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    Religion???????????????????

    Hi all,

    Just thought I would bring up an interesting subject and I seriously don't want to offend anyone in anyway. I was speaking to an old local man from my area who is a wonderful example of a human being, he is very compassionate and understanding and I admire him very much. He is also a very religious man and he asked me if religion could help me in anyway. I have recently visited church a few times recently over the christmas period and have actually found so comforting messages from my visits. before these visits I was very sceptical and would call myself a christian but not actually live a christian lifestyle. I would celebrate christmas but i think nowadays thats just because we are british and we want an excuse to eat and drink well. The messages I learnt we very moral and that I should have faith in myself and in humanity and that if you put those rose tinted glasses on the world seems to be a much more beautiful place. I suppose my question is, has anyone else considered religion or found comfort from the morals that a religion teaches us. It doesn't have to be christianity it can be any religion because we are all human being and we are all beautiful people inside.
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    Whatever works and helps you i say
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    religion will help everyone if thay let it i think

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    I joined the Unitarian church a year ago, but stopped going. The people were nice, but I winced whenever I heard the word "God" in sermons.

    I do believe in some kind of higher consciousness, but I don't believe it's really the Christian God because I feel such a God wouldn't let us suffer.

    If there is a God, I think of Him/It as something that suffers with us, rather than something which can totally stop our suffering.

    There is some evidence that prayer works - but why would God only reward those who pray?

    I hope I haven't offended anyone. I think our world is poorer for a lack of common spiritual values, and in a way I wish I could believe.
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    It is an interesting point. I have no faith whatsoever and have often wondered whether it would help- to have faith. My problem is that I just don't believe and to try to do so would not be true to myself so would probably be of no use anyway.

    But I would think people who have real faith do get a benefit from their religion and it must help to have a belief. If nothing else for hope alone.

    All the best

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    my wife is a devout catholic and i verge on antitheism !
    yet we agree,we both live to the same values,
    i am more 'every piece of matter is connected to every other piece of matter in the universe' and she is 'that which you do unto the least of my children you do unto me',the words of god.
    and we both believe in good and kindness

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    ade - sorry for being thick - what is antitheism

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    my antitheism
    i believe in a world more beautiful without god.the fact that we exist here today in self awareness,as almost the planets conscious mind,floating in what astronomers call 'the goldilocks zone' is stunning and just to have played a miniscule part in the destiny of mankind is a privalledge!
    the world is good.we are good,good not god for me,(perhaps its a spelling error!)many of us live the same way,in kindness,under many different names.
    love ade x
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    I think anything that we believe in that gives us comfort can only be a good thing.
    How strange that in times of extreme anxiety most of us ask for Gods help.
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    I think faith is more important than religion,one of my prayers is Psalm 55:16-17 -
    As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

    God answers it everytime even when it took what I consider to be a miracle to cure my grandson but on the other hand God also gives me a kick in the pants when I go astray.


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