Lots of love, Gabby, your post did set me laughing too !
On Apr 20, 3:49 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
> *laughing* Which void are you embracing, Vam, that you agree with
> everything Slip says and plead for individualized views within one and
> the same post?
>
> On 20 Apr., 07:45, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I agree with everything you say, SD !
>
> > But, it is easy to miss out on the ( very real ) fact that not
> > everyone is as endowed, evolved, blessed, enabled ... as you are. To
> > tell the truth, most people are not. These are the vast multitudes of
> > people who " need religion to love someone, to treat someone equally
> > or to have compassion." That is, to subsume their animal nature.
>
> > If I may offer an analogy, different people need a coat cut according
> > to their own size. Otherwise, we are never far from " the tyranny of
> > the masters !"
>
> > I only wish that every individual be free of the " herd " mentality,
> > so that they are able to question and examine, and choose for
> > themselves. It is the " hard " structure prevalent in organised
> > religions, the popes and the priests and the mullahs, that should be
> > dismantled or " softened."
>
> > Religions, then, would be just right, if there were no herding and
> > commandeering of the flock, if they encouraged questioning and
> > examining and allow exercise of free choice and will. Ideally, there
> > ought to be as many religions as individuals on this earth !
>
> > Just a point of view.
>
> > On Apr 20, 9:16 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Did you ever consider that religion simply fills a void within your
> > > incomplete self? Recognizing self and all it's potential overcomes,
> > > as you say, the frailties of the mind. Being faithful to a faith
> > > based belief in a deity that oversees everything in your life is
> > > merely abandonment of personal responsibility to the self, the who and
> > > what you are all about. Every culture experiences the same mortal
> > > life with all its hardships, diseases and woes regardless of religious
> > > belief.
> > > Anthropocentrism seems the main problem affecting the world and it's
> > > inability to become stable. We have become a disconnected entity,
> > > separated from our cosmic origin. This disconnect leaves us void of
> > > the vision necessary for growth beyond the mundane.
> > > God is a concept derived from ancient philosophies as a means of
> > > creating tangible relevance to the unknown origins of life. As
> > > philosophers groped with ideas they failed to reach reasonable truths
> > > and therefore others injected there own ideas rendering the entire
> > > concept as infinitely enigmatic. As science advanced to replace myths
> > > major shifts in deity belief also took place which ultimately led to
> > > the use of religious concepts as a way of controlling the mass
> > > populace. I think God (the name we use) is the essence of all living
> > > things and all things perceived to be as in everything you see and
> > > everything you touch, the energy of life itself.
> > > Religion implies absolute truth and therefore each religious group
> > > must persecute those who fall outside of that truth, ergo, religious
> > > wars and atrocities. Religion has yet to accomplish anything more
> > > than duping people and stripping them of their ability to function
> > > upon their own reason.
> > > Two people of differing cultures can get along really well but when
> > > you throw in differing religions they are more apt to want to kill
> > > each other.
> > > I don't need religion to love someone, to treat someone equally or to
> > > have compassion.
>
> > > On Apr 19, 11:42 am, Rosey <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > I decided to start a new post as I originally intended it to be a
> > > > response to the Purpose of Life post but felt it took another
> > > > direction.
>
> > > > First off, tip of the hat to everyone in here. I discovered this
> > > > group by chance. Second, purpose to life? Ah, the frailties of the
> > > > mind, I have been walking backwards as I've grown weak in faith. I am
> > > > muslim, I don't think anyone here is immature enough to negatively
> > > > comment on such a label, but I do have one thing to say: When I was
> > > > more faithful to my religion and consistent with prayers I felt a
> > > > sense of completion and calmness. I could even say that I at one
> > > > point I felt that I reached a temporary self actualization. It's not
> > > > the religion, but more or less the idea of maintaining spirituality
> > > > that keeps one fulfilled. Through my recent skepticisms and
> > > > analyzations of religion as a whole I have been more distraught than
> > > > I've ever been. Is it an oddysey? Why does one who has steered far
> > > > from ideological beliefs that a supreme entity exists feel lost and
> > > > agonizingly stressed? Wouldn't one be better off just accepting and
> > > > following religion knowing that they are abiding by its rules
> > > > accordingly? Isn't that comfort?
>
> > > > Sincerely,
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