What is Religion to you?

[@K]

Don't believe in God, believe in Jesus Christ, but he could have been a crazy man, I don't know. Religion = brainwashing.

[FlyingJesus]

The "Christ" bit means "the anointed one", as in the Messiah, as in sent by God the existence of Jesus as a person in those times who garnerned a big following is pretty much acknowledged as fact nowadays, so that's a safe bet to take if you don't have faith in a deific creator-god

[Inseriousity.]

I'm not religious although I do have certain spiritual beliefs but I don't get why some people get so worked up about it. By that I mean non-religious people, as I tend to find that religious people just live their lives as they want to and only really talk religion to each other (and that's not just one or two people, I work for a vicar so obv I have quite a lot of exposure to religious people) but so many people seem to think that the mere mention of divine beings is a cue to start getting angry and self-righteous. Yeah you get the odd nut who uses religion to justify ridiculous actions or ideas, but for the mega majority they are just normal people who do not harm to anyone

I agree with everything there. I think the Pope said something about "atheist extremism", which to me, is as bad as religious extremism. Both of them seem to think the 'other' side's opinions don't matter and ridicule them for having beliefs. You can be an atheist and respect people's choice of religion, there's nothing wrong with that but the atheists who say "God isn't real, stop believing in fairytales" etc get on my nerves! At least with the religious extremists, you know they're nutters ("THE WORLD IS GONNA END SOON!")

Religion, spiritually, has no interest to me. I don't need that guidance from above. I am much more interested in the sociological impact of religion. I'm fascinated to know what makes people tick and religion is a huge part of that. Plus it has such a rich history with lots of dark sides, which is interesting imo.

[Deak]

I dont really believe in God, but a part of me says he is real.
I will stick with that until proof has been given that he is or is not real.

Regarding other people & religions - if people believe in God or whoever & if they follow any rules or anything like that then they should be allowed to do so freely.

[Shar]

I believe in God, religion is quite a big part of my life.

[Agnostic Bear]

Religion is a tool of oppression for stupid people.

[Zeptis]

Sadly religon means nothing to me since i do not believe in god, i am the only one in my family that is aithiest and my family has no idea, although I do not believe in a god i do not care about another person's religon and this is not a religon bashing post.

---------- Post added 25-05-2011 at 07:23 PM ----------

I dont really believe in God, but a part of me says he is real.
I will stick with that until proof has been given that he is or is not real.

Regarding other people & religions - if people believe in God or whoever & if they follow any rules or anything like that then they should be allowed to do so freely.

and pretty ,uch the same for me, I am open to proof but i highly doubt a god exist

[BlueEyedSarah]

To me relegion is a forced brainwash and an escape of the unknown.

[AgnesIO]

No-one's proved he wasn't a real person, it's just a personal decision people come to.

I have no doubt Jesus is based on a real person.

Waht I refuse to believe are the chinese whisper driven stories in the bible.

[GirlNextDoor15]

Three words. Religion is unnecessary. It's not needed by mankind as long as they are on the right track.