Jeremiah
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And what need does spirituality fill?
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And what need does spirituality fill?
Draka
Wonder Woman
Balance, centering, peace, and understanding of how we are connected, love beyond just physical attachments and relationships, knowledge or at least acknowledgement of something outside/greater than yourself, and much more.
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
It's not nice to lie about what people said.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Like I said, religion provides for needs which can be provided for elsewhere. However, no one thing can provide the needs of religion.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
Yes and no. Probably to different capacities. Even if they did it wouldn't make religion obsolete. Since if we could find joy without making or listening to music, does it mean that we should stop playing and listening to music?
Many people have a solid frame with religion as a system which provides them with personal comfort, communal bond, family bonding, celebration with family and even society as a whole, etc. I'm sure most religious people find comfort and celebration in various things, religion is one of them.
Jeremiah
Well-Known Member
It is more about what you didn't say.
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
I didn't say a lot of things.
I thought my answer was simple enough; what's the problem? :areyoucra
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
In what sense? Survival? Quality of life? Fostering understanding? Building Community? What?
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
If you only wanted to score with your 'right answer' and simply dismiss or ignore the other answers our members gave to you, why did you create this thread?
It's a waste of space and the time of other members. But at least you can pat yourself on the back.
Jeremiah
Well-Known Member
Define it however you see fit.
If you want to get technical, the only things we NEED are things required for survival (i.e., food, water, habitat).
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
We need religion because it is what creates our worlds, not to mention the art is beautiful...
AmbiguousGuy
Well-Known Member
If it's not necessary for you and Penguin to agree on the meaning of 'religion,' how can you declare that there's no need for religion?
Maybe he defines it as 'oxygen.'
Reptillian
Hamburgler Extraordinaire
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled - Matthew 5:6
Religion seems to fill a need that humans have, for some science fills that need. I think we all have an innate desire to lead good and purposeful lives and to be part of something beyond ourselves. Whether religion or science or philosophy fulfills that need depends upon the individual.
It also depends on the meaning of "need".
I mean, if religion disappeared, then all the people who make rosaries would be out of work. Is that a sort of "need"? Depending on how you look at it, maybe.
What does this mean?
Do we need religion to create beautiful art? I've seen plenty of beautiful art that had nothing to do with religion.
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