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[delon]

why do everyone follow christanity, hinduism, islam or something else, why dont everyone fowllow humanity, what are your opinions.:nuts:

[c00ster]

I agree, I believe that religion is nothing more than division.

[ASPX.King]

the human mind is a complex thing. It is always seeking for "truth", whether we know it or not... True truth cannot be found in this world, however, as mankind is corrupt.

The real and best reason, in my mind, is that people follow a religion because they know that there is a God, and they want to worship Him. Religion offers them a way to do this.
Yes, I believe there is a God, He is all-powerful, and created the world and everything in it. I'm a Catholic

[c00ster]

As a former Catholic, it is extremely refreshing to read what you wrote ASPX.King. A big reason I studied religion and theology was because I couldnt understand why so many of the religious texts told very similar stories, but each would say that they werent worshiping the same god, or saying the others were wrong about who God is, etc.

I personally do not believe that God belongs to any religion and I think that every religion is right for the person who has faith in it. I do not believe that Jesus Christ is the only path to God or heaven, which is completely wrong to those of the Christian faith. I believe that God WOULD send different messiahs to lead people to Him on a variety of paths. It makes sense that many of the same history is in numerous texts of different holy books, but as the regions separated it might take multiple messiahs to lead each to believe and follow God's will. The commandments of all of the texts are very similar and the main rules of life apply in all of them. Not to be confused with the interpretations and complete refabrications of extremists that use religion for power.

I dont really believe that God exists in such a material form, and that the whole purpose of religion is to instill a civil morality in societies. Just like governments, religion has its corrupt leaders who prey upon the faith that others place in them to lead them righteously. That is why religion does more to divide than unite the people of God, whom are all of us. I believe in God as the eternal force of energy that is everywhere and in all things, creator of all life - everliving and everlasting. God is omnipotent and everything that God is, is through us and everything around us. Just like the Bible and every other religious suggests, God IS, always was and always will be- long after we are dust. Our spirit is that part of energy that is God within us that gives us life and it will rejoin God upon our death. Our body will rejoin the earth.

I believe that all religions are right and wrong at the same time. Those who believe in them are on the path that was chosen for them, through fate. Everyone is right about their belief, but wrong to think that everyone else is wrong.

[ASPX.King]

You're very right in the part about God and the leader of a religion being completely different, what the leader of a religion does has little meaning compared to God Himself...

Then you'll probably think me wrong to say that God only made one religion, and only the people in that religion can be saved... God wouldn't want people to fight and argue, so why would He have made many religions? One religion would work best, if you really think about it.

I don't believe in fate either, we can choose our own fate, by ourselves, and can change that fate if we change our minds.

[Rufio1]

A stain glass window is made up of many pieces of glass, refracting the light in a different color, yet the light that illuminates the overall picture is the same.

[hopper]

people follow religions for the same reason, they want answers
different religions come to similar answers through different ways
the problem is the hypocracy within organized religion, how can catholics for instance say we are all gods children and god created everyone and ignore the possibility that god created the other religions
think of this from the christian bible, the story of the tower of babel where humans were colaberating to build a tower to heaven, god didnt like this and made everyone speak differrent languages so they coudnt communicate and coudnt keep working
it isn't god that makes religions wrong its overzealous interpretations of religion
religious texts are nothing but literature written by mortal men, it is our faith in the words contained in those texts that make them what they are, but all of them are somewhat open to interpretation and in the hands of the wrong person could be used to corrupt and cause evil
religion when done properly also provides a sense of community, time was the church, mosque, temple, shrine, or whatever was the religious center was also the center of the community, religion brings people together in ways that not much else can, in a search for the truth, that is what religion is about

[ASPX.King]

we don't know enough to interpret the bible by ourselves, we need help... this is what our clergy are for

religion is about saving our souls from our sins, not bringing people together.

[hopper]

no offense but thats the kind of attitude that perpetuates the hypocracy of the church by claiming they are the one and only path to heaven.
granted we mortals don't know everything and never will, and sometimes need help finding the path, but who determines WHAT the correct interpretation of the bible is, assuming there IS one and who determines WHAT path is correct for us individually? if god created this world then he created all the paths, if god didnt approve he would have smote them himself, religion is nothing but an organized means to communally find an answer, the bible is just one interpretation of a part of an overall story, like an ant living on a piece of a jigsaw puzzle it only can interpret it's piece of the picture, religion can only ATTEMPT to guess at it and different religions have different pieces of the picture. however even what their piece of the picture is is nothing but an interpretation of what that piece is and isn't necessarily accurate and could even be totally off, let alone the interpretation of what the picture is as a whole.
even science which is based on an attempt at precision, double checking, testing, rigid methodology etc.. reverses its opinion on things that were once 'KNOWN' to be fact because no one person, can no everything and not even clergy can trueley interpret the bible properly and even then it's an interpretation of an interpretation, only we ourselves indivitually (sometimes with a little help from clergy, friends and/or family) can find our own meaning in the bible or whatever religious tome we follow, and live up to it, only then can we be at peace with ourselves
i have nothing against religion but i chose to believe it in my own way and not through a book or a clergy, those who do are more then welcome to do so, i wont stop 'em.
according to the christian bible at least, one of the many gifts god bestowed upon us was free will which includes the ability to interpret things however we want, i go into a situation with as few preconceived notions as possible however always having none is granted, impossible, but religion telling us what to believe, how to believe it and when to believe it is a human fabrication, god didnt create religion, we did and until god him (her?)self comes down and tells me what path to walk im going my own way thank you

[x-hassan]

I'm a child and a muslim. I know quite a lot of my religon, though i'm not what you call a 'strong beleiver'. Yes, i beleive in god (allah), and how he created the earth and made us all as human beings and animals. That's all i have to say here.