2007-02-05 11:26:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I agree completely.
2007-02-05 11:29:19 · answer #1 · answered by thatoneguy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, the religion of which you speak is the most common one. People do not have a very good track record of success when they follow their own "nature" as you put it. There is however a very big difference between a "religion" and a "relationship with God". One leads to war, hatred, suffering and eventual distruction. The other to a lasting and unexplainable sense of peace. Even if heaven were not a reality, I wouldn't trade what I have for anything on this earth.
2007-02-05 19:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, do you know enough of yourself to believe that what you believe is true?
Say a Buddhist monk who spends his life time on meditation, in the end, he passes out, do you think he knows where he is going?
Because this faith has no concrete text to say what is the end, they (those who bury him) believe he has attained karma and is to be with the Buddha in another lower level.
There are so many levels and yet there is a belief up to certain period he would come down to earth again to be another human and start the meditation again.
But in Christianity, you believe and you go to heaven period. There is no need to find out what is your nature. You find out what is the nature of God. He wants you to live a perfectly godly life and a life full of Jesus' likeness. That is love your neighbor and your enemy.
2007-02-05 19:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by Ptuan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! The greatest gift we have as humans is the ability to think for ourselves. Your "religion" should be based on how YOU feel about things, you know what is right and what is wrong for you and if you follow your heart you are going to live a fulfilled life.
2007-02-05 19:36:02 · answer #4 · answered by scooter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree. I don't think religion should be about an unconditional devotion to some all-powerful entity beyond our physical world, it should be about finding a sense of understanding and contentment with the world we live in and our place in it.
2007-02-05 19:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by mike10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagree
2007-02-05 19:34:28 · answer #6 · answered by ZK431 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, and if there was a god, he would want everybody to do what they believe is right. He (or she) would not care as long as you protected the world and stuff.
2007-02-05 19:31:03 · answer #7 · answered by JBK123 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
2007-02-05 19:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by sharon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nah!
2007-02-05 19:29:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋