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Religion is necessary, but not sufficient, for morality
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<blockquote data-quote="timewerx" data-source="post: 76937886" data-attributes="member: 314730"><p>The problem with everyone in religion (without any exceptions) is no one is brave enough to get out of their comfort zone and to scrutinize the things they believe in.</p><p></p><p>They fear losing their salvation or losing their soul. Would that be thing Jesus warned us about (Matthew 16:25). If you seek to save your life, you will lose it. It's very likely Jesus isn't only talking about saving our physical bodies but also our very souls.</p><p></p><p>Because if you fear losing your soul, you get trapped into whatever belief system that tells you they know a way how to save your soul. It's only a matter of who (what religion) got to you first.</p><p></p><p>And then there's happiness. Most religious people I know if you're not "grilling" them about the truth, they will only speak of two reasons why they joined a particular religion, it's only about saving their skin or saving their soul and seeking happiness. Again, there are no exceptions. I found the same problem in most Christians as well.</p><p></p><p>It's NOT about seeking the truth. So we end up harming / corrupting other people with our errant beliefs because we have no care for the truth as compared to our happiness and salvation.</p><p></p><p>That's the problem with religion and if you don't care about the truth, you are bound / doomed to misinterpret religious teachings and end up harming / deceiving other people even if that isn't your intentions "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timewerx, post: 76937886, member: 314730"] The problem with everyone in religion (without any exceptions) is no one is brave enough to get out of their comfort zone and to scrutinize the things they believe in. They fear losing their salvation or losing their soul. Would that be thing Jesus warned us about (Matthew 16:25). If you seek to save your life, you will lose it. It's very likely Jesus isn't only talking about saving our physical bodies but also our very souls. Because if you fear losing your soul, you get trapped into whatever belief system that tells you they know a way how to save your soul. It's only a matter of who (what religion) got to you first. And then there's happiness. Most religious people I know if you're not "grilling" them about the truth, they will only speak of two reasons why they joined a particular religion, it's only about saving their skin or saving their soul and seeking happiness. Again, there are no exceptions. I found the same problem in most Christians as well. It's NOT about seeking the truth. So we end up harming / corrupting other people with our errant beliefs because we have no care for the truth as compared to our happiness and salvation. That's the problem with religion and if you don't care about the truth, you are bound / doomed to misinterpret religious teachings and end up harming / deceiving other people even if that isn't your intentions "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". [/QUOTE]
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