Why do U believe in your religion?

Started by Quendiñoldo18 pages

Not withstanding.

i beleive in my religion, cuz ive been brought up with it, and it is the oldest religion to have been physaclly found by man-kind.

???
Not true, unless thou art Pagan, for the whole "One God" system only came to be....well, mostly after the ancient civilizations of the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians.
-The Valar hath spoken.

I think the oldest religion is Hinduism (don't quote me on that, though). But I don't see that age proves anything one way or another.

I may be wrong, I admit.
But, so it seems, religions with more than "One" God have been around longer.
But then, meh, what do I know? 😕
-The Valar hath spoken.

I wasn't contradicting you; Hinduism has multiple gods.

I didn't say you did.
But I'm a pot-head, so I'm probably fecked up right now. 😛
-The Valar hath spoken.

Smiling sadly: I wonder what religion that is ?

List of religions I know (quite few):
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Budhism (though it is not supposed to be a religion but a life-style)
erm....
Catholocsim....
Paganism.....
And...that's about it 😛
-The Valar hath spoken.

On the subject of the oldest religion founded by man...

I don't know what this is, someone mentioned paganism, but are you sure that is the eldest ? For what I know, the first religious movements were established by applying divine characteristics to some humans or 'special creatures' (for the lack of a better word). Old myths speak of humanoids or humans endowed with special powers and wisdom, these were that first to speak to mankind about 'the law' (or the right way of living), it didn't take long before rituals and surplus dogma were connected to these beings and suddenly we have religion.

Sorry if this was somewhat clouded..

mados: Cathlicism and Christiany are practicly the smae thing, Cathlicism is just a form of Christianity

There's a multitude of different branches in the tree of christianity. Who can say that they practise the true form taught by Christ ?

Cathlicism was the first form of Christianity 😖mart: even thing else branched off because they didnt like bits and peices of the Church, example: the Protestant church was in 'protest' of the Catholic Church, and the same with the Church of England, King...sombody wanted a divorce and the Pope woulnd't let him have one

Mandos, I am, Nazgûl.
Cathlicism?
I don't know how to spell it either. 😛
I don't really care what someone believes in, as long as they're happy, and don't bother me.
-The Valar hath spoken.

Originally posted by Nazgulinthedark
Cathlicism was the first form of Christianity

I shouldn't think so; the first form of Christianity had nothing to identify it as Catholic--no Pope, no Catholic tradition, no nothing except for the sayings of Jesus until Paul came along ... Catholicism might be the first formal Christian church, but not the first form of Christianity. But maybe I'm just splitting hairs.

Catholicism! That's how you spell it, thanks.
I think your right though.
-The Valar hath spoken.

the first Pope was one of Jesus' apostles, John i think "You are my rock, and on this rock I build my Church"
I don't beleive it was first actually called Catholic, but the teachings and the practices are the smae

I do not wish to disturb anyone, but I have not been very...celbate tonight.
In your opinion, nazgulinthedark, what should I do if I were to join your religion, and I had done such things?
-The Valar hath spoken.

The title of Pope wasn't used until around 250 AD; they just traced it back to Jesus's time (to Peter, I think) to give it authority, I think. I believe it wasn't until about 400 AD that the Pope was actually declared the head of the Church, instead of being first among equals.

Originally posted by Mandos
I do not wish to disturb anyone, but I have not been very...celbate tonight.
In your opinion, nazgulinthedark, what should I do if I were to join your religion, and I had done such things?
-The Valar hath spoken.

done what such things? 😕