Reviews for Fun With Religion!

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Hele 2006-08-03 ch 1, anon.	abuseI came back here to copy and paste some of my review and noticed a dreadful typo: Hinduism oringinated c. 50 BCE, not c. 50 BCE (additionally, of course, Jews believe in the return to the Garden of Eden after bodily resurrection, which is the key difference between this idea and the idea of a Paradise).
Lord Timothy 2006-07-20 ch 1,	abuseI respect the effort to give an imaginative flavor to a general idea of religions, but there's admittedly a lot missing. Religions are expansive and covering generations. It's risky to assume that one has the knowledge to boil them all down. And I would be disheartened to find such a drive for a purely religious country. Everybody says their own God is the only one, and their own Heaven is just for them. There are too many righteous people for that much damnation. Good effort, but I'd recommend not trying to encompass all faiths possible. As it's evident that there are some over-generalizations.
Hele 2006-07-18 ch 5, anon.	abuseSo Hinduism and Sikhism, two of the six major world religions (which, by the way, do not include Satanism, Discordianism, Syncretism, Paganism or Raelism. I am puzzled why you would include these, but omit such faiths as Mormonism, Moonyism, Scientology, Theosophism and many others), do not exist? Hinduism is, by the way, the oldest of the world religions, originating around 50 BCE (God appeared to Abram [not Abraham] in the Ancient Near East in the early second millenium BCE; Akenaten instituted the worship of Aten above all others only a few hundred years before the time of Moses [c. 1250 BCE, according to traditional dating]. It is also unwise to dismiss Akenaten, as it is thought that he may have inspired Moses).Judaism cannot be said to be a religion at all until the time of Moses, and we have no evidence that Abraham was a monotheist. Rather, it seems to have been the case that the Israelites observed monolatry after the formation of the Sinaiatic covenant.Additionally, Wicca is not the same thing as Paganism; they are two different facets of a very diverse movement. Jesus was probably born 6 CE, and was visited by an unspecified number of magi. Jews do not believe in "Paradise", but rather a return to the Garden of Eden.The Prophet Muhammed, of course, did not meet with God, but rather the angel Jibrael. I find it bizarre that you include two (prayer and pilgrimage) of the pillars of Islam in your initial summary, but omit the other three (the declaration of faith, fasting and charity).The Torah does not encompass the whole of the Christian Old Testament, but only the first five books. I think that the word for which you are looking is "Tenakh".Also, if you are attempting neutrality "Jesus of Nazareth" rather than "Jesus Christ" (translated as "Jesus the anointed one (or Messiah)").There is no unified Satanistic religion. There are some people who follow the principles written in the "Satanist Bible". There are some people who take the view that Satan is a metaphor for the search for wisdom. There are some unpleasant youths who tar plucked chickens by candlelight. All call themselves Satanists.As for Buddhism, you really must distinguish between the Theravada and Mahayana schools: Mahayan Buddhists do, in fact, worship the Buddha as a god. I'm a pedant doing A-level RS. Shoot me. The two points that matter here are that Hinduism and Sikhism exist and are important and that Wicca and Paganism are in no way the same.
The-Duke-of-Charles 2006-07-16 ch 1,	abuseOK buddy... wow... easy... you're mocking the core ideals of people's lives. You may want to reconsider. Especially... no wait... especially EVERYTHING!Just a thought...
Darket 2006-07-16 ch 1,	abuseI kind of feel apalled about some of your views. With your views on the Satanic church, I'm sure your confusing them with the Wiccans or one of those other shunned religions. But Satanism isn't anything like the way you described. Actually, Satanism is meant for peace. If you've ever researched on CAliester Crowley and stuff like that, you'd find that many of the rumors with goat sacrificing and ** like that is all BS. I'm Christian though, but I've researched into the ways of Crowley and I have to find many things false. I bet you didn't know that 13 means, "Peace and Unity" either? Peace, Love, Triangle, and Unity Darket
ScionDestiny 2006-07-15 ch 5,	abuseThe edge was a little dull on this one, but it still pierced my funny bone.
ScionDestiny 2006-07-15 ch 4,	abuseI think the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all just one God - the three indivisable parts of God. Ah - you probably already knew that. Almost certainly, in fact. I wonder - are you going to do (Christian) Gnosticsm? I think it is different enough from 'conventional' Christianity to warrant a seperate essay.
ScionDestiny 2006-07-15 ch 3,	abuseYour funny, but all your essays are way too short.
ScionDestiny 2006-07-15 ch 2,	abuse? I have a hard time understanding sarcasm. You are aware that Epona (the horse from the Legend of Zelda series) was named after one of the Celtic deities right? Not the other way around? Never mind, you were probably being sarcastic. To be fair, there are some other Pagan religions - like the Asatar, the "new" Nordic god movement. Uh, but this was funny, which was (I believe) the original point and intention of the author.
Cloverless 2006-07-15 ch 5,	abuseYou forgot one thing, in your opening post: Agnosticism. I like the idea of there being a power powerful figure in the Universe, greater than ourselves. But at the same time, I think it's a great mistake to look into the teachings of any one religion with the utmost devotion and fervour. Like the author has stated a lot of the religions hold the same basis in teachings -- love, morality, faith, friendship, etc. Don't get me wrong. I think it's very important for people to have beliefs in something. But Atheism itself, is still a belief and I believe that should be respected. Although I imagine the authour meant no offence about it, I think it's important for some people to realize that. This is a rather humouress essay. It is one of a kind, and you do indeed have some guts to be continually producing this. Although, yes, it isn't that informative, it covers basic principles that are important. Kudous to you.
do-i-exist 2006-07-08 ch 4,	abuseYou should write a chapter about Islam to add to this. Chapter 4 was well written and interesting, like the rest of this piece.
do-i-exist 2006-07-08 ch 3,	abuseWell written. I found chapter 3 to be interesting, though I'm not really sure about the comparison to cockroaches. You probably should have put more thought into that. Good essay though.
do-i-exist 2006-07-08 ch 2,	abuseIt's good that you didn't use anti-Wiccan sites for your research. Once again, you made several good points. I found this to be interesting and well written, though maybe not quite respectful to those who practice Wicca. I have to say though, that at least you didn't bash Wiccans.
do-i-exist 2006-07-08 ch 1,	abuseInteresting, and well written, though I don't agree with everything that you wrote. Overall, a good essay, and you made several good points regarding different religions.
Atelophobia 2006-05-14 ch 1,	abuseAah I gave you a nice long review but I think FP ate it up. >< Well if it doubles you can just delete one. :D Anyway! I like these essays, they're funny but quite sensitive & you're quite brave for starting on such a controversial topic, especially since you probably knew you'd get flamed for it. -adds to Favourite Stories. Oh & an additional note, Islam is to Christianity what Christianity is to Judaism, i.e. it's Christianity plus. Islam does regard the Torah & Bible (though in different names) as Holy Books brought by earlier prophets, but they ultimately believe in the Quran because it was the final book sent down with Muhammad, the final prophet. Also, the Quran is the most well-preserved book out of the 4 religious books Islam believes in. If a copy of the Quran has the slightest mistake - even changing the word "God" to "Master" (literally translated from Arab) - it must be burnt because it would mean whoever reads it sins for reading it incorrectly. Also, I think the original copy is perfectly well-preserved, free from human or natural interference, but I'm not really sure of that. Can't wait to see the next few chapters. :D

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