What do you really want from your religion/ belief system?
(Please don't pull the wool over your eyes and tell us you are just an innocent lamb.)
2007-03-28 14:20:35 · 30 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Regardless of religion or non religion, we all have some belief system.
Ergo, everyone is invited to answer this question.
2007-03-28 14:27:59 · update #1
Dear "Kkings" - I think you are wonderful.
2007-03-28 14:40:51 · update #2
I want a religion that gives me a way to deal with the hurts of the past -- both those that I've caused to someone else and the ones that have happened to me. I also want a way to live in peace and joy, no matter how chaotic the present world conditions are. And I want a religion that gives me hope for the future, both in this life and the next.
I found all of those things when I converted to Roman Catholicism. Being able to talk to another person during Confession about the things I'd done wrong was very therapeutic, as well as cleansing. I find great joy and peace in each Mass that I attend, and every time that I participate in the Eucharist, I feel Christ's Presence in a way that I've never known anywhere else.
And whenever a loved one dies or something tragic happens in the world, I can say with St. Paul, "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. " (Romans 8:18)
My religion gives me freedom from the past, happiness in the present, and something to look forward to in the future. I couldn't ask for anything more.
2007-03-28 14:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I already have everything I want from my belief system, I have a few things I'd like to do before I die. But mostly I'm content to join my ansestors. I plan to try to hang around and watch my decendents and be a genral pain in theyr asses.
2007-03-28 14:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by krimlen 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The question is moot, all belief systems are doomed to utter failure upon the death of the believer. I think the wool/lamb connection is kinda cute though.
2007-03-28 14:25:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
My beliefs say that all creatures are important and should be respected. I want the useless harming/killing of animals to stop.
Sorry, I just watched a PBS show about people slicing shark's fins off and dumping the animal back in the water to bleed to death, and it upset me. A lot.
*Why are you giving me thumbs down people?! I'm answering the question....you can't be so heartless as to support that kind of abuse toward a living being, can you?
2007-03-28 14:27:42 · answer #4 · answered by KS 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Eternal life with Jesus and with my family. Very interested to see what an eternal body will look like, what heaven looks like, to finally understand everything I can't here and now.
Someone who can really help that I can turn to any time, any day.
2007-03-28 14:28:10 · answer #5 · answered by howdigethere 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i have what i want from my belief system.
now if i could just get what i want from the rest of the world...take better care of the planet and each other. i would be pretty content.
eclectic pagan
2007-03-28 16:15:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i want what everybody else wants- a happy after life i mean where are we going to go? that is the biggest question in life and having a religion keeps worrys at the back of our minds
2007-03-28 14:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by Amy 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I want nothing, because I believe there is nothing, other than life, as we know it. I would ask religions to leave me alone,,stay off my porch,, and get a real job, instead of preying on the fears of insecure people.
2007-03-28 14:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by Steve C 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Balance
2007-03-28 14:24:07 · answer #9 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
what do I want? hmmmmmmmm
life eternal is what I want.... and have been promised it.... does my faith make my road easy or perfect? no.... i have some pretty huge struggles, but I still stand upon that promise... no matter what, God is there for me and will see me thru whatever I am going thru.... and in the end... I will be with Him in heaven....
2007-03-28 14:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋