Did you know there is a difference between religion and belief?

Question

Religion is man made that's exactly why there's athiests, they don't know what to believe. Christianity is a belief not a religion. Pentecostal, Catholic, Babtist and so on are religions. John the babtist didn't attend the babtist church. He babtized people by water.

Answer 1

A man with eight PhDs - he was proud of his achievement - met a monk. The monk asked him, "Why have you been so foolish in life?" The man said: "But I have eight PhDs!"

"I have understood you; it is foolish to spend the best part of life reading instead of enjoying the birds, stars and the moon", said the monk.

"You may have knowledge but not clarity; you may know a lot and yet understand nothing".

What does one have to understand about life?

You have many centres: Intellectual centre, an emotional centre and a body centre. In each centre, there is a mechanical and magnetic part. The mechanical part acts like a machine while the magnetic part acts with ore awareness.

You have to transform yourself. Your mechanical movements and thinking have to change. Your mechanical emotions like jea- lousy and hatred have to be overcome. You can do this by bringing in more awareness.

Then a complete being will emerge. When you increase awareness, even poison can turn into medicine; and with no awareness, medicine can become poison.

Why are we so mechanical?

A king dreamt that he was a beggar. His guru, in his dreams, told him the truth that he was a king and not a beggar. Now was he to argue with his guru or just wake up?

The question of "why" cannot be answered. When did time begin? You cannot answer such a question. Which came first, egg or hen? There is a logical fallacy in the very question. Realise that we are mechanical. Bring in more awareness and see the life-transformation.

Even inert objects have life. Treat any object with loving awareness and it will guide you mysteriously. Your intuition and purity have to increase to receive this message. When you bathe, lovingly talk to water.

In a relationship, is it not necessary to judge? >>

In a relationship, is it not necessary to judge?

Keep yourself relaxed. Increase your awareness and love. Not to judge should not be a conclusion. Don't make it a demand or compulsion. Let there be a choice. There is a difference between "should' and "choice'.

"Should' creates stress; it limits you to only one option. Choose not to judge. It is not a demand but a wise choice.

The danger of judgment is that you stop seeing the object of judgment and you are more in your judgment.

In life, you have to make judgments, but don't be a victim of your judgments. Suppose a thief enters your house, you have to judge him but then, be open to the possibility that he could change.

Suppose you meet him after 10 years, see if he has changed or not. Do you still judge from the memory that he has been a thief? If you do not have this awareness, you will not see the change in a person even if he has changed.

What should one be really aware of?

Negative emotions poison. Like avoiding poisonous food, avoid negative emotions. Don't identify with them. Don't participate in them. Choose to create a new will, not be driven by negative emotions.

They deplete your energy. They keep you asleep. They are harmful and heavy. They make your life complicated. For example somebody's success should not be your failure. We define our failure by somebody's success.

We feel jealous seeing someone successful. Jealousy is a great poison.

Compete with your potential. Even if you compete with others, enjoy it. See beauty all around. Do not define your success and failure by someone's success and failure

Answer 2

No, Christianity really is a religion. It's a system of beliefs, which is what a religion is. Monotheism, immaculate conception, an afterlife, the resurrection of Christ...all these things are beliefs of the Christian religion.

Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist, (heck, throw in the Lutherans and Quakers, just for fun), these are denominations. These denominations are made up of congregations.

And that's not why there are atheists. There are atheists because some people just don't believe in God. I personally don't think that people choose to believe or not believe anything. In the case of religion, I think it may even be biological, at least in part, as well as environmental.

But hey, maybe you're right, maybe atheists don't know what to believe. But they do know what not to believe.

Answer 3

We have beliefs, and those become a religion. Not all religions are of the same beliefs. I could change my beliefs, a little bit, and still be in the same religion. Or I could change my beliefs a lot and be in a totally different religion. But it would take a major mind change, for me to completely change my religion. And until that happens, I will remain, where I am.

Answer 4

Are you postulating that organized religion is unnecessary, that merely believing is sufficient?

The scriptures say that "even the devils believe, and they tremble because of it."

So, God requires more than just believing.

Now, which religion or sect shall you participate in?

You have to find that out for yourself, through study, research, sincere prayer, and experimentation with application of the principles that are taught to your own life.

If you are honestly on a quest, then I encourage you to investigate the Mormon church at:

http://www.mormon.org/

Answer 5

Yes, I do, and Christianity is just another religion.

"Religion is man made that's exactly why there's athiests, they don't know what to believe. Christianity is a belief not a religion."

No, atheists are just people that don't believe in god(s), it has nothing to do with religion or not knowing what to believe.

Answer 6

Religion has one e and two i's. Belief has two e's and one i. They each have an l, but the main difference is their origins and definitions. Belief is deciding that you had better give God his due, since He is all powerful and is not amused by any attempt from us to get clever with ourselves. Religion is the ordeal by which we try to meld this belief into set rules and ordinances designed to be easy on each other, inadvertently screwing up the purity of relating to God in the process.

Answer 7

Actually, atheists know exactly what to believe -- logic and reason. Faith is neither of those, nor are religions.