patible Religions--relative compatibility
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(here 100% means "most compatible" not 100% compatible)
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
I want to believe in superior beings and that happiness can be acheived through enlightenment. I don't want to believe that I will die, because I feel that I must be partly immortal to have the grace to live a conscious life.
2. Jainism (94%)
To cause harm to other beings is to accept and revel in the imperfections of the world.
3. Hinduism (89%)
World-soul lends qualities of goodness. Awareness of categories is important, seeing that the God-stuff has many aspects and capacities, such as destroyer, preserver, and creator. It is important to have bodies of text which preserve wisdom for seekers of knowledge.
4. Neo-Pagan (89%)
Until I actually know anything it is important to be vague when it comes to religion. I don't want to be misguided.
5. New Age (89%)
Religion should awaken human capacities, not nullify them. At the same time it is ridiculous to believe that previous systems had no merit. It seems very imbalanced that there are things as good as food and sleep and shelter and art and poetry and yet I have so little spirit and so little wonderous ability such as enchantment or spell-casting that would allow me to revel in the holiness of life. What is the purpose of holiness that is submerged and does not serve to benefit the living?
6. Unitarian Universalism (69%)
It seems like dead ambiguity to me, but I was raised in a Unitarian church, and it seems to have some value as a community. I do feel that there ought to be one right religion for each individual. It seems like an insult that I could be a child without a dogma. I feel as though I wasn't being attended to. Its best quality is that it presents the worshipper with choices. I feel that all religions should do this. When an individual cannot choose what he worships, his individuality is not being confirmed and recognized. A great and good God would give reason for each individual to worship him, or to take part in (sometimes relative) holiness by doing good or being good. While ignorance of the good might create free-will, it does not promote happiness.
7. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
I don't see God, and holiness is a qualification of things, so God and soul must be spirits. Ideally, there ought to be a set of laws to follow which would bring about a good life.
8. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
9. Bah�'� Faith (64%)
10. Islam (64%)
11. Sikhism (63%)
12. Liberal Quakers (59%)
13. Reform Judaism (55%)
14. Taoism (53%)
15. New Thought (52%)
16. Scientology (52%)
Philosophical Stances
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