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People believe their religion is true because they've "drunk the coolaid" and have personally invested themselves into it. Denying one's religion means denying oneself to some extent... so they desperately cling to it with all they've got.
Religion is a platform for philosophy, and mine is the correct one because it's the one most pragmatically beneficial to me.
That's a good reason. Automatically dismissing other people's religions as being stupid, ridiculous, or outlandish while assuming yours is the absolute truth just because it's your belief system is illogical. Choosing your religion as the one which is most beneficial for you because if helps you trudge the Road to Happy Destiny a little easier, while accepting that others may choose differently, is more sensible.
That's a good reason. Automatically dismissing other people's religions as being stupid, ridiculous, or outlandish while assuming yours is the absolute truth just because it's your belief system is illogical. Choosing your religion as the one which is most beneficial for you because if helps you trudge the Road to Happy Destiny a little easier, while accepting that others may choose differently, is more sensible.
I know my religion is right because..
if my child is born with a horrible disease and only lives for 7 days in a pain you can't even begin to imagine only to have all his organs fail and eventually die, he should have to spend all of eternity in hell for original sin because we didn't get the chance to have an old man sprinkle magic water on his head before he died.
To say everything happens for a reason is one of the most selfish thing's I've ever heard. You're assuming everything happens for a reason and you are the center of the universe. What about the poor people it happens to. That little baby, that is now spending all of eternity in hell.. please explain their reason.. and don't say "there can't be joy without suffering blah blah blah" I'm saying that child, explain to them that there was a reason for 7 days of painful life and now all of time spent in hell.
Religion spreads hate, war and money waaaaaaaaay more than it spreads love, help and understanding.
Spirituality, in itself can not be true or false. It is bounded on belief or a somewhat more sense of faith. A personal belief is just that.
What creates havoc, is a more dogmatic, organized beliefs and faiths that often (but not always) characterize religious institutions, which eventually morph into money making enterprises, which actually describes most large institutional endeavors including atheist organizations and scientific institutions.
For me, I am comfortable with my spirituality and encourage others to find their own, especially as they grow older. But suggesting one belief or religion is superior to another, for me, just raises a red flag that someone is trying to make money, and this goes as much for medical and scientific enterprises as it does for organized religions.
Observe how all money making enterprises insist they have the True Path to the Truth. It has always been so.
Last edited by richrf; 08-31-2015 at 03:42 PM..
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