Serious question; are you happy? Does your religion "satisfy" you?

Question

Please, honest, serious responses only.

Oh; please...if you're comfortable, state your religion?
Thanx.

Wow! Everyone's responses & honesty are blowing me away.
Thank you.

Answer 1

I often tell people if I was any happier I'd be twins.
My faith in God and Jesus Christ satisfies.

Answer 2

I am happy to have such a great religion that carries me on to life and gets me much closer to heaven. Religion is the most permanet and important in everyone's life and if that religion is torn apart that person's whole views and qualities and values change to a state where that person has no link to belong or feel strong. My religion is very important to me and I can't survive without it. It gives me so much hope and completes my identity. I'm a muslim and I'm proud to be. Because I'm a very honest and thoughtful and serious person. My religion depends on me and I depend on it too. And yes my religion definteley satisfies me and I would never do anything to change it. It's a part of me and it made me feel amazing and wonderful. If I wasn't thoughtful and honest I wouldn't have written so much and believe me my answer came from my heart and I hope it will reach yours.I love that question.

Answer 3

I am happy being a child of the most high God! God has done wonderful things in my life. I am a Christian and I am proud. It is a lifestyle and I would not change the life I have now for anything in the world. I can't say religion is the source of my happiness, but the personal relationship I have with the one true living God who sits high and cares for us all. I have a real relationship and no one can take that away. Happy and Satisfied in Christ!!!!

Answer 4

I was baptized Ukrainian Catholic. Every time I go into a church I weep. Whether with joy or just being overwhelmed, there is no feeling like it in the world.
I became Roman Catholic when I married, and it is in this church as well, that I find a deep river of spiritual water that quenches my questing soul. Within this church, I tell you, and witness to you, there is an irrefutable Truth, a jewel that I treasure as I treasure my own life.

But, in order for this to come here, all this spiritual water had to be poured into a vessel that was not cracked, and even in this, I found the remedy. I bring my cracked self to the confessional, and I come out perfected. But in order for this to occur, there are three things that God needs from me: an acknowledgement that I have sinned, a true sorrow for my sin, and a payment for my sin. From there, in my weakness, is God's power.

This sacrament, after baptism, is the diving board from which I launch myself into the depths of this world, seeking the treasures hidden and guarded by dangerous things.

Yes, it has satisfied me. And the more I opened myself up to this place, the more it satisfied me.

Answer 5

I come from a Christian family. I never felt anything from that religion growing up. I followed my own spiritual path reading everything in all corners of spirituality and religion. I loved learning about myself and wanted to understand who I am. I had personal spiritual expriences that affirmed something greater existed.

It was never my intention to follow or practice any religion because there is no need to. I just know that all rivers lead to the same ocean. There is no wrong way to get there, is it? It does not matter how slow or fast, or whether one has a better scenic route or not.

I met Sri Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi exactly one year ago. She is the incarnation of the Divine Mother. I was deeply impacted by her. I then started reading all about her. After five books, and so many dreams and experiences being guided by her, I felt like I had come home, to the end of my journey.

This past whole year, Amma (She is called that) has brought me closer to Divine Mother (Mother aspect of God), more than ever in my entire life. I started applying her teachings into my life and utilizing the Sri Lalita Sahasranama (The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother which is very powerful), and since then my mind has been wiped clean of negative and dirty thoughts. I also have almost no fear. Sexual energy has also been nonexistent, that I'm impressed because I had a lot of it in my body.

I also feel so much pure unconditional love within, more than ever. I also feel that I am never alone ever again. I have never been as happy as I am now with Amma as my Satguru. I write about my journey with Divine Mother and Amma on my 360 blog. Each day is so special. I just spent five days in a row this past week visiting with her when she was here in Calif.

Every single person should at least get Amma's unconditional love in her embrace. It changes you forever! She is the most graceful person I have ever laid my eyes on. Just having my eyes on her radiant face full of compassion and unconditional pure love is enough to fill my heart with love. Only an incarnation of God could do that. Her popularity is growing fast with each year. In India, as many as 80,000-100,000 people would show up for her darshan when she travels to North India, and 2 million people attended her birthday celebration 3 years ago.

Amma says her religion is Love.

Answer 6

Well, i have my ups and downs, life is like that, but I'm happy the most of the times and that's so good. I wasn't very satisfied with the religion my mother taught me, but then i decided to choose a new religion and I'm very happy with it. (I turned Shintoist) feel it gives me more safety, and peace into my life and relationships. Anyway i think that religion is a complement in your life and it can't give you happiness automatically if you don't work to get it. Don't you?

Answer 7

I had consider myself years ago as a bible thumper!
My life just couldn't get any worse.
I was very dedicated to God - But I got tried of being a pawn in a chess game being moved into different situations to entertain him.
I gave him up for ten years - The last of the relationship was at night I would pray for my children's protection.

Now I'm back, as in the previous days with my personal relationship with God I could just open my bible and words would jump out at me and pertain to my current situation!

Now once again, I have that blessing to just open the bible and receive what I need at the exact time!

Thank God for that.

If I may add when I was out of the religion, I still told people if that was what got them through then stick with it - what I also told them is that is good to have that, because being alone without anything to fall back on IS VERY VERY difficult!

Answer 8

My Wiccan spiritual path does satisfy all my spiritual needs. At the same time, I don't think it's the job of my religion to make me happy. Happiness is an emotional state I am glad to have when it comes, but my spirituality also helps me when I am having other emotions too: when I am angry, it helps me find my way back to myself; when I am sad, it helps me find meaning in grief and despair; and so on.

But my spiritual path absolutely satisfies me, and it helps to keep me happy more often.

Answer 9

It is not religion that makes people happy. True joy comes from Jesus Christ. When God created man, He placed within each of us a void and this void was a place where He would abide. It could only be filled by Him. Man tries to fill this void with all kinds of things wealth, employment, cars. personal items. None of these will meet the desire of fulfillment. Jesus Christ, and He alone, is the one that will bring true joy, peace, faith, love and much more. If you don't know Jesus today I encourage you to accept His unspeakable gift of salvation today.

http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html

Answer 10

No mere "religion" can satisfy. Only a satifying personal relationship with the Creator can satisfy. And that personal relationship brings joy.

Answer 11

My religion has no affect on my life one way or another.

I'm an atheist and the only time it is even an issue is when I'm entertaining myself on Yahoo!Answers. At all other times, it is a non-issue.