Is Religion Real or was it invented by government to keep people in line or is it actual facts of God reaching out to us?

How do you feel about this issue? Here are some choices. Feel free to add remarks or even other choices if you have them.

I think it was government to keep people in line.(basically laws.)

I was born in, so I believe.

It is just to make others feel safe.

It was invented by man to stop all the confusion and questions.

I don't believe in that CRAP!

It was made to make people not be afraid of dying.

If there was a GOD why does all kinds of crap happen Randomly..

I believe in what the Bible says.

I believe in what the Torah says.

I believe in what the Koran says.

I believe in (choose your religion or belief) says.

I believe aliens created us.

I believe the alien theory Myself and that religion was created for control purposes...Just My opinion...

Hello Dear Smiless


I can only imagine how long & drawn out this thread will get


i think I'll just pass, & go for a nice bike ride to the river

thats funny Smiless, i was just about to post a new topic titled "beyond religion" asking other's to post any belief's they had by "definition" as to their take on thing's beyond here. hahaha

I believe in God. Unfortunately, man has distorted the meaning of Gods word.

Keep posting things! I like what you post. It gets me to research on the website. What a powerful tool this is!

I am still trying to read the ancient laws you sent me. My goodness is it vast!

Yeah it could just fizzle out like most of the posts I start!

hmmm?? Smiles!!

Please define "god", "reality", without that there can be no understood discussion of what is meant.

the creation of life, our existence, and everything around us is the perception I usually get when one talks about a God.

of course for thousands of years many believe they are in the form of a human only 50 feet tall sitting on some clouds and striking lightning bolts at us when angry

hiya xx good topic, shows all people arnt all 1 dimensional lol and believe there may, just might be something more.. a higher power or something like that... i can answer one of ur questions as best i can, its the one about random bad things happening and why peoples hearts are breaking all over this world, and thats definitely NOT God"s will, well how could it be, when He IS
love? perplexing eh.
there ARE answers. get back to me if u wanna hear what i believe to be true, makes for an interesting conversation/debate on here if we all voice our opinions, we might ALL learn something too!! bonus xx

Read Bonhoeffer's the Cost of Discipleship. Then get back to me.

Well the answer to that question is a complicated one. I was born in a Christian household and raised Catholic. However, there is so much hypocrisy in the church that I did my own search for God. The only conclusion that satisfied my logic is that there is(are) a higher being(s) who we can never truly understand. Religions try to bridge the gap between us and this higher being. Therefore to me, in a sense, religion is real. It is man's attempt to understand something that by its nature isn't understandable.

Just my $0.02.

Yes please continue and elaborate what you believe. It is interesting to understand other minds and opinions. Thank you

Thank you for the suggestion. I will find this book and read it. I will get back to you!

Ahahahahhaahahahahahahhah! I believe in one God and one only! Smiless!

Your 0.02 is worth a billion. Thank you for your input. If you have more to share please do.

shhhhh don't tell everyone I am a reptilien god! I am just waiting for the population to reach 10 billion so I can feed all of my children!!!

shhhhhh

Most religions, in my humble opinion, were created with the purpose of explaining things we did not understand. We didn't do it, can't do it or can't imagine how it can occur, so we attributed these things to a deity, because it is all the mind could phathom.

Religion also surved the purpose of helping keep a society together and strong. In ancient times most cultures were only seperated by their religions, and the gods they worshiped.

Religion also kept the masses healthy. Why don't people of jewish and muslim faith eat pork? Because when the laws of "unclean" were written a pork chop could kill you. Meats weren't thoroughly prepared and thus were poisonous. Tomatoes were considered "the fruit of the devil" for a while. Everyone cooked in lead pots, the tomatoes acids would disolve a small amount of the layer when cooked which led to lead poisoning.

There are countless reasons why religion was created, and I'm sure part of it had to do with people in power wanting to stay in power, but I don't see any government conspiracy there. Religon was around before most of these governments. You could argue that governments are a conspiracy of the church...

Lmfao! I will willingly sacrifice my life for your offspring, Oh Great One! I would be honored to die at your reverence!