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MineralMan

(147,334 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 11:13 AM Apr 2019

Tired of Your Old Religion? Try Something New for a Change

Most of the religions of the world are old standby faiths. If they're not working for you, there are new belief systems launched from time to time that might appeal to you. Some are offshoots of older religions, with a new slant on the old themes. Others are brand new and have unique ideas of their own. Is one right for you?

Here's a list of New Religious Movements, with links to information about almost all of them. Some might not seem that new, but compared to religions that date back a couple of millennia, they're newborn babes, still in diapers. So, if you're growing weary of your old bronze or iron age belief system, you might find a new one that is more relevant to believe in and follow.

Do some of those in the list sound a little wacky? Well, have patience with them and learn more. After all, the old religions are pretty wacky in their own ways, right? Check 'em out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_new_religious_movements

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Tired of Your Old Religion? Try Something New for a Change (Original Post) MineralMan Apr 2019 OP
We need more slack today. Onyrleft Apr 2019 #1
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs has all the answers you can use. MineralMan Apr 2019 #2
I always thought it would be fun to be a Pentecostal Major Nikon Apr 2019 #3
Plus speaking in tongues is a great party trick. MineralMan Apr 2019 #4
All the new versions of "spirituality" too !? Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #5
Meantime, religion does still deserve lots of ridicule. Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #6

Major Nikon

(36,899 posts)
3. I always thought it would be fun to be a Pentecostal
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 02:07 PM
Apr 2019

Imagine the fun you could have at parties showing off your snake charming skills and immunity from poison.

Bretton Garcia

(970 posts)
5. All the new versions of "spirituality" too !?
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 04:40 AM
Apr 2019

Spirituality has big problems. So I dont support it.

But at its best, or in its most self flattering description, it supported generosity, tolerance, etc.. Which seem like useful qualities.

Granted, religion seldom if ever managed to be that good, overall.

But in any case, how would we teach those sought-after and possibly still-useful qualities; of generosity, etc ?

I guess the better, atheist replacement would be 1) rationality and 2) maturity.

We could also note that 3) secular liberalism also seems to be fair and generous and so forth.

So we could argue that secularism, atheism, aims at some the few if any good things spirituality aimed at. And does them better

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