandwidth. If you are too lazy to accept Jesus' gift of temporary death, then you are just hellbound, that's all.

Oh, you know you guys would be bored without hellbound heathens running around here But I can assure you, I have no interest in masturbating with your bandwidth I may be eclectic or "hellbound", but i'm not so bad really

[OnYourKnees]

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But I can assure you, I have no interest in masturbating with your bandwidth I may be eclectic or "hellbound", but i'm not so bad really

I see . . . I write you a thoughtful answer regarding all three of your chosen forms of demon-worship, and your perverted female brain seizes upon masturbation references.

Typical Hellbound behavior.

[Brother Temperance]

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And yet, there are no records of anyone else in history ever attempting the pointless and stupid task of welding Papism, Buddha-worship and wicker into one big pseudophilosophy. So if your "faith" is right, that'd mean that every single ever person who has ever lived was wrong. Does that not seem just a tiny bit arrogant to you?

[SinisterPizza]

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So if your "faith" is right

I don't think it's "right". Right for me perhaps, but maybe not for others. If someone is happy being a Christian, then by all means they should be a Christian. I don't think that there is any one right faith for everyone. People should just follow what suits them best (as long as it doesn't harm anybody. I don't care if sacrifice makes someone "happy", you are making other people very unhappy by killing them!).

[Brother Temperance]

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I don't think it's "right". Right for me perhaps, but maybe not for others. If someone is happy being a Christian, then by all means they should be a Christian. I don't think that there is any one right faith for everyone.

So what's true for me isn't true for you? 2+2=4 for me, but it can equal 5 to you, or 42 to a Hellbound muslim? Do you not see how insane this is? A universal truth is a universal truth, and that's all there is to it.

[SinisterPizza]

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So what's true for me isn't true for you? 2+2=4 for me, but it can equal 5 to you, or 42 to a Hellbound muslim? Do you not see how insane this is? A universal truth is a universal truth, and that's all there is to it.

Well, there's a difference between math and faith. If there are SO MANY different religions in the world, and they all think that they are the only one true path, then who's to say which one is the real "one true path"? Everyone will say something different. People have argued over religion for ages, they've even killed people over it. I do a "salad bar" variety of religions, you don't. To each their own

The numbers have different words in other places too. 2 + 2 = four in English, but in Spanish it = cuatro, in French it = quatre. I see a lot of similarities between religions too. Perhaps all of the religions are one thing, but just different. Like branches on a tree.

[OnYourKnees]

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Well, there's a difference between math and faith. If there are SO MANY different religions in the world, and they all think that they are the only one true path, then who's to say which one is the real "one true path"? Everyone will say something different. People have argued over religion for ages, they've even killed people over it. I do a "salad bar" variety of religions, you don't. To each their own

So you think you're better than God (or Allah, or Buddha, or whatever), and you can decide for Him that only parts of the religion He created are valid? Who died and made YOU God?

The numbers have different words in other places too. 2 + 2 = four in English, but in Spanish it = cuatro, in French it = quatre.

But they all equal 4. "Pray to Jesus" does not equal "Pray to the mother of Jesus" or "Deflower 9 year old children" or "Bugger little boys in remembrance of Me", nor does it equal "Don't pray because there are no gods"!

Your analogy is as flawed as your concept of God's grace.

[SinisterPizza]

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Deflower 9 year old children" or "Bugger little boys in remembrance of Me"

I said don't harm others. Otherwise, pray to whoever you wish, or don't pray at all. I don't mind if someone wishes to pray to the Christian God, and I don't mind if someone choses to pray to their houseplant. Whichever religion someone choses, it should make them happy. peace. "If you harm none, then do as ye wish"...or something like that. Two separate religions make up quotes that I like, "Blessed are the merciful" (Christianity) and the one above, which is from the Wiccan Rede. All religions to me are both right, and wrong in some cases. But many emphasize love and peace, which I like. I'm not going to change what I feel in my heart just to fit into a certain theism. I think it's possible to learn from all of them. ~shrugs~ Buddha pretty much created his own religion.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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~shrugs~ Buddha pretty much created his own religion.

"Buddha" is an imaginary fat chink who never existed, much less invented anything. The Ornamental race are savages and prone to making up thousands of false Gods, including perverted images of men with blue elephant heads.

Any fool can make up their own cult. The world is rich with such examples, so your fake pal Buddha is nothing unique. The truth is, satan is behind each and every one of them. It is satan's sworn task to try and undermine Christ's teachings, and he will stop at nothing to accomplish his dark work. So if mary worship isn't to your taste, then he offers you UFO worship, or bestiality, or rock worship, or any number of other equally false, equally ridiculous, and equally evil methods of avoiding Christ's love.

You satanists go to so much effort to try and prove that everything is relative and so that Jesus will leave you alone to fornicate and murder babies and hug trees, but it just doesn't work that way. Your only hope of Salvation© is through the acceptance and worship of Jesus Christ, who rose from the grave to walk the earth for your sins.

You continue to post meaningless drivel on God's favorite forum. Better get with the program kid.

[SinisterPizza]

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Buddha existed, there is proof that he did, and that he lived and died. Whether he was truly "enlightened" or not, no one knows, but he was a real person at one point in time. I should know, I did a project on him this year. I've been to the World's Biggest Buddha in HK, it's amazing