2007-06-16 02:12:32 · 21 answers · asked by steph l 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do not think it is a reason. I believe the good people just believe it is the way to live. Kind of like a good side effect..
I believe heaven to be a place you cannot understand right now in this life. I believe it to be a place of great personal understanding and knowledge. You embark on a personal journey with God and he teaches you the true meaning of existence.
I think you figure it out when it's over... Better plan ahead!
2007-06-16 02:34:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well it is a good concept, we all need rules to live by or else there would be pure anarchy in the world, eg, no rule at all, much what I suspect it is like to live in the world of say the T aliba n, I would never wish to live in such an environment.
Guidelines are needed in societies for moral ethics etc. If we all ran around willy nilly, doing whatever, what chaos would reign. So religion seems to be a method used by most making it pretty universal don't you think, so, we need something to follow believe in and have faith in, otherwise, what's the point of your existence.
2007-06-16 09:20:28 · answer #2 · answered by Janet B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True morality is a choice of doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do. However, I'm not sure that without the pure, I emphasize pure as opposed to man-made encrustations, teachings of the universal educators like Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, The Bab, and Baha'u'llah, most people would know what constitutes good behavior. Not everyone has that built-in moral compass that you seem so sure of.
2007-06-16 09:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by jaicee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You got it. Most of the world's major religions are all about control. Just look at what the fundamentalist Muslims do to their women in the name of God. Wanna walk down the street in a burka? Look at how fundamentalist Christians and LDS subjugate women - keep 'em at home, in the kitchen, and perpetually pregnant. And don't forget to tithe that 10% of your income to the church to ASSURE your place in heaven. You might not make it without that... Ask any Mormon...
2007-06-16 09:19:15 · answer #4 · answered by Charlie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being good does not get no one to Heaven first of all.There are a alot of good people in this world - but most are lost and without God. Religion is what it is :Religion.Judas was religious but where is he today.
People really just don't get it-- People are in Hell today because they rejected Jesus Christ- not because they sinned.We all sin and fall short.But it's what you do with your life that will change your behavior.Once you come to know Christ- he takes those old desires away and brings in new desires to walk after him.That is what changes peoples behavior - not their religion or their church.It's JESUS.
2007-06-16 09:51:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ladybyrd 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not. At least, not for the reason given, 'so that they will go to heaven'. No good behavior can buy a place in heaven
The good behavior is a spin-off from the primary purpose of religion : supreme love to God
2007-06-16 09:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by flandargo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some would say that is what religion does, but most would claim that religion is a belief chosen by someone in order to provide that person with an effective escape. Most people that I know belief in religion for the escape it provides them. A way for them to settle their problems with Jesus. If it works, don't change the system.
2007-06-16 09:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by Ironic Destiny 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure the people above me who said "yes" have some kind of evidence that what they're saying is true and just forgot to post it. ;)
"religion" (in my case Christianity) has nothing to do about control. It's all about a relationship with our creator. Doing good things doesn't get you to heaven so the answer to the original question is "no" in any case.
2007-06-16 09:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by Machaira 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes.
Government serves that same function, only it's worse.
Violate what your religion tells you, and you only go to an imaginary hell.
Violate what your government tells you, and the hell is not imaginary.
If I had to choose between a "God" telling me what to do or a government telling me what to do, I would choose the "God" every time.
2007-06-16 09:20:12 · answer #9 · answered by Mystine G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. As the Bible accurately states--"for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourself; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" -- Ephesians 2:8-9
Jesus Christ is the only Good Man that did anything so we can go to Heaven.
2007-06-16 09:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋