ABOUT RELIGION

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My ideas learned and adapted to complete my overall view in this category of thought, In a way that makes logical sense.

#1 If religion is good, than it must encourage righteousness; So I beleive in all religions that do so fully, because I beleive in good.

#2 All religions with the exception of a few, were translated into human language through prophets. Even the original religious scriptures of the Christian Bible are translations through man. The originator Entity of these Ideas before muddled in the translations that we understand are named with words that we have chosen from our own vocabulary's.
But we KNOW THAT THESE GODS ARE NOT HUMAN CAUSE WE CANT SEE EM. so clearly HUMAN can barely understand whats going on in the land of GODS or GOD Or WHOMEVER UP THERE (Lets not forget THE GREAT SUN GOD.) So a little bet of skepticism on the literal defanitions of any given scripture ... probably a safe bet.

#3 When I Feel In side myself, woop there it is... The feeling of goodness. Because I acnowledge it, it is real and it is truth. It's in every living creature as far as I have seen. And I feel far to much shame within my failures in life to credit myself as the Know all creator of my own destiny... If I tried, I wouldn't figure out how to make all the wonderfull coincedences happen in my life... All the painfull lessons that an ignorant youth needed to learn and yet still live to not make them again lessons... Not me... I couldn't do it... Something else gave my life back in the O.R. and continues to let me live and be more everyday..

Rock On

#4 If you boycott religion you may loose sight of purpose.

#5 Religion has a very dark, sick history So Do it YOUR OWN WAY.

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when you said put away the yoghurt I Was steeled for a dumb post. But I like your philosophy. It is the same things i believe.

I do dumb stuff all the time. Like Yogurt polls... You want in?

A fairly good argument, although I am atheistic and have no plans of converting. I am currently short on time, I'll be back.

Thomas Paine said it best.

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”

one can be a good person without god or jesus or budda or allah or whatever.

The hard work of one does more than the prayer of millions.

"But, we feed the hungry and house the homeless"

Yes, but I don't have to pick and choose who to feed or who to allow a bed.

There is a lot of truth in the old saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

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stuff like "The Road To hell is paved with good intentions"

Its true.

I'm always leaning towards what ever sounds good to me.

That's just about everyone here,

There does appear to be lines of similar thinking under the weightier differing opinions we hold true as individuals.

bla bla bla... kinda doing the monalogue thing...

Its tough when people slam me with literal interpretations of vauge or vivid holy writing.

I always feel like pointing out... 'yeah but..."
whats the point? If the person harping on me about religion, looses theirs thank's to a good argument on my part, then said person's life could become far less innocent and pure in meaning and doing.

Religion does serve a purpose.

It sets a high bar for followers to live up to.
It provides moral educational support, some parents need all the help they can get.
It provides a since of belonging and community.
It provides a since of history and tradition.
It's easy to join, there is a church every 5 blocks in my town.u
You can sing off key and no one will care (An you don't have to be drunk & on stage)


As for religious beliefs... well almost any reason to celebrate life is a good one.
My desire to do good is a personal thing. I want to make the world a little better place each day, even if it's once inch at a time. If there is or is not a God does not change the way I live my life. But I feel things work too well to be created by random mutations & chaos.