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<blockquote data-quote="si|verfish" data-source="post: 352043" data-attributes="member: 2758"><p>Thats the problem with human beings. Always caught up in petty differences. Blindly following protocol. I strongly urge everyone to look at the big picture all the time and keep an open mind.</p><p></p><p>A few questions for you guys to ponder:</p><p>1) Why is there religion?</p><p>2) Why do we need religion?</p><p>3) Who brought religion to us?</p><p></p><p>Ok, now I'm speaking of religion in a very broad scale (not limited to Christianity or etc.). Try and answer the 3 questions above without following strictly by the book (by your religious book that is).</p><p></p><p>My view of this. Humans are frail creatures. Fragile not just physically but mentally as well. We always need guidance and leadership. We feel more comfortable if there are rules and guidelines to teach us how to live. We get lost without protocol. Which is where religion comes in. Religion is a way of life. Its provides us a set of rules on how we should go about living. And we humans like that. We love to be taught how to live. This relates to question 1 and 2. </p><p></p><p>How bout 3? Who brought religion into the world. Well according to respective religions, it is pretty much different. But if you look at it from a different perspective and not be bogged down by your believes for a moment, you will see that it is quite similar. Men. Men brought religion into the world. Men who are apparently "enlightened". It is these enlightened men who preached religion to the world. The bible wasn't faxed to us. It was men who wrote them down after getting "enlightenment".</p><p></p><p>Ok, now I am a Catholic. Not very devout I must say. I do believe in God (means I do believe that there is a greater divine power). But I also have a very simple understanding of religion. If you want to believe in God, thats all you should believe in. Keep it simple. Everything else is rules and protocol left over by men of olden times. Some which might not apply very well to this time and age. As someone rightly pointed out, religion is there to point you towards the right road. It is so that we humans do good. But how would we classify good? Thats where religion comes in. It provides guidelines. But these guidelines were done ages ago. So we should exercise some common sense when following rules. Furthermore, the Bible for example (it applies to any other religious text), has been translated and rewritten time and time again. Its original meaning gradually lost through time. So who knows what is supremely right or wrong. We really have to use our brain to judge.</p><p></p><p>Which brings me back to satria_95's dillema. Forget all the nuisance, not very rational rules of religion. Don't be so strict. Do what is right for you. Keep the basic teachings of God as guidelines and go from there. You must remember the rest are just protocols. Some which are obsolete. We are a different race living in different times from the people who set these rules. As long as you have a good sense of what is right. God is most gracious and understanding. He is also most forgiving. He is most certainly not petty like us mortal, getting tied up by small matters like holding up a joss stick.</p><p></p><p>Finally, we pray to God, not to the Church.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="si|verfish, post: 352043, member: 2758"] Thats the problem with human beings. Always caught up in petty differences. Blindly following protocol. I strongly urge everyone to look at the big picture all the time and keep an open mind. A few questions for you guys to ponder: 1) Why is there religion? 2) Why do we need religion? 3) Who brought religion to us? Ok, now I'm speaking of religion in a very broad scale (not limited to Christianity or etc.). Try and answer the 3 questions above without following strictly by the book (by your religious book that is). My view of this. Humans are frail creatures. Fragile not just physically but mentally as well. We always need guidance and leadership. We feel more comfortable if there are rules and guidelines to teach us how to live. We get lost without protocol. Which is where religion comes in. Religion is a way of life. Its provides us a set of rules on how we should go about living. And we humans like that. We love to be taught how to live. This relates to question 1 and 2. How bout 3? Who brought religion into the world. Well according to respective religions, it is pretty much different. But if you look at it from a different perspective and not be bogged down by your believes for a moment, you will see that it is quite similar. Men. Men brought religion into the world. Men who are apparently "enlightened". It is these enlightened men who preached religion to the world. The bible wasn't faxed to us. It was men who wrote them down after getting "enlightenment". Ok, now I am a Catholic. Not very devout I must say. I do believe in God (means I do believe that there is a greater divine power). But I also have a very simple understanding of religion. If you want to believe in God, thats all you should believe in. Keep it simple. Everything else is rules and protocol left over by men of olden times. Some which might not apply very well to this time and age. As someone rightly pointed out, religion is there to point you towards the right road. It is so that we humans do good. But how would we classify good? Thats where religion comes in. It provides guidelines. But these guidelines were done ages ago. So we should exercise some common sense when following rules. Furthermore, the Bible for example (it applies to any other religious text), has been translated and rewritten time and time again. Its original meaning gradually lost through time. So who knows what is supremely right or wrong. We really have to use our brain to judge. Which brings me back to satria_95's dillema. Forget all the nuisance, not very rational rules of religion. Don't be so strict. Do what is right for you. Keep the basic teachings of God as guidelines and go from there. You must remember the rest are just protocols. Some which are obsolete. We are a different race living in different times from the people who set these rules. As long as you have a good sense of what is right. God is most gracious and understanding. He is also most forgiving. He is most certainly not petty like us mortal, getting tied up by small matters like holding up a joss stick. Finally, we pray to God, not to the Church. [/QUOTE]
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