09-07-2006, 01:05 PM
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Sage of Wisdom
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Location: Within Midnight
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Re: What is your religion?
I don't know if I have a religion anymore. These days, it's work and school and computer, etc. There's no time for me to pray or to worship any spiritual being in search of divine guidance. But I was (probably still am) in Buddhism.
I don't think religion is needed to have any form of morality because morality comes from social teachings and influences. One of my friends actually said this: "religion is a form of making excuses for your mistakes". When I think about it... it could be true. You make a mistake on your part and you pray to God for forgiveness. It gives you this sense of peace, yet you still made the mistake in the first place. How are you ever going to redeem yourself in reality when you are constantly seeking forgiveness from someone greater above? It's not like when you "feel" God has forgiven you will make things better in reality, in this living world.
Sure, spirtual guidance shapes your consciousness and your sense of right and wrong. But if you need to be afraid of punishment from God or any divine spirits up there, then what's the point of being in a religion in the first place? You live in fear for the mistakes that you've made. Why must you make yourself suffer like so?
Learn from your mistakes, suffer the consequences for your actions, and move on with your life. I think that's more important than what someone has written or has been said over the centuries.
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