religion is only a barrier if you let it be, why does it matter? Why does one person who loves another allow themselves to get upset when the other person disagrees with their religious beliefs. Why do they let it come between them to the point that they get sad and almost break up?
2007-03-01 04:31:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If someone defines God as the ultimate example of Love, then He should act at least as lovingly as most mere human.
Most humans love their children unconditionally…they don’t require worship from them.
Most don’t choose favorites…they don’t reveal themselves to some children, but not to others. Most humans don’t claim a “chosen” child that is loved more than the others.
If one child ate an apple after told not to…Most humans wouldn’t punish all their grandchildren and every generation thereafter.
If some children were misbehaving, most humans wouldn’t drown all but a few of the children, along with every puppy and kitten in the neighborhood….expect two of each.
If someone was harming or deceiving their children (Satan), and I they had the power to prevent it, they would prevent it.
Most humans wouldn’t have a son tortured and murdered on a cross in order to change rules that they created themselves.
I know I love my children enough that I would forgive them anything. I certainly wouldn’t have them punished for not loving me enough, or in the right fashion.
There is no love without a demonstration of unconditional loving acts. If your religion doesn’t define a God who acts as a model of love, kindness, and forgiveness to all living things, then it’s a sham.
2007-03-01 04:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by Honest Opinion 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well you have to unrestand that religion is more than just a doctrine of belief - for many, it is their way of LIFE. Religion goes beyond how you perceive god, it is a code of ethics - how you live, how you act, how to treat others in your community and beyond, how to take personal care fo yourself, how to relate to the natural world. These are very fundamental pieces of who we are as people. The more devout a worshipper, the more they abide by these codes so that if one does not agree with them, essentially it seems that one does not agree with who they are in essence.
If someone can find it in their heart to love someone else outside of their religion that is wonderful. However, as you have said, when conflict arises, they let the religion become the reason they almost want to break up and that is not right. I think that people have to learn to be more flexible when it comes to their beliefs in order to get along with others and it seems that people limit themselves in that respect. Yes, love should be able to break through all barriers and it very often does, but one who is willing to throw away a relationship because of their religion is not doing it because they are religious. They are doing it because they themselves, personally without having anything to do with their religion, is a jerk. Or perhaps using religion as an excuse to not fully commit for whatever reason they are afraid to commit.
Basically what it always comes down to is the we all are HUMAN and make mistakes.
2007-03-01 04:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by lanibear55 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's important to realize that there are many, many people whose religious beliefs are a part of that persons total make up. In those beliefs are teachings that these people hold so very dear and have been with them their entire lives. Asking a person to look away from that would be asking them to give up a part of themselves. If you do not respect those beliefs, ultimately the relationship would fail.
2007-03-01 04:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by garo g 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let me restate what you are asking: Why do people let their understanding of absolute truth, arrived at by reason and experience, come in the way of some fleeting feeling and emotion that is caused by their glands or too much to drink?
As always, the answer is determined by your philosophical presuppositions. If you assume that religion is man-made, a feeling, then it has no more claim on us then our feelings of "love"; in that case, it's pretty much up to you, might as well flip a coin.
But if you really think that what you believe is something REAL, a true description of reality, then it has to be the most important thing. And experience after experience shows that two people of different core religions have a very difficult time being happy. If you are an atheist and we get married, before too long you are going to be really irritated with my wanting to take our kids to church every Sunday and Wednesday, you will complain about the Tuesday night Bible study I want to go to, you will chafe every time I pray before a meal, etc. All because I am interfering with your true religion of naturalism.
2007-03-01 04:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by Gary B 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
To many people religion is not stupid. Love is something special, however when confronting the issues of religion you should understand it is also can be one of the msot powerful things in peoples lives. A conflict of religious beliefs can doom love.
When becoming interested in someone or perusing a relationship with them, their religious or even cultural beliefs should be considered as a matter of respect and how potentialy it will afect your relationship later.
2007-03-01 04:38:47 · answer #5 · answered by Hamza Hashem 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I met my husband I was Mormon. It was very hard at time to talk to him about things that I felt were important because we did not feel the same why. We did not let religion stop us but it did make the first few years a little harder.
2007-03-01 04:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people end relationships due to differences in religion. Just like they do for politics, family, and a whole mess of other reasons. Why? we all want someone to like what we like and think how we think. That is why we keep trying to change each other. I'm the opposite of my hubby. He's Catholic, I'm Lutheran (married lutheran because the Catholic church wouldn't marry us), I'm liberal, he's conservative, he's loud, I'm quiet. It's been 12 years and we're still doing well.
2007-03-01 04:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by mel m 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, religion is a way of life, but I see your point. In my opinion, a relationship could work with two people having different faiths.
2007-03-01 04:37:16 · answer #8 · answered by Ayesha 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is because many religions let some stupid people come in the way of love.
2007-03-01 04:36:39 · answer #9 · answered by ultimatebaseclass 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
religion is NOT stupid.
frankly I find that notion OFFENSIVE.
Without religion we would have less reason to persecute people.
Without religion we would not have as many excuses to rally people for war.
Without religion we wouldn't be able to steer people away from logic and reason.
Without religion we wouldn't have wonderfull "blue sky laws".
Without religion we wouldn't have jim and tammy faye baker.
2007-03-01 05:00:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋