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Buddhism. It's actually quite a deterrent to stop me from doing bad stuff because I seriously do believe that if you do bad stuff , god's gonna punish you. Sometimes , it also serves as something for me to believe in lol or my life would be empty? dunno what's the word for it.
ReplyDeleteand lastly , it at least let me see the good in society despite how screwed it is today.
Religion was a dominant and necessary force for many people for guidance and to answer the questions that boggled the mind for eons. Unfortunately, it has morphed into a self-serving entity that feeds upon weakness and the lack of self-determination for many that donate not only money but also their decision-making abilities.
ReplyDeleteBluntly, religion is yesterday’s newspaper and it's time for folks to move on.
i grew up in a strict christian upbringing. while it was really hard for a kid to adhere to what the good book said, it helped me to be aware of where i've been and where i was and where i was going. it gave me faith and hope for the future and shaped my character. i have to say it was a good thing because it afforded a certain degree of insulation from the hopelessness and directionless tendencies of our times. in the ocassional times of extreme duress and stress, i automatically fall back onto my old habits that were shaped by strict observances of the scriptures, and you know what... they work great. these things are guidelines for us to live safely, in harmony and with joy. religion teaches us to use our brains, to figure things out and find the meaning in our lives, because its just a manual for us to guide us. its up to us, in our own individual lives and circumstances, to find that perfect balance for ourselves. -- L.C.
ReplyDeleteOh Anonymous, how you make everything quicker.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if this question applies to me or not, but I'm gonna answer anyways, FACE!
I'm not religious, but I was raised Christian. Really what changed for me is I started asking a lot of the big uncomfortable questions nobody wants the real answers to. Some people need religion, I just happen to be a person who doesn't. I'm not anti-religion, but it is hard to tolerate it when you see people who use it as a weapon. I say the peeps out there who use religion to help their fellow humans, they're who we need more of.
I'm an Atheist so I don't have a religious inclination. Religion has shown me, however, that people will use anything to justify their views however, it has (among other things) made me ask for evidence to justify actions/views.
ReplyDeleteI was never raised with religion, and looked into it a bit during high school (Christianity, Islam, Wicca, Baha'i)but they always had sticking points or issues in beliefs for me. I don't want to identify myself with religious scriptures which talk down women and condemn homosexuality.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure what atheism was until I read the description on the Atheist Foundation of Australia as Atheism being "the acceptance that there is no credible scientific or factually reliable evidence for the existence of a god, gods or the supernatural."
So since I had always thought that anyway, I've just recently started saying "I am an atheist".
For me accepting that there's no magical being out there that will help me or the rest of the world out makes me more determined to make myself and the world a little bit better. And takes away guilt for things that don't actually hurt anyone. It's my business if I have a boyfriend, children, or ever get married. For me it's been a really positive thing.
-Sylvia
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. - C.S. Lewis
ReplyDeleteChristianity, contrary to popular belief, is not about rules and punishment. It is not about condemnation and oppression, and it is certainly not about serving ones self. Thought people have in the past done all of these things in the name of Christianity, they were not acting in accordance with the teachings of the faith. In fact when asked what the most important thing His followers should do was, Jesus said two things. First, to love God with everything we had, and second, to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Regardless of your religious views, imagine what it would actually look like for you to live that way. To live in a manner where ever single action was others focused and executed as an act of love to the people around you. To be honest, you cannot do it. The fact of the matter is that none of us can.
It is our own inability to love that separates us from the God who both created us, and loves each and every one of us unconditionally. In fact God loves us all so much that upon seeing how we had become separated from Him stepped out of heaven to live as a man and show us how life is supposed to be done, and ultimately was put to death for living a life that was the embodiment of love. In His death however He became the ultimate sacrifice, He paid the ultimate price so that we could learn to love as He loves, and after three days of death, conquered it, and rose again, establishing Himself as the Savior of all who will seek Him out.
When it comes down to it, Christianity is about grace. It is about living in the fact that a perfect God, has made a way for an imperfect people to be in a loving relationship with Him, despite our inability to love perfectly as He loves; and the best part is that there is nothing you can do to earn God's love or acceptance or salvation. It is freely offered to anyone who will accept it.
My name is Levi (not so anonymous now!) and I'm an Agnostic leaning towards Atheism. I was raised as a Mormon though I never really became the churchy type. This all changed when me and my older brother started questioning some of the church doctrines of the Mormons and just religion in general. I didn't like how on average, religion tends to restrict freedom of thought since obedience is of great importance. Now I'm not saying all religion is bad because I have some religious friends that actually practice what they preach and they are good people, but for me, I personally don't see a need for religion interfering with my life. How can I put trust on a religion if it can't even back up it's teachings with proof/evidence? How can I trust that the religious organization will not abuse its power by taking advantage of it's own worshippers by making them adhere to strict rules and the collection of tithes and donations? This one hits home since my family is in debt. My family actually has the income to pay it off, but since they are obedient at paying 10% tithing, believing that somehow something good will come out of it, we're barely afloat financially. Is that what God wants? Or is it just man and his deception? To end on a better note, I think that as long as you try to be a good person, beliefs should not matter at all. :D
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna stop now before this gets too long and boring!
How odd. I am not an Atheist and yet I accept "that there is no credible scientific or factually reliable evidence for the existence of a god, gods or the supernatural."
ReplyDeleteI just believe. My faith doesn't require Your proof.
As for my belief, I can't say I adhere to any of the organized religions. I think they all have a basis in truth, but none have the whole picture.