I'm seriously thinking about a project of visiting a different religious faith every week, but I'm now stumped in finding 52 different religions
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He ain't kidding on the scientology thing. That's a very, very dangerous group to open yourself up to. I'll post some links later if you want some context.
Well, I was just throwing Satanism up there just to see what hit the wall. I actually want at least a religion or two where most people go "WTF" and I can go "Hm - well, let's talk to them anyway."
But as far as Scientology, I plan on just treating them the same as everyone else: I'm just being an observer, don't go sprinkling me with anything to get me to join your church.
Oh, and I noticed you corrected my misspellings. Thanks ;).
There's the Universal Life Church, although I'm not sure if they have any actual beliefs beyond "Everyone is qualified to be a minister".
Also, as I understand it, 'pagan' is a catch-all term for any of the smaller, local religions which were overcome by Christianity in its first few hundred years. 'Neopagan' is a modern attempt to revive some of those practices, mostly Druidism. Most practitioners, though, don't really care about which term you use, and are kind of just generically "isn't nature great?" Wicca is a specific offshoot of neopaganism, centered around the Mother Goddess. They've got spells and witchcraft and stuff, although I don't know too much about that aspect.
I was wondering what the differences between pagan and neo-pagan and wiccan may be. As long as I follow my "rule 1" of "they explain what they believe, not me", then I should be covered.
Hinduism is sort of an umbrella for a whole bunch of stuff. The religion is sort of like the English language. "Oh, that element is nice. Sure, we'll take it too." So there are a lot of different strands to focus on.
There are lots of localized things like the various American Indian faiths.
Oo - I hadn't thought about any local American Indians faiths. I may have to see if there's any that offer some sort of worship that I can attend. But you idea of the "non-living" is good too - I was hoping to find some local druids or something.
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Wiccan is different from Pagan; Pagan is a very broad category, Wiccan is a slightly less broad category.
Buddhists have two main broad categories; people who consider the Buddha to be a god, and the other people who consider him to just be a hoopy frood.
Satanism has a few different types. Are you thinking La Vey Satanism?
Also watch out for the scientologists bitches be fucking crazy, yo.
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But as far as Scientology, I plan on just treating them the same as everyone else: I'm just being an observer, don't go sprinkling me with anything to get me to join your church.
Oh, and I noticed you corrected my misspellings. Thanks ;).
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Also, as I understand it, 'pagan' is a catch-all term for any of the smaller, local religions which were overcome by Christianity in its first few hundred years. 'Neopagan' is a modern attempt to revive some of those practices, mostly Druidism. Most practitioners, though, don't really care about which term you use, and are kind of just generically "isn't nature great?" Wicca is a specific offshoot of neopaganism, centered around the Mother Goddess. They've got spells and witchcraft and stuff, although I don't know too much about that aspect.
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There are lots of localized things like the various American Indian faiths.
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(it's a grassroots religion)
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