Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Mankind needs religion

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Mankind needs religion
( Frank M. version) Post 9
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Mankind needs religion
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since the beginning of recorded time; mankind has had the need to believe in something that somehow would be able to help them when help was needed most.
These needs of mankind to believe in a superpower that could help them when they needed help has slowly modified and has become religious beliefs; and so, God and religion was born out of this fear of the unknown, and religions have been like that since the beginning of recorded times. You see, the leaders of ancient times were aware of their people religious needs, so they used them to their own advantages then. Of course nowadays people usually feel safe in the communities that they have created for themselves, therefore, now there are some people that say that God and religions do not exist, but luckily they are still a minority.
Now, the proof of the existence of God or the non existence of God is very hard to prove whichever way you look at it; but the need of religion and beliefs of a superpower like God is still there, because mankind needs it; because, religion and believing in God could be said that it is strength for the weak and hope for those who need hope most, this is the reason why; Mankind needs religion nowadays.
To prove my point I would like to see one of those unbelievers in a dangerous situation which they could have no control whatsoever; and this situation would be so grave that it might cost them their lives: then, would they still think that there is no God, or would they wish there was a god to help them?
I am sure that they would wish that there was a god to help them, wouldn't they?
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The origins of religion
Let me have my personal say about the origins of religion.
Now, we all know that in the Bible is says that God created everything in seven days, and that we have known since then, the beginning of time that God created us, and therefore God exists.
But on the other hand there are people in the world that may not believe in this explanation, some of them may not even believe in the existence of God. So, how do we explain that most people believe in a religion and in God or gods; my personal views is that we believe in God and religions because we need to believe in something for our own peace of mind.
If we look close enough at religions one is led to conclude that religions have started because of our inner fear of the unknown. We become so worried sometime that we wish there is a super being that would help us.
Now, what I have just said may indeed hurt some people feelings, but we are a fearful lot. We are looking for security all the time, nowadays we live in communities to feel safe. You may argue that it is human nature to feel this fear of the unknown and it is good because in the long run it helps us survive.
So, I believe that the origin of religion is an extended reaction to our inner fear, which we try to control by simple reasoning of our mental capacity. So, religion was born when we were facing unexplainable things that would bother us, we found that by believing in God and religion it was easier for us to control this inner fear as we would believe that God would help us overcome this obstacle whatever that obstacle would be.
I believe that religion is good at explaining the unexplainable and at the same time religion can give us some security.
I do not know if I could voice this for the rest of the community; but this is what I personally believe.
Conclusion: whether God created the world or not, whether God exists or not we still need to believe that God exists as this helps us overall. You see, one has to keep in mind that even Sigmund Freud (Dr. Psychiatrist) said that man needs God.
I personally believe that the most likely acceptable explanation would be that God and the universe have always existed, and that the life force of God helped create life on earth and perhaps in other parts of the universe. This may not sound like the existing religions, but if one wants to modify existing religions, one has to start somewhere.
However I believe that God may indeed exist, even if it may turn out to be that God is a bit different from the God that we believe in nowadays. So, from now on in these religious writings we are going to assume that God exists and that we need to pray God for guidance and help, as this is the only way to continue our search for truth.
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Let me write a prayer for guidance and Help
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I AM PRAYING GOD FOR GUIDANCE
(Before I write my prayer let me explain something which could help the reader to understand why I am starting my prayer in this particular way, and why they could or should start their own ways: You see, because I am a Roman Catholic born and baptised I am linked to the eternal life force of God like a Roman Catholic, so this is the way that I have to pray; if I were of a different religion, then I would have to pray in a different way: For example the name of God for me in my religion is Yahweh, but if I was one of Jehovah witness, the name of God would be Jehovah and if I were a Muslim then the name of my God would be Allah, I believe that we need to call on our own God name and pray our own prayers according to what we believe, if we want God to hear our prayers. Now, that I have explained myself let me write (say) my prayer)
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PRAYER
Yahweh, Our Father in heaven, to you I turn God Most High, and I start to pray with all my heart, my soul and my mind. In the name of The-Father The-Son and The-Holy Spirit I am praying, hoping that the ever present guiding force of the Holy Spirit on earth would guide me; So that, I would be able to write my religious writing as humanly as possible according to your will. Father, hear my prayer and guide me! Amen.
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SO, WHAT SORT OF GUIDANCE WE NEED TODAY FROM GOD ONE MAY ASK?
Look, now that I have prayed for help and guidance I feel better already, so let us talk about it. We need help and guidance from God so that we would be able to find our own way about, on how to reason within our own minds in order to find our own way, about what we are, what we were, and what will we be in the future in the eyes of God?
To do all this reasoning we need to use our own mental imagination of course and with our intelligent minds examine everything that we presently know today, and also learn as much as we can from existing record of common knowledge, so that we would be able to understand many things if not everything about God and religions.
So, let me put into practice what I have just said above and together with the help of my friends start this process of self examination of everything that we know, in the hope that by praying to God and then writing what comes within our heart and minds, we could then be able to write something useful for all humanity. I believe that I need to go back to our religious writing in common and review from the beginning Prayers of Reconciliation; so, next time I will be starting again the first chapter of, Prayers of Reconciliation. With this in mind I am praying God to help me.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Religious step in the right direction

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To say the truth I have been waiting for this religious event, I have been waiting because it is another step in the right direction. The pope has done very well by showing leadership, since with his visit he is trying to tell the world that christian religions need to stay together, one may add and hope that other religious leaders follow in the right direction he has shown us.
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Now, let me show you one of the many comments reported.
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spiritual leader
EXPRESS COMMENT
POPE HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR OUR OWN SPIRITUAL LEADER

Sunday September 19,2010
What heartfelt scenes of joy and rejoicing greeted the Pope as he celebrated Mass in Westminster Cathedral yesterday. Despite the best efforts of a small group of naysayers, the Pope’s visit to Britain has been an unqualified success and he is to be congratulated for his brave decision to apologise to victims of child abuse within the Catholic Church. It has been a shadow on the Church’s conscience and Pope Benedict XVI was right to tackle it head on.

Even more than that, however, it was enormously refreshing to have a great religious world leader stand up for Christianity itself. We’ve become accustomed to having our national religion denigrated on all sides, while being forced to embrace values that are not our own, with our church leaders often seeming more concerned with climate change than the spiritual good of the nation. So it is wonderful to hear the Pope defend this ancient faith.
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There is a lot more that one can say about this papal visit, but I believe that I have made my point.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

What sort of guidance we need from God?

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What sort of guidance we need from God?
( Frank M. version) Post 7
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I AM PRAYING GOD FOR GUIDANCE
Our Father in heaven, to you I turn God Most High, and I start to pray with all my heart, my soul and my mind. In the name of The-Father The-Son and The-Holy Spirit I am praying, hoping that the ever present guiding force of the Holy Spirit on earth would guide me; So that, I would be able to write my religious writing as humanly as possible according to your will. Father, hear my prayer and guide me! Amen.
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WHAT SORT OF GUIDANCE WE NEED TODAY FROM GOD?
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Now that I have prayed for help and guidance, let us talk about it. We need help and guidance from God so that we would be able to find our own way about, on how to reason within our own minds in order to find our own way, about what we are, what we were, and what will we be in the future in the eyes of God?
To do all this reasoning we need to use our own mental imagination of course and with our intelligent mind examine everything that we presently know today, and also learn as much as we can from existing record of common knowledge, so that we would be able to understand many things if not everything.
So let me start this process of self examination right now.
First of all it comes to my mind that life on earth has kept going on all the time since the very beginning of times, and what we call time or times can never be stopped for a single moment to move towards the future because that is an impossible thing to do.
But what we call time, even though it is impossible to stop and to change in anyways within itself, it brings change to life and other things as it passes and moves on towards the future, so that, it is necessary for any form of life including our own life to try and adapt to the times that such lives including our own happens to be living in, in order to survive and thrive.
Therefore, any of these changes that the passing of time brings to us must be taken into consideration, no matter what they are even if they don’t seem important to us now; so that we could find a way to use them to our own advantage in the future, considering this position it becomes obvious to all of us that we have to do something in order to adjust to our new position. Therefore it would not be any good to stand firm in our previous practice or beliefs, whatever those practice and beliefs would be, even if those practice and beliefs have helped us many times and for many centuries before nowadays.
So, today we need to look closely at our practice and beliefs of our present times, and we should use our intelligence that God has given us, since it has been given to us from God for good reasons, so that we could look after ourselves diligently, so, it could be helpful if we ask ourselves; What sort of guidance we need from God?
I believe that today we the people of this planet earth have reached a very high standard of understanding and that we are able to reason and understand facts and things much more diligently than what we used to do in the past.
We should feel lucky nowadays just because we are living in a very fast progressing time. Now since progress means improvements over the past times, and improvements many times bring change of directions, we are the generation that will have to adjust to the present times, and then guide the future generations in the right directions.
I believe that nowadays we need a religion that covers both people and spiritual things together and bridges the old religions and the new ideas together.
How to start all this happening the right way is hard to say, but we have to make a start somehow, so I am going to write something about this subject, even though I am concerned about how and what to write.
So, I believe that all religions have changed with time, even if we think they do not, one has to look at history to know what has happened. I believe that it could be helpful if we talk about the religions of the world and why there are so many of them?
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RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Islam; Judaism; Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Jainism and other smaller religions are the religions that exist in the world nowadays, since there are so many religions in the world one feels the need to ask:
Why there are so many religions?
God and religious beliefs; are they true or are they an invention of our mind?
If they are an invention of our mind, why they need to stay where they are?
Some would answer these questions thus: All the main religions of the world spring from this need that most people feel within themselves.
Hereunder is a study of World Religions that I found on the Internet
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Study of World Religions
From the earliest known evidence of human religion by Homo sapiens neanderthalensis around 100,000 years ago to the present day, religion continues to be a very influential aspect of human lives.
Today, there are numerous challenges and problems faced by humans from every possible background, location and social class. Every day people must face issues of health, safety and mortality. It is because of these daily challenges that religion continues to exist. Religion is the universal tool for explaining things which we do not understand through the context the known physical world.
Although there are countless religions, each different from the other, they all serve the same purpose. Each answers questions which all humans seem to be programmed to ask: Why are we here? What happens when I die? How shall I live my life?
Religion helps us to transmit our values from one generation to another, and influences the way we interact with the natural environment. It teaches us how to see ourselves in light of the universe and gives purpose and meaning to life.
The following pages serve as a brief introduction to several world religions. They are intended to whet your appetite for further study and to help you understand those around you better.
With our global society, it is likely that in your lifetime you will meet people from every corner of the planet. Understanding the religious beliefs of these people is one of the many steps which mankind must take in order to someday prosper together in peace.
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End of report.
From the report above, it seems to me that we need religion in one way or another, so next article we will talk about why Mankind needs religion.
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