Weird Religions?

well the muslim religion teaches that you should kill anyone who won't convert to your beliefs...I think that is pretty weird...

for a start, Asatru is not in the least bit wierd. what on Earth could be seen as wierd about Asatru. I am not Asatruar myself, but my family path has definitely been influenced by Norse paths. The Nine Noble Virtues mean a great deal to me, and if we all tried to live by them the world would be a better place. Honour Truth Hospitality Courage Perseverance Loyalty Discipline Industriousness Self Reliance this really isn't so strange a thing. believing in a sprawling pantheon of deities isn't strange. Asatru really isn't wierd.

This is so amazing, to say the least. I know only about Jainism coz it exists in my own country India. However, one common thing in most of these religions is the concept of spirituality, prophet, good conduct in life, equality and so on. The ancient Persian religion I found more fascinating coz its an ancient religion and I don’t know how many people follow it, even now.

I do not understand how Jainism, came into the 10 odd religions, in fact even if they say Jains are a different religion, basically they are considered a subsect of Hinduism, I may be wrong about Jains being a subsect of Hinduism, if somebody can throw more light on this I will be happy. Since you are studying about religions even you can give more information of Jainism, and I wonder how no Jains have not replied to the fact that their Religion is listed in this particular list. I do not know wether you have heard about Bagwan Rajneesh (Osho), if I am right he also started a commune in Pune, India and then settled somewhere in USA, and once again sent back to India, his commune is still there in Pune, and he has got a lot of followers from all over the world. In fact the commune is run by whites only now.

Hi chasingsunlight, I don't know what you'd consider by "weird," but there's one I came across over 15 years ago which I find very different. Am surprised it isn't on your link's list. It's the Baha'i faith. For some reason, I'd always linked it to Judaism, 'coz that's what I heard. They're related somehow? Perhaps, as you're Jewish, you can shed some light into my understanding of it. Thanks.

I do not think any religion is weird because in partly depends on how we perceive things. Our perceptions depends on many things including our religious background. Just because something does not conform to our beliefs and understandings it is not necessarily weird. To understand something better we have to learn more about it while keeping our prejudices and preconceived ideas aside. With distorted information we can easily be manipulated and used by people who are bent on gaining dominance other people. Thank you for the list. I knew only three of them. Over here in Malaysia there are several 'weird' religions founded by former Muslims. The most recent talked about was the Ayah Pin group.

I didn't recognize any of those! I would say the only religion I really think of as weird, or in a negative way, would be Scientology. Maybe there are others that would bother me similarly, but because they aren't as focussed on in the media it never presents itself as an issue!

I've heard of the Japanese religious sect called Aum. They conducted sarin attacks in subways and injuring thousands. Weird religion if you ask me, too bad they're not outlawed.