Is it okay that I don't believe in Religion?

Question

I believe in God, but I just don't believe in Religion because I find it too much to talk about. No God in particular. Just God. The Creator. Not God in any religion. Just a God!.........

I mean, I do have beliefs of my own. But just not religion.

Answer 1

Believing in God is a start and a wanderful one as that.
But let me ask you a question without your religion how can you connect to God?
I do not know what your faith is so I can only use mine as an example. I am Jewish for me beleiving in God is not enough without the Torah. Torah guides me to God by allowing me to connect to my sages who have walked before me. I beleive in God simply because of free will that He assigns to all that are born. But in order to understand this I must examine God throught the history of the Jewish people. We have survived all the atrocities commited by others against us because we knew where we came from, we knew the Torah by hearts and when ordered not to read or study the Torah because on Inqusition or communism our parents and grandparents taught the history of our people and how our sages had it much warse then we did.
To have a religion is to have an identity. Identity comes in case for the Jews through the Torah, the Talmud, our laws, and our traditions. We as Jews have personal relation with God. We pray three times a day and keep the Sabath Holy. In doing so I am connected to all other Jews around the globe. Though we may speak different language we have a common historical bind that we get through our faith.
That is why to know God without religion attached to Him is somewhat incomplete. It is the same thing as to have a leash but no dog. The leash is a start but you must know what to do with it once you get it. And once you get a dog you can then belong to other group of people who have your type of dog or any other dog in general. That way you have a community of people who shall care for you.
I hope that this helps.

Answer 2

Atheism is not a religion. Atheism is not a set of rules which you should follow to get the most out of our existence. Atheism means a disbelief in gods, nothing more, nothing less. If you're an agnostic atheist you find the idea of deities very unlikely, but you also say that it may not be possible to actually know if a god exists or not. The reason why some atheists have turned into anti-theists is for the obvious reason that there are many theists who feel that if their religion is not promoted everywhere at all times, they are the vicitms of religious persecution. So instead of taking the forced promotion of a religion they find ridiculous and absurd lying down, some atheists fight back to promote the only society where complete religious freedom is possible, ie. a secular one.

Answer 3

I am a Born-again Christian and don't consider myself to be religious or belonging to any particular religion. I just believe what the Lord has taught me. I don't go to church but I have friends who believe the way I do. Religion is not God and God is not a religion as far as I'm concerned.

Answer 4

religion is all about preparing for death. i don't believe in any god that is no closer to me than a stranger. Christians and catholics have still yet to even prov en that god or Muhammad even exist as a ruling force watching over us like we're toys in a sand box. catholics fought with Protestants for over 120 years.billions of people have died as a direct result of another person or persons religious belief becoming so strong that it makes them angry of anyone Else's opinion about life. and science alone is proving more and more what life is really about,energy is never lost it is always transferred a golden rule of science. it doesn't matter what religion you are as long as you use it for peaceful purposes only. remember the first amendment says that congress should make no laws respecting an establishment of religion

Answer 5

Yes, try going to Not Religion.com chat you will find many there who believe in God but not in organized religions.

Answer 6

of course it's okay that you don't believe in religion, you can be close to God and believe in Him with formal religion

Answer 7

I don't belive in "Religion" either. I believe in my RELATIONSHIP I have with God through His Son Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

That's just good enough. You could accept evolution and various stuff which you would be surprised of what you find. It's called Deism

Answer 9

You may be saying that based on your understandings of what a religion is which are drawn from experiences of Christianity and other religions but don't necessarily apply to Islam. So here are a couple of points which may help to correct such misunderstandings;There is no church hierarchy in Islam

God provides us with the purpose of our existence and if we seek to do good it is the same as seeking to do the will of God. Your belief in God only has value in so far as you live your life according to His purpose for you.



How then do we know what is the will of God? That is where religion comes in. GOD has revealed His will through prophets. To find out what this is you need to study the revelation
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Almighty God is Compassionate, Loving and Merciful. The essence of falsehood is the claim that God cannot deal with and forgive His creatures directly. By over-emphasizing the burden of sin, as well as claiming that God cannot forgive you directly, false religions seek to get people to despair of the Mercy of God. Once they are convinced that they cannot approach God directly, people can be mislead into turning to false gods for help. These "false gods" can take various forms, such as saints, angels, or someone who is believed to be the "Son of God" or "God Incarnate".


The original, unchanged revelations given to Abraham and other prophets(like Moses and Jesus ) reaching back to Adam all came from the One True God(The Creator). This common origin explains their similarities in many beliefs and values


However, over time the teachings of the various religions, due to a variety of reasons, have become distorted and mixed with made-man ideas.


The last Prophet and Messenger of God, Muhammad , who is a direct descendant of Abraham through his first born son, Ishmael, was sent with the Last Guidance, Revelation and Testament, the Holy Qur'an(koran) to amend and correct the changes and corruption made to the the "Torah" which was sent to Moses and theTrue Gospel of Jesus.To say the truth ,God preserved all the other Holy Books plainly by preserving His Last Book the Holy Qur'an(koran)which contains the right and the truth of all that was changed in those other Books.


This is why this last Revelation which was sent 1423 years ago has remained unchanged, not even a word or a letter has been altered.


There is not even one word of difference between two Arabic Qur'ans, anywhere in the world. There has been no disagreements in history among Muslims as to what should and should not be in the Qur'an. However, in the case of the Bible, even the most ancient manuscripts conflict with one another so that no two are identical. Footnotes in all modern versions of the Bible prove this fact.


These revisions serve as concrete proofs that all the Biblical books are not at all divinely inspired. This is because it is beyond man's ability to correct the work of his Creator, who alone is Almighty and perfect



It was only natural for Almighty God to preserve the scripture revealed to Prophet Muhammad, because he was the last Prophet and Final Messenger of God.


Islam teaches us that we must pray directly to God without an intermediary and no soul can bear the burden of another and that the nature of humanity is good, and we did not inherit sin from Adam. Each soul comes into being free of sin.in Islam there are no priests or clergy -- each worshipper, man or woman, has a direct relationship with their Merciful Creator -- Almighty God. Since God is the Owner and Sustainer of everything, as well as the only one who can provide true and complete forgiveness, it is completely futile to try to approach Him through anyone else.


The oneness and universality of God's message requires that people accept all the messengers of God. Rejecting one of them amounts to rejecting them all. The Jews reject Jesus's mission and Muhammad's mission; the Christians reject Muhammad's mission; whereas the Muslims accept them all, but reject incorrect historical interpretations and human elements in these missions.


As the Qur'an is the final revelation and Muhammad is the final prophet, humanity is obligated to accept it: "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost all spiritual good" (3:86).


The Final Prophet Muhammad said: "Whoever believes there is no god but God, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is messenger of God, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven."


you can do that now as you are reading these lines is to pronounce the two confirmations and attestations of faith, here it is




I BEAR WITNESS THAT THERE IS NO GOD WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH ( ARABIC WORD MEANS ONE GOD-THE CREATOR). AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT MUHAMMAD IS HIS SERVANT AND MESSENGER. I BEAR WITNESS THAT JESUS IS HIS SERVANT AND MESSENGER.



The right picture of lslam is conveyed in the Qur'an, which is exemplified by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. The reality is that it is not fair to judge a religion by the actions of its followers alone because there are good and bad followers in every religion. The correct thing to do is to judge a religion by its documented revelation from God and the prophet who brought that revelation.

I encourage Christians and other religions to learn about Islam from Muslim sources and The Basis Of The Muslim Belief and not rely on second hand information which in many cases is distorted or contains a deep seated anti Muslim agenda. This is indeed a more scholarly approach


For more info


http://www.islamdoor.com

http://www.thetruereligion.org


BestWishes

Answer 10

You just may be more on target than those
who pass through church doors.

A poet once said, "Creation is God
expressing Himself."

I've found in my life, that great effort
reaps great blessings.