2007-09-01 04:17:22 · 8 answers · asked by ReliableLogic 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tough question - yes, but no. Having a belief in a singular higher power classifies you as a Deist or monotheist, but not necessarily a member of an ORGANIZED religion. People put themselves in religion, it is not something that happens automatically.
2007-09-01 05:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough question.
If I say no. Then if I believe in the sun, then I could be a sun worshipper which makes it a religion. I would say it would depend on how deep your belief in a particular something goes. If I believe the sun will rise in the morning, then no, it's not a religion. If I believe I can't function without the sun, that my very being depends on it's arrival in the morning, then it falls into a worshipping of the sun, which in time past was worshipped as a sun god....
2007-09-01 05:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by Fugitive Peices 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not.I believe many things but I am in no way religious or part of a religion.
2007-09-01 04:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the sun exists. How does that make me religious in the spiritual sense of the word?
2007-09-01 04:32:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in a deity, then you are religious, but you are not necessarily part of an organised religion.
2007-09-01 04:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That would be completely idiotic. The religious just like to say otherwise to freak you out.
2007-09-01 04:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not, you can believe for anything but without to practice it you become nothing.
2007-09-01 04:22:55 · answer #7 · answered by Khairitz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but it puts you in a worldview.
2007-09-01 04:26:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋