Can an individual have there own religion without a group of people with the same beliefs
2007-09-27 12:18:29 · 9 answers · asked by Robert 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
Religion is a tribal belief system.
Spirituality is individual.
2007-09-27 12:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by harshmistressmoon 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Everyone has an individual take on what they believe, with the exception of those who are completely trained by rote, such as members of cults who will all give you the same answer as they've been instructed to do.
But every free thinker has a bit of his or her own take.
I am an Evangelical Christian who believes much of the Bible is allegorical and metaphorical, not to be taken literally. This makes me different from many Evangelicals who take the
Bible literally.
This is what allows me to believe in God's Creation of the world and in evolution at the same time. Many Evangelicals are devout creationists and think evolution is a false teaching.
2007-09-27 19:25:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Religions are helpful ways of organizing people with similar beliefs, but just because you can't find a group of likeminded people doesn't mean you can't have a deep spiritual understanding of the world.
2007-09-27 19:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It happens all the time one person breaks off with their belief and later starts to get followers.
2007-09-27 19:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by budleit2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure can . Every one is entitled to their own belief
2007-09-27 19:24:21 · answer #5 · answered by Suicide642 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes I believe in the 9 divines, I closed the gates of oblivion, and I will pray at the chapel
2007-09-27 19:22:01 · answer #6 · answered by Follow The 9 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I am probably one of them. I believe what I believe, not what I am "supposed" to believe. Religion starts this way...then it spreads and spreads..
2007-09-27 19:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by mrr86 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. This is how Christianity came to be.
2007-09-27 19:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by Red 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of course.
I do; in my opinion we all do, to one extent or another.
2007-09-27 19:21:56 · answer #9 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋