Which religion is the stinkiest?

[Why?]

Isn't ritual bathing anathma in some religions?

 

[draqon]

It ensures healthy babies' have immunity against cold...it trains their body while it is young to develop immunity.

 

[Why?]

I bet the Ganges stinks to high heaven.

 

[lightgigantic]

I bet the Ganges stinks to high heaven.

if you find that it does in certain places, you can no doubt trace it to its source - western policies of economic advancement

 

[Carcano]

One can often observe half burned bodies floating down the Ganges...so Ive read.

 

[lightgigantic]

One can often observe half burned bodies floating down the Ganges...so Ive read.

it is quite rare to see such things

you can however easily come across paint factories with run offs that pour into the ganges.

can you guess which is more stinky?

 

[Medicine*Woman]

I bet the Ganges stinks to high heaven.

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M*W: I imagine it does with all the rotting corpses of baby girls who are less valuable than baby boys in that culture.

 

[lightgigantic]

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M*W: I imagine it does with all the rotting corpses of baby girls who are less valuable than baby boys in that culture.

"imagine" is the operative word

 

[Michael]

I once smelled a taxi driver from the far corner of the back seat - does that count?

 

[lightgigantic]

I once smelled a taxi driver from the far corner of the back seat - does that count?

only if you discussed something metaphysical

 

[Medicine*Woman]

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M*W: This is just my opinion, but I think Buddhism is the "stinkiest" religion, not for its philosophy, but for it's ritual burning of inscense. Pee-Yew!

 

[Tnerb]

Seriously, in all liklyness Christanity, simply due to the fact that it is the most popular.

 

[Repo Man]

I've heard that getting near Amish on a hot day is no treat.

 

[kaneda]

The water of the Ganges is very oily and apparently this stops it being incredibly smelly when you consider what empties into it (I never noticed any smell when I was on a boat there almost 20 years ago). Bodies are normally wrapped in cloth and burnt before their ashes are put into the Ganges.

 

[Orleander]

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M*W: This is just my opinion, but I think Buddhism is the "stinkiest" religion, not for its philosophy, but for it's ritual burning of inscense. Pee-Yew!

I cannot stand incense. :grumble: So I'd have to go with that one as well.

 

[Till Eulenspiegel]

When I spent some time in Miami at the Fountainbleu I could smell the Orthodox Jewish men long before I saw them. The weather was warm and that coupled with the fur hats and heavy black coats and black wool pants they wore and a lack of bathing meant they were a bit 'ripe'.

 

[USS Exeter]

I bet the Ganges stinks to high heaven.

Hinduism and Jainism are the stinkiest, you are right!