Can you justify your religion?
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My religion is Wicca although I was born to Christianity.  After soul searching and research I decided the Wiccan path was the right one for me.  I do not expect others to believe as I do ... there is more than one path to personal enlightenment and it is not up to anyone to say one is definitely right and all others are wrong.\n\nYes war generally is caused by beliefs be they religious or not.. most fight for what they believe in regardless of fact or fiction.\n\nI justify my religion because it is right for me.  I do not ask others to join me on my path.  I deeply respect the natural world around me and I respect the people who reside on it even when I do not agree with their opinions.  Human beings are meant to be diverse.  Yes I practice the Craft and people may have their own opinions on that also.  All I ask is that I am allowed to worship in peace.\n\nBlessed Be
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It's the easy way out of having to answer for your own actions.  If all you have to do is BELIEVE to justify and be forgiven for theft, lies and murder, why would you choose to take responsibility for yourself?\n\nWhy else would a true individual choose to quote scripture instead of coming up with their own answers?  Or try to prove the existence of God by listing technological advances of mankind?  Flawed logic by brainwashed sheep.
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To the first question...no.\n\nTo the second question (and this is somewhat of a blanket statement to all faiths, and only my opinion):  \n\nStop killing people who have a different faith than yours.\nStop trying to legislate your views of morality.\nStop trying to institute your faithbased views and calling it science.\nStop trying to convert those of differing faiths (an individual's path is for them to decide, not be led to).\nStop denouncing that which has been proven, even if it is in direct conflict with your belief.\nStop trying to force your view of god into places it doesn't belong, and try to cover the truth of it by claiming that you really are trying to acknowledge all faiths, and the word "God" is generic in this case.\nInsist that your particular place of worship pay taxes on any money it is not using in a charitable way.
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You should try putting this under philosophy also.\n\nThe source of justification in the spiritual sense (as a Christian) is Jesus Christ and the method is forgiveness through redemption.\n\nThe source of justification in the United States is the people or in a higher sense the laws and consequences out there and the method is the court system.
392137
Yes. That's the trouble with BELIEF. You accept something on faith, whether it makes sense or whether there's any proof at all.
1100395
Well that will have to have a depends attached. If that religion is a cult (RC, JW, LDS, Islam, Buddhism, ...) and you have a safe place to go-yes. If it is Christianity, then you need to be sure you understand what your disagreement is about. Can you move to another sect of Christianity? If you just don't like it-that is not a valid reason. No one likes being challenged  by the Bible-even devout Christians have to be measured by the Word of God. We all fall short.\nBut you did not give much info to work on-you must be a little more specific to get real help with your question.
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No. \n\nI have an entirely controlled conscious desire to prove religious people wrong just for the fun of it, and I derive great satisfaction from it.
1093840
Amen.  People keep on saying that their religion is true without any evidence besides quoting the Bible.  Of course the Bible's going to say there is a God.  It's a religious book.  If someone can find evidence that a religion is true without using something obviously biased, I'll listen, but otherwise, nobody can say their religion is the truth and be justified.  I don't mind you liking your religion, but you have no right to tell me I'm wrong if your only evidence is coming from your Bible or ethnocentrism.
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Religion is only used as a smoke screen to justify war.  The REAL reason for wars is money and power.
739305
One based on experience rather than dogma which is the only kind of religion that has any worth. If it doesn't make you a better person here and now it isn't worth believing in.
1029451
Wow, what a convincing argument.\n\nI'm now a convert.  I believe.
716342
Sure you "can", the question is should you? Obviously not, worshipping idols is a sin.
848586
Can you justify the logic of establishing a country based on the Bible?\n This smells like homework.
189128
NO one has a right to impose his / her religion on anybody. But he can work to spread his religion and its on the other person to accept it or not. None of the religions of the world teach to impose the religion by force.
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Yes.  If you are strong in your faith, you are willing and able to consider the alternative without fearing it will shake your faith.  Only the weak-willed and weak-faithed hesitate to answer 'what if' questions.
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I would object for the one simple reason.  State and Church are seperate.. Although its seems for from it now.  I would not press my beliefs on someone nor should someone else press there beliefs on someone else.  they are more like to turn away and get mad at you for pushing your religions on them.
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In short, most religions say that other religions are wrong. So if you really believed in one of them, you would not be able to believe in any other ones.