If You Were Religious, What Religion Would it Be?

[Anomalocaris]

If I were religious, I would probably be either a Buddhist or a Satanist. While seeming extremely different at first glance, Buddhism and Satanism both share an encouragement of thinking, rather than an aversion to it. I think any religion I would join would have to have that feature. I would probably lean more towards Satanism because I think that it is important to indulge your desires, to some extent. Not that you cannot indulge your desires under Buddhism, but one of the main goals of Buddhism is the cessation of desire, which I actually do not philosophically agree with.

What about you?

That's a bit like asking if white were to be black, what shade of black would it be. The answer is that shade of black that is totally devoid of any element of blackness.

So if I were religious, I would follow a religion which would never qualify as a religion, and I would be devoted to it in a way that would never mark me as religious.