What religion do you follow?

[gottibabe1]

Hmm... although my family is muslim (not very religious though) which usually means I'm automatically a muslim, I'm not entirely sure I believe in a god, or at least the more stereotypical "god". I think I'm more along the lines of a realist, I know scientifically how the world was created and how humans evolved, and I know god doesn't live in the sky... otherwise NASA would have caught images of him/her by now

Religion in general I think is good for people in a way, but its not for me. One thing about religion though that really upsets me though is when people take holy books too literally.

[Reasoner]

Tell me what you think, Is it me or is the average youth losing faith and becoming more so Atheist then say Christians in the west world America, Canada, etc. Thats what i get out of it.... I know very few christian friends now, and they seem to doubt themselves.

[Bree Fletcher]

Religion in general I think is good for people in a way, but its not for me. One thing about religion though that really upsets me though is when people take holy books too literally.

You gotta hate it when peple try to apply something written thousands of years ago to the modern world... Anyway, I'm not so sure religion's useful anymore. It definitely was, once, but... Other institutions have filled all the roles it once did. i.e, mostl solid governments. (Not that I'm saying modern governments are perfect at it, but at least they're better than trying to take, say, the Bible as law.)

[Reasoner]

You gotta hate it when peple try to apply something written thousands of years ago to the modern world... Anyway, I'm not so sure religion's useful anymore. It definitely was, once, but... Other institutions have filled all the roles it once did. i.e, mostl solid governments. (Not that I'm saying modern governments are perfect at it, but at least they're better than trying to take, say, the Bible as law.)

I totally agree, + rep.

[gottibabe1]

Tell me what you think, Is it me or is the average youth losing faith and becoming more so Atheist then say Christians in the west world America, Canada, etc. Thats what i get out of it.... I know very few christian friends now, and they seem to doubt themselves.

I don't think it's that we're losing faith.. I think its more along the lines of newer generations are more curious, we ask more questions, we want proof and proving god exists is not something you can do. When you learn about evolution in school, you know these are facts that they were proven, and then you have the bible teaching you about Adam and Eve, and all it is, is a book that was written thousands of years ago, which isn't proven. I'm goimg to believe facts that were proven scientifically against something someone wrote.

[Bree Fletcher]

Tell me what you think, Is it me or is the average youth losing faith and becoming more so Atheist then say Christians in the west world America, Canada, etc. Thats what i get out of it.... I know very few christian friends now, and they seem to doubt themselves.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there are many more atheists now than there were even a few dozen years ago... (All that effort by organized religions and it's us that are gaining converts...)

Anywho, I've already stated above why this is so, pretty much because religion is worn out.

Now here's a thought: People were once certain that some form of deity/ies existed. Now we're almost certain of many of our scientific theories.

Will science ever be "outmoded?" Can we really be certain of what we've "proved?" (Though I myself am a pretty firm believer in most of those scientific theories... Maybe I'll turn out to be wrong?)

[logrus]

Well, while I clicked christianity I also have to point out, that one of the major flaws I see in the world are the radical forms of beliefs, or the extremes, of belief or disbelief.

While I'm a christian, I also follow a few of the buddhist teachings of the 8 fold path, and as a religious studies major, I can't help but love learning about other religions.

Radicalism, though is the key to the downfall of every major society. It causes kings to force their will upon everyone because "They are always right" it causes brother to turn against brother because they are so convicted in their viewpoint. It causes nation to attack nation for hundreds of years, when their own religion teaches, "Turn the other cheek", or, "Love your enemies, and you will heap burning coals upon their head."

The key, really is something as old as Aristotle, "The Golden Mean". Just my two cents though.

~L

[Darrenb209]

I am trying to form a opinion about different religions.



but even as it is, I would not blindly beleive in something without proof.



I have yet to see any religions Deity help us in anyway.

[Professor X]

I am trying to form a opinion about different religions.



but even as it is, I would not blindly beleive in something without proof.



I have yet to see any religions Deity help us in anyway.

I understand what you are saying here, being agnostic myself. However I think it is what people experience through "divine intervention/acts" which makes them truly believe there is "something greater than themselves".

[logrus]

I am trying to form a opinion about different religions.

but even as it is, I would not blindly beleive in something without proof.

I have yet to see any religions Deity help us in anyway.

This actually brings up an interesting point.

Its a very common thing for people to say, "I'll believe in a g/God/s when I can see him/her".

However, because we lack the ability to read minds, and we also posses free will, it is physically impossible to determine if some other being is influencing the will of people around us. Its kinda creepy actually if you think about it.

The unfortunate downside of looking for an all powerful being is that if the all powerful being doesn't want to be seen, chances are that since its all powerful you'll never see it.

Which brings things down to the weakest point in all different religions or "faiths". You have to have just that, faith that what you believe is true. Which is a horrible horrible point, because faith is pretty hard to argue with as it borders radicalism, which I strongly disagree with.

~L