2007-10-13 14:02:15 · 27 answers · asked by Bradl G 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with your_star_03's answer:
A set of common beliefs and practices to a group of people.
People say it is a way to find God, it is a belief in a higher power etc....Organized religion is the common belief and pracitce....
However, some Scientologists consider their group a religion tell me where the God part comes in there? They talk about enlightenment and a supreme being, what about religions who think you can BECOME God?
There are many religions out there, but they are just that a group of people with a comon belief. You can only get into Heaven through Jesus Christ.
2007-10-13 14:15:42 · answer #1 · answered by LDBK 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A religion is a set of common beliefs and practices generally held by a group of people, often codified as prayer, ritual, and religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience. Religion can be defined as "gullible" or "incoherent". The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction.
2007-10-13 14:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects
2007-10-13 14:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by Megegie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Religion is man made. There is many man made rules with religion. The only truth is the Bible and a personnel relationship with Jesus. I am a Baptist, and I am proud of it, but being a Baptist won't get me into heaven. God bless you.
2007-10-13 14:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by salvation 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A set of common beliefs and practices to a group of people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion
2007-10-13 14:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by your_star_03 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Religion is the opiate of the masses.
2007-10-13 14:04:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
"Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
2007-10-13 14:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
A way of life!
It has got nothing to do with God.
For example, Buddhism is silent on the existence of God.
2007-10-13 14:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
a path prescribed by god which will help u attain salvation.........if u beleive in it , or else the book which defines a particular relegion doesnt really mean anything to a person.
2007-10-13 14:29:34 · answer #9 · answered by nocturnal_monk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. - James 1:27.
2007-10-13 14:05:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋