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What IF none are correct and the whole concept from religions i.e god and the 'pearly gates' etc isn't true at all? Do you waste your life in the clutches of a religion hoping that your views are correct.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Hi, I'm new here so please be easy on me.
Why don't we get to an age where we can understand religion and then be given all of them to look at and then decide which one is right. I know that is an option living here in the US and other parts of the free world, but how often is it done when something has been programmed into out head from birth? I'm not saying I want to renounce my religion, but I sure hope when that day comes, I holding the right ticket to enter the pearly gates. Its feel like a lottery.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
How do we know we have the right religion?
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
(which is funny because many people believe we Masons worship Satan, but that's for another thread)
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Now if we think about it, if we were born in other parts of the world, we would have easily become Buddhists or Muslims or who knows what?
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Point is, when we are children, we are just taught this religion is right, and most of us just go with if and devote our life to it. How do we know it the right one??
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
People in other parts of the World are certainly convinced they are right too. And lets look at Christianity, we can't even get the story straight under the Christian umbrella, there are Baptist that think they are the only ones going to heaven, doesn't matter if your Lutheran or Catholic. (this is just an example) This concerns me.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
I know that is an option living here in the US and other parts of the free world, but how often is it done when something has been programmed into out head from birth? I'm not saying I want to renounce my religion, but I sure hope when that day comes, I holding the right ticket to enter the pearly gates.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Its feel like a lottery.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Yes, what if none are correct....I have often wondered about that myself. Could the whole thing (religion) be just a made up story so we can sleep better at night?
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Kind of a general answer to everything story, seems you can translate it into just about anything to make it fit the needs of our questions?
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
In fact I know of a Baptist that told a Lutheran that they will go to hell because they are not Baptist.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
Now lets look at the bigger picture, the whole World, how many religions are there?? All different..how did one story get so screwed up and now we have hundreds of religions and the whole World is fighting about them.
Originally posted by fleur-de-lis
The extremely bold statement was just an example of something I've see. They are not my feelings nor do I believe all Baptist are like that, quite the opposite rather. But all the same, point is there are extremist in every religion, and its eye raising when both are Christian religions.