What makes you choose your religion? Doesn't it have any flaws? Do you advice us to choose it as well too? Why

Are you serious or just stirring the soup?

I chose my religion based on what I had always thought to be true, I just didn't know that there was a whole belief system that pretty much agreed with me. The religion I chose was a very loose, personal form of Wicca/Paganism. Of course my religion has flaws. Every religion has flaws. They are all created by humans, and are this inherently flawed. The major problem that I find with Wicca is the outside dislike/stereotype of Wiccans and Pagans being evil ètc. I advise people to choose a religion that they believe in wholeheartedly and feel called to. If that happens to be what I believe, cool. If not, cool. To each their own! Mt religion is based on two basic tenets, the Wiccan Rede, and the Law of Return. The Wiccan Rede states that "If it harms none, then do what you will." This is generally interpreted for people to do as little harm as possible ang the greatest good. It is a very difficult code, because it really requires people to think about the consequences of their actions. The Law of Return states that whatever you do will eventually come back to you. You know, "You reap what you sow." I am not sure what the purpose of life is. It is something I think about a lot, though. Maybe it is to leave the world a better place than when you arrived.I think that people can choose to rest, Or to be reincarnated directly after death. I will give more details if asked through email. I enjoy talking to people about this subject. I don't know what our ultimate goal should be, life is so fleeting, maybe nothing that happens in the human world really matters. Maybe nothing matters.

Blessed Be,

Amina

I didn’t actually choose my religion I just found out that I’m a gnostic. Yes it is flawed for sure just like every other religion/worldview. Philosophy is solely about enlightenment and gaining knowledge. My mission in life is to discover why the universe is flawed. There is no death since consciousness is neither matter nor energy and it cannot die because it’s eternal. Goal varies depending on your current state of being. Some are here to learn, some for punishment, some are hiding from wherever they came from, some are lost, some are here for entertainment, some to enlighten others (teachers), etc. It appears that the universe and world is multi-functional and that is why people have difficulty with this question. It’s like asking “What is a computer for?”

It's funny I choose my religion because what I had been taught made no sense to me...and because I am a nature lover...I am half Native American and Half African American and I think that that had a lot to do with becoming pagan I feel like deep inside everyone should be close to the Earth but for some reason knowing that it is in my blood that my people were once pagan...inspires me. Of course it has flaws everything is imperfect, but the beauty about paganism (at least to me) is that the imperfections are not looked on as evil but a way to examine yourself and grow. My philosophy is to be a good person and not limit myself or my abilities and to make everyone I conversate with feel like they are special. What comes after death is a cleansing period and then we meet with our celestial parents and find out if we have reached a state of perfection or if we are to be reincarnated again (that's the simple version)...It should be everyones goal to not limit themselves spiritually because the world has told them this is the way they should live...the God and Goddess do not want you to put restraints on yourself..if something is good (and you will know this in your soul) then you should useit to get closer to whatever name you are using as your Higher Being

My religion is my own, I follow no set doctrine or large or small group. I consider myself pagan in my way of thinking. Some of my philosophies are these: I believe we create the world around us, including everything and everyone in it. I believe that we create God and in turn God creates us. without one the other cannot exist. If God were to disappear then everything in this universe would fall into chaos and eventually disappear too. Everything goes in a circle without one thing another can't exist, fire/water/air/earth/life/death/light/dark etc. I'm still working on my beliefs which are complicated to explain but this is a run down of what i've come up with so far.

Our mission here on earth is to enlighten our spirits through some sort of belief and to help others enlighten their spirits without pointing and saying "either believe the way i do or go to hell" To love each other and forgive each other unconditionally. And to also keep nature in balance. eat and be eaten, live and let live and so on.

I haven't discovered what comes after death, but i do believe that death is just another path we all must take. death isn't the end of existance just the path to a new existance.

Our ultimate goal should be to learn to love and forgive unconditionally and grow spiritually without having to resort to unneccessary religions that say "Either our way to heaven or the highway to hell"

1) I choose my religion because I feel it is the closest to my own personal beliefs. Of course there are flaws, the gospel itself isn't flawed, but people are. I would never tell someone what to believe, that is your own choice. It wouldn't be right to tell you to join my church if you don't believe the same things, or don't feel like it's right for you. But if you really want to split hairs, then yes, I would say choose mine.

2) We have many religious philosophies. Check out the sites I'm listing below to see all of them.

3) Our mission on earth is to learn, grow and to become more like our Father in Heaven and Christ.

4) We either go to spirit prison/purgatory, or paradise/heaven. After the Resurrection, we will be judged and that will determine where we go and which heaven we go to.

5) To be with God, or what you think of as God. Or to just be where you want to be.

I chose my religion because it is the one that fits my views.

What religion doesn't have flaws, I don't agree with everyone else that follows Wicca but that is okay because it is our diversity that makes us who we are.

I would advise everyone too look around and decide which religion fits their view of the world, again we are all different and therefore I don't think everyone should be Wiccan unless they chose to be. I spent 6 years in the U.S. military defending the right of every individual to be allowed to choose the faith they want, I believe there is no one religion for everyone but there is a religion for each individual to choose, even if that choice is to not believe in anything.

The major philosophies of Wicca are:

1) The Wiccan Rede (law) "an in it harm none, do as you will." We are free to live our lives as we choose but we should not do anything that will harm others.

2) Karma, whatever energy you put forth to the world will return to you, additionally we believe in the Threefold Law where as that energy that returns to you returns three times.

3) We believe in reincarnation.

4) We believe that all things are a part of the Divine and that whatever we do to another we do to ourselves.

5) We believe that the Earth is alive and has a spirit of Her own and is also a part of the Divine. She is our Mother and we should do what we can to heal Her and take care of Her.

6) We believe the Divine is divided into both masculine and feminine, this we refer to them as the God and the Goddess or the Lord and the Lady, each of us may choose to call them by names of other Gods and Goddesses to make it easier to relate to them.

7) We believe that we work with the Divine and not bow down to them. We do not bend our knees but offer our help.

8) We believe in magick (spelled with a 'k' on purpose) but it isn't the sort of magic as in Harry Potter, television, or the movies, it is more akin to pray but we believe the power for change comes from within us not from the whims of some Divine figure.

9) We believe we are the microcosm within the macrocosm. What ever we do to change ourselves also changes the world around us.

Our mission here on Earth is to live, and to better ourselves and the world around us.

We believe that after our death our spirit goes to rest for a time until it is ready to be reincarnated.

Our ultimate goal is the same as our mission here on Earth, to live and to better ourselves as we better the world around us.

Blessed Be )O(

I don't choose religion. My mission is as I see fit. There is no after death and the goal of life is death. I not prone to giving unappreciated advise . Life has flaws regardless .

1) I chose my religion because I had a vision specifically of the Goddess (I am Wiccan), and because Wicca was the Goddess-oriented religion whose moral code most closely matched my pre-existing ethics.

2) Of course it has flaws -- all religions do. The biggest flaw, in my opinion, is also one of its biggest potential strengths: the de-centralized nature of the religion. Each Wiccan is a priest/ess, and we have no Pope dictating doctrine to all members of the faith; therefore, Wicca tends to cover an extremely wide field of beliefs, some of them pretty "out there", which must nevertheless be recognized as being part of Wicca.

3) No, I would never advise anyone to choose Wicca unless they specifically felt called to it. See point #4.

4) The main philosophies of Wicca as I learned it are:

-- The Wiccan Rede: "If you harm none, do what you will." This is a deceptively simple "commandment" that can take a lifetime to master, and is the only "commandment" in the entire religion.

-- The Rule of Three: Magically and practically speaking, whatever you do, for good or ill, will come back upon you three times over.

-- Attunement with the natural world: Wicca is a religion in which the universe itself is considered to be the body of the Goddess and the God. Therefore, Wiccans seek to bring themselves into harmony with the energies and cycles of the world around us, and by doing so into closer harmony with the Goddess and the God.

-- Respect for other religions: Most Wiccans view all religions as potentially valid paths to the Divine, and therefore feel no particular need to prosyletize or seek to convert others to our path.

5) The Wiccan religion does not impose a "mission" on any of its members; each member is responsible for determining what their own path through life is to be. For some people, it will be the path of the healer; for others, the path of the priest/ess (just to give two possible examples). The only thing the Wiccan religion demands is that its members abide by the Rede and be mindful of the Rule of Three.

6) In my experience, Wiccans are not overly concerned with what comes after death. We do not have a central concept of reward and punishment in the afterlife; many Wiccans believe in a state of existence called the Summerland, where departed souls will have a chance to rest and be renewed in the presence of the God and Goddess before being reincarnated, but other Wiccans believe that there is no survival of consciousness or individuality after death. What is important to most Wiccans is living well in the life we KNOW we have.

7) Wiccans can only speak of the ultimate goal of being a Wiccan: to abide by the Rede, to be mindful of the Rule, and to be in harmony with the world around us and with the God and Goddess. We certainly can't speak for others who are not Wiccan, although we do hope to be treated with respect and to be allowed to pursue our religion in peace.

I am a Taoist, (thanks for asking)

Philosophies: are complex and seem contradictory at times

Mission: to live and grow... I don't believe in "death" (all r 1)

Ultimate goal? (Goals are ultimatly unnessasry) in thinking, keep to the simple. in family life, be completely present...

When the average man first heares of the Tao, he lol because the true Tao can not be shared by speech, it can only be Known from within. And so i would not advice you seek it out through words.

I'm more spiritual rather than religious. I don't believe that any religion has all of the answers but I do believe that all religions have some truths. one must believe what they believe without rules and dogmas restricting an individual.