Do you believe that religion cannot save you?
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Do not waste your good looks and intelligence by following the ways of the world.  Seek the narrow gate.  Few be those who find it.  Most are on the broad road to destruction.  Seek to be in the same company as Noah and his small brood, who were chosen to survive the flood which killed billions.  Seek to be in the select company of Lot, who survived the fiery destruction of the dead sea valley cities including Sodom and Gomorrah.  Even Lot's wife did not escape, as she turned back longing for the worldly pleasures of those sinful cities.\n\nAbstain from all fornication and worldly sin.  Submit only to a righteous man of God, whom you marry.  Be fruitful and multiply with him.  Be as the virtuous woman of Proverbs 31.  Find a King James Bible and read this chapter carefully.\n\n"Religion" does not usually save you, as it is just a crude and usually commercial attempt by man at communing with God.  Walking with God is a wholly individual preoccupation, wholly between you and the Creator.\n\nMay God call you aside to be one of his saints.  May God bless you truly.
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Good question mate!\nI... don't know if I would, honestly. I'm not religious but I am spiritual, and if I lost that part of my life... It sounds terrible but it depends on who the person was. I'd save anyone I knew in a shot, but a stranger? \nFeel guilty saying this so I'm gonna stop!\nOne. x\n- ACTUALLY, the main part of my religion is morals and the rest is science and optimism, so I would have to say yes. It would be the right thing to do, and since I claim to care about morals I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't denounce my beliefs for them.
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I utterly agree with you. \nAny religion I know of has one (or more) creator/god which made the world and humans. This is not something that can be proven but a matter of faith. Faith as such means believing in the unprovable (this, by the way, would include atheists - if it is impossible to prove god's existence,  it is also impossible to prove the opposite). \nAs such anybody's faith is valid. \nHowever, many religions actually state that their God is not only the only one, but that all other faiths are false. And a fair amount of religions do require their believers to proselitize and show all others the errors of their ways. \nI believe that a lot of the disagreements between religions stems from that - I am right, you are wrong. Very often people of faith will feel they need to point out the errors of your way in order to save you, firmly believing that their faith is the only true one. \nBut I still think you are right - it seems to me that showing other people the "rightness" of your faith would be best done by showing them what an exemplary life you live and what a wonderful loving religion you follow. This is unfortunately not likely to happen anytime soon.
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when i was 15, 2 very close friends were killed in a car accident, i was miserable and confused. i discovered that it wasn't that god had abandoned me, he never existed in the first place. i have spent a lot of time reading about it and discovered what a bag of shite religion is,\n\nsince loosing my faith, my life has improved ten fold, instead of wasting time on a false deity, i am living life for me.\n\nconsequencially my fiance wants to get married in a church, but i refuse.\n\ni kinda upset my parents as well!
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Sometimes certain "RELIGIONS" really screw people up.  We can only hope, try, and pray for them before they have a bitter death experience, but then it will be too late.    Christ died for them because He loves them so much.
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It is definitely divisive!!.  Humanity is unfortunately too primitive on the most part to live without religion.  The thought that we will actually die and that's it is too difficult to handle.  Religion also justifies actions which to some (me included) is criminal.
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Some religions help, some religions hurt. There is truth and there is error. And even among those who know the truth, some are not willing to live it.
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I do not believe in religion. I believe in the Father, the Creator Yahweh!!!! Religion is definitely man made!\n\n\nAnd to those who give me thumbs down, that is very rude. I believe that we should believe in one Heavenly Father. Do you not see something wrong w/ all these different beliefs, It is scary, how are we to get to the most holy place if we are thinking "My religion is the only way----wouldn't it be sad if none of these religions are the right way, like I said before we label ourselves, DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHERE THE NAME AND RELIGIONS COME FROM-----MAN!!!!!!!
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Well really, in my opinion, you shouldn't. However I think I understand why religion exists. It started to give answers to difficult questions (what happens when we die, why do storms occur etc.). People liked it because they were afraid of being mortal and by becoming religious they could believe that when they died they simply went somewhere else. Religion then began being used by intelligent people to control large amounts of people (i.e. attack that tribe, they're evil or work hard to avoid hell). In christianity, when the bible was translated and publicised, some people took religion into their own hands and used it to give themselves confidence and give meaning to their lives.
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I am not a big fan of religion. Jesus is what matters. He said he would save any one who asked Him for salvation. The Bible make it very clear that the salvation of God is a gift, it can't be earned no matter how many good works you do. This would include church membership, baptism, obedience to the ten commandments. So does religion matter.. It does if it brings you closer to Christ but it's being close to Christ that is the solution to weather you will or should be condemned. And then only God has the right to make such a judgment... Jim
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Absolutely not. God saves individuals, not organizations.\n\nI think the Bible is pretty clear. Good texts to illustrate your points.\n\nThere IS one faith. That one faith is not necessarily one church. That faith that leads to salvation is faith in Jesus Christ as the redeemer. Can't get to heaven without Jesus.\n\nPEOPLE will always go their own way. That's why there are so many different beliefs and denominations. Why wouldn't there be? Most folks can barely agree on what to put in a salad.
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niether, Religion is useless without faith & belief, which cannot occur if you are forced to accept a belief.
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When it comes to faith, I like to think of all the reasons why I can't stop my belief. Look at all the things that I don't have an answer for. The things that I can't do. All the times that my friends and family have let me down. Everything that science hasn't got a clue about. With all that we are limited on there has to be something more, something greater than just us. While we are limited, God is not. He has taken care of every detail in nature, as well as outside of nature. Faith is the couragr to believe when there is no way to explain why. This is why we have cars, planes, cures for illness, and the hope of tomorrow. Without faith,... given our limits, we really would be lost. If we don't hold on to an ever increasing faith were doomed. God has created everything, including our measure of faith, it's there for the taking... just ask HIm. He holds all wisdom untill such time as we are ready to take hold of it. All that's lacking is the trust for taking it. That comes with the relationship that we develop with Him. The closer that relationship is, the more faith you will find yourself having.\nMatt.
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i don't really think religion has something to do in getting to heaven,it serves as our guide on how to journey life but it is in how you live your life and how strong you faith is that matters most..
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I believe that religion is passed down the line like a virus. If you're a spiritually-minded person, there's nothing wrong with having a belief in the existence of (or teachings of) God, Allah, Jesus, Confucious, Buddah, Satan or whatever else. As long as you're not subscribing to any doctrine so blindly that you'll willfully follow any asshole waving around a Holy Book like an assault rifle. In the wrong hands, religion is much worse than any other weapon that any person on this planet has ever manufactured.
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I'm with weemaryanne on this one.\nYour take on religion is pretty much the same as mine - and many others. And you are not alone in being the only agnostic in a religious family.\nI think it's healthy to question the world around you and not take everything at face value. If you find faith in your god again, you won't have lost anything by examining your faith.\nIf you decide god doesn't exist, you won't be a worse person. You'll be accepting the world as it realyy is. And that is really quite liberating.\nGood luck with your journey.
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It all comes down to faith. No, you didn't see those things happen, and you can't see God, although you can see His creation. However, you can't see the wind, either, yet you know or have faith, that it's there when you feel it, right? Or if you are inside, and cannot feel it, but you see the trees waving back and forth, you know, or believe, or have faith, that it's there, because you see the effects of it, right? Or how about if you go to sit down on the couch; you don't question it, or it's ability to hold you, you just plunk your butt down on it, right? Well, that is faith. You have faith it will hold you. This is why Christians believe the Bible. we have faith. And I think it must just be in circles you hang in (which makes sense, if you're not a believer) that religion (I'm assuming you mean belief in God by that) is dying out, becuase from what I can see, young people are hungrier than ever for relationship with God.