Does religon seem to far fetched for any of you out there?

Question

I dont want to undermine anyone elses beliefs but i find it(Christianity) to mythical for me to buy it, maybe i'm wrong. but i refuse to say i believe in god just becuz im scared of the consquences if there is one. Many people ask me how i retain hope when i die without believing in God. I dont think going blank when u die would be bad, it scared me when i was younger but that was just the thought of me never being able to see a family member that passed. Heaven sounds great but so does the tooth fairy, i know thats a little unfair but its just the way i feel.

Answer 1

no one says you have to believe in God because of fear...

in fact...is that the basis for a relationship? (trying to imagine my wife agreeing to marry me because she was afraid of me)

How about seeing Christianity not for what I say it is, but for what Christ says His message is...about "reconciling".

To reconcile...to return to the original friendship. Now there's a reason to want to find out if it's worth my time to believe in Him...because He says I can be a friend of the King of the Universe, Maker of the Stars!!

Yep...not believing out of fear, but out of sheer amazement that after all He's seen in my life, He still wants me!

Answer 2

God is not scary, he is wonderful. It is simple to become a Christian but it is not easy. All of the I think that best things that can be done take hard work!
I understand how you feel as a non-Christian, but maybe you will look into it? Christianity is not wicca or scientology. It's not that far fetched at all. I think that being with
God in heaven for all eternity is much more awesome then the tooth fairy. Maybe you wont die without believing in Jesus, your life is not over yet.

Answer 3

Believing in God doesn't get anyone into heaven. The devil knows God quite well and he won't make it.

God wants us to know HIM. He is not interested in our being a "religious" person.

Isa 1:12-17
12 When you come to appear before me,who has asked this of you,this trampling of my courts? 13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!Your incense is detestable to me.New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations--I cannot bear your evil assemblies. 14 Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates.They have become a burden to me;I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,I will hide my eyes from you;even if you offer many prayers,I will not listen.Your hands are full of blood; 16 wash and make yourselves clean.Take your evil deeds out of my sight!Stop doing wrong, 17 learn to do right!Seek justice,encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless,plead the case of the widow.
(from New International Version)

This is the God that people should seek.

Answer 4

Have you explored humanism?

Humanism is a philosophy of life inspired by humanity and guided by reason. It provides the basis for a fulfilling and ethical life without religion.

Humanists make sense of the world using reason, experience and shared human values.
Humanists see no convincing evidence for gods, the supernatural, or life after death.
Humanists believe that moral values are properly founded on human empathy and scientific understanding.
Humanists believe we must live this life on the basis that it is the only life we'll have -- that, therefore, we must make the most of it for ourselves, each other, and our world.
Humanist philosophies have arisen separately in many different cultures over many thousands of years. Whether or not they use the term humanism, tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of people around the world agree with the humanist philosophy of living a happy and productive life based on reason and compassion.

Answer 5

You said it just the way I would have. I agree with your analyzing exactly. I feel that people long ago have made up religions to feel better about dying. And besides, no one has come back to tell us any different. The only proof they are believing in, is man made books, written years ago. And if it were so true there would be one religion and god, not hundreds of versions.

Answer 6

perverts who pervert the religion are ones who want you to obey God strickly. When in fact religion's purpose should be about helping out the less fortunate orphans and widows as John said. killing someone because they don't worship a king or god is just a perversion of the purpose of religion. Don't worship anything but help the widows and orphans of your tribe band or legion and thats a religious act. dropping money into a church plate really isn't a religous act unless you know for sure that it goes into orphans or widows hands. It should never be used to build expensive churchs. Those churchs should be built by unused military force as places of refuge in times of war, or to host public functions, thus government should pay for church or hall building.

Answer 7

Christianity - The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.


Now how can you think that is far fetched

Answer 8

As an atheist - religions who believe in a creator god are too far fetched; therefore am a Buddhist.

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god or gods gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in a particular god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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Answer 9

Yes, religions were mostly made many years ago when people knew less about the world and were therefore more gullible.

Answer 10

Actually, it has nothing to do with 'religion' and everything to do with having a relationship with G-d (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).