LDS has Smith's seer stone, Islam has the Black Stone... what other religions have, in their possession, a specific rock as a crucial artifact?

I am here seeking input from you guys and want to understand about World religions. Which book you will recommend and why?

I am Not focusing on one religion but want to understand the comparative religions and the beginning of a religion?

My fiancé and I are getting married in a couple months while also deciding how to include our family in our wedding. We’re planning on doing a temple wedding but would also like to have an opportunity for the rest of our family to watch us. I heard of a ring ceremony, but I’m not exactly sure how that would look.

I’ve grown up really seeing the weddings that are on TV and as much as I would like a temple marriage, I would also like one where I can walk down an aisle and see my spouse at the end. it’s nice being supported by your family that aren’t able to go inside the temple waiting outside, but I would also like them to actually see me at the altar. Some of our family members won’t be included in either ceremony so I would be walking down the aisle, probably by myself.

I guess what my question is, how do I go about the ring ceremony? In my head it’s like the usual wedding ceremony if I wasn’t to get married in the temple. Has this been done before? What does it look like? Is a ring ceremony the right term? We are planning on doing the temple at around 9 AM and after photos and such, the ring ceremony you probably be at around three then dinner after and the usual party reception.

It’s important for both of us to have our families there. It’s important to me to have my siblings be there to see me get married to my husband. None of them would be able to go inside.

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In general God may be real, everything is true, but the sacred books were not only rewritten and republished, but also some legendary events were borrowed from earlier religions and this is obvious. And so, what in your opinion is unfortunately quite doubtful, relative to other more reliable things?

Going through a period of only hearing about your religion orally to being able to read the text for yourself seems like it would be quite transformative. What do you think it would be like during that time period for your religion?

I was just watching a video on a tiger and one person in the comments “god made these animals perfect”. I’m not religious so i might not understand but I’ve got people in there saying rude things to this person. Saying there religion is make believe. Some of them even claiming they are an anti Christian. I don’t think this is right to do this. And I’ve also seen a Christian arguing saying that a Muslim’s religion is false. And so on. I know I can’t make a difference with this comment. But I just want to know why people do this on every religious comment, it’s really sad. I just hope everyone can respect each others faiths. As said it could just be me, and I didn’t reply to any of these because of that. Thanks-

conversely, what do they think of hellenic/norse polytheistics worshipping indian dieties?

Can be from your own religion/tradition or others'.

Mine have to be:

• qawwal from Sufism - it's incredibly powerful. Go listen to Rang by Amjad Sabri and RFAK.

• Songs of Solomon from the Bible

• The Ramayana (obviously), although I've not read it in the original

• The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan - a fictionalised biography of Andal, but written so superbly as to be like a poem itself.

1. He is considered to be the greatest prophet out of all prophets, no one will exceed his level.

2. He spoke to God “face to face” as someone speaks to a friend.

3. He was taken in by Pharaoh’s Daughter and raised in Pharaoh’s palace as a young child.

4. He received the Torah from God, and is widely considered to be the author of parts of it (if not most of it). He also received the oral Torah which was passed down through generations and prophets until it was complied into the Mishnah.

5. He was offered the opportunity of being the founder of his own nation by God after seeing the children of Israel worshipping the Golden Calf, but he denied and argued in favor of the children of Israel.

6. His birth was predicted by Egyptian astrologers, who warned the king that a leader would emerge who would stand up to him.

7. He married an Ethiopian woman whom God defended when he was criticized for it.

8. Whether a metaphorical or literal number, he is said to have died at 120 years old. This is why many Jews say at birthdays that someone shall live “another 120!”

9. His sidekick and apprentice, the Prophet Joshua led the Israelites into Israel after Moses’s death.

10. His sister secretly convinced the daughter of Pharaoh to let his mother nurse him when he was young.

Now some verses about Moses:

ויאמר משה אל האלהים מי אנכי כי אלך אל-פרעה וכי אוציא את בני ישראל ממצרים? ויאמר כי-אהיה עמך וזה האות כי אנכי שלחתיך.
But Moses said to God, “Who am I to go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt? And [God] said, “I will be with you; that shall be your sign that it was I that sent you.” (Exodus 3:11-3:12)

והאיש משה ענו מאד מכל האדם אשר על פני האדמה. Now Moses himself was very humble, more so than any other human on the earth. (Numbers 12:3)

Edit: just want to make clear that I’m not saying that these are 100% historical facts and what happened, just what Jews believe about Moses.

Does anyone know of any pro Jehovah's Witness based content (aside from offical JW church stuff)? It could be JW apologists or people just talking about positive experiences in the faith. It could be from websites, podcasts, YouTube channels, books, or anything else.

It's super easy to find people online who completely trash the JW faith. However, I've found it rather difficult to find any content that presents the pro JW perspective.

An example of this would be a Christian recommending a book about Buddhist meditation that they really enjoyed.

Would a system that revolves around death worship be possible? How do you think it would be received? I’ve yet to see a popular one (Santa Muerte is a little different, not Death itself), it’s an interesting concept!

The title asks it all. But I've been wronged by someone before in my past which cost me my career and HEALTH. and that person is now happily married with children, healthy without a care in the world. How is that even fair? I used to be agnostic/atheistic so I just blamed everything on my own behavior/actions. But I have gotten a bit more religious the past years. The only thing that doesn't make sense with religion for me is the question I'm asking (aside from a few nonsense stories).

Reverse engineering a nearly 10,000 year timeline from incomplete information, biological evolution deviation norms, conceptualizing a vast outcome variance of thousands of years and comprehending them well and accurately is not something most humans can do.

Take a seat, feel the air,

See the heat, clear the air,
Bring, in, desire, greed, and
Takeout, that isn’t cheap,
Take the stairs, cause it’s a fire,
That consumes wants and needs

We built a 10,000 year time detailed line search time and used many heuristics to deduce this as the most likely origin of the nature of our species as we know it today.

Sharing the same fate

No room for squares in
The inside, of confined spaces
Of their minds

Fewer yet, can listen when the answer is consequential and meaningful to your own beings.

Then chews you up, and

Spits out, a fire,
That’ll burn, it all down
And if you don’t want it, too,
Then I’ll take it from, you.
I’ll take it from you

The key to this discovery is the immense system comprehensiveness of understanding thousands of variables and heuristics that considered everything that was possible, or unlikely, and limited by astronomical events bound within the civilization birth timelines.

https://medium.com/@zeusfyi/on-the-origin-of-human-nature-69bd87089707

I am looking for good, engaging debate topics about religion. Not too complicated, but good to argue over. Ones I find online are often a bit leading. Anyone has a good resource or list?

In religions like Islam or even Hinduism, there is often unavoidable gender bias (I'm thinking stuff like women being obligated to wear hijabs often while men aren't nearly as pressured).

Are there things like female leaders in Sikhism? I heard they're more about gender equality but I'm just wondering what that means.

Any person out there that has gone through a name change to jesus for religious reasons. One part to the religious part also is anyone named jesus a satanist. Thats one thing i just had the thought of and would like to see a post on this. Yes people have changed their names to jesus for good religious reasonings, and what i see is other people changing their name to jesus for the other. But also one would see as him accepting his fallen brother.

If I am not a Jew, to save myself all I have to do is obey the laws of Noah and not the rest? Also, since when have you had that thought? What happen if I only follow the Noah laws and not anymore?

Hello, so for context I'm norde pagan and I now need to choose one God and/or goddess to be my main one so I was wondering if you could help me figure out which norse god I should choose to worship as the main one for me. Not I have a branch of the Norse viking religion of my own but closely follows the main one and with minor changes that end up being major but the ideals and idea of it stays the same as the main branch.

I was first pulled in on the 12 January 2022 but I didn't know by which god or goddess. As the years went by they started teaching me things about who I am in celestial realms. It wasn't until October 2023 did I realize the extent of what the gods especially Odin and Freyja were telling me and the reason behind why they were telling me of this. They told me that I was one of Odins unspoken daughter Ylva Odinsdottir. Which they taught me that I was a god before they gave me a rebirth long before the creation of Asgard in a society of warriors that had fallen and made companions. And that I had worked really close to the Norse gods despite not being one of them. Eventually I asked Odin to give me a rebirth and Odin agreed but needed the help of Freyja effectively becoming my celestial parents. I had to rise to godhood again. And throughout my life I ended up wielding many different sorts of magic and the ability to completely change my form and gender and found out that female forms were the strongest for me as it allowed for the strongest connection with elements and magics.

Odin also taught me that after my rebirth I had asked to venture to the Spartan Domain to learn the ways of Sparta. Which they allowed. When I was done I was brought back by a Valkyrie that had been assigned to me. I eventually decided to venture to Midgard to learn the ways of the mortals and I got stuck. The requirement for me to be able to fully return was to learn who I was fully. This told me that they have been following my entire lifetime here on earth. Though during the time between lives I would be in Valhalla ruling and feasting earning more and more power. To the point where I became stronger then Odin himself. In this lifetime they have accomplished the ability to temporarily pull me to celestial realms during my sleep. Where I found out a lot from celestial grand archive where all that has ever happened is kept. I ventured their often to learn about myself and Odin and I looked into the prophecy of Ragnarok and with my presence it had changed as I was able to restore the immortality of all gods and warriors but not like what Baldor gave one that once you die you would respawn as you were before the battle. With the alliance of the Spartan and many different warriors of different lands from lands I had conquered or been asked to protect by their leaders and they submitted their lands to me. That the gods and their lands would be safeguarded. Looking at my battle history I have never actually lost a battle. Odin also showed me that I have earned the respect of all as well as their loyalty.

And now I am at a point where I have to choose one to be my main one and looking at things online where a few pulled them into paganism but in my case I learnt that it was every God's and goddesses that pulled me in. I am looking for suggestions.

I'm an active/practicing member of what is widely considered to be a high-demand religion (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which is by far the largest sect of Mormonism). I wouldn't disagree with that assessment. If you're a person who is truly serious about being LDS Mormon then the faith is very high demand. It can very easily take up a whole lot of time. It also can require major commitments in certain lifestyle choices.

However, while the term 'high-demand religion' is often used as a pejorative, I don't personally view it as a bad thing (at least not inherently). I think of a 'high-demand religion' in a similar way as I think of a high demand workout. A lot of time, effort, and devotion has to be put into the workout (or the religion). However, you also get a whole lot more out of the workout (or the religion).

By contrast, a low demand workout (or religion) may require less effort and/or sacrifice, but it's also going to produce a much smaller reward.

A light 20 minute jog along with a few push ups/sit ups a few times a week can produce some positive results. However, that workout routine isn't going to get the person in nearly as good of shape as they would be if they committed to a hard core crossfit workout routine.

Likewise, someone who goes to church maybe once a month, prays whenever they want something, and maybe cracks open the Bible every blue moon very well may get some level of spiritual/personal growth/benefit. However, it's not going to be anywhere near the level of many people who are truly devoted to their faith.

I realize I'm going to get some people who may say 'I was in XYZ high demand religion for a long time, and I didn't feel any benefits at all'. Firstly, I want to emphasize that I'm not trying to speak for every single person's personal experience out there. I'm very aware that there are some people who were in high demand religions who feel like they didn't benefit much from their experience within said faith. However, what I am saying is that there are a whole lot of people (myself included) who do benefit greatly from being in a high demand religion. For us, the 'high demand' is a feature, not a bug.

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As it says in the title - would be great to hear key similarities and differences between these religions on how they consider dharma. Also if there are key differences between schools within Hinduism and Buddhism.

I don’t know how I should word that, but I’ve been struggling a lot since early 2022 and I haven’t been able to go to school, see my friends, or even leave the house since. I grew up going to church but stopped because I’ve never had a strong opinion on religion but now I think I want to explore it and see how i feel. I’m not looking for someone to tell me I’m not crazy for wanting to turn to religion, or it’s “whatever I’m most comfortable with”, but it’s a genuine question… should i try to explore religion?

i attended a bible study once, i just got invited by my teacher and some of my classmates. it was very fun because i rarely socialize with other people and they were so nice, i even like someone there because he’s so kind and good-looking. i told my dad about the bible study thing, and he told me to not come because they have a different religion, they’re christian and we’re catholic. dad said he’s just recruiting me to join christian religion (if thats the word idk)

i was supposed to go this saturday and i was excited because i get to see him again but turns out 🤷‍♀️

Hi everyone! , I am born into a catholic family and I have been looking into Islam for over 2 years and within that two years I haven’t been practicing Christianity especially catholicism because personally I have never felt a connection with god even though I went to church every Sunday, I don’t understand the teachings of Catholicism and when I tried to go to a different denomination it was a bad experience. Overall, and I don’t think the religion is for me. And with Islam, I haven’t practiced because I haven’t taken my shahada.

I want to revert to Islam as over the two years the trials and tribulations have been so much and I can’t do this life by myself anymore. It has come to the point that I give my life to God or I’m finished. I do agree with Islamic views and 2 days ago I decided to take my shahada today.

I’m extremely scared as i think I may be rushing into it. I honestly feel like this is the only thing I can do to put my soul to peace. I don’t know as much as I would like to know about the religion therefore I don’t know if I’m going to regret it. I am currently a hairstylist, I love getting my lashes and my nails done. I know it’s going to be hard

Can anyone give me advice? Did any reverts feel the same way?

Thank you!

I’m not Jewish but I’m confused why so many people have anger and negative feelings about Jewish people. I’m not looking for things like they didn’t produce the fruit or listen to god I’m curious what the reasons are without the beat around the bush nonsense.

hi all, i know this question is going to get a variety of answers, and might seem like a stupid question, but i'm just genuinely looking for some opinions on this so i hope i don't get flamed for this.

i was raised roman catholic, and although i do think there are some forces in the universe that exist, i eventually stopped attending church as a teenager due to me not believing in "god" the way catholics do.

now, as an adult, i have a several jewish friends, and i have learned a lot about judaism and am very interested in it. i still don't believe in a god, but i find the ideals and the rituals of judaism comforting in a way i never found catholicism to be comforting. that being said, does my belief in intangible forces rather than one god mean that i cannot be jewish, even if i already adhere to the ideals and tenets jewish people try to live by?

thanks very much for any insight into this!

Here's a hypothetical:

One day, a man with Superman's powers comes out of nowhere and starts to fight crime. His powers don't appear to be generated by any technology, so no Iron Man suit or Batman gadgets.

He has the whole package: flight, invulnerability to bullets, bombs, missiles, super-strength, super-speed (faster than a speeding locomotive). And he uses them only for good.

He stops criminals without harming them, respects the police, gets involved in the wars and is unstoppable on the battlefield, destroying all the weapons, until the nations are forced to agree on peace.

No one knows who he is, he doesn't appear in any database of any census ever taken in any country. He doesn't speak much, but the few words he does say prove that he knows most languages on Earth.

He doesn't get involved in politics, doesn't take sides, doesn't express any agenda. World governments try to catch him or kill him for a few years, but eventually understand that he is beyond any weapon we currently have.

How would religious people react to him? Would Christians and Muslims think that he is the AntiChrist? Would any religions worship him?

The Muslims have mosques, the Christians have churches and Hindus have temples. Worshippers of these religons could also worship in their homes, but also have designated places of worship.

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What I'm asking is: Is there a religion or religions, that doesn't even have a place of worship at all?

Normally in many religions the god-like beings were just called gods, demigods, but outside of that were their other titles like half god, etc.?