2006-08-12 11:02:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
for peace of mind ppl adopt different things and habbits. religion is one of them, some ppl find peace of mind practicing it, just liek some find peace in practicing yoga....there are different ideas out their that drive all of us....we choose teh one that is most clear and comprehensive to us....
2006-08-12 11:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Following below is just a brief excerpt form the Writings of Abdul-Baha about true religion. If you wish to have a precise and true knowledge concerning God and Religion please read the Holy Books of Baha'u'llah, the Messenger of the One true God for our time, at the Gutenberg Project.
"The divine Prophets have revealed and founded Religion. They have laid down certain laws and heavenly principles for the guidance of mankind. They have taught and promulgated the knowledge of God, established praiseworthy ethical ideals and inculcated the highest standards of virtues in the human world. Gradually these heavenly teachings and foundations of reality have been beclouded by human interpretations and dogmatic imitations of ancestral beliefs. The essential realities which the Prophets labored so hard to establish in human hearts and minds while undergoing ordeals and suffering tortures of persecution, have now well nigh vanished. Some of these heavenly Messengers have been killed, some imprisoned; all of Them despised and rejected while proclaiming the reality of divinity. Soon after Their departure from this world, the essential truth of their teachings was lost sight of and dogmatic imitations adhered to.
Inasmuch as human interpretations and blind imitations differ widely, religious strife and disagreement have arisen among mankind, the light of true Religion has been extinguished and the unity of the world of humanity destroyed. The Prophets of God voiced the spirit of unity and agreement. They have been the founders of divine reality. Therefore if the nations of the world forsake imitations and investigate the reality underlying the revealed Word of God they will agree and become reconciled. For reality is one and not multiple.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 225)
2006-08-12 11:38:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to have belief in order to have religion.
Belief is usually defined as a conviction to the truth of a proposition without its verification, therefore it is a subjective mental interpretation of the perception results, own contemplation/reasoning or communication.
there are two ways which I define "real" as:
1. To make it happen by following scientific ways. (I do, therefore I am) For example: boiled water is hot because I used my hand to touch and test it.
2. To make it happen by believeing it. (I believe, therefore I am)
For example, boiled water is not hot for me because it is just my body, my soul said that it is not hot! (Since you believe in soul or superpower.)
Same situation, you can have totally two different elaborations.
Which one is real?
2006-08-12 11:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by Vector_The Positivism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion was created by humans you should be free from all religion and just serve GOD
2006-08-12 11:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by spida_kat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion = belief = state of mind = neuronal connections = real.
2006-08-12 11:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my definition of religion: Religion is man's attempt to reach God to save himself. This is wrong. The opposite of that is salvation: Salvation is God reaching out to man to save man.
2006-08-12 11:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by the_elite_says_blarg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christian religion is def. real. God has proved himself over and over in my life alone.
2006-08-12 11:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody has to make assumptions about things we just don't know for sure.
2006-08-12 11:06:19 · answer #8 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds good to me.
2006-08-12 11:08:12 · answer #9 · answered by gizzardout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES
2006-08-12 11:06:50 · answer #10 · answered by Michael H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋