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Whar is the purpose of your religion?

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In Islam for example, the purpose is to live with dignity. and this come to reality only when you worship the creator of this universe. It is deceiving to think that without religion you would live free and happy. because in fact every one of us has a religion. some people worship money. others worship women. and some people worship status and power. and some worship their cars :)))
 
To establish a direct and personal relationship with God; from which all else that is good follows.
 
Goshin said:
To establish a direct and personal relationship with God; from which all else that is good follows.
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Yes. And to nurture and sustain that relationship.
 
aelbarbary said:
In Islam for example, the purpose is to live with dignity. and this come to reality only when you worship the creator of this universe. It is deceiving to think that without religion you would live free and happy. because in fact every one of us has a religion. some people worship money. others worship women. and some people worship status and power. and some worship their cars :)))
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People can live happy, free and moral lives without religion. To think otherwise may make one a wonderful Islamic, but not a very realistic person.
 
aelbarbary said:
In Islam for example, the purpose is to live with dignity. and this come to reality only when you worship the creator of this universe. It is deceiving to think that without religion you would live free and happy. because in fact every one of us has a religion. some people worship money. others worship women. and some people worship status and power. and some worship their cars :)))
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I don't have religion and since I don't have a religion I must be enslaved and miserable, but I am free and happy. Now, you may be thinking I am lying, but I assure you, I am not. Who are you to tell people they are not happy just because they don't have a invisible friend in the sky? I am pretty sure people do not worship money, cars, etc. They may have a strong affection towards the inanimated object, but not worship it. The level of ignorance nowadays is overwhelming.
 
I'm not religious, but I do believe in God. My God is unlike the monarchical concepts of organized religions. I once identified myself as Christian out of family tradition, but I have always viewed God as being more related to nature, which is something I can no longer deny to myself. For me, the "purpose" of my beliefs is solidarity and reconciliation of humbling realizations.
 
Darrell said:
I don't have religion and since I don't have a religion I must be enslaved and miserable, but I am free and happy. Now, you may be thinking I am lying, but I assure you, I am not. Who are you to tell people they are not happy just because they don't have a invisible friend in the sky? I am pretty sure people do not worship money, cars, etc. They may have a strong affection towards the inanimated object, but not worship it. The level of ignorance nowadays is overwhelming.
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Surtr said:
I'm not religious, but I do believe in God. My God is unlike the monarchical concepts of organized religions. I once identified myself as Christian out of family tradition, but I have always viewed God as being more related to nature, which is something I can no longer deny to myself. For me, the "purpose" of my beliefs is solidarity and reconciliation of humbling realizations.
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Do you believe nature to be evil? I only ask because of your screen name.

I can see that order and chaos both have equal purpose. And that life itself is the only god there is.
 
evanescence said:
Do you believe nature to be evil? I only ask because of your screen name.
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No, I don't believe so. It just is what it is, and we make of it what we can. I changed my name to Surtr because it's more appropriate for my personality.

I can see that order and chaos both have equal purpose. And that life itself is the only god there is.
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I'm not really sure how to aptly word my beliefs. I believe in a bigger picture that I can't define, or even begin to fully understand, and I view God to be an essence instead of a corporeal being. I suppose I always have, since I have always viewed Christ as a component of God's will, instead of a divine component of God. I believe every living thing, plant or animal, is a component of God.
 
Surtr said:
No, I don't believe so. It just is what it is, and we make of it what we can. I changed my name to Surtr because it's more appropriate for my personality.


I'm not really sure how to aptly word my beliefs. I believe in a bigger picture that I can't define, or even begin to fully understand, and I view God to be an essence instead of a corporeal being. I suppose I always have, since I have always viewed Christ as a component of God's will, instead of a divine component of God. I believe every living thing, plant or animal, is a component of God.
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Makes sense. I have read that there are possibly infinite universes. And this universe is insignificant just like our solar system when compared to the galaxy. It is interesting that according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, all things tend towards chaos. And yet here we have an organized system. I think the missing key is the fact that chaos and order are just two sides of a whole, both connected in that without chaos, there could be no creativity. For example, all elements including carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen came from the center of a star. They are formed during nuclear fusion. It's not an act of precise creativity, but rather it comes out of chaos. So out of chaos is order, and then order degrades again into chaos.

Who knows if I am making sense.. ? It's 2 in the morning. lol
 
evanescence said:
Makes sense. I have read that there are possibly infinite universes. And this universe is insignificant just like our solar system when compared to the galaxy. It is interesting that according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, all things tend towards chaos. And yet here we have an organized system. I think the missing key is the fact that chaos and order are just two sides of a whole, both connected in that without chaos, there could be no creativity. For example, all elements including carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen came from the center of a star. They are formed during nuclear fusion. It's not an act of precise creativity, but rather it comes out of chaos. So out of chaos is order, and then order degrades again into chaos.

Who knows if I am making sense.. ? It's 2 in the morning. lol
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It makes sense, as life is a chaotic thing from beginning to end.
 
Having purpose, within or without a religion, gives us a reason to look forward, to the long view of things. Animals can look ahead a little, else why do they prepare for winter? But life without purpose is life without meaning....it that makes any sense.
I have a purpose, a set of goals, and a plan to achieve something meaningful with my life. It is to prepare my family for an uncertain future by encouraging them to get as much education as we can afford. There are 7 grandkids that will likely go to college, or get some kind of education that makes them employable, for the most part on my money, if they need it and ask for it.
If religion helps people have meaning and/or purpose in their lives and doesn't infringe on the rights or happiness of others, I see no harm in it...
 
UtahBill said:
If religion helps people have meaning and/or purpose in their lives and doesn't infringe on the rights or happiness of others, I see no harm in it...
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Most people need religion for that reason. I don't blame them. Even I go to church each Sunday. My kids need a foundation in something positive (which i can't give them), so it does serve a useful purpose.
 
My religion, as unconventional as it may be, adds a dimension to my life, and gives me pause to think about the unanswerable, and spend some mental and emotional time away from the mundane. It isn't really a belief system, as much as it is a way of perceiving and interacting.
 
aelbarbary said:
In Islam for example, the purpose is to live with dignity. and this come to reality only when you worship the creator of this universe. It is deceiving to think that without religion you would live free and happy. because in fact every one of us has a religion. some people worship money. others worship women. and some people worship status and power. and some worship their cars :)))
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Religion, to me is a sense of something higher than self, leading to a sense of other than self. We aren't meant to be alone, or aloof. We are part of our society, are obligated to it in return for the support it gives us.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
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O, sorry. I forgot.
 
Darrell said:
I don't have religion and since I don't have a religion I must be enslaved and miserable, but I am free and happy. Now, you may be thinking I am lying, but I assure you, I am not. Who are you to tell people they are not happy just because they don't have a invisible friend in the sky? I am pretty sure people do not worship money, cars, etc. They may have a strong affection towards the inanimated object, but not worship it. The level of ignorance nowadays is overwhelming.
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Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody --- Bob Dylan

Either you worship God or you worship your own ego.


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What is religion?

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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Some people make the simple, complex. What James is saying is that religion is basically charity, love.....doing unto one another as you would have them do unto you. If you believe in God the Father, then part of your religion is to love, respect and obey your father. This is no different what you expect of your own children.

Matthew [36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[38] This is the first and great commandment.
[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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I'm not sure there is a specific purpose, the only one I can think of is to be nice to everyone, treat them like you would want to be treated. But it's not something I think needs a purpose, it just is.
 
Whar is the purpose of your religion?
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Hm, interesting typo.:arrow: But no, not war, love is the purpose of my religion. ;)
 
aelbarbary said:
In Islam for example, the purpose is to live with dignity. and this come to reality only when you worship the creator of this universe. It is deceiving to think that without religion you would live free and happy. because in fact every one of us has a religion. some people worship money. others worship women. and some people worship status and power. and some worship their cars :)))
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