yep thats the whole question but let me give some guidelines so this doesnt get out of hand.
Please do not quote bible quotes this is not a dissucion that needs them I want an honest unbaised opinion not something out of a book you read.I wont be real specific with the topic just go with your imagination.
2006-12-02 15:40:43 · 20 answers · asked by Crayola 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like us quite a bit. As a whole, we are good, honest people who are trying to live our lives based on our relationship to this planet and the people on it. We are reality-based individuals.
2006-12-02 15:41:30 · answer #1 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well personally I had a struggle with religion for the past couple years and I just recently decided to start going to a "Bible Church" and it was awesome. Just feeling like you belong and having people that you know will be able to help you in your time of need. But that is kind of beside the point! I don't really like the idea of having one religion's "rules" to go by, just make them your own. No one can tell you what to believe. But if just following one specific religion is what makes you happy then that's fine too. I guess the point I am trying to make is that I feel like the only real purpose to follow one religion is to be a part of that specific community of people. I don't know if that makes any sense at all!
2006-12-02 23:50:22 · answer #2 · answered by cabonarakittie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people I know are non-religious. They may have religious roots but the don't practise it even once a week. They celebrate Easter, Christmas, they don't really go to church.
You didn't say anti-religious or Agnostics or Atheists.
I'd say 50% of the world is non-religous and 60% of the US is non-religious.
I know non-religious Jews, Muslims and Christians. They know something about their religions. They celebrate some religious things, but they never go to "temples" or do much praying.
2006-12-02 23:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my view of the non-religion is not that they are "un-sure" of their beliefs, but instead that they simply "don't care" in a way. Essentially, they don't care whether or not there is a God. Then again some Christians like to them of themselves as non-religious and that Christianity is not a religion but a relationship, but I don't consider them to be true "non-religious" people. I don't know what else to say about non-religious people....... in a way they are the hardest to talk to about religion because they wont argue with you are agree, they'll just say "sure uh-huh" or "not interested" or something, regardless of your theology. So I don't know, they are just kind of a different breed. I don't really see how you cannot establish a religious creed, it seems like too much of a looming subject to just neglect.
2006-12-03 00:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't have an "opinion on the non-religious". It depends a lot on the person. Generally speaking, let's say I have compassion, because they have their reasons for not being religious, and don't know what they miss. (My father, for example, is one of these people.)
I probably have something against the anti-religious, but not as persons, simply as perpetrators of an ideology I resent. I suppose this comes with growing up in a communist country. But still, I don't hate them; I just resent their anti-religiosity and have compassion for them as fellow human beings.
2006-12-03 00:05:55 · answer #5 · answered by todaywiserthanyesterday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is free to choose what they want to believe, that is why we have the right of religous freedom. And unlike in other parts of the world, a nation founded by people who believed in a God that gave us the choice of believing or not, believed the God alone will judge us, it's not for other people to inflict reward or harm on us for our beliefs. As Thomas Paine put it, "that which teaches man to be good, is good." That is my honest belief, I do believe in God, and that if he has the power to create or destroy the universe, why would he need us to kill others in His name. If I'm wrong, who else is harmed by my choice?
2006-12-02 23:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non religious people are following the path that they feel is best for them. I respect that because that's what everyone is trying to do. I enjoy their logical reasoning and on this site they have helped me to look into my beliefs a little deeper. I like that.
2006-12-03 00:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Witchy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a person that doesn't have a religion. What I think of others that r like me is that they r strong and don't need a religion 2 guide them. People w/o a religion r stonger in my opinion.
2006-12-02 23:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by daisylady2601 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
religion has been so distorted you cannot blame anyone who chooses to be non-religious. we cannot disagree that the messiahs, Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc taught good things and yet nearly all the fighting are caused by religion. therefore the interpretation is lopsided that allow man to kill in the name of God! poor God gets blame for everything. in actuality its man's action that makes the world what it is. so dont blame the true essence of religion
2006-12-02 23:50:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you ask I hope you can handle the real answer I think the non religious like myself are the wise ones.
2006-12-03 00:02:27 · answer #10 · answered by candy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋