You know my problem with religion?

Question

I think

Answer 1

No! You need to think in order to seek Gods wisdom, the thing is
you need to think not only with your mind, but also your heart and spirit. Don't worry about all the religions just follow God.

Answer 2

Yes and what.

Father Georges-Henri Lemaître was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer -- he gave us the Big Bang theory.

Gregor Johann Mendel was an Augustinian abbot who is often called the "father of modern genetics" for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants.

Both of these religious guys also think. Probably a lot deeper than YOU do and with a lot more education!

What theories have YOU come up with that we can find in Britanica!

Answer 3

While it is obvious that religious dogma discourages and/or inhibits rational thought, particularly where it stands to undermine the submission of believers to whatever religious authorities control or guide them; this doesn't actually have any bearing on the failure of your question. Your comment, "I think," not only reveals a lack of punctuation skills, but also fails to demonstrate its validity. If you do think, then perhaps you will write a more thoughtful question in the future.

Answer 4

Your premise is flawed. The genesis of the age of reason arose in great part from religion. For example:

(1) The stratification of social roles was broken by the rise of the mercantile class, leading to a more educated populace. This new social construct was Biblically based. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”.

(2) The printing press made it possible for the Bible to be read by those outside the clerical class and the elite. Reading was originally taught to the masses using the Bible! Citizens were no longer dependent upon priests to relay God's word. Since Christians were commanded to "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have", Christians were required to develop a reasoning mind.

(3) Thanks to interpretation of ancient Greek tests by Hispanic-Arabic philosopher Averros, Thomas Aquinas, the first Christian to have access to all surviving Aristolian works, developed the beginning of modern scientific inquiry by developing Aquinas' natural philosophy of observation, analysis and conclusion. The idea of scientific analysis we owe in good measure to Aquinas’s proposition that our bodies were created by a good God who allowed us to perceive through our five senses just as a clear window allowed us to accurately see the world. The wave from Thomas Aquinas intellectualized Europe.

4) Scientific inquiry developed in large part to discern the laws of nature because if there are laws of nature, it stands to reason there is a lawmaker.

5) I know of very few technological innovations that developed outside of nations with Judeo-Christian origins.

6) If there is no ultimate authority then people will generally provide a multitude of self-serving excuses for their bad behavior.

I understand that some of the Old Testament seems illogical and sometimes cruel. For years I had great difficultly understanding why Christ had to die for my sins; after all child sacrifice was outlawed at the time of Abraham! However, I came to believe that God had to use symbolism that the people of that time could understand. Up until the time of Christ, regular sacrifices of animals were made in the temple for forgiveness of sin. This practice stopped within 70 years of Christ's death.

On the other hand, I strongly believe in separation of church and state because with clerical rule people tend to be attracted to church positions for power rather than to serve God.

Answer 5

Being cognitive is a good thing.

When one THINKS he is wiser than God, then from the minds of men false religions are established .

God has something to say about our thoughts verses His thoughts - Isa 55:8-9!

Answer 6

I am happy to hear you have only one problem with religion. I wish I could say the same...

Answer 7

You know my problem with people like you?

You don't give an actual reason when you post comments like this.

About these points mentioned by another answerer....

4) Scientific inquiry developed in large part to discern the laws of nature because if there are laws of nature, it stands to reason there is a lawmaker.

No. To use the term 'law' is a bit of a metaphor. It is just easier to understand these concepts when they are put in familiar terms.. To take a statement like "It's raining cats and dogs!" literally would be a massive mistake. It is not a law that holds you on to this planet. It is the way the world works.

6) If there is no ultimate authority then people will generally provide a multitude of self-serving excuses for their bad behavior.

But if there is, it's Satan's fault and God will "forgive" them. With no God, people ultimately have their selves to blame.

Also, believing in God does not make one incapable of reasoning thought. It just means that they believe in something that cannot be proved.

Answer 8

I suppose it's as possible for one to forego a degree of thinking when pursuing an anti-religious life as it would be when pursuing a pro-religious life. If you really are a thinker, not just a stinker, tell me what you think.

Answer 9

Yes - suspension of disbelief is the prime requisite of any religion. The moment you start thinking and thereafter asking, you realise religion cannot really answer all your questions. That's when you start wondering: Did Man create God in his bid to look for an anchorage in this impermanent world?

Answer 10

That is exactly what religion does NOT want you to do: to think. They are afraid that you will become a Commi-Socialist Liberal and will lead this world into hell. Yeah right!