Which theology leads to the best fruit?

Question

With so many different ideologies competing for my allegiance I had to find a way to determine which of them (if any) were likely to be true. When it comes down to it, there are two sets of fruit that a theological paradigm tends to lead to. The first is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control. The second is fear, selfishness, peer pressure, intolerance, hostility, anti-intellectualism, arrogance, hypocrisy, and misery. If a doctrine or practice can be demonstrated to lead to the former then it sounds like something that should be embraced. If it has been shown to lead to the latter then I would think that it should be avoided if at all possible.

Sooooo ... Which theology (including atheism) leads to the best fruit?

Answer 1

for me, it is Paganism.  the highest spirituality humans can experience is when they love outside of themselves and are able to live with integrity and passion.  that is what my exploration of the aspects of Paganism has brought to me thus far.

Answer 2

Theology is a barren tree.  It takes doing, not thinking.

"We are to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all, wherever we find them."  Joseph Smith, Jr.

Answer 3

just smack the watermelon a few times and get the one that sounds the fullest.  

Answer 4

In my experience, theology has little to do with the "fruit" of a person's life. Good people tend to do good things, bad people do bad things... positive people are happy, negative people are unhappy.

Answer 5

Love.  Follow love always. :)

Answer 6

The theology where you got that fruit paradigm:  Christianity, specifically, salvation by grace.  Gal. 5

Answer 7

Botanism.

Answer 8

In my experience the LDS faith has brought forth the most fruit.

I've studied this excerpt from the Book of Mormon many times and I have learned much from it.  (See source for more reading)

28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your b*****s; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.

  29 Now behold, would not this increase your faith? I say unto you, Yea; nevertheless it hath not grown up to a perfect knowledge.

  30 But behold, as the seed swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow, then you must needs say that the seed is good; for behold it swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow. And now, behold, will not this strengthen your faith? Yea, it will strengthen your faith: for ye will say I know that this is a good seed; for behold it sprouteth and beginneth to grow.

  31 And now, behold, are ye sure that this is a good seed? I say unto you, Yea; for every seed bringeth forth unto its own likeness.

  32 Therefore, if a seed groweth it is good, but if it groweth not, behold it is not good, therefore it is cast away.

Answer 9

Any that uses the Golden Rule.

Answer 10

Well, the abrahamic religions are fruity, does that count?

Answer 11

Theology doesn't lead anywhere and atheism is not theology.