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- magix151Lv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
No religion can give you freedom. You do that for yourself. Religion can give you a strong foundation to start on.
- MackenzieLv 72 years ago
I'm not sure what you mean by 'freedom'. There are religions that have a lot of rules and dogma, but they believe freedom is achieved by following those strict guidelines (a spiritual freedom).
There are those that don't have a lot of dogma or commandments or anything, but that doesn't mean they teach it's fine to run around willy-nilly acting out your impulses.
My religion is Wicca; I find it freeing for me because there is not a lot of dogma. There are no arbitrary commandments and such. But Wicca teaches we take personal responsibility for ourselves, and sometimes the responsible thing is not the thing you necessarily want to do. We're still supposed to use moral reasoning, think about the consequences of our actions, find a healthy balance in life,
- firstshotLv 42 years ago
None, IF one chooses God (in the person of Jesus Christ) then one follows the TEACHINGS (& lifestyle of the same. 24/7 365, NOT just on "Sundays !"). IF your worried about the World,Lusts of the flesh & Lusts of the eye, then you do NOT want to be with God, but satan. satans ONLY mission, is the capture and COMPLETE Destruction of "man"
- ?Lv 72 years ago
I'd nominate Wicca, as being probably one of the most free, open ones. And I'm sure many other current-day Pagan religions as well. And LaVeyan Satanism.
With most religions, though..? You can still be as free as you allow yourself to be. It is up to you whether or not you take all their dogma literally, and let it cripple your mind and limit your life. Which.. Christianity, Islam, etc, are not the easiest to do that with. Because their holy books f*cking suck, and are very close-minded and dogmatic. But still, though..? There are more liberal, mystically oriented Christians out there, too. And even some Muslims. (Sufis.) Although they tend to be oppressed and hated on by mainstream religious Muslims.
Also, Unitarian Universalist churches..? Are awesome! They welcome ANYONE! And do not require you to believe in anything, in specific. Way to build community, UU Americans! I wish we had that where I live, too. :)
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- Anonymous2 years ago
Ignorance and freedom doesn’t mix. Religion is ignorant.
- 2 years ago
What do you consider freedom? Freedom to do what? Freedom from what? We are all slaves of sin and only by God through Christ Jesus can we be freed from that.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Probably Budhism.
- Anonymous2 years ago
No religion does. Common sense and to be free of all religions gives any human more freedom