2006-06-13 09:42:47 · 8 answers · asked by AscensionMaster 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't insist on "religion". I believe in having a personal relationship with my Savior
Go to: www.notreligion.com
By the way, it's hard to understand when you approach God with an unbelieving attitude
2006-06-13 09:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by trace 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very general question. There are so many layers to discuss and plenty of literature out there that you could pick up. It appears that you have been turned off by exposure to some self-righteous folks who air their religious opinions openly ... and you may not agree with what they have to say, or maybe it's more than one person.
Religions developed regionally and the rituals that were part of the culture prior and during the development of the individual philosophies were used or developed relative to the culture. So if you lived in a fishing village, the elements of the religion could be very different from more land-based agrarian cultures (deistic [with human-like entities] or not [just philosophical without personalities like Jesus or Mohammed or Buddha {"non-deistic"}). So from the start cultural biases were visceral and elemental.
Many religions are based in historic events as well ... and a lot of those started from conflicts, so the very beginnings of many of philosophies are based in having an enemy or a contrary entity of some kind battling, supressing, in juxapostion. So you can imagine that certain attitudes can develop supporting one way of existence over the oposing forces. Biases were and are created. Some think that if you do not follow the same rituals, which they believe a deity may have prescribed and if you are outside of that belief structure you are not enlightened.
But even within one religion you can find several different attitudes. More conservative elements of a religion can be intolerant to individuals outside of their belief system, but there can also be more liberal elements that are more open to the outside world.
2006-06-13 10:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by flintrock86 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean? Self-deluded? I'm going to take it the way it comes to me. People live there lives according to what fits them in some cases. As a believer in Jesus Christ I don't feel that my "fatih" is a self-deluded religious concept. I don't follow religion: I have faith.
2006-06-13 09:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by CuriousGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't insist on you following it. What you believe or do not believe is a choice that should be yours to make.
I follow my religious faith because first of all, I believe it, but second of all because it is the patina of meaning through which I interpret the world - it provides a rich layer of profundity to a world that might otherwise be devoid of it for me.
As to whether it is a delusion or not, only time and that one final moment of truth can answer that. For now, we all see through a mirror, darkly. And that is as true of you or me as it is of anyone.
2006-06-13 09:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it gives them comfort. most people are scared of the unknown, and death is the ultimate in that category. but if they believe that some unknown entity will give them a reward after they die for being good it makes death a little bit easier to deal with.
2006-06-13 09:53:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah like the big bang theory is real plausable. i guess its easier to believe that were all just mangled space matter that formed together.nothing self deluded about that.
get real dude.
2006-06-13 09:52:43 · answer #6 · answered by Aug the Conqueror 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is empty... God is not. There is no peace or joy or comfort like having a personal relationship with Him.
2006-06-13 09:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by the reporter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the way of the Jedi.
2006-06-13 09:48:40 · answer #8 · answered by catalyst 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋