Rather than just sanctimonius and judgemental.
2006-12-16 23:23:15 · 16 answers · asked by Barbara Doll to you 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sometimes the Religion is good but the practitioner is not serious ou capable to practise it properly.
A Religion that teaches not to kill and people still maintain a slaughter house or a barbecue are hypocrite, not that the Religion is bad.
2006-12-16 23:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well obviously the point of all religion is to do this. Many unfortunately can be quite harsh in their rules and what constitutes a good person.
Buddhism focuses on the individual, "god" is within each of us and we must be good people to reach the higher level (simmilar to heaven for simplicities sake). The teachings tell us that suffering is eternal and the path to enlightenment involves doing what we can to help wipe this out. We do not preach that you must pray to a god or you will not be able to reach happiness, just that you should be good to yourself and the world.
Oh by the way this is what jesus preached but the story kinda got lost when organised religion that required tribute came along.
2006-12-16 23:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by delprofundo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
The fact that a person chooses to believe in, or feels the need to follow a specific religous tradition (Islam, Jewdaism, Christianity, or whatever) has no bearing on how good or bad a person is. It has no power to make a person better or worse than they already are.
Who we are, or how we behave is integral to our inate personality & character. At core you cannot change a persons personality, only in almost unheard of rare cases can a person be deeply changed at core level. Such as through an extreme events like a traumatic crash, or nazi holocaust camp survivors where often changed at core level i.e. stripped of their humanity, dehumanised (most never recovered from such profound psychological damage). They were changed at core level.
It is my opinion that No! Religon can change the core person or personality for better or worse. Who we are is inate to us!! Religon wont make a person, "a better" person than we already are.
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2006-12-16 23:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. They can help the process for those who find it hard to do on their own, but it all comes down to the person making the conscious decision to change, whether they do it alone or, as the phrase goes, allow God to help. No matter what, religion or not, the inidividual decides.
2006-12-16 23:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religions can do that. The one to look out for is the one that never has any of its followers in jail for breaking the law.
When I find that one I am converting.
2006-12-17 01:46:37 · answer #5 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this ONE!!!
Read Please!!!
Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping, gives thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the good things the Creator has given you and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek for the courage and strength to be a better person. Seek for the things that will benefit others (everyone).
2. Respect. Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy". Showing respect is a basic law of life.
3. Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what has been decided. If the council has made an error, that error will become apparent to everyone in its own time.
4. Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.
5. Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give of your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.
6. The hurt of one is the hurt of all; the honor of one is the honor of all.
7. Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the human family.
8. All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator they must all be respected.
9. To serve others, to be of some use to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with your own affairs and forget you’re most important talks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.
10. Observe moderation and balance in all things.
11. Know those things that lead to your well-being and those things that lead to your destruction.
12. Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise Elders and friends.
Wahoo!!!
2006-12-16 23:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Personally I'd go for Buddhism. Soto Zen flavour.
2006-12-16 23:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Eso_ uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my own opinion it's not religion that makes better follower, it's the follower that makes better religion.
if we see good example we follow
2006-12-16 23:48:07 · answer #8 · answered by von1979 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this link - scroll down to read others.
I would say the answer lies here.
http://www.uckg.org/Case-studies/
2006-12-17 05:15:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mike D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism. No god; no war. Compassion and tolerance, wisdom and humour.
2006-12-16 23:29:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋