You can't claim you understand any religion by watching a documentry about it or listening to what your religion has to say about it. It takes more than that to really understand a religion, am I right?
2007-08-21 01:09:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're right.
And one needs to study comparatively as well.
Studying only one's own religion will only serve to breed generations of ignorance.
2007-08-21 01:16:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
To FULLY understand, yes. I believe to have a conversation about a particular religion you should have SOME understanding of it, I don't think you need to be versed in that religion with years of practice. Now to be an expert and speak about it on National Geographic then I would suggest years of practicing and "mastering"(bad word usage but I couldn't think of another this early in the morn) that religion.
2007-08-21 08:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Understanding religion is a very tedious and complicated tasks. Understanding yourself is a better option.
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2007-08-21 08:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by Bright 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I think you are right Im not overly religious but I hav a re class at skool 3 times a week. I believe in God etc. but I dont dig too deep into my religion background
2007-08-21 08:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To the contrary... understanding religion takes all of 15 seconds. Here it is, in a nut-shell:
'Belief' is an insidious mind-killer... it cuts one off from the open-minded and intellectually honest consideration of alternative possibilities.
'Faith' (magical, wishful thinking) is a lame and pathetic substitute for 'evidence'.
Faith-based 'belief' (the internalized certainty that you are privy to the 'truth' pertaining to vital aspects of existence and reality) is a lame and pathetic substitute for 'knowledge'... in fact, it is the ILLUSION of knowledge.
Faith + belief ---> Self-delusion and willful ignorance.
Of course, becoming familiar with the different variations of delusion can be tedious and time-consuming... but if you understand what I just wrote, then you understand religion.
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"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion." ~ Robert M. Pirsig
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance... it is the illusion of knowledge." ~ Daniel Boorstin
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2007-08-21 08:19:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
To REALLY understand a religion you must be privy to the obscene crimes of its leaders.
2007-08-21 08:16:01 · answer #6 · answered by Karl M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would agree. Any religion is going to be a lifelong study.
2007-08-21 08:15:30 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's main intention is to waste everyone's time and hold human development back as much as possible.
2007-08-21 08:22:24 · answer #8 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋