Therefore, those that want to have a magical personality somewhere out there, are really destroying the true
purpose of religion by separating us from God, instead of confirming and appreciating our bond with It.
If humans are consistently educated in a manner that reinforces, and to a degree rewards, acceptable behavior, and there is an understood system of deterrence in Justice, then the
underlying purpose of any religion is in question.
Looking at history, a very good argument could be made that that is the real
social purpose of religion... to divide people, because a divided people are easy to control and manipulate.
While religion informs, enriches, and provides a moral foundation for public life, the
chief purpose of religion is not to serve public life.
This has been the
primary purpose of religion, of course - to congregate people for the Greater Good - but God has been, in fact, the divine carrot.
Majority of Atheists don't understand
the purpose of religion, while on the other side most religious people don't understand their religion.
To say atheists don't understand
the purpose of religion is a very broad statement to make.
That is
the purpose of religion, to answer things we don't understand with myths that can not be tested or repeated and rely on people having the faith in the people who tell them these myths are not lying to them.
This is
the purpose of the religion to ignite the emotions to lead the war amongst nations!
That was and is
the purpose of religion... a tool to control the masses... notice each year the Religious party gets more and more Christian religious..
That's brainwashing, and shouldn't be
the purpose of religion.
We said earlier that
the purpose of religion is to orient us toward right relationship with God and with our neighbors.
Even though a belief in the Book of Mormon is mistaken, it is a valid religious belief so long as it is an integral part of a set of beliefs that promotes the right relationship which is
the purpose of religion.
The goal and
purpose of religion is to reconcile to oneness.
«Because when I think about the aim,
the purpose of religion, I think it becomes — when you put aside the social institutions that spring up around religions in all their strains and various forms of strands — I believe that the purpose of religion is love and connection, to feel connected to one another and to feel at ease with who we are... a kind of oneness, a kind of wholeness.
the purpose of any religion is to teach people about our heavenly father, to teach love compassion equality; the value of the human unite or to think only as a collectivist.
Firstly, it is derailing the greater part of interests, motivations, satisfactions and energies that are
the purpose of religion.
Ah, but isn't it precisely
the purpose of all religions to alter the way their adherents perceive the world?
The purpose of religion was to an extent, though certainly not exclusively, that of world - maintenance.
CNN knows there aren't any facts in religion, so
the purpose of religion reporting is to get people to watch ads and tv commerdials.
I think I am leery about pursuing it in a direct way — only because it then becomes appropriated by those who wish to use religion as a bludgeon, as a tool, as a political wedge, and that is not
the purpose of religion or what I'm about.
To CNN,
the purpose of religion is to create controversy, so people will click on ads and watch commercials.
The purpose of religion is spirituality, morality.
The purpose of religion (ALL religions) is to allow people to coexist in the world.
Part of the problem is a confusion about
the purposes of religion in the curriculum: Is it simply to teach students what different people believe?