Do we all feel so powerless and afraid that we need godlike idols to rest all our beliefs against, or does religion serve another purpose?
2006-07-16 02:03:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
absolutely. the fact that more people haven't realized this is what is puzzling.
2006-07-16 02:05:30 · answer #1 · answered by Billy W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I would say it's a crutch per se, but for many it is a way of explaining the unknown that cannot be explained 100% by the current laws of science and to give them a sense of purpose for their time on earth...for others it is a belief of the world that was ingrained in them from the day they were born and they know nothing else...
2006-07-16 09:06:00 · answer #2 · answered by musikurt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i believe it is a crutch but to explain the events in nature and to bring us hope some religions however talk about punishment and hell to make man kind fell guilty about saying a white lie or make you say your hail marys for stealing a peice of cake before dinner but it is a crutch
2006-07-16 09:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by tigermuffin03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith by definition is a belief in something that cannot be proven, in this case God. We may read the bible or Koran, but we can never prove the existance of a supreme being...that's why they call it faith.
Religion is a means to that end...in prayer, celebration...and a way to meet with other believers that helps grow one's faith.
I've never considrered it a crutch.
2006-07-16 09:32:02 · answer #4 · answered by nittany128 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both religion and non-religion can be self-serving - both to support the foundation of the ego/self that is by its very nature separating, alone, etc. (handling the ego's fear of death, aloneness, etc.). True spirituality seeks an experience of the divine/god that can only be had by working on getting rid of the self and loving other people. When this is in the context of ritual and concepts that support it, real religion emerges and one can find this context indispensable in one's journey.
2006-07-16 09:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the result of the perennial orientation of the human heart to the absolute. In a broad historical view, it's atheism that's inexplicable.
2006-07-16 09:33:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For some yes. But I honestly do not believe that people who have faith as I do should be classified in that way. One bad apple has ruined it for the few, as with many other different cultures and faiths out there.
2006-07-16 09:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by Theresa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking this while in a wheelchair or maybe in one of those motorized buggies? I think religion serves one of those other purposes you're talking of.
Chances are you'd like to know,
Buster
2006-07-16 09:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just realized? You actually believed in a fat magical man living in the clouds listening to everyones problems and magically helping them with miracles? Which cave did you just crawl out of?
2006-07-16 09:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by =_= 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Debra - religion is NOT the road less travelled. It is exactly the opposite - the road way too often travelled.
2006-07-16 09:07:28 · answer #10 · answered by awakening1us 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I believe it is a bridge for humans to travel. It leads somewhere. It is the "Road Less Traveled"
2006-07-16 09:06:01 · answer #11 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋