Necessary components for a successful religious text

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Originally posted by Emperordmb
That source seems pretty sketchy

"[b]Christianity is the oldest and the most popular religion on this planet. It was founded by Jesus Christ in somewhere around 27 AD. Christianity is also the oldest Abrahamic Religion."

Also IIRC Islam is the fastest growing religion unfortunately. [/B]

^^^Well their opinions may be contrary to yours (and mine), but i'm more interested in the numbers themselves.

Originally posted by Rockydonovang
ooh, another religion that's an order of magnitude better than real world religions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MvdMqKvpU

Yeah i'm pretty much going to blow you off after this (as i know who you are/what you're doing) but again, internet, so feel free to keep my thread super active thanks. 🙂

Originally posted by riv6672
Yeah i'm pretty much going to blow you off after this (as i know who you are/what you're doing) but again, internet, so feel free to keep my thread super active thanks. 🙂

Happy to oblige:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzy8RMGaL0

1 - The main character/idea/theme would be a phenomenon of great power.

2 - Wrap it in stories inspiring awe, fear and hope. Include tales of individuals dealing with this phenomenon so people have characters they can more easily relate to.

3 - An *inspired* set of rules on how the masses should interact with this phenomenon, with each other, and in general how to live.

I think that last may be the one that cant be omitted, no matter the religion.

Originally posted by riv6672
I think that last may be the one that cant be omitted, no matter the religion.
I regard it as the most important feature. Religion, philosophy, even politics: a lot of this is abstract, heady stuff. But the one thing that is concrete is our behavior, how we treat each other.

Originally posted by Emperordmb
That source seems pretty sketchy

"[b]Christianity is the oldest and the most popular religion on this planet. It was founded by Jesus Christ in somewhere around 27 AD. Christianity is also the oldest Abrahamic Religion."

Also IIRC Islam is the fastest growing religion unfortunately. [/B]

Yeah that's definitely questionable. Judaism is the oldest Religion in the world and the first Abrahamic Religion. And yeah, Islam is the fastest growing Religion due to birth rates.

Originally posted by Mindship
I regard it as the most important feature. Religion, philosophy, even politics: a lot of this is abstract, heady stuff. But the one thing that is concrete is our behavior, how we treat each other.

Treat each other, or how the religion's representatives want ppl to behave.