New Idea: Annual Swap Religion Day!

June 30th, 2009

Ok, how about this. For one day out of the year, everyone gets to swap their religion for someone else’s. Muslims can become Jews, Catholics can become Mormons, Baha’i ’s can become Scientologists.

That way everyone can see the world from anothers perspective and it will promote peace and harmony!

NOTE: ONLY READ FURTHER IF YOU’RE AN ATHEIST. ALL OTHERS, GO CONSULT YOUR MAGIC BOOKS.

Psst.. OK fellow atheists, here’s the deal.

Sure “Annual Swap Religion Day” can promote peace and harmony, but it will also cause people to realize that all religions are completely interchangable, which can then lead them to realize that religion itself is completely empty and pointless.

So, let’s all get out there and promote “Annual Swap Religion Day!”

Which day of the year should it be on? Any suggetions?

Tags: religious pluralism |

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kappi
June 30th, 2009 at 4:47 am
… but you can also live on Monday in Sweden, on Tuesday in Germany, on Wednesday in England, and realise that all countries are “interchangeable”!
In my humble opinion, this is not true: our heart belongs to its homeland. There are not “better” and “worse” countries, but the one which gave us life has something special…
The same can be said about mothers…
So, every man can have (or have not) faith in What/Who they choose, and this is right; everyone could think their own religion has something special and “better” than the others, and that’s right too… if they speak, find their way, and not kill/damage others.

I know my opinion will cause some “disappointment” in some readers, but I hope to find someone agreeing with me too.

Kappi

P.S.: I’m sorry for my imperfect English, I’m an Italian student
MadScientist
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 am
I know some people who change religion fairly frequently – it doesn’t seem to make them any better. Come to think of it, they were never really good at any one religion because they just couldn’t get themselves to hate all the other religions.
jeffrey
July 5th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Good point.

And according to polling it appears that almost everyday is “Swap Religion” day.

“More than one-quarter of American adults (28%) have left the faith in which they were raised in favor of another religion — or no religion at all. If change in affiliation from one type of Protestantism to another is included, roughly 44% of adults have either switched religious affiliation, moved from being unaffiliated with any religion to being affiliated with a particular faith, or dropped any connection to a specific religious tradition altogether.”