Which religion is the funnest?--Why?

[texastoast]

Poll question: Which religion is the funnest?--Why?

This is the important question for me. No fun--no attendance. Who has the most fun at church, synagogue, circle. Please list your sect and tell why.

[rucky]

1. Pagans by a mile!

I'm not one, but I have many pagan friends. There's always something festive going on.

[DoktorGreg]

3. Pagans are not even close to us Subgenii!!!!

http://www.subgenius.com/

[Az]

22. Oh if we are going down that path Hail Eris!

Bob is just Eris's slacker son. Gotta go to the source for the real fun. Bob's idea of fun is sitting around and ripping on the poor newbs trying to figure it all out. Eris is in the mix actually having fun rather than sitting around and waiting for something fun to float by.

[htuttle]

35. Bob is a Greyface!

He's all stressed out worrying about X-Day!

Give me a hot dog, sans bun, any day of the week! Well, except Friday, of course. Then I'll have the bun, too. :)

[No2W2004]

69. Any religiion that has this guy as a saint (second class)

is good enough for me!

[thetone]

18. Nay, I say. The Mormons have it, hands down.

That is, if the question meant "the funniest" and not "the funnest". Funnest is not a proper English word to my knowledge.

[AntiCoup2K4]

29. Yeah, Holy underwear, no caffeine, and no alcohol. Sounds like a blast!

There IS the whole multiple wives thing, of course, but without caffeine or alcohol, even that wouldn't be much fun. Multiple mothers in law, for one thing.....

[Name removed]

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[AntiCoup2K4]

67. Circumcision isn't what I call fun

Thank God I can't remember back that far :scared:

I guess the hats are kinda cool, but I don't think I could grow the long curly sideburns.

[Cleita]

73. Some former neighbors of mine belonged to a church

called the Church of the Vine. Now I live in wine country, but I don't know if that has anything to do with the fact that they seemed to be really happy people.

[joefree1]

2. Eco-pagans and Druids

We worship in nature. Try the sky clad rituals. Now that's fun!


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaganWarrior/

[Az]

4. Have to go with Pagans as well

A real celebration of life and love.

[Walt Starr]

5. Um, I read your question as "funnIest"

"funnest" is not a word. So I answered Christian no-catholic because, IMO, their dogma is the funniest.

[Misunderestimator]

7. I read it that way too...

I entered the thread, because I was curious which one I would find the funniest. :)

[Az]

8. Same here

Wrote a couple of paragraphs and posted before I reread the subject line. Doh. Thank goodness we have the edit button now.

[texastoast]

10. Yeah

Don't you think "funnest" should make it into the dictionary before "misunderestimation"?

[Walt Starr]

15. Nope, the proper phrase is

Most fun.

[texastoast]

41. Form over function

Aiyiyi.

[starroute]

54. Can we add "funness" as well?

When my older son was three or four, he was exclaiming one day over the "funness of nature."

I eventually figured out that he'd picked up the phrase "wonders of nature" (from a Berenstain Bears book) and put his own special spin on it.

I've been a fan of "funness" ever since.

[texastoast]

55. Funness is my kinda word

Kids are the BEST! I will start using your son's word. That's how they all get in the dictionary.

[slackmaster]

16. Me five

I was going to answer "Church of the SubGenius".

http://www.subgenius.com

[goodhue]

33. me too

same reading, same answer

[damnraddem]

36. Yeah, I read 'funniest' as well.

But I'll stand by Breatharianism even for 'funnest' (sic).

[sangh0]

6. Buddhists have more fun

And those koans...nothing funnier than watching some poor ignorant acolyte try to find the wisdom in the nonsense. It's funnier than watching Bush* trying to cut his own steak.

[Az]

14. Na, Taoists got it over Buddhists

They are always busy trying to get rid of their desire to get rid of their desire (ack dizzy). Taoists simply let life be what it is and enjoy the parade for what it is.

[htuttle]

9. The Paratheo-Anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric

[texastoast]

12. Are they sort of like

The anachronism society?

[htuttle]

17. Fliegende Kinderscheisse!

Remember: King Kong died for your sins!

[bahrbearian]

11. Rastafarians

[Walt Starr]

13. Good answer!

:D

[texastoast]

Uh hmm

I know some about that religion. (Inhaling deeply here to see if the power of suggestion will work.)

[dubyaD40web]

19. Oooh, combine Rastafarians with Pagans!

I may have to start a new religion. Who's in?

[sangh0]

25. Rastapaganarianism?

.

[Az]

27. No one knows

The guy in charge of the bark with the list of names lost it yesterday after 4:20.

[Duvenoy]

20. I didn't vote 'cause they're all a hoot.

n/t

[redqueen]

21. Pagans who worship Dionysus / Bacchus

Not just about getting drunk, they celebrate the communal experience of dancing, having fun, and generally being at peace and getting along with each other. :)

[texastoast]

45. Isn't that what is all supposed to be about?

Nothing like a day full of joy. No guilt, no sorrow, no fear, just counting the many blessings. I'll bet Jesus would approve!

[redqueen]

47. I think so, yes

That's what I remember from Bible school anyway... This is the day that the Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it

:)

[Dead_Parrot]

77. Ahem...

The Order of Bacchus would welcome any DUer's who want to sign up...

[Mattforclark]

23. Branch Davidianism

It's way kewl. Doomsday clock, secret tunnels, oh my!

[Az]

24. One could argue that Lavay Satanism should be the most fun

But they seem to get all tripped up trying to be dramatic and dark.

[Beacho]

26. Magicians

As a friend of mine once said to a puritan protesting his occult shop in Surrey, "Our side pays better!", as he drove off in his friends ferrari

[AP]

28. It's not funny, but all those animals in Hinduism, and the castes,

are interesting.

The caste system is really anachronistic for a religion with as many followers as there are of Hinduism..

But it's never right to criticize what people believe.

[Az]

30. Calvinists

[texastoast]

48. LOL!!

That is one of the funnest posts here.

[AngryAmish]

31. Church of Jesus Christ Without Jesus Christ

Nobody with a good car needs to be justified.

[damnraddem]

32. Breathairianism.

How can you beat a religion that says its believers can get all their nutrition just by breathing -- and then the founder is caught scarfing down a Big Mac?

[Gildor Inglorion]

34. Why can't we start our own?

Something like "The Church of Jeffersonian Democracy." We could have all sorts of cool hierarchies, costumes, rituals, statues, incense, bells, whistles, commandments, singing, chanting, and the like. I'll volunteer to be Father Abbott of our first monastery.

[Az]

38. Jefferson already got owned by the Unitarian Universalists

Though they aren't too far from what you are suggesting anyway. Any religion that has religious retreats involving hottubs can't be all bad.

[Chovexani]

37. Pagans, hands down

We throw the best parties. In fact, all our holidays are pretty much an excuse to get drunk and act the fool. ;)

[yella_dawg]

71. Don't forget...

Serious pagans are into really good food too.

[kimchi]

74. Absolutely, pagans.

Celebration is a high art form; and you never have to hear the same boring sermon over and over. If you fall asleep at a pagan ritual, either you have serious health problems or you are too drunk.

[jayavarman]

39. I and I think

The Rastafarians are having a good time giving praise to Jah.

:smoke:

[Lautremont]

40. Mennonites are the funniest.

I don't know which would be the funnest. Probably agnosticism, inasmuch as that's a religion.

[West Coast Democrat]

42. Scientology--Funniest

(sorry, I read "funniest")

[texastoast]

46. I forgot about Scientology

Thanks for mentioning it.

[arwalden]

43. The Snakebite Talking In Tongues Drinking Poison Religion...

which one is that?

[redqueen]

49. Pentecostals!

Wow, I forgot about them. That is one fun church service, I tell ya what!

[DemBones DemBones]

58. But not all Pentacostals are

snake-handlers, by any means.

All who call themselves "Pentecostal" take very seriously the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to the disciples on Pentecost after Jesus had ascended into Heaven. That's where the inspiration for "talking in tongues" comes from.

"Taking up serpents" and drinking poisons to show the presence of the Spirit were also inspired by New Testament verses but are not part of the worship of large Pentecostal churches like the Church of God or the Assembly of God. I don't think there's even a denomination of snake handlers, just small independent churches that share some beliefs.

I used to teach in a small Appalachian community where there was a snake handling church so I've taught kids who belonged to that church, including their preacher's kids, who were all excellent students and very bright.

[texastoast]

50. Pentacostal

Deep faith, man. Snakebitten in deep faith. Whew!

[amber dog democrat]

44. Born Again X-ians waiting for the Rapture.

I can not understand how this is credible.

[robertpaulsen]

51. Carpocratians

The Carpocratian sect flourished in Alexandria. Carpocratians revered Jesus not as a redeemer but as an ordinary man who remembered that his soul had its origin and true home in the realm of the perfect God. In other words, Jesus was to them a fellow Gnostic and a model. Carpocratians rejected the created world and identified themselves with spiritual reality. They claimed to communicate with demonic spirits, a proof of their power and superiority over the material world. The Carpocratians were called libertine Gnostics because they claimed that the attainment of transcendent freedom depended on having every possible experience, sinful or otherwise. They had a more developed cult than other Gnostic groups; they made coloured icons with images of Plato, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Jesus, and others. They were members of the first sect to have used pictures of Christ. They also practiced magic for such purposes as the making of love potions.

http://www.nullens.org/ancient/Part_1_Concepts/Cabala-Cushitic_languages.htm

Sounds like fun to me!

[texastoast]

52. Thanks!

I had never heard of this group in particular. Now wouldn't it just get some people's goat that some of the first pictures of Jesus were used by demon-conversant Gnostics.

[MrSlayer]

53. Satanists.

The rituals include lots of nudity and sex. Sure it's a bunch of nonsense but it's a lot of fun. I used to love performing Black Mass when I was a teen.

[natrat]

56. Rastafarianism-

you get the giggles

[FranMonet]

57. Jews : they have the best comics

Jerry lewis, John stewart, Al Frankin, Mel Brooks just to name a few.

[DemBones DemBones]

59. One sect I'd really like to know about is

the Fire Baptized Holiness Church.

For obvious reasons, though, I've never had the courage to attend their services. :scared:

[prodigal_green]

60. Catholic!

We have saints ranging from the bizarre to the sublime. There is a role model for just about any wacky behavior out there. I especially like the early saints who could fly, were giants, etc.

[RafterMan]

82. Can't believe Protestants are beating Catholics

English and Germans over the French and Italians?

Come on. Who do you think has more fun?

[Rowdyboy]

61. For excitment, nobody beat the Snake Handlers!

http://members.tripod.com/Yeltsin/

[JHBowden]

63. Objectivism

Yeah, with sacred texts, a messiah, apostles, and a vision of the upcoming apocalypse, I'd say it qualifies as a religion. Throw Marxism in there too.

[libhill]

65. Sounds suspiciously like

Christianity - I voted other, for Christianity of both the Catholic and Protestant persuasions. Both full of crap.

[killbotfactory]

64. Scientology

Started by a sci-fi writer, who pretty much stated religion is a racket.

None of the others are very funny, since so many people were killed or had their lives ruined because of them.

...

oh wait, you said funnest.

um...

Whatever religion lets you trip out on stuff. Like some south american ones. That would probably be it.

[starroute]

70. Nothing funny about Scientology

You want to count how many people are dead or have had their lives ruined because of them? You have any idea what sort of things they do to people who they think are mocking them?

If you think they're funny, you don't know them very well.

[bemildred]

66. Scientology, hands down. nt

[vajraroshana]

68. Tantric (Vajrayana) Buddhism

Because "faults" are viewed as fuel for the fire that illuminates/enlightens.

And it least in the west, most adherents are former (or still are)hippies and counter-culture types.

Cool rituals; and when you're bored with the exotic rituals (as will happen when you repeat them tens of thousands of times) you drop the ritual construct and rest in naked awareness.

On the down side, a lot of sectarianism and cultish dogmatic fanaticism from some hard-core long-timers.

But mostly open-minded sincere leftist types to hang out with. And a special bonus, you get to piss off (or scare the shit out of) your fundie relatives. :evilgrin:

[JI7]

72. Hinduism

you can do just about whatever you want inside a hindu temple. it doesn't have anything to do with religion either.

although some of those statues and pictures of the gods creep me out sometimes.

80. "Whatever you want in a Hindu temple" ???

you have a strange understanding of Hinduism. :)

Some might eve say that you are ...."wrong."

[JI7]

83. i speak from what i know

at least the ones i have been to and they aren't as formal or strict as jewish, muslim, and christian temples and churches. people can run around, eat, talk about whatever they want. and have parties there.

90. Gotcha

In that aspect, I agree. I misunderstood you at first, because the temples are more relaxed with visitors, etc, but very strict with diety worship, etc.

Sorry :)

[9215]

75. Fuck you!!

79. Hmm,... is that a religion?

or just a type of meditation?

[texastoast]

85. Should I add that option . . .

to the next survey? Hmm. No, I think not.

[Dead_Parrot]

76. No contest...

It don't take no Albert Einstein, don't take no Carl Sagan
To know you'll have a good time at a party full of Pagans
The bartenders all love us cause we drink a lot of beer
It's a dozen of my favorite parties of the year

Pagan Night Out, Pagan Night Out
We drink alot of stout because it's Pagan Night Out...
Loke E Coyote

Unless you want to take your religion seriously, of course. Then you need this.

[texastoast]

84. Thanks for the links

And blessed be! Note to self: personally investigate contents of Witches' Cauldron. Now, off to the kitchen that contains my cauldron.

[Zorra]

78. Whatever is good for you. n/t

81. Hare Krishnas!

All your clothes match
You get strange, counter culture hairstyles
All you can eat vegetarian Indian food! (yum)
Its healthy (I mean, have you ever seen a FAT Hare Krishna???)
Dancing-singing-singin-dancing-and more dancing. And singing.
God is a blue boy that flirts with girls in the forest -sweet!
The end of the world is about a half million years away! WHOOOHOO!
Big festivals elephant rides and giant carts.
uhm... thats all I know.

[texastoast]

86. But doesn't sex have to be . . .

Practical? Gosh, looking at the fly in the sugar pie here.

[elfwitch]

87. Jews and here is why...

I read somewhere that somewhere between 40-45% of professional comedians are Jewish. That is a huge number considering that Jews make up only about 1% of the US population.

Jewish humor is legendary. Most of the pioneering TV comedians were. Milton Berle and Cid Caesar are just two of the many Jews who created TV comedy back in the early days.

Jon Stewart - Jew
Lewis Black - Jew
Mel Brooks - Jew
Adam Sandler - Jew
I could go on and on...

[ermoore]

88. Jainism.

Dudes, Jains are effing crazy. That is a hardcore religion. Basically, salvation can only be achieved if you are male and lived in India (or the general area) several hundreds of years ago (or possibly that far in the future), otherwise you're kinda just treading water this life and hoping to be reborn better than you are now. It's kind of a cross between Hinduism and Buddhism. The highest form of whatever is going to a cave and starving yourself to death over several weeks (very, very nasty way to go).

[djg21]

89. Jehovah's Witnesses

(1) only 144,000 people will ascend to heaven or the kngdom of god, or whatever. Imagine the competition among adherents for those 144,000 spots. (What a great way to exercise control over the flock).

(2) For a religious group that believes that the apocolypse is inevitable, and near, they sure are buying (or stealing from senile old widows, etc.) a lot of real property. I guess the 144,000 can, somehow, take it with them.

[Jade Fox]

91. Whatever sect Betty Bowers belongs to.

[troublemaker]

92. Mormons all the way

Easily the funniest religion. Funniest premise. Funniest origin. Just all around hilarious.

And yet it seems to make its adherents very happy.