Why should I believe in religion im doing just fine without it?

Question

Try to convince me that I should or should not believe in any religion

Also where are there so many religion, surely if even one of them was really true or had any fact then the whole world would follow that one religion

Answer 1

Each to their own....and religion is not compulsory!!

What cheeses me off though is non-religious peeps having a go at the religious ones.....and the religious ones trying to ram religion down the throats of non-religious peeps!!

Answer 2

I am doing fine without religion as well.
The religious argument seems to fall apart very quickly when they are presented with facts,
Religion goes something like this
1.8 Billion Christians (divided into many sub sects)
1.4 Billion Muslims
400 million Hindu.
1.4 Billion atheists (no intrest in religion whatsoever) and rising
and the rest made up of Buddhists, Seek, etc (all figures are approximate)
The problem that all these think that they are right and must force their point of views onto others, causing friction wars etc.
You are best off sitting back for a while and doing your research and finding out what makes you happy.
Personally I follow no god, does that make me a bad person?

Answer 3

There is no particular reason why you should believe in anything. However I wonder why you are asking the question. Are you looking for something?

Formal religions all have their own beliefs and doctrines and who are you or I to say which is the best or the truest.

People are individuals and have individual needs and may gravitate towards a religion whose philosophy suits them best. Which religion you follow may be because of your culture - your family's beliefs, your country's accepted religion and so on.

I believe in me - I don't know whether there is a divine being; I don't know that there isn't - but there is me and I have my own code of ethics which I live by. They aren't set in stone and I don't suppose I have ever summed them up but if I did something dishonest or unkind my conscience would trouble me and I would know that I had broken one of my own unwritten rules.

I care about what is happening in the world and to it. I am appalled by the widespread poverty, cruelty and conflict. I cannot see why allegedly religious people should kill in the name of their so-called peace loving religions.

I care about the damage to the environment, vandalism and lack of respect for each other and each other's property.

I am concerned at the way animals are farmed and worked and about the abuse and cruelty meted out to them.

I have no religion but I have ethics, morals and a sense of right and wrong. Have you? That might be all anyone needs.

Answer 4

Yes, believe it or not I used to be religious in my own way - no Church nonsense but my own prayers every night in bed before I went to sleep. Then things started to go , well, not exactly as I would have liked, so, like smoking and drinking some years earlier, I gave it up - and guess what - it made no difference, and a lot of things went better! The relationship between me and my other half went 100% better, at long last I got my wonky hip replaced, my high blood pressure dropped to being normal, my varicose veins went away, and I felt great! Nowadays, when I wish for something badly (not necessarily something material) I almost start a little prayer and then remember that I long since packed up all that business, it's strange that the wish still comes to fulfilment, and I wonder why I ever bothered with prayers in the first place! Then, as if to cap it all off nicely for me, I did a huge favour for a local Vicar when I made a video of the consecration of his newly built church which was attended by notorieties galore from the Bishop of London downwards. (This was no cheapo wedding-type video - I used three cameras and all the gear and spent a long while in the post editing, all in my own time and at my own expense). I'm still waiting for so much as a word of thanks.....

Answer 5

Your second statement is a fallacy. Just because the whole world believes something doesn't make it true.

Having said that, you need only one religion when you're young. That is, the religion of your own effort.

Once you realize the limitation of your own effort, you are ready for the Truth.

Look for the Truth that sets you free, and you will be free indeed.

Then, you will know which religion to follow.

But more important than religion, is this.

God.

Look for the Good God, whose mercies endure forever. Who loves you. Who died for you.

Then you, and you alone, can decide for yourself, to give your life away, so that you save it.

Answer 6

Millions of people can do just fine without education! Once any one among them see the necessity of education, they wonder which one should he choose among so many systems of education! Who would make the choice, or he should choose for himself?
Religion is divine education, man can refuse to get into it. But when he knows about such marvelous thing, he will blame his elders and his friends why they didn't make introduction to him. So I see my responsibility to make introduction to you, and you take the responsibility to make your own choice:

"The Bahá'í Faith is an independent world religion. With more than five million adherents residing in over 124,000 localities, the Bahá'í Faith is established in 204 countries across the planet. The spiritual principles of the Bahá'í Faith affirm its overall purpose--to bring about the oneness of humanity. In cooperation with these same principles, Bahá'ís also believe that there is only one Creator and that the spiritual truth of all religions is the same. From a Bahá'í perspective, The Bahá'í Faith is the most recent of the world's great religions. It forms the next link in a chain of important, divine teachings, a progressive revelation that places Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, as the Messenger of God for this age."

Please rethink about this important matter.

Answer 7

If you want to believe in a religion that's fine, but the best religion is just listening to your heart to help you decide what's right. I don't believe in just one religion. The only thing I really like about religion is that it gives people morals, which they seem to lack by themselves. The main thing I don't like about religion is that it can be manipulated to justify crimes, or used to control people. My belief is that our best hope is to develop our own moral beliefs, and not to just find a religion and follow the crowd. The only way to develop morals is through freedom, not more rules. Though I have to say that rules set by religions often make more sense than those set by governments.

Answer 8

I think it's interesting to check out what each community thinks, I agree with you about not needing one religion, and when you look at the mess religious factions are putting the world in I don't see the point of it all either. When you do read the principles of different faiths they all convey the same values of love your brother, help your neighbour, respect those who are different and so on (you've read it all here before), but when it comes to putting those values into practise no-one is there. If it's not believers bashing each other for not praying the same way, its believers bashing non-believers for not believing and vice verse. I can't try to and don't want to convince anyone of anything, I just want to have MY (and your) freedom to live in and at peace in this 'civilised' world.

Answer 9

you don't need to be religious. you shouldn't need convincing either way because its your choice if your religious or not. nobodys gonna make you. i guess you could just try it and see if there is a religion that makes you feel clearer about life and which descisions to make etc. If your doing just fine without it then leave religion out of your life. it has to be your choice and no religion is compulsory.
and also, i don't think there is actually anyway of proving a religion, people just have their views about what religion is correct. if there was a way of proving religion, i guess that quite a percentage of the world would would choose to follow it/

Answer 10

I had this problem for years why believe in a religion. Then I stood back and thought what do I myself believe in . I believe that as long as we do our best,treat others the way we would what to be treated, and live our lives then who ever is out there will wish us well. All religions no mater what all come down to the same basic thing its just who started it first. If god is everywhere (what ever we call him , Allah, Deity's,god, Mohammad what ever) then we don't need churches etc to worship him he will hear.There is something out there what who Knows .Follow your heart.

Answer 11

It's when religious believers try to force others to share their beliefs and practices that the trouble starts! Information is good - then we can make up our own minds. But when you think of all the different cultures and languages in the world, and the geographical separation of countries in the past, it really isn't surprising that different beliefs arose in various parts of the world as people tried to understand the universe.