2006-12-23 23:07:38 · 9 answers · asked by First♥ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well....it depends if you were raisd in a enviroment that is very religious or not religious at all.some people are not religious because no one in their family was very active with a religion.but if you read the bible and love the lord as he loves you,if that's the best you can do ....... that's all that matters!
2006-12-23 23:17:13 · answer #1 · answered by Laverne L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all religious people are Godly. False religions were created to cater to some aspect of man's sinful human nature while making him feel it is ok with God. For instance Mormon's having mulitple wives. That's most men's dream of a sexual fantasy so if you make it part of a religion, then it's ok with God, they think. Religions also are mostly into earning your way to godliness by doing rituals and works. That is not right either. And lastly, religions are into making money. My point is, just because some people are "religious" doesn't mean they are good. Don't forget, the people who wanted to murder Jesus and used the Romans to do that were the religious leaders of His time.
2006-12-23 23:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion provides simple answers for complex questions to the less than bright.
Religion excuses cowardice, irrational fear and ignorance.
Religions are the easiest clubs to join.
Many find it easier to accept a religion than to summon up the courage to risk rejection by those in their social circle.
Insanity.
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2006-12-23 23:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The trouble is that everyone keeps coming up with ideas about what GOD is supposed to be like, and then when they find nothing like their idea, the assume he doesn't exhist, or they admit they were stupid to think he could be compared to anything else.
It comes down to a matter of pride.
2006-12-23 23:18:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People misuse religion. Religion is not used for power, its not used for popularity, and its definatley not supposed to be used as a hobby. Religion is exactly what it is, without all the corruption and abuse man has put into its reputation. If you choose to believe in something, and you make it your religion, you are devoting yourself to something greater than you, something you worship but love, pray to but appreciate, give time to, but never regret. Relgion is what we chose to devote our souls to, to make us a better being because we understand, not always fear.
Some people choose to have relgion in their lives for the wrong reasons, some for the right, and it may not be perfect to some, at least its perfect for them. Thats why God gave us the ability to choose and decide, some will like, some will not, thats just who they are.
This is just my opinion, i hope it makes sense
God Bless :)
2006-12-23 23:13:59 · answer #5 · answered by See ya later aligator 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
religion has been helpful but its way past its use by date
2006-12-23 23:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by murphys_lawyers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough one to answer. It could be the nature vs. nurture argument.
2006-12-23 23:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by Soundguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O' creatures of God! the most beloved of God is he whom Allah has given power (to act) against his passions, so that his inner side is (submerged in) grief and the outer side is covered with fear. The lamp of guidance is burning in his heart. He has provided entertainment for the day that is to befall him. He regards what is distant to be near himself and takes the hard to be light. He looks at and perceives; he remembers (God) and enhances (the tempo of his) actions. He drinks sweet water to whose source his way has been made easy. So he drinks to satisfaction and takes the level path. He has put off the clothes of desires and got rid of worries except one worry peculiar to him. He is safe from misguidance and the company of people who follow their passions. He has become the key to the doors of guidance, and the lock for the doors of destruction.
He has seen his way and is walking on it. He knows his pillar (of guidance) and has crossed over his deep water. He has caught hold of the most reliable supports and the strongest ropes. He is on that level of conviction which is like the brightness of the sun. He has set himself for God, the Glorified, for performance of the most sublime acts of facing all that befalls him and taking every step needed for it. He is the lamp in darkness. He is the dispeller of all blindness, key to the obscure, remover of complexities, and a guide in vast deserts. When he speaks he makes you understand whereas when he remains silent then it is safe to do so. He did everything only for God and so Allah also made him His own. Consequently, he is like the mines of His faith and as a stump in His earth. He has enjoined upon himself (to follow) justice.
The first step of his justice is the rejection of desires from his heart. He describes right and acts according to it. There is no good which he has not aimed at nor any likely place (of virtue) of the Qur'an. Therefore the Qur'an is his guide and leader. He gets down when the Qur'an puts down his weight and he settles where the Qur'an settles him down.
The Characteristics of an unfaithful believer
While the other (kind of) man is he who calls himself learned but he is not so. He has gleaned ignorance from the ignorant and misguidance from the misguided. He has set for the people a trap (made) of the ropes of deceit and untrue speech. He takes the Qur'an according to his own views and right after his passions. He makes people feel safe from big sins and takes light the serious crimes. He says that he is waiting for (clarification of) doubts but he remains plunged therein, and that he keeps aloof from innovations but actually he is immersed in them. His shape is that of a man, but his heart is that of a beast. He does not know the door of guidance to follow nor the door of misguidance to keep aloof therefrom. These are living dead bodies.
About the Descendants (`Itrah) of the Holy Prophet
"So wither are you going to" (Qur'an, 81:26) and "how are you then turned away?" (Qur'an, 6:95; 10:34; 35:3; 40:62). Ensigns (of guidance) are standing, indications (of virtue) are clear, and the minarets (of light) have been fixed. Where are you being taken astray and how are you groping while you have among you the descendants of the Prophet? They are the reins of Right, ensigns of Faith and tongues of truth. Accord to them the same good position as you accord to the Qur'an, and come to them (for quenching the thirst of guidance) as the thirsty camels approach the water spring.
O' people take this saying of the last of the Prophets that he who dies from among us is not dead, and he who decays (after dying) from among us does not really decay. Do not say what you do not understand, because most of the Right is in what you deny. Accept the argument of one against whom you have no argument. It is I. Did I not act before you on the greater thaqal (ath-thaqal al-akbar, i.e. the Qur'an) and did I not retain among you the smaller thaqal (ath-thaqal-al-asghar, i.e. the descendants of the Prophet). I fixed among you the standard of faith, and I taught you the limits of lawful and unlawful. I clothed you with the garments of safety with my justice and spread for you (the carpet of) virtue by my word and deed.
I showed you high manners through myself. Do not exercise your imagination about what the eye cannot see or the mind cannot conceive.
Till people begin thinking that the world is attached to the Umayyads, would be showering its benefits on them, and lead them to its clear spring for watering, and that their whip and sword will not be removed from the people. Whoever thinks so is wrong. There are rather a few drops from the joys of life which they would suck for a while and then vomit out the whole of it.
2006-12-24 11:45:14 · answer #8 · answered by MUHAMMAD 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some are lucky and never got brainwashed had smart parents
2006-12-23 23:09:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋