When you think about it, religion is man made because of all the spiritual texts are written by man and interpreted by man. I'm not throwing God/Allah out of the picture, just throwing out the notion of religion.
2006-08-20 08:29:47 · 19 answers · asked by zigspc2002 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I said I wasn't throwing out God/Allah out of the picture.
I'm not assuming anything, just throwing a hypothetical.
2006-08-20 08:40:09 · update #1
Here's a twist: if none of the scriptures were ever written...
2006-08-20 08:43:23 · update #2
A == you're assuming religion is man-made
B == if you'd like to know, just look at nazi germany, or communistic russia.
c == jesus wasn't the messiah and mohamed wasn't a prophet.
cheerio
2006-08-20 08:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The purpose of organized religion is for people with the same concepts and beliefs are to gather together, unite and share that common belief which provides support for one another.
I may be a baptized Christian, but I do not go to church because I do not believe everything that is being taught or discussed in that religion. However, if I actually found a group of people who congregated together that believes in the same things as I do, I might attend "church" as well, but I think that highly unlikely.
Also, like the quote from the movie, "Dogma" ... a character denounced the notion of "belief" and wished man was more accepting of the notion of an "idea".
It is very easy to change an IDEA, but people will DIE for a BELIEF. This is another reason why I'd rather not be a part of organized religion.
2006-08-20 15:43:53 · answer #2 · answered by LibraHorse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We would not have the elitist have/have not society that we have today. The exclusivist/separatist notion that some are entitled while others are not entitled to God's good graces and abundance and happiness. We would probably be living with a better understanding of God and ultimate truth, rather than being clouded with the petty details and rivalries and differences from one religion to another. Heck, even from one sect of one religion to another.
2006-08-20 15:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God maid us. In his image. Some chose to follow him others choose not too. Man has a soul and it yearns to be close with it's maker. Still others choose not too. Man did not make God. So the question remains what came first the chicken or the egg. Men make mistakes God does not. If man chooses not to believe, in God, then God does not believe in them. But man must ask God into their hearts and minds and there in lies a newly created creature. Christians call it being born again. Man chooses to claim heaven as their own and appointed people whom follow them. But Jesus put it plain and simple. You must come to him as a child. For every man will seek his own answers in his own time. No one can make a choice for a man. Yet man makes clubs and fraternities and call them religious societies.
2006-08-20 16:02:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If man didn't make religion, we would all be on one accord. There would not be denominations and sects that Jesus condemed when He was on earth. We would all follow Bible Truths and not man-made doctrines. We would all be True Christians. There are True Christians today who do worship God in Spirit and Truth as we are commanded. Religion seekers don't worship in Spirit and Truth because doctrine of man is not truth. Those who have a real relationship with Jesus, do worship in Truth.
Relationship with Jesus vs. Religion
It's one or the other.
2006-08-20 15:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Author Al 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your question is also your answer. Religion is a man made thing, but based on the word of God.
Sad thing is that there are more religions today, than happy children.
2006-08-20 15:38:23 · answer #6 · answered by Marco 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fine interesting contemplative question .. so let me take a stab ..
Personally I think there is both a tendency to animism and a theurgic part of the brain ... that is impossible to suppress .. such that humanity as we know it will always create these things ...
theurgic part of the brain: There is a helmet in experiment in labs that sends theta waves to a part of the brain ... painless .. no injections .. just waves to stimulate .. some people report bliss .. some cry ecstatically .. some see light ... and all outside of any religious contexts .. so my assertion is that it is "wired" into us .. such that some will always have "theurgic experiences" ..
As we can't make a big white room devoid of characteristics ... our tendency .. to find and make symbols .. which develop to ideas and deeper layers will never end as long as we are .. it is as basic to us as evolving language, and perhaps precedes it ..
Okay .. I realize I didn't "accept the proposition" .. but my answers all proceed from your question and I think they answer it appertinately .. great stimulating query !
2006-08-20 15:43:38 · answer #7 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If it weren't for priests and dogma, a lot more people would have their own first-hand experience of what's spiritually real. Also, there would be less war, violence and intolerance. Probably less crime, guilt and punishment. In other words, we'd be a step closer to Eden.
2006-08-20 15:42:54 · answer #8 · answered by beast 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) religion is man-made
2) i've been reading all these answers that say that we would all be communists or nazis, that is a stupid thing to say, everyone would just be an athiest what makes a person draw to the conclution that we would all be communists?
2006-08-20 15:44:03 · answer #9 · answered by crl_hein 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone would be a LOT happier. Actually, screw people. *I* would be a lot happier! The world would probably be even more overpopulated, though (depends on how you look at that).
2006-08-20 15:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Christian viewpoint is that God inspired a variety of individuals (prophets) who spoke and wrote the things that are compiled in the Bible.
Cordially,
John
2006-08-20 15:35:04 · answer #11 · answered by John 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋