philosophy and religion are enemies..true or false ??

Question

or do you think there is something called "philosophy of religion" ???..can we find a "religious philosopher"..???

religion wants you to feel too much "inspiration" not to think too much "rationalization"...so they contradict...???!!!

Answer 1

A prosperous, vigorous culture has no need of a religion. Only when people are down or feel deprived do they turn to religion. As far as philosophy is concerned, it is based on rigorous logic and it is unfair to use logic in religion because it is inherently illogical.

The resentment that people feel toward religion is the result of its atrocious history of power mongering. One quickly learns that if you are not of the faithful, the playing field is not equal.

Answer 2

Philosophy has played the handmaiden to religion throughout history until the Renaissance and the resulting Industrial Revolution A nation founded on individual rights and a country based on religion are entirely incompatible. Read For the New Intellectual by Ayn Rand

Answer 3

When I took philosophy a long time ago (yes, Plato was already dead, but the corpse was still warm) we looked at the Christian philosophy without any religious connetcion as a pathway to finding happiness. We looked at approaching all of your fellow people with forgiveness and acceptance, avoiding wealth, holding peace out as a foundation of your interactions, ect. It was probably the first and one of the few times that it made sense

Answer 4

There are "philosophers" on both sides of the case of religion. They are basically the same thing in a sense. Both are attempts at determining what is true and how to live. I have studied both and think no one really knows anything for sure.

Answer 5

"Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation".

from Bhagavad-gita As It Is Ch.3 V.3

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

loke 'smin dvi-vidhā nishthā

purā proktā mayānagha

jñāna-yogena sāńkhyānām

karma-yogena yoginām

SYNONYMS

śrÄ«-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; loke — in the world; asmin — this; dvi-vidhā — two kinds of; nishthā — faith; purā — formerly; proktā — were said; mayā — by Me; anagha — O sinless one; jñāna-yogena — by the linking process of knowledge; sāńkhyānām — of the empiric philosophers; karma-yogena — by the linking process of devotion; yoginām — of the devotees.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who try to realize the self. Some are inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others by devotional service.

PURPORT

In the Second Chapter, verse 39, the Lord explained two kinds of procedures — namely sāńkhya-yoga and karma-yoga, or buddhi-yoga. In this verse, the Lord explains the same more clearly. Sāńkhya-yoga, or the analytical study of the nature of spirit and matter, is the subject matter for persons who are inclined to speculate and understand things by experimental knowledge and philosophy. The other class of men work in Krishna consciousness, as it is explained in the 61st verse of the Second Chapter. The Lord has explained, also in the 39th verse, that by working by the principles of buddhi-yoga, or Krishna consciousness, one can be relieved from the bonds of action; and, furthermore, there is no flaw in the process. The same principle is more clearly explained in the 61st verse — that this buddhi-yoga is to depend entirely on the Supreme (or more specifically, on Krishna), and in this way all the senses can be brought under control very easily. Therefore, both the yogas are interdependent, as religion and philosophy. Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation. The ultimate goal is Krishna, because the philosophers who are also sincerely searching after the Absolute Truth come in the end to Krishna consciousness. This is also stated in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tā. The whole process is to understand the real position of the self in relation to the Superself. The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Krishna consciousness; and the other process is directly connecting with everything in Krishna consciousness. Of these two, the path of Krishna consciousness is better because it does not depend on purifying the senses by a philosophical process. Krishna consciousness is itself the purifying process, and by the direct method of devotional service it is simultaneously easy and sublime.

Answer 6

Not necessarily. It depends on the philosophy and on the tenets of the particular religion.

My philososophy is that humans are basically born flawed, and flawed people cannot fix flawed people. We need a fix coming from an external, non-flawed source.

I do not believe that religion is the answer. Instead, we need a vital, living relationship with our higher power.

Answer 7

religion is a philosophy, just a no longer relevant one that people try to keep artificially alive. Why? too much invested to give it up.

Answer 8

no .for example i believe in god and i have my religion it doesn't mean that i don't think it just mean that i don't believe in death.
about the philosophy it has his own theory about god and that's why the philosophy is the kind of religion.

Answer 9

both are based on the assumptions that others feel as they do and this is there connection

Answer 10

it is matter of perspective..I believe they can be enemies as well as they can be friends..It is you how you perceive it..