hello, why is religion necesary for life on earth ? I think it comes into picture only during some festivals and other rituals which anyway have no substantial meaning in life.
and other things like peace of mind can be found by doing things that bring a smile on other's face. even here religion fails, because it has yet to do anything good for us.
then why do we have religion ? can smbdy pls explain ?
RE:why ?
by americaisgreat on Dec 27, 2007 01:52 AM Permalink
Religion should not be discussed publicly...its a personal belief and be kept under closed doors.
RE:RE:why ?
by ashish sinha on Dec 27, 2007 02:10 AM Permalink
yeah.. makes sense. Money and Power r the only true religion in this world. All religions bow to Money and Power.
RE:why ?
by Confused Mind on Dec 27, 2007 01:57 AM Permalink
The real meaning of religion is 'dharma' means the values which makes us exist on this earth for the development, preservation, protection and enrichment of our body, mind, emotions, intellect, creativity and consciousness. Hence, to do so intelligently we create education systems, economic priorities to build better houses, cars, deal with natural disasters, deal with diseases effectively, and thus figure out ways to deal with problems and issues and thus pursue science, arts, communications, research, interdependent thinking, technological innovation to include as many people as possible to make our lives better. People falsely go to gurus, read holy books, worships all kinds of things misunderstood, as things like Shiva means freedom, Saraswati means knowledge, is not available in temples but in education, industry, work and so for. We compete and plays sports to be healthy, develop our mind with music and so on. Religion is One and simple. People confuse.
RE:RE:why ?
by ashish sinha on Dec 27, 2007 02:05 AM Permalink
thankyou.ConfusedMind.. so u mean religion is a *book* (read collection ) of best practices ( or values) that allow us to develop, preserve, protect, enrich our body mind emotions intellect, creativity and consiousness.
RE:why ?
by Confused Mind on Dec 27, 2007 02:22 AM Permalink
This is also the basic principle of the survival and growth of any civilization and it is also the basis of ancient Indian philosophy. All the Western countries realized this and they also became secular. This is pure common sense. To live we first need food, water, shelter which means, agriculture, farming, housing, sanitation, ecology, water distribution. Then we have floods, earthquakes, cyclones. We need to protect from those. Hence, we make best use of education, economics, science, technology to correct and make systems better & robust. We need to maintain them as it decays. In good times, we spend time in music, art, sports and it keep our mind and body more healthy. We pursue medicine and create insurance plans etc.
