2006-12-15 00:29:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are there any muslims, hindus and buddhists out there too?
2006-12-15 08:16:09 · update #1
When I was still christian I tried so hard to be 'good' and thought about everything I did all day every day and wondered if I was going to be punished or chastised for everything I said or did by my supposed 'god'. I never felt more stress and self torture in my life. I always had some doubt over what I was being taught about the bible and 'god'. I finally got the courage to search for answers. The things that I've found out have been most disturbing and I decided that I couldn't be part of something that I found to be a lie. I felt this humongous weight lifted off my shoulders and have felt more at peace than I have ever felt before. I have not changed my values on life, values on others, my striving to be the best person I want to be. In fact, none of this changed, they have only increased. I have realized that I am human and I make mistakes. I can not learn anything by torturing myself over the guilt of what I do. I can only learn and grow from my experiences. Knowing this helps me be more self-accepting, more loving, more patient, more humble, and more content with myself. I am no way near perfect but I am ok with that.
2006-12-15 01:13:29 · answer #1 · answered by Maureen B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A friend of mine who believed in an odd character he called 'Mrs God' once said I was the most upbeat atheist he'd ever known. Atheists arent people who believe in nothing - thats a nihilist. Really its a difficult term because it defines you by something you arent - I'm not a skateboarder so does that say a lot about me? It says I reject religious faith, I've looked in to it and its a load of nonsense and I'd say the chance of God actually existing are maybe 1 in a billion - and thats if you only concede all he did was start off the universe.
I find science, knowing the world, exploring the how and what of the universe around us gives us a sense of wonder which other people would call 'religious awe'. I remember a day when a sparrow landed on an open window sill and looked through the window at me before flying off. I walked away and felt the warm sunshine - 7 light minutes old from a huge nuclear furnace and felt just perfect. I ran in to a Jehovah's witness and I spent a few minutes trying to explain why I didnt need religion.
I wont say my 'beliefs' have given me inner peace - but you dont need to believe in anything. Inner peace indicates a healthy state of mind and I feel there is nothing healthier than rejecting supestition and respecting truth for its own sake.
2006-12-15 00:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
nicely for most motives. indexed the following are some and that i'm no longer even an atheist. a million. some human beings purely favor to poke and pcs makes it hidden adequate to sense secure. 2. some human beings sense they're good and favor to cajole others why they're incorrect. from time to time with good intentions and some circumstances with undesirable intentions. 3. some individuals are purely attempting to comprehend why someone can believe in God at the same time as they sense the evidence is adversarial to life. yet both way, it truly is type of like playing the radio. in case you don't like their questions close it and visit three element else to study. Or keep an open concepts and connect the talk...
2016-11-26 20:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inner peace comes from 'knowing' you are doing the right thing.
The beauty of nature leaves me in awe, from the enormity of the universe to the complexity and variety of life. Who needs gods to love that?
We evolved as social and cooperative animals. I believe over-crowding has forced people of different beliefs into an uncomfortable space, and consequently conflict arises. If you have the unflinching belief that some god bestowed a fixed and specific set of rules upon man then you will always be in conflict with another way of thinking.
I find it sad watching the religious nutjobs all vying for peoples souls, pimping out their particular strain of mythology, trying to frighten you with daft ideas like 'you are not saved'. They still live in the dark agaes and they can't see it. I reckon most of them cried for a month when they found out the truth behind santa. They're not going to let this one go so easily. Inner peace? They have sentenced themselves and everyone they communicate with to life long conflict.
2006-12-15 03:08:27 · answer #4 · answered by gbiaki 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Finding Dharma gave me the tools to experience inner peace and through practise and meditation i am gaining more and more, which helps me develop more and more faith. just realising that i could be in control of my future happiness and help others to do the same gave me so much joy in my heart. Through my religion i have learnt how to deal with situations without allowing anger to arise in my mind, this alone gives me great inner peace. Also because i have become a lot happier and calmer the people i associate with benefit from that, its good all round!! x x
2006-12-15 08:52:33 · answer #5 · answered by zoezeph 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have learnt and want to always be kind to other people and help where i can and it gives me a sense of happiness and peace because i do not help others so that i can get something out of it or recognition i do it because my heart wants to help this gives me inner peace.
2006-12-15 02:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by shiro 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian, and I do indeed find my beliefs a source of inner peace in the midst of trouble. Because truth never changes, and God is truth. So I am on the solid rock. I know what is important and I know where I'm headed, and that ultimately it will all work out. This world is fallible, troubled and conflicted...but Jesus has overcome the world. Heaven is eternal and that's where I'm going.
I'm not "forcing" my beliefs on anyone who doesnt' want them...just telling you.
2006-12-15 01:10:16 · answer #7 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I once was a nice little Christian Girl, who led I life of pain and misery, people of the faith who I entrusted so much constantly let me down, I was in constant turmoil, and had so many unanswered questions....I became very defensive of what I believed in to the point where I would have sacrificed anything, just to have that feeling of someone else taking care of me.
BUT now I am a nice little atheist girl, completely free of all the heavy chains and confusion...I now take responsibility for myself, and have never been happier in my whole life....I now have inner peace, and understanding that my life is my own, the choices are all mine, and there is no heavy burden weighing me down.
2006-12-15 00:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by ang_172 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have a religion, but it is not the foundation of my inner peace, that comes from within and exists seperately from what I believe.
2006-12-15 00:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by enslavementality 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing more liberating than the knowledge that I am not being watched by the cloud man. There is nothing more freeing than knowing without doubt that I am in control of my own life. When I realized that there are no gods, I found true happiness.
2006-12-15 00:36:56 · answer #10 · answered by Crozzlow 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋