Don't tell me there is none. I believe but reject religion.
2007-05-21 13:02:21 · 16 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Belief is by choice, religion forces you to believe.....
2007-05-21 21:53:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A religion is a belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. A belief is what one thinks is true, what one holds is more probable than not. Religion is a belief system, but not all belief systems are religions.
2007-05-21 13:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person is religious they usually believe in their religion.
If one is a true alchemist they usually believe it is possible to make gold - for decades they have believed this to be possible and for decades they keep believing it.
Religion is a following of a group of people that believe a particular group of teaching.
Belief is when an individual believes something to be true.
You may believe that some people believe in religion but you may reject religion yourself - that doesn't make it any less believable to someone who does not reject it.
What is the difference between the Universe and Unlimited?
2007-05-21 13:13:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is adherance to rules or guidlines set up by an organization - a "religion".
Belief is what you have inside of you - it may result in doing alot of the things that people following "religion" do also, but initiated internally rather than externally.
2007-05-21 13:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely believe they are two different things..
I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and His teachings...
but i reject man made religion and traditions, which are set up to control people..it's misleading, and Jesus spoke against religion because He came to set us free, not bind us up with man's rules...this is something I'm very passionate about..and this is why the Bible is so misunderstood. Being bound up in religion is the reason so many people don't want anything to do with church, we show people church when it's Jesus we should be showing them..religion is the cause of many hurts, that's not the way it's meant to be..
rant over...and be blessed..
2007-05-21 13:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by ;) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is good you reject religion. So do I. Religion is man's attempt to reach up to God through his own efforts. Believing in something is like the analogy of a chair. For example: I believe that if I sit in a specific chair, it will not collapse. Faith is actually sitting in that chair. So I can belieive in God and believe in Jesus Christ, (demons believe in God, too) but putting faith in what He did for me on the cross and raising Himself from the dead is totally different. Hope that helps.
2007-05-21 13:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by valorees_vault 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beliefs make attittude. To make good atitudes we need good or true beliefs to be enforced by certain methods. Religions are founded by lovers of humanity for this pupose. Later it was mis interpreted for certain vested interests. So needs to develop a belief system discarding the bad aspects of our own religion ( to the religion we are born) and accepting all the good aspects of all other religions. This is Gandhism. i think it is the best.
2014-11-02 09:40:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one does not have to attend church or be religious in way whatsoever to believe in a god.god has nothing at all to do with religion or the church.as for me,i remain an atheist in the belief of the power of only nature in the universe.it creates and it destroys.
2007-05-22 02:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by earl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are completely different. Belief has many uses as a word, religion has only one.
2007-05-21 13:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Belief is private. Religion you do it with others.
2007-05-21 13:06:24 · answer #10 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋