CharmingOwl
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For me it's philosophy and mythology. Maybe because I am the one who writes that stuff.
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I agree. The most important part is application.I voted practice.
I purposely did two because if you vote for three it is as useful to me as not voting at all. And I'm honestly surprised at the results, I thought more people would say beliefs but it looks like ethics is the winner of the poll. Congratulations ethics!THIS ^
Where is the three votes?
I had a book called Religion for Dummies written by a rabbi and in the book he splits religion into three equal parts. Beliefs, ethics and rituals. All three seem to be vital to sustaining an identity of a religion or a religious group. But I'm wondering what people here tend to focus on.
I myself tend to focus on beliefs and theology. That's the primary reason why I consider myself a member of Earthseed, as I highly value its three-part creed and its belief in extropy. I feel like ethics and morals is built into most people and doesn't need proper explanation from a spiritual or religious source. Rituals I really couldn't care less about.
This will become a poll with three options: beliefs / theology, morals / ethics, and rituals / rites. I will make the poll so it is possible to vote for two options if so desired.
Which areas of religion do you tend to focus most of your energy on and why?
Although all are important, I voted for Beliefs and Theology because ethics, morality and rites and rituals proceed from there. IMVI had a book called Religion for Dummies written by a rabbi and in the book he splits religion into three equal parts. Beliefs, ethics and rituals. All three seem to be vital to sustaining an identity of a religion or a religious group. But I'm wondering what people here tend to focus on.
I myself tend to focus on beliefs and theology. That's the primary reason why I consider myself a member of Earthseed, as I highly value its three-part creed and its belief in extropy. I feel like ethics and morals is built into most people and doesn't need proper explanation from a spiritual or religious source. Rituals I really couldn't care less about.
This will become a poll with three options: beliefs / theology, morals / ethics, and rituals / rites. I will make the poll so it is possible to vote for two options if so desired.
Which areas of religion do you tend to focus most of your energy on and why?
... finding the things of God's will and turning to those is needed for godliness. It would not be with harm to others, and it will work with love and compassion, which were shown toward us with God's grace.
I'm happy to see that ethics and morals have the lead. Spirituality and being one with God should have been a category also by this author. I would have voted for that, too.I had a book called Religion for Dummies written by a rabbi and in the book he splits religion into three equal parts. Beliefs, ethics and rituals. All three seem to be vital to sustaining an identity of a religion or a religious group. But I'm wondering what people here tend to focus on.
I myself tend to focus on beliefs and theology. That's the primary reason why I consider myself a member of Earthseed, as I highly value its three-part creed and its belief in extropy. I feel like ethics and morals is built into most people and doesn't need proper explanation from a spiritual or religious source. Rituals I really couldn't care less about.
This will become a poll with three options: beliefs / theology, morals / ethics, and rituals / rites. I will make the poll so it is possible to vote for two options if so desired.
Which areas of religion do you tend to focus most of your energy on and why?
I voted for rites and rituals as that's the tool I use to get the other 2. The beseeching of God's presence allows for much clarity.
No one's ever condemned for lack of belief or faith; that's too shallow.
Religion is looking towards the highest mountain, and realizing that life is never ideal.
I focus also on the nature of innocence and also guilt. Innocence is without malice, non malevolent, and healthy desires.
Finding God's will to turn to for godliness would be without harm to others with love and compassion, it would not exclude creatures from that, and animal abuse would not be desirable.
All the three, minus the Gods, Goddesses, soul, heaven, hell, reincarnation. I am an orthodox atheist Hindu.
This is very good. Non-injury, love, and compassion even toward such vulnerable beings as the animals around us.
Ethics and morals are spirituality, why would we need a God for that? Ethics and Morals are created by society.I'm happy to see that ethics and morals have the lead. Spirituality and being one with God should have been a category also by this author. I would have voted for that, too.
If we have ethics and morality, that leads to spirituality to be precise.For me, religion is duty ('dharma') and nothing else since I do not believe in existence of any deity or soul.
Ethics and morals are spirituality, why would we need a God for that? Ethics and Morals are created by society.