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Does religion play a significant role in your life??
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religious whyple are fat
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Yes! It does play a significant role in our lives. We are what we are now cause of our belief.
Many people deny it cause they are not self aware or conscious as the teaching of our religion imbibes with in us in one form or the other! -
It does in mine since I converted
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@MaliceAlice I listened to the band R.E.M. once, and ever since then I've been Losing My Religion. But on a brighter note I've got my Orange Crush
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@SepticeyeSam said in Does religion play a significant role in your life??:
It does in mine since I converted
what faith did you convert to and why?
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@DEAD_ said in Does religion play a significant role in your life??:
Does religion matter to you?
As a civilisational and cultural bond, yes. On a personal level, no.
Do you believe in a supernatural entity?
I dont believe, but neither do I disbelieve
How do you view religion then? You once said you don't like how the abramic religions think about what religion is... what does that mean to you? Should I make a topic about this? I should make a topic about this... but I'll wait for your reply first....
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@DEAD_ said in Does religion play a significant role in your life??:
@pe7erpark3r said in Does religion play a significant role in your life??:
@DEAD_ said in Does religion play a significant role in your life??:
Does religion matter to you?
As a civilisational and cultural bond, yes. On a personal level, no.
Do you believe in a supernatural entity?
I dont believe, but neither do I disbelieve
How do you view religion then?
Traditions and common beliefs which has lead to the survival of my ancient civilisation, nothing more than that.
You once said you don't like how the abramic religions think about what religion is... what does that mean to you? Should I make a topic about this? I should make a topic about this... but I'll wait for your reply first....
I had given a perspective on the idea of the Indian civilisation here (which you might know as 'hinduism'). You see, for us, religion isn't limited to an all powerful being and those mumbo jumbos, its the story and history of my civilisation. I Dont view religion as means of salvation, but as the identity of my civilisation. For salvation, my karma(duties) is what I need to fulfil.
very interesting... lets talk about those missconceptions :smiling_face:
something in what you say confuses me. If traditions and believes are nothing more than the force that made your ancient civilisation survive, then how come you need to fulfill your karma duties? ... is my interpretation correct that what you see as "nothing more" are the stories about god's like vishnu and whatnot, while that which you think is more than just what made your civilisation survive is karma, in which you see something real, something with real life effects. Is that true?
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@MaliceAlice yes! أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمدا رسول الله
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@MaliceAlice Hey Alice! Perhaps not religion itself, as a set of rules or dogmas, as this only trains people. But when religious principles deal with the improvement of the individual so that he becomes a better person, with more empathy and sensitivity to the suffering of the other and still has confidence in a life after physical death, with compensations and consequences of his moral choices. In this sense for me the religious principles of the doctrine that I follow are important to my choices and attitudes and assists in my personal improvement.
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