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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Here's the thing that doesn't let me accept that in my logical mind when it comes to religion "shopping" so to speak. If it's possible to "choose" your religion than in a way you're acknowledging that there isn't a real truth.
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When it comes to "shopping" for religions, I tend to agree with you. I think there's a difference, though, between doing that and exploring different religions to find the one that resonates most with what you already believe (or don't believe).
In that sense, it can be remembered that some religions make allowance for other valid understandings of the truth, while others don't. So, for example, if Christianity's claim to present the "real truth" doesn't resonate with you, then you might be unlikely to feel at home there. But Hinduism, at least as I understand it, doesn't claim to be exclusive with regard to "real truth"; rather, it claims to be one way of understanding the truth.
Then there's always the Unitarian Univeralists, where it's more about the search for truth than knowing the truth.
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