If you could design your own religion

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Armor_of_Light said:
And, nobody would be allowed to refer to pets as ‘their kids’.
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But he seriously acts just like my wife and me. And his expressions are far more human 😛
georget said:
I agree with you, I honestly wouldn’t change a thing. I love the mystery of God, I wouldn’t have it any other way. When I was a young man I used to think, If I could change the color of the sky to any color I desired, what would it be? I went through all the colors and finally I came to the conclusion no matter what color I changed it to, I’d put it back to blue again, because it’s perfect. my eyes are designed to love blue.
God bless
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I’m not saying that I -would- change anything, only that occasionally I would like to. AS stated, it is a selfish feeling which I dismiss in the end. i imagine everyone feels this way every now and then, maybe if you feel bored during mass you’d wish it were more interesting, something along those lines. I love the Catholic faith and would never actually change anything about it, but that’s not what this thread is about really 😛
 
ProdglArchitect said:
But he seriously acts just like my wife and me. And his expressions are far more human 😛

Oh…all right…You (and only you) can call your pet your kid.

I’m not saying that I -would- change anything, only that occasionally I would like to. AS stated, it is a selfish feeling which I dismiss in the end. i imagine everyone feels this way every now and then, maybe if you feel bored during mass you’d wish it were more interesting, something along those lines. I love the Catholic faith and would never actually change anything about it, but that’s not what this thread is about really 😛
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Honestly…NFP is a pain in the ***, and I’d love to just get snipped and be done with kids.

There…I said it!
 
Poseidon said:
If you could design your own religion, and make that religion true, what are some things that you would include in that version of reality?

For example: would you want monotheism, polytheism, or something in-between, like dualism?
Heaven and hell? Nirvana? Heaven but no hell? Eternal reincarnation? No afterlife at all?
Creatures like angels and demons, or other supernatural creatures?

And of course anything else you can think of! I may post this in the Non-Catholic religions section as well later, because I think I might get very different perspectives there.
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Well to start things off I think that everyone here would have a completely different religion if anyone could make their own. This is a hugely opinionated question. Although, rather a fun one to just think about.

My religion would probably be monotheism because you can obey two masters. You will either hate one and love one. That’s a Bible quote but it’s very true. Heaven and Hell… I would have both. Heaven for those who have no sin. Hell for those who have done bad here on Earth and have no repented those sins. Reincarnation… maybe. Not too sure how that work. Although if you get reincarnated you would have to forget everything that has happened in your past life and have no trace even if you tried super hard to find out who you were. Angels and demons… Well I’d make both but everyone in Heaven would be considered an angel that can visit others. Demons would be all the damned souls in Hell that can visit others. Now… I’m a very religious Catholic person and have no intention of following out these things and make a religion but it is fun to pretend you’re a creator of a true religion and all I speak of is true. Most enjoyable, thanks for posting!!
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I’d make a very simple adjustment - applicable to any real world religion (Buddhism, Catholicism, etc) or one made up by the folks replying to this thread.

Undeniable empirical/experiential evidence.

As plain to the common man as the fact that fire burns one hands.

Incidentally, this would probably result in the closure of this and many many other forums. There would be in fact nothing to argue about.

It would essentially be the Death of Mystery.
 
TheAtheist said:
I’d make a very simple adjustment - applicable to any real world religion (Buddhism, Catholicism, etc) or one made up by the folks replying to this thread.

Undeniable empirical/experiential evidence.

As plain to the common man as the fact that fire burns one hands.

Incidentally, this would probably result in the closure of this and many many other forums. There would be in fact nothing to argue about.

It would essentially be the Death of Mystery.
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What a banal and tedious existence that would be, IMO.
 
TheAtheist said:
I’d make a very simple adjustment - applicable to any real world religion (Buddhism, Catholicism, etc) or one made up by the folks replying to this thread.

Undeniable empirical/experiential evidence.

As plain to the common man as the fact that fire burns one hands.

Incidentally, this would probably result in the closure of this and many many other forums. There would be in fact nothing to argue about.

It would essentially be the Death of Mystery.
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That’s good ^ but the part about forums closing… I’d disagree because this is Catholic “Answers” Forum, people come here for answers. 😉
 
TheAtheist said:
I’d make a very simple adjustment - applicable to any real world religion (Buddhism, Catholicism, etc) or one made up by the folks replying to this thread.

Undeniable empirical/experiential evidence.

As plain to the common man as the fact that fire burns one hands.

Incidentally, this would probably result in the closure of this and many many other forums. There would be in fact nothing to argue about.

It would essentially be the Death of Mystery.
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See, I love the mystery. That’s one thing I wouldn’t change. While it would certainly be nice to Know, it would basically diminish every good act a person does to them completing a checklist. I do not Know that I will be rewarded at the end of my life for living a “good” life here on Earth, so everything I do that is good is an act of Faith. Faith that I will be rewarded in the End, faith that God is leading me to a good life, faith that it will all be worth it in the end.

I hope for a reward, and I know Catholicism is true, but to Know it would reduce that faith to a mere mechanical act of compliance, it would no longer have meaning, and that, to me, would be a very empty existence.

I guess I agree and disagree. Knowing would be nice simply because it would be nice to have pre-death confirmation, but I wouldn’t want life to be a meaningless series of to-do’s, so no, I don’t think I’d want to Know.
 
I would have Catholicism as it is, but every Catholic bible would glow or emit some kind of strange light, and when the book is opened a voice says your name in your language. No one on Earth could figure why this happens so that their would be little doubt that there is a God and which religion preaches Jesus as the true God.
 
To design my own religion, I would have to be God.
I’m not, and Jesus is; therefore He is the founder of my religion.

There was a movie out in the 1950s about a man who was given all the powers of God. He started out healing and performing very helpful miracles… As time passed he started to abuse his power and made himself indestructible, so no one or nothing could kill him… He ended up creating chaos when he stopped the Earth’s rotation* (all was flung into space). *He ended up using his powers to reverse all his miracles and return time to where it was before he received his power.

I believe if humans were given the power of God, we would abuse it and create chaos… As has been written: Power corrupts & and absolute power corrupts absolutely

I’m glade God is in charge.
 
You have another thread exactly like this one, same title and everything.
 
I wouldn’t create any new religion, just more open-minded and peaceful people! 😃

Naw, I wouldn’t want to edit humans; I think suffering in the process of becoming self-disciplined introduces a challenge that gives human life it’s zest. And I also think there is more to this universe than we currently can imagine, especially in regard to the afterlife and the hidden meanings of life. I would want to thoroughly explore current religions before creating another, which I doubt we will be capable of doing anytime soon with our thin scope of understanding the physical universe.
 
TheAtheist said:
I’d make a very simple adjustment - applicable to any real world religion (Buddhism, Catholicism, etc) or one made up by the folks replying to this thread.

Undeniable empirical/experiential evidence.

As plain to the common man as the fact that fire burns one hands.

Incidentally, this would probably result in the closure of this and many many other forums. There would be in fact nothing to argue about.

It would essentially be the Death of Mystery.
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There would still be much to pray about.
 
I would not “create religion”. Religion is an attempt to codify the experience of Divinity. You may as well try to hold the ocean in your hands as to contain the totally of the Divine in one religion, or millions of them.
 
Poseidon said:
If you could design your own religion, and make that religion true, what are some things that you would include in that version of reality?

For example: would you want monotheism, polytheism, or something in-between, like dualism?
Heaven and hell? Nirvana? Heaven but no hell? Eternal reincarnation? No afterlife at all?
Creatures like angels and demons, or other supernatural creatures?

And of course anything else you can think of! I may post this in the Non-Catholic religions section as well later, because I think I might get very different perspectives there.
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Really? create my own religion? its not like all religions are made up, like some guy just said, “lets worship this tree and call him bill. he created everything hail bill” however since i see you call yourself an atheist, im sure you would beg to differ. religion is based off of divine revelation and reason from seeing the natural world. you say well then are all religions divinely inspired? in a way yes. other religions do contain part of the truth, but obviously only one can contain the fullness of the truth, and i wont say which one that is because every good Catholic knows which one that is 😉 again, not to be mean but you may beg to differ, mr atheist. idk your stance on this all
 
TheAtheist said:
I’d make a very simple adjustment - applicable to any real world religion (Buddhism, Catholicism, etc) or one made up by the folks replying to this thread.

Undeniable empirical/experiential evidence.

As plain to the common man as the fact that fire burns one hands.

Incidentally, this would probably result in the closure of this and many many other forums. There would be in fact nothing to argue about.

It would essentially be the Death of Mystery.
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The death of one mystery, yes, but whenever we uncover one truth we find a thousand more waiting to be discovered. There’s still all the mysteries of the universe, the human mind, the animal and plant world, the bottom of the ocean, the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, the craters of the moon, whether there’s life on Mars, Europa or Titan, whether there’s life anywhere else in the universe, how to travel to other planets…there’s sufficient mystery out there even if the God question gets unequivocally answered.
 
To answer the question troubles me.

If a Catholic is truly a Catholic, why would he want to change it? I know that some people may find a teaching hard to accept, but with prayer and proper catechesis, someone could eventually overcome it.
 
I’m very happy with the religion I have; I must say it’s exactly what I would create myself, or at least, what I know of it so far (I’m a new convert). I’m still studying, and might find something down the road that I would change. 🙂

Jala
 
Poseidon said:
If you could design your own religion, and make that religion true, what are some things that you would include in that version of reality?

For example: would you want monotheism, polytheism, or something in-between, like dualism?
Heaven and hell? Nirvana? Heaven but no hell? Eternal reincarnation? No afterlife at all?
Creatures like angels and demons, or other supernatural creatures?
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The problem with such alternative universe speculation is that the Catholic God is the same god for all possible universes.
 
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