My faith gives me spiritual peace. A way to "communicate" with God.
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What does "religion" do for you?
- Thread starter Desert Snake
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ratikala
Istha gosthi
personaly I dont see the point of calling oneself religious unless one does follow the teachings ?
but yes true there are a lot of people who associate themselves with a faith for cultural reasons , in which case they feel that culturaly they belong to that religion .
to me there is nothing wrong with that , we each respond to our faith with varing degrees of understanding and comitment .
me ?.....because there I feel at home , ...
there there is meaning to life
And you generalize this observation with the qualifier "religion"?
Is it possible that things are much more complex than we would like to think? I mean, it might not be such a simple... um... um... you know... it might be a lot more... uh... complex.
Sir Doom
Cooler than most of you
ArcNinja
Member
I was referring to religion, yes, so I don't understand what you're trying to argue here. Of course it's more complex than that. I was narrowing it down.
Religion gives me fellowship and strength. It gives me joy to sing hymns and inspiration to hear a sermon. It is spiritual food for the soul. It is a good feeling when you give to others and pray for the sick.
To spend time with people in your community is aways a good thing.
To spend time with people in your community is aways a good thing.
Sorry, miscommunication is a common phenomenon here. Religion is fairly complex. Thanks for attempting to narrow it down.
Culturemonk
Culture Monk -
ArcNinja,
Automobiles give people a faster way to travel, but all they "really do in the grand scheme of things is a whole lot of harm, for the most part".
Do you see how your statement is so faulty?
The leading cause of death among teenagers in America is car accidents; so should we outlaw cars? Of Course not!
Just because some people misuse automobiles via reckless driving, drunk driving, etc, doesn't mean that automobiles are the problem; its the people.
Religion is not necessarily the problem; its the people who misuse religion.
ArcNinja
Member
The difference here is that religion basically rules our government and (for a very long time) the education system, as well. There is a difference between "cars" and "car accidents," but then there is just "religion." Religion as a whole. It isn't a "misuse" of religion. If people kept religion to themselves, I would be perfectly fine with it.
So you feel justified in generalizing about all religions and interpretations of religion?
ArcNinja
Member
Sir Doom
Cooler than most of you
Basically. You don't have to be justified to have an opinion.
Ah, the fundamental atheist. So rare... but so entertaining. Just kidding. They aren't rare.
ArcNinja
Member
Since we don't have a strikeout font here, I added some "tags."
Basically. You don't have to be justified to have an opinion.
I just love irony.I wasn't aware that it was just atheists who had opinions.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
that's understandable.
Sir Doom
Cooler than most of you
I wasn't aware that it was just atheists who had opinions.
Yeah, that's what I said.
EDIT: I just realized that you took my fundamentalist comment wrong, so its not likely that you will read the sarcasm in THIS post either. So, in case I'm right about that. The above is intended sarcastically. Carry on.
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Desert Snake
Veteran Member
Yes, that's completely understandable.