It can be argued that
the very idea of religion came to be because people a long time ago were trying to comfort themselves about why we are here and what becomes of us after death.
Some suggest that
the very idea of religions, in the plural, came from a pluralistic society with a democratic form of government.
Not exact matches
religion is the
very basis
of hate, you are taught to hate anyone not like you through your false beliefs and
ideas.
As a non-believer, I find the
idea that a particular
religion would view a peacemaker as bringing about the end
of the world
very scary.
These
ideas were composed litterally thousands
of years after Eastern
religions and philosophies that garner
very similar
ideas.
I can tell you as a religious studies scholar that your use
of «religious» to differentiate between some idealized, sincere faith (a
very Protestant
idea, by the way) and hypocritical institutional
religion and its trappings is pretty specious.
Only where historical developments have led to a degeneration in the life
of the fellowship, and hence to a weakening
of this feeling, will there be a rationalistic or mystic or spiritualist protest against the actual manifestation, or against the
very idea of a communion and community in
religion.
In the 17th century, the
ideas of the Reformation were spreading throughout the world and the Church did not accept
very graciously the new scientific
ideas that mixed themselves with God and
religion.
It is difficult to imagine how belief in historical revelation can be abandoned without destroying the
very foundations
of biblical
religion, but every effort must be made to remove from the
idea any shadow
of arrogance.
The simple fact that there have been so many different theistic
religions throughout history, should show that the
idea of a «god» is one that has been fabricated by humans to fill a
very primitive need.
Today, in fact, the
idea of revelation must be unfolded with an eye toward rendering intelligible the
very fact
of the plurality
of religions themselves.
Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing
of religion and politics, it contains three
of the most controversial
ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name
of God within the realm
of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the
very Creator and Sustainer
of the Universe.
It was his tendency throughout the book to pursue the first alternative,
very probably in response to the Whiteheadian vision, that led him to conclude in his preface to the 1971 edition that «In this book I still retained features
of the
idea of God beyond the reach
of empirical inquiry and hence obstructive to the full cooperation
of science and
religion» (RESM 3).
This forum is giving me a
very good
idea what cynics and atheists sound like, and while I cant know if there is a God I do know a truly free society respects freedom or lack
of religion and that believers
of both should learn some respect and toleration.
I am not lessened by those that do not believe what i believe, i served this country and spent a year in Iraq, many
of my fellow soldiers were Christian but i served beside Atheists, mormons, Catholics, wiccans, Jews, even a satanist, yes a satanist, and guess what, we were friends, I cared deeply for them and they for me, These were the guys that protected me so i could sleep, my life was in their hands and theirs in mine... I think you all have a
very bad
idea of what a Christian is, i think you have no
idea what you're talking about when you judge us all as a
religion... you need to get out
of your house and off
of your computer chair and learn what people are really about... Maybe then you will understand Humanity rather than just secularizing everybody and hating them... you are sad people, yet my beliefs teach me to pray for you, and hope that you come to reason...
One
of the
very harmful notions I find in all
religions is the
idea that bad things are caused by nasty demons, evil Satan, angry spirits and the like.
The
very idea of creating web sites dedicated to Christian dates corresponds to some people's tendency
of choosing their life companion according to
religion as well.
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They are all
ideas born
of ignorance and the need to calm our fears born from that ignorance, to explain what was then unexplainable, and perpetuated from generation to generation because
of continued ignorance, only slowly being eroded as our understanding
of our physical world around us expands and we
very slowly lessen our need as a species to have these «
religions» explain the world for us, to calm our fears.