Why have a religion?

Question

All religeons run off of the fear of undeath, to be tortured or miserable after your "death". I have no problem with the Hindus, Buddists, and Native Religeons, but Christain and Islaam people are slaves to these "Holy Lords". So leave comments to me to try to convice me that their is good in these belifes.

Answer 1

We never have a Religion... they are part and parcel of the cosmic system! Do you ever see a tree without branches(;-) All branches are different religions and go on adding as cosmic life progresses-


What do we mean when we talk of Religion?

Just before the time when Bhagwan Mahavira descended on Mother Earth to become a man God in his lifetime... how did the humanity exist before that as there was no Religion at all before the times of Mahavira. Gautam Buddha had not yet come, and so did Jesus Christ. It was another 700 years to go before Prophet Mohammed would be born.


If the Spiritual masters of the day belonging to various Religions proclaim that their Religion was the best and only to be followed... where were they when the humanity survived even before the likes of Bhagwan Mahavira, Jesus Christ and prophet Mohammed were even born. They have got to be wrong... they must have a vested interest in proclaiming their Religion to be the best.

Jainism flowered after the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism took birth... Bhagwan Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara precipitated the cosmic wisdom to the masses. Until the 23rd Tirthankara, Lord Parshvanath... the fragrance of the cosmic wisdom could not be spread to the masses and was limited to the Tirthankars, the Arihantas and the Acharyas (Spiritual teachers) of the times.

The followers of Bhagwan Mahavira are known as following Jainism Religion. It is a different fact that Jainism is not a Religion and it is primarily a way of life. This is also confirmed from the fact that the followers of Mahavira are not known as following Mahavirism. They are known as the followers of Jainism... the definition of Jainism I shall take up later.

Buddhism is primarily the essence of the teachings of Gautama Buddha. The followers of Sidhartha Gautama are supposed to be following the Buddhism Religion. Everything contained in Buddhism is always related to the teachings of Sidhartha Gautama. The teachings of Gautama Buddha are also termed as the middle path... neither following too austere paths which is difficult to follow and not getting totally involved in the household affairs.

Following the middle path is what Gautama Buddha preached if one desired to crossover the ocean of Samsara (the life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations) and achieve Salvation in this life. Buddhism spread around the globe only after Sidhartha Gautama took birth learnt of the cosmic wisdom and achieved monk hood.


Christianity is a faith the followers of which comprise of believers in Jesus Christ. Those who consider Jesus Christ as the son of God... whose teachings form the primary content of the Bible... and the following of whom is termed as Christianity. Before Jesus Christ came there was nothing we could call Christianity. Christianity took its roots only after Jesus Christ was born on Mother Earth.

The followers of prophet Mohammed are called Islamists. The teachings of prophet Mohammed are primarily summarized in Koran and his following termed as the followers of Islamic Dharma neigh Religion. Islamic teachings are primarily focused on prophet Mohammed. Islamic Dharma spread only after the advent of prophet Mohammed... not before!

Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islamic Dharma are normally considered as Religions... all Religions do have a central focus in them. Jainism has Bhagwan Mahavira, Buddhism has Sidhartha Gautama, Christianity has Jesus Christ and the Islamic Dharma prophet Mohammed.


What when all four of these man gods did not exist! Say about a thousand years before the advent of Bhagwan Mahavira came Lord Krishna, the Avatar. The followers of Lord Krishna are not termed as the followers of Hinduism. Not at all. What when even Lord Krishna had not yet incarnated. Even then say around 3600 years before from now the humanity survived without a Religion... how? More on religion and dharma here- http://www.vijaykumar.com/religion.html and http://www.godrealized.com/dharma_definition.html

Answer 2

No way. I am not going to say anything good about organized religions.

Your question was a false assumptive.

People do not have a religion. Religions have people. That is, religions have their hooks in people.

Have you not noticed that Religious Empires are ruled from the top down. (No democracy there)

Have you ever noticed that God does not work that way. The original Bible Texts were pretty descriptive of God, his message was pretty clear.

What is God's unadulterated message?

Harmony is harmony.

Disharmony is the only sin against God.

In fact, one place in the Bible God said, "I am sick of the smell of your stinking sacrifices." ... What I really want is for you people to be fair with each other and for you to get along with each other"
(No selfish religious leader would ever give a sermon on that verse of scripture.)

However, religious empires have twisted the original text to read; Worship God, worship the Church leaders. Now, a few churches say to worship Jesus. Jesus insisted that he should not be worshipped, and he never told us to worship God. (He said to love God, not to worship God.)

Oh, well, I have given up on religions, but I have not given up on God, or Jesus' message, or the Holy spirit which witnesses to all of us when we ask.

Witnesses what? Witnesses that if we choose harmony, we will go to Heaven and live forever. (Oh! that's another subject)

later

Answer 3

All people believe in something, they may not admit it but they do. After saying that one must think to themselves "when I die where am I going?". Native Religions believe that you just go back into the dirt but there is an eternal afterlife. All religions believe in some life after death. Christan, Islam, and Jewish religions are not slaves to God. They just realize that there is a possibility that life after death is composed of hell and know that they don't want that.

Answer 4

faith:- faith is a gadget of ideals and worships mutually with a code of ethics and a philosophy of existence. there are various faiths in the international immediately. a number of those religions are of modern-day commencing place yet maximum of them are very previous. in fact all of us be attentive to from background that guy has consistently had a faith. Even the primitive adult adult males residing in caves or jungles had some variety of religion. The innovations and rituals in guy's faith have consistently stepped forward and alter into extra rational and state-of-the-artwork as time went on. The primitive religions of the Cave guy and the Bush guy gave upward thrust to the renowned religions of the previous 3 thousand years. immediately, the main religions of the international contain: international faith ----- Originated in Zoroastrianism ----- Iran Confucianism ----- China Hinduism ------ India Taoism ------ China Jainism ------ India Judaism ------ Neat East Christianity ------ close to East Islam ------ close to East Buddhism ------- India Shinto ------- Japan those are the super religions of the international which at the instant are not purely in charge for all our accumulated wealth of awareness, philosophy, ethics, and social and ethical codes, yet have motivated the lifestyle, the language and the ethical attitudes of merely approximately each individual residing immediately. distinction between non secular and Non non secular Peoples. one million. The non secular people have faith in some thing mutually as the others do no longer. 2. The non secular people carry out specific acts of worship mutually as the others do no longer. 3. The non secular people look to persist with a undeniable code for their social and ethical behaviour mutually as the others do no longer. 4. The non secular people hit upon a objective of existence and characteristic a different philosophy in the direction of it, mutually as the others do no longer.

Answer 5

As A Seventh Day Adventist Christian let me redo two famous verses and put them together see what you think John 3:16 & 14:15, "For God [The Father] "SO" Loved the world that He gave [Jesus Christ the second member of the Godhead gave Himself] that whosoever [you] should BE-LIVE in Him should not perish but have everlasting life and IF I BE-LIVE in Him and Love Him i will Keep His commandments, you sadi slaves, you have ONE nature, sin, death, you are in a world that everyone dies in, and Jesus gives you The, your only Way out, of death and that of being slaves to sin, that is a sinfull nature so He can give you a new nature, find out more www.itiswritten.com bible questions www.bibleinfo.com talk to me also via EMAIL [e-mail]

Answer 6

Justin-I take it English is not your first language?

My religion says the good of the earth will be G-ds. We do not ''live'' to get into heaven. We live for today and doing good, and the future will take care of itself. We believe that all religions have some validity. But, I must say------feeling that way toward Christians is sometimes a very hard thing to do.

Answer 7

Unfortunately I cannot tell you the good in Christianity or Islam beliefs. That's why I converted to Paganism. The only fear is the fear you create for yourself. As long as you don't harm another, you'll be ok.

Answer 8

Humans can't live without a religion...; it's more or less their purpose on their lives...;

BTW IMHO the worst religion is consumism/capitalism--when the god is money, when you pray to be richer than somebody else, when you are willing to pay any price ( i.e. work extra hours for a nasty multinational), when all you want is a better car, better clothes.., to be admired and accepted because of your money.

Answer 9

There might bot be a Hell... in which case, no worries. But there may very well be one and its in everyones best interest to try to stay out of it.

Dont you use a smoke detector even though you may never have a fire? Dont you wear a seatbelt even though you may never be in an accident?

Answer 10

People have religion because it gives them a sense of believing in something greater than themselves. It gives them purpose in life. No one religion is the best. It just depends on what or who you believe in.