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Another Religion...
OK, so here is the premise of the question. You have a kid and you have to raise them as a religious person but this can not be your own belief, what religion would you choose and why?
I would strive to teach them about as many religions as possible and explain them side by side. As adults, they will choose their own religious identity and path.
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But one of the main reasons I was attracted to my religion was the young people who were raised in Nichiren Buddhism. They are some of the most "got it together" kids I have ever met. So, even though it is against the rules, I would have to say my religion.
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Boy I see this going down hill. I know that the religion that you would choose would be your own because you believe in it; this is more of an exercise as to what other religion you either feels closely match your own or that you see has similar values.
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I understand, but I would not want my child to have a religion that caused suffering in their life. But if I had to choose, I would choose Catholic. Although I would bothered by the fact that they would worship a man they believed to be god.
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I understand but I think of this because I may be faced with this on my own. Since I’m atheist as you all well know and my wife is Catholic we have talked about how we would raise our kids. If I had to choose one religion over another it would be Buddhism for I find that it fits more into my own personal beliefs and I see it spreading harmony more than any other and personal responsibility.
Eastern traditions are less offensive to my faculties of reason. It seems a few others agree. It's when they try to overlap ancient texts with metaphysics in paper-thin metaphors, or endorse paranormal beliefs, that I shy away from them. But as philosophies and guides for living and loving life, I struggle to find a more tolerant, benign, peaceful, and reasonable approach than Taoism.
Hmm. I've never heard of them as the Big 5. But meh. I guess they're considered as such based on cultural zeitgeist rather than worldwide adherents (in which the top 5 would lose Buddhism and Judaism if memory serves).
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