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20-10-2009 1:10pm#1I find it hard to believe the amount of intelligent people who still subscribe to religious teachings.
I have no issue with someone having a belief system and praying there is something bigger out there, but, what I find incredible is the faith people place in the different religions. Most people will say they agree with the teaching of whatever religion they are geographically are closest too exept for this or that element.
Why do the still feel the need to be part of a particular religion? Why cant people have their own faith based on their own beleifs
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I find it hard to believe the amount of intelligent people who still subscribe to religious teachings.
I have no issue with someone having a belief system and praying there is something bigger out there, but, what I find incredible is the faith people place in the different religions. Most people will say they agree with the teaching of whatever religion they are geographically are closest too exept for this or that element.
Why do the still feel the need to be part of a particular religion? Why cant people have their own faith based on their own beleifs
People do have their own faith based on their own beliefs. And when you get a group of people with similar such beliefs we tend to call it a 'religion'.0 -
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I find it hard to believe the amount of intelligent people who still subscribe to religious teachings.
I have no issue with someone having a belief system and praying there is something bigger out there, but, what I find incredible is the faith people place in the different religions. Most people will say they agree with the teaching of whatever religion they are geographically are closest too exept for this or that element.
Why do the still feel the need to be part of a particular religion? Why cant people have their own faith based on their own beleifs
Im going to make a presumption that you were raised a Christian. Is it fair to say that you are basing your knowledge of other religions on Christianity?
How familiar are you with Island, Hinduism, Buddhism? The Koran reads alot different than the bible and contains "truths" that were published to prove to people of God's existance.
Religion brings hope, comfort and joy to BILLIONS of people around the world. If you cant understand why people put so much faith in something that illicits that kind of response, then clearly you need to talk to these people some more!
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I find it hard to believe the amount of intelligent people who still subscribe to religious teachings.
I have no issue with someone having a belief system and praying there is something bigger out there, but, what I find incredible is the faith people place in the different religions. Most people will say they agree with the teaching of whatever religion they are geographically are closest too exept for this or that element.
Why do the still feel the need to be part of a particular religion? Why cant people have their own faith based on their own beleifs
Because the smart ones create religions, the dumb ones follow them. No offence intended.0 -
Which sort of begs the question how the existing ones got there in the first place.
But have been distorted since.
Im going to make a presumption that you were raised a Christian. Is it fair to say that you are basing your knowledge of other religions on Christianity?
How familiar are you with Island, Hinduism, Buddhism? The Koran reads alot different than the bible and contains "truths" that were published to prove to people of God's existance.
Religion brings hope, comfort and joy to BILLIONS of people around the world. If you cant understand why people put so much faith in something that illicits that kind of response, then clearly you need to talk to these people some more!
My Wife is a Muslim (or more accuratley comes from a Muslim family/country) and I would be fairly well up on Islam. I was raised a Christian which is part of the problem I have with religions the first response states people with the same beleifs join a religion when in fact most people are born into it.
Also the last line above is another issue I have Religion brings hope, comfort and joy to BILLIONS of people around the world.
I could easily argue religion is the single biggest factor in peoples unhappiness around the world, and kills more people than smoking!!:D
I feel the world would be a better place without religion. Not because the theory behind it isnt sound but because the fighting betwwen the different beleifs causes more harm than good and if it was a case were there was no religious teaching but instead a general acceptance of beleif, we would be much better off0 -
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Religion itself can easily take away the fear of death from a human being, that thought scares me every time...
I don't yet know of any drug capable of that.
Me thinks you haven't tried read about the right drugs
Many people die because they're so drugged off their ass they think they're invincible or they simply don't care what happens to them.0 -
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Some do - the leaders of the cults, for example.I find it hard to believe the amount of intelligent people who still subscribe to religious teachings.
I have no issue with someone having a belief system and praying there is something bigger out there, but, what I find incredible is the faith people place in the different religions. Most people will say they agree with the teaching of whatever religion they are geographically are closest too exept for this or that element.
Why do the still feel the need to be part of a particular religion? Why cant people have their own faith based on their own beleifs
But your question, I think, asks why do people accept any religion other than one they have invented themselves. There are many reasons why people may become religious - social standing, economic opportunity, believing it to be a true account of reality, etc.
Those who adopt their own version are in fact doing it for similar reasons.0 -
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