Defined Religion.
Defined God.
Does religion have anything to do with God accurding to your definitions?
2007-01-11 09:32:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not talking about any particulare religion... I want you to think of religion in general..
2007-01-11 09:41:29 · update #1
Religion is man's attempt to understand the cosmos by putting a human face on it.
"God" is the cosmos, its people, its universes, its science and its laws. It is non interfering, non intervening and non judgmental.
Religion has no bridge to "God".
2007-01-11 09:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that (generally) involve a faith in a spiritual nature and a study of inherited ancestral traditions, knowledge and wisdom related to understanding human life. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to faith as well as to the larger shared systems of belief.
"God" is the deity believed by monotheists to be the supreme reality. "God" is believed variously to be the sole creator, or at least the sustainer, of the universe. The majority of people in the world today believe in a monotheistic God, especially the Abrahamic God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, although there are other monotheistic religions .
So do I believe in and/or worship such a being? No. I do not worship the Middle Eastern monotheistic god. I am a polytheist and while I believe that many god exist, I do not respect or honor them all. My Gods are the Aesir and the Vanir and my religion is Ãsatrú.
2007-01-11 17:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I actually think that human beings have some ancient genetic predisposition to have some belief in gods - it is a deep psychological need to make sense of the understanding of ourselves as individual beings. I believe religion is inherently dangerous to humankind and been so usurped by megalomaniac sociopaths that nothing good can be salvaged even by those whose hearts are pure. I don't for a second believe in the Judeo Christian God of the Old and New Testaments.
2007-01-11 17:43:19 · answer #3 · answered by Lee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is generally a set of beliefs or values based on the assumption of a God.
A definition of God will invariably depend on which religion a person believes in (or doesn't)
I do think God and religion go hand in hand. It's kind of hard to believe in God (any god) and not have some sense of values, and beliefs associated with said god. But it is also very possible to have a set of beliefs and values that have nothing to do with a god
So a religion seems to need a god, while values and beliefs do not.
2007-01-11 17:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Religion: The control of the masses through fear of punishment from a God!
God: The fantasy character created by religion to control the masses!
Yes the two are linked. After all those that created the religion created the God!
2007-01-11 17:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
God, the Supreme Creator of the Universe, even science admits that it all started with a big bang, only thing they can't explain is where is the big bang come from?
Religion - An organization entrusted with teaching people about God, the Supreme One. Only most religions, are involved with teaching their own agendas, or their own importance, not in teaching the truth about God. Only one religion teaches the truth of God, it's up to us to search for God, and in the searching he will let himself be found by you, if you have the right heart condition, humble, hungry for spiritual truth
2007-01-11 17:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by Nancy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not all religions have gods, so no, the two are not related, though the belief in god is often included in a religion's doctrine.
2007-01-11 17:52:32 · answer #7 · answered by she who is awesome 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion for me means to worship God in unity with others and not to persecute those who do not believe as it is not up to me to bible bash anyone,each of us has the dignity to make our own choices in life.
2007-01-11 17:40:00 · answer #8 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me religion is nothing, but for me God is everything.
2007-01-11 17:37:06 · answer #9 · answered by ILSE 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Religion is man's poor attempt at trying to find God.
God is. That's the only defenition you need (Yaweh means "I Am")
No.
Read the Bible, dude.
2007-01-11 17:37:30 · answer #10 · answered by Christian Paragon 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋