What is the appeal of religion to the lazy-minded?
2007-07-30 11:04:11 · 18 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Belief is the core of religion, and rational thought is not required. Many religions actively discourage individual or undirected thought about their holy books and traditions.
Some people will claim that a bible (or other holy book) study is thinking. It is not. It is simply a means to try to support the book's claims and find arguments against atheism.
2007-07-30 11:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you trying to offend Christians? I was raised Catholic. In my late teens I started to have many questions about it all. About life, the universe, all the world religions, etc. Never once have I ever stopped believing that God exists. But I have looked into other beliefs. After 15 yrs of "thinking", I have returned to the Catholic Church. I don't take my faith lightly. It takes faith and reason and TONS of thinking and praying to be a believer. I truly hate it when non-believers call me closed-minded, lazy-minded, a non-thinker. I am completely the opposite!!! I"m not offended by you and others like you. I just have pity that you can't be open-minded to the smallest notion that God, a higher-being, an intelligent force could exist. Believers are open-minded and thinkers. Non-believers are closed-hearted (to God) and can't fathom having faith. What is it that you all fear!?!
2007-07-30 11:18:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a man named George Washington Carver who asked God one day if he would allow him to have all knowledge and understanding. God answered him and told him that his brain would not hold all understanding but that he would allow him to know the mysteries of the peanut. God was faithful to Mr. Carver and he began to create new inventions and get patents from which came things like latex paint and plastic. This man was a great thinker, a college professor a christian and a man who knew where all knowledge came from. Could it be that the question you should be asking is why would I want only the knowledge that mankid could teach me whent there is so much more to be learned by knowing and communicating with the God of all Knowledge found through Jesus Christ?
2007-07-30 11:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by debo h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. Thinking upon it is much harder than believing it. Contemplating spirituality and following what God is guiding you to learn requires much more action on the believer's part. Belief takes no effort. Many do it blindly. I am spiritual, not religious. This in itself is more work than following a certain creed or religious dogma.
2007-07-30 11:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by Soul Shaper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right now I'm thinking you're a dog. Well, your picture indicates that you are anyway. So, put the keyboard down, go play dead. Oh wait, it appears that mentally, you beat me to it. Foiled again.
2007-07-30 11:15:29 · answer #5 · answered by Notfooled 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be easier if it were only a matter of logic.
What frightens you about recognizing the limits of reasoning?
2007-07-30 11:12:59 · answer #6 · answered by rabid_scientist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tone of your question is extremely arrogant.
You assume that yours is the only valid approach.
You have not even begun to understand the questions yet.
How can you possibly think you have found the answer?
2007-07-30 11:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i slightly agree. The most inteligent people i know are all atheists. Not saying all religious people are unintelligent or anything. Thats just what ive found personally
2007-07-30 11:07:51 · answer #8 · answered by hublub 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some people are just shallow. They think shallow thoughts and behave in shallow ways.
2016-05-18 00:46:43 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The matter is discussed at some length in:
2007-07-30 11:15:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋