FAQ - God and Religions
I was approached by a very religious person today, he talked to me about human beings being sinners, and persuading me to embrace his religion. Based on that conversations, he impressed upon me that God will forgive sinners who accepted the religion of his, and there shall be salvations, and places in heaven are guaranteed.
I know, this guy is a very nice person and with genuine sincerity and convinced that his religion is the only region that provide the "right way" to God. The question is, if his religion is the only "right" religion, then how come there are so many established religions in the world competing for attentions and publicities ?
With due respect to all and no insensitivity intended to any religion, my honest perception is, we do not need a religion. My educated guess is, most religions are all man made and were initiated by a few people purely out of their desires to create a political movement to establish control over and intimidate the many.
God would preferred you not to encumbered yourself with man made protocols and man made words of His. He would preferred you to lead an ethical life and follow your sincere heart to focus your attention directly with HIM through prayers in any languages or dialects of your choice. By the way, don't worry, God is multi-linguals.
Believing in a religion and believing in GOD are completely two different things. The formal is a political indoctrination of culture of fears and illogical rewards, while the later is a spiritual bondings of love and respect with the Almighty. A lot of the world's problems nowadays are caused by intolerances, ignorances, and misinterpretation of religions. God does not caused the world's problems. Human beings did.
Now, by not having a religion, does that made a person a sinner ? The question you should asked yourself is, if you do not subscribe to any political ideology and does not commit any crime, would you be penalized and be put into jail ? However, if you insist you must embraced a "right" religion to make you closer to God, then, good for you. But whatever you do, please respect and appreciate others' preferred medium of loyalty to God in their own ways.
Now, tell me which religion shall lead you to God and the Kingdom of Heaven ?
Om Namo Amithaba Buddha.
I know, this guy is a very nice person and with genuine sincerity and convinced that his religion is the only region that provide the "right way" to God. The question is, if his religion is the only "right" religion, then how come there are so many established religions in the world competing for attentions and publicities ?
With due respect to all and no insensitivity intended to any religion, my honest perception is, we do not need a religion. My educated guess is, most religions are all man made and were initiated by a few people purely out of their desires to create a political movement to establish control over and intimidate the many.
God would preferred you not to encumbered yourself with man made protocols and man made words of His. He would preferred you to lead an ethical life and follow your sincere heart to focus your attention directly with HIM through prayers in any languages or dialects of your choice. By the way, don't worry, God is multi-linguals.
Believing in a religion and believing in GOD are completely two different things. The formal is a political indoctrination of culture of fears and illogical rewards, while the later is a spiritual bondings of love and respect with the Almighty. A lot of the world's problems nowadays are caused by intolerances, ignorances, and misinterpretation of religions. God does not caused the world's problems. Human beings did.
Now, by not having a religion, does that made a person a sinner ? The question you should asked yourself is, if you do not subscribe to any political ideology and does not commit any crime, would you be penalized and be put into jail ? However, if you insist you must embraced a "right" religion to make you closer to God, then, good for you. But whatever you do, please respect and appreciate others' preferred medium of loyalty to God in their own ways.
Now, tell me which religion shall lead you to God and the Kingdom of Heaven ?
Om Namo Amithaba Buddha.
1 comment:
You make very interesting points and I agree with many of them. I think the problem in the world is that many people do believe that their religion is the right one and the others aren't. However I personally think many of the religions out there should be considered truthful. After all they have been on this planet just as long. Christianity for example has been here since the Roman empire. It came from Judaism which is older still. In Asia, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, and other religions like them have been around for just as long or even longer. If they are so old then I think there must be some truth to those religions as well. I say instead of worrying about who is right we should be trying to help each other fix the problems of the world and live in peace with each other.
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