what is your insight about religion?

Question

what can you say about the different religions of the world??

Answer 1

I think that the basis for all religious belief lies in the general trait of humanity which makes it intolerable not to have an explanation for everything… i.e., if you can’t find an answer in nature, make up a supernatural explanation and accept it as a matter of faith. Then you’re happy… another hole in your personal reality has been plugged!

For a long time, the human race had many questions that were unanswered, so they needed a lot of gods to provide the explanations. It is easy to picture the following prehistoric scene, soon after the dawn of human (or prehuman) interpersonal communication: Oog (age 7) asks his father, Moog, the age-old question, “Daddy, what holds the sky up?” Well, daddy doesn’t know... but like a lot of dads today, he hates being pestered when he's trying to get some work done, so he says “Fred holds the sky up”. “Daddy, what makes the grass grow?” “Betsy makes the grass grow”. Pretty soon, Oog is telling his playmates, “I know what holds the sky up”. So, these kids grow up believing this stuff. Then comes the drought, and the grass dies, so these grown-up kids figure Betsy must be mad at them. Better do something nice for Betsy… sacrifice a goat or something. Before you know it, there’s a whole plethora of gods and goddesses… Thor makes thunder, Fred holds the sky up, Betsy makes the grass grow, Eros makes love and babies happen, etc.... and the folks are trying to keep them all happy. It must have been dreadfully hard to keep track of… every time somebody came up with a sticky question, they’d have to think up a new god or goddess to handle the matter, build a temple or a monument, sacrifice a few virgins, etcetera… very tedious stuff, you know.

Millennia passed, and the 'god glut' became much too tiresome to manage. Monotheism was, more than anything, a matter of pragmatism and economics. One day, somebody got the extraordinary notion that they could have one god handle everything; that way they could cut down on the sacrifice schedule, conserve goats and virgins, etc. Plus, you didn’t have to worry about aggravating a particular goddess by forgetting her holiday or something. Come to think of it, there may even have been some one-upmanship involved. You know, like a Messopotamian, a Hittite and a Pollack meet at a crossroads and start talking about their respective gods. One says “We’ve got 436 gods”, another one says “Oh, yeah? Well, we’ve got 842 gods”. The last guy says, “Well we’ve got only one god, but he handles all that stuff by himself, so he’s more powerful than all your gods put together.” “Nyah, nyah, my god’s better than your god”. Then they’d get in a fight about it.

Answer 2

Religion is what is called a way of life ... it is made up by certain thinkers who forethought and set aside as rules that would best suit the life they were living. If u look at mankind .... man grieves over death more than anything ....... so religions were set of rules to give a most likely explanation to the natural universal phenomenon, worked upon by differently by people located different geographically. So to say ..... all religions are true .... but it is definitely not a way to god !! .... it is a way to live in the society and make world a good place. But if u dig deep into any reiligion .... mostly into ancient ones ..... for eg : Hinduism , judaism , zorastraism ..... there are scriptures which are meant to explain everything that a human can understand !! And religion is definitely not a thing to fight about ..... who cares whether u do idol worship , who cares whether u dont worship .... the biggest of all is universal brotherly love .... that is what a religion actually teaches.

Answer 3

Originally they were not in the form of religions today. A group of people assembled together with the same views on spirituality. Naturally there will come up some leaders. Then the vested interest of those leaders comes and the followers are misguided.

This is happening in every religion. The aim at origin must have been sharing the spiritual knowledge each one has for the benefit of the rest.

Watching them as on today, you will notice that these religions are not doing any good to the mankind. Even some of them are reaching even dangerous to whole world itself.

Non of those can be brought back to a form that can be helpful to us. The only solution is removing them from our minds. The cancer of religions have grown into such dangerous levels.

Answer 4

Religion is a code of conduct mostly for good and hygienic behaviour prescribed ages ago by learned men of those times. It is terribly outdated but is still followed because it was linked with the concept of "God" to enforce compliance. It was explained to the ignorant masses through 'fairy tales' like stories. It is like the kindergarten tales in the school of spirituality, or the baby walker to learn to walk in the spiritual space.

Religion is also a double edged sword which is good for the individual but disastrous for the world (the way it has divided the world). It is terribly flawed because it is higly dependent on "faith", which is good within limits but can make you zombies and terrorists.

Different religions are paths to the same end. They all had noble intentions of spirituality. However today there is need to "re-engineer" religions.

For more details on how religion evolved and how it is flawed pls see http://mentomatics.tripod.com

Answer 5

Religion is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices and institutions associated with such belief.

I cannot classify different religions and in each religion we can see good and bad. Religion is a guideline to become a righteous, but when people become extreme believers in religious thoughts the problems are arising, such as terrorism and violence or riots. I was born in a Christian family and take only the good things that Christianity provides and I will never force others to convert to Christianity or make argue regarding the faith in religion. We have to accept good as good and the bad as bad, but it should not create any wounds to our society.

Answer 6

I am more spiritual than religious. Religions have bashed each other to death claiming that their way is the only way to God. I have taken everything that I can personally use from each religion that I have studied, studied on my own, and formed my own beliefs that I am comfortable with. I am happy, a good person, and I know that the Universe/God is in me and everyone I meet. I feel sorry for people who are ignorant to the universal way of thinking and believeing.

Answer 7

I think sometimes that religion was invented/used by a few [priests/kings] as a way to control/keep in line many others or to acquire money/donations
It could be a way to comprehend the unknown or a way which some think is satisfying/beneficiary to follow
Whatever it's origin/intention it's not serving it's good purposes
It's merely dividing people and narrowing down their thinking and burdening some of them with needless beliefs/rituals/religious practices

Answer 8

Religion is the structure of faith. Such structure is inherently flawed without complete understanding of Faith. And, as Faith can not be fully understood, then a structure to deal with it can never be known to be right. Religion is therefore flawed, but can be a path toward faith if that Religion were true to faith.
Faith is the key to understanding your place in the universe. Faith in what you may ask? I have to leave that up to you. My faith you may ask? That is between my maker and me... and not up to anyone else to try to decide for me.
I believe the principles of faith should lead to the betterment of all life and the betterment of the spirit within. If religion is your key to accomplish this then so be it. But, if it goes against the natural law of life and the betterment of it, or if that structure makes your spirit crumble and die… then that Religion is the wrong path and should be thrown out.
I agree with many here… Religion can be right… but no one Religion has it all correct. You may find your path through religion, or not, but be true to your faith, and be as kind to all life as possible.

Answer 9

If your "religion" (rather than spirituality, which can be a different thing) requires of it ANYONE... ANYONE... priest, king, followers, other believers...

ANYONE... other than just YOU... and GOD... to make the world a better place...

then your religion is likely a huge waste.

I myself prefer spirituality, which is not dogmatic and has an open end where each believer seeks god on their own with no need for priests or such to intercede BETWEEN them and god.

So, in short, again... if your religion requires it of ANYONE to make the world a better place other than just YOU ALONE... and GOD... it is likely wasted.

Answer 10

All God-fearing religions in the world teach about the fear and love of of God. Other religions such as Shinto, Taoism and Buddhism teach respect and self-improvement.

The common denominator here is that all these religions show us a guide or path to follow in order to improve ourselves and be of benefit to others.

Unfortunately, the people or followers of these religions seek to bend and/or totally pervert the guide or teachings they follow to suit their own selfish interests and to justify their unacceptable lifestyles.