It has killed more people than anything on earth.
(that is a fact)
Science flies you to the moon,
Religion flies you into buildings.
I'm back and have a question.. What is your take on religion?
I think that it can be good and even beneficial, but I do have a problem with it when people allow their religion to completely dominate their life, or are mean to people in the name of religion. Its a shame that it has caused so much conflict.
Whether or not there is a deity ... Or deities ... Religion is merely an invention of Man to control others.
The ancients lacked the knowledge to explain natural phenomena and attributed them to gods. The myriad religions grew from that. Many still claim adherents in this 21st century, though it's hard to equate modern knowledge and education with something so anachronistic.
Even more puzzling is that religion is not practised only by fools. Lots of intelligent, educated people still cling to the idea that if they adhere to the tenets of this or that religion they will live forever with their good buddy, God.
While it's not the complete reason, the Jesuits boast (and the other groups know it but are smart enough NOT to boast) "Give me a child until he is seven and anybody can have him after that." It's indoctrination, pure and simple. Pavlov would have been proud of them.
Don't have one. I'm an athiest/agnostic
It is what it it is.
I think it is a personal choice and everyone should have the right to chose what they want to believe, without being judged by others. That is as long as their religion does not condone harming others.
Religion tends to be an excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
With the millions of religion, I feel that one do not have to study and compare the teachings of them all. One need only learn what the Bible really teaches about true worship. Let me illustrate it this way: In many lands, there is a problem with counterfeit money. If you were given the job of picking out such false money, how would you go about it? By memorizing every kind of counterfeit? No. Your time would be better spent if you studied real money. After you knew what real money looked like, you could recognize a counterfeit. Similarly, when we learn how to identify the true religion, we can recognize those religions that are false.
Many people believe that all religions are pleasing to God, but the Bible does not teach that. (Matthew 7:21-23) Like counterfeit money, false religion has no real value. Even worse, such religion is actually harmful.
Found this quote online yesterday. There were two pictures side by side---George Bush painting in his study and Jimmy Carter climbing a ladder at 90.
The following caption was at the bottom:
Even while struggling with cancer, Jimmy Carter helped the American people. He said: "My faith demands--this is not optional--my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference."
I am not a member of his specific religion, but I take my hat off to him.
Religion is a form of worship. It includes a system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices; these may be personal, or they may be advocated by an organization. Usually religion involves belief in God or in a number of gods; or it treats humans, objects, desires, or forces as objects of worship. Much religion is based on human study of nature; there is also revealed religion. There is true religion and false. Jesus said you will know a tree by the fruit it bears. False religion bears bad fruitage.