Rather than just say 'it's in the bible' or 'Islam is the way' or God is real or not. Do you think people would understand you better if you said something about your own experience with what makes you feel the way you do about your spirituality or religion/ non-religion?
2007-12-03 10:31:43 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In that case could you explain why you want to keep them to yourself?
2007-12-03 10:36:47 · update #1
joanne 22, I always do
2007-12-03 10:38:33 · update #2
I see what you mean, but no-one can consider someone else's experience as a general rule, for an experience is an individual matter. Too much subjectivity can make it difficult to rationalize and engage with other people on spiritual issues.
2007-12-03 11:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Steven Ring 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If the world were to unite in any way, it would have to be by leaving religion out of it. The sharing of spiritual experiences might be okay but it could be touchy too. Now not everyone falls into that. Some reasonable open-minded types will discuss all sorts in an non-offencive pleasant manner. There's just not very many of them.
2007-12-03 15:28:45 · answer #2 · answered by Vash 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Most of my close friends are theists and are wonderful people who incorporate their religious literature into their lives instead of living the way the exact words tell them to. They use it as a spiritual guide and not a dictate. Myself, I consider myself spiritual I just don't use the same source - religion - I use music, art & nature. I think true understanding comes when you can look at the person and see the 'labels' as only a very small part of what they are.
2007-12-03 10:37:46 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If I believed in the Big Flying Spaghetti Monster In The Sky - those beliefs would be a private matter between him/her and me - and I would never dream of imposing these beliefs on others.
Would that other religions showed me the same respect.
2007-12-03 10:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by John W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly. It might emphasize that faith is not physical, and can't always be answered by "It's written right here." For some, it might help to know that another person's personal experience as evidence as to why they believe. For others it is the "solid evidence" that has been written and said that makes them believe what they do. Not the experience.
2007-12-03 10:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think people would get along better if everyone respected different beliefs and stopped trying to convert others or tryung to make others share your non-belief.
It is off-putting to be told that you are mentally retarded because you believe in God. It is also off-putting to be told you will go to Hell because you do NOT believe.
2007-12-03 10:40:44 · answer #6 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. People take religion so personally as it is, that to have one's actual experiences challenged would be hitting too close to home for most.
2007-12-03 10:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 · 8⤊ 0⤋
I myself find it very personal and tend to keep it to myself.There are just so many differing views,even within Christianity,that it just causes tension if discussed in say a circle of friends.
2007-12-03 11:27:33 · answer #8 · answered by mrs O 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People would definitely get along better without prejudice, which religion seems to fuel very nicely...
2007-12-03 10:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would prefer if people would stop telling me about their experiences "being touched by god". It really makes me want to seek medical help for them.
2007-12-03 10:46:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋