do we need religion?

[RockyX]

A man with no religion is like a ship with no sail. Or by modern/future standards, a ship with no reactor

So, you wanna say 50% Chinese, 1/3rd of Russian are like a ship with no sail ?

In my view, Religion is a personal choice. Every human being should follow moral values and ethics. Rest are optional.

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- Religious people are confident people, thus they become successful in everything. I have personally observed this difference among my practising and non practising muslim friends.... I always respect religious people. It is the hardest thing in this world to be religious.

Absloutely wrong. 90% Atheist people are from China, Russia, USA and Europe. They are more successful than most of the country where 99% people follow some religion. There is no relation between Success of a Human being with religious following.

 

[soul hacker]

this is ridiculous that we think our world came into being without someone,so their is someone whom to be worshiped and this is way to religion

 

[blackops]

well it depends for me a night before exam am all devoted to god when i miss my gf birthday i ask for gods help
but when am drinking smoking cheating or what ever i dont remember him

the thing i want to say is god is in every one even in non belivers its just how you remember him

 

[Zabaniyah]

So, you wanna say 50% Chinese, 1/3rd of Russian are like a ship with no sail ?

In my view, Religion is a personal choice. Every human being should follow moral values and ethics. Rest are optional.
Absloutely wrong. 90% Atheist people are from China, Russia, USA and Europe. They are more successful than most of the country where 99% people follow some religion. There is no relation between Success of a Human being with religious following.

It is not that non-religious people are less successful than religious people. In fact, a person's intelligence has nothing to do with his/her religion.

It is a purely personal matter. Religion can give people a strong sense of identity and values. And it is important to study religion. The great founders of religions knew something that others didn't.

There could possibly be hidden meanings in religious texts which can be very beneficial for mankind someday. My only opinion is that people shouldn't throw away religion like as if it is nothing. Something that is thousands of years old simply cannot be ignored and be thrown into oblivion!

I am not implying that everyone must be ultra-religious or something, it is just that they shouldn't be ignorant of man's full potential.

Suppose that there was a terrible storm. After the storm, a beautiful Boeing-747 came into being. Someone must have built it, right? And yet the aircraft is such a complex piece of machinery. You could say the same about the Universe. How it works or how it came about is unknown. Just sending telescopes and little satellites are only the beginning of understanding.

 

[Halwa]

we have Almighty and that's true but we don't need to bring that God under the barrier of a particular religion !! I believe in Bhagwan and so in Jesus Christ and WaheGuru , My religion is a mixture of all these Gods..

ps:- I also believe in Buddha, only God whose teaching i couldn't digest is Allah but then, its my personal opinion

 

[scrumpy]

this is ridiculous that we think our world came into being without someone,so their is someone whom to be worshiped and this is way to religion

How did God come into being then? Someone must have created him/her/it too.

 

[Halwa]

this is ridiculous that we think our world came into being without someone,so their is someone whom to be worshiped and this is way to religion

I agree, someone needs to be worshiped but this is not a reason for the creation of religion

 

[darkinsky]

atheists people are really just bogus, their believe doesnt make any sense, i dont believe in big bang theory and neither i believe in evolution theory, or that we humans intelligent beings were evolved from stupid animals

big bang theory tells that the entire universe was just a size of marble and then that marble gave birth to this entire universe that too in matter of one second or even less

some scientists want there field of interest become the god for future generations and that people stop believing that some body created this universe rather a marble gave birth to size of present universe

without the presense of fact there there is no god for atheists, or that, there is a god for believers, we can say that presently the match is tied, neither its intelligible for believers to laugh at atheists, and neither its intelligible for atheists to laugh on believers

as for hindus who believe in statues as gods, and christians who believe in fairy tales that jesus purified their sins through giving blood to this mother earth, now thats some stuff for atheists to really laugh at, islamic believe that there is one supreme being and nothing more makes sense for any believer, intelligent mind and scientifically non arguable for now..

 

[RockyX]

It is not that non-religious people are less successful than religious people. In fact, intelligence has nothing to do with religion.

It is a purely personal matter. Religion can give people a strong sense of identity and values. And it is important to study religion. The great founders of religions knew something that others didn't.

There could possibly be hidden meanings in religious texts which can be very beneficial for mankind someday. My only opinion is that people shouldn't throw away religion like as if it is nothing. Something that is thousands of years old simply cannot be ignored and be thrown into oblivion!

I am not implying that everyone must be ultra-religious or something, it is just that they shouldn't be ignorant of man's full potential.

Actually, You said what i said but in different way. I agree with most of your point.

According to me, Everyone should follow good ethics and moral value in life as per their religion. Everyone should respect other religion. Religion should be personal choice and should not become extreme or Ultra otherwise It effects in negative way. In Short, All religion teaches peace and ethics. Hence, everyone should follow that only. Many people say this religion is not good and blah blah and they forget most important thing that 1st they are human being like anyone else. A person follows certain religion by birth and not by choice. A person work and ethics should be judged and not weather he/she is from which religion or Atheist.

Suppose that there was a terrible storm. After the storm, a beautiful Boeing-747 came into being. Someone must have built it, right? And yet the aircraft is such a complex piece of machinery. You could say the same about the Universe. How it works or how it came about is unknown. Just sending telescopes and little satellites are only the beginning of understanding.

Well It's Science. I can ask many such question? Why Millions and Millions of people died in last few decades in Tsunami, Earthquake, Flood, Storm, etc. ? There are some reason but everything can't be explained.

 

[JonAsad]

I've lived my whole life with Bharatis, surrounded by Bhartis, and I any atheists I have come across are few. However, the majority of Bharati (Hindu) posters who come to this forum seem to be atheists.

It's just an observation I have made, that's all.

I am surprised that no Bharati has ever come to this forum to justify his/her Hindutva beliefs or even Hindu/Sanatan Dharm beliefs, since they are more prevalent in Bharat. It's not like cyberspace has any dearth of HIndutva supporters, or Hindus with knowledge, for that matter.

its just some thing i totally agree with- the educated hindus are moving away from their religion and becoming more of an atheists- even most atheists thinks that the hindu gods in their flying chariots using brahmastra all over the place were nothing more than Aliens from outer space-

 

[Zabaniyah]

Well It's Science. I can ask many such question? Why Millions and Millions of people died in last few decades in Tsunami, Earthquake, Flood, Storm, etc. ? There are some reason but everything can't be explained.

The Universe is a scientific marvel itself Surely the beauty and ingenuity of The Universe can't just magically come out of nowhere as Atheists claim?

Why do natural disasters happen? It is science. Earth is a planet, not Heaven.

Natural calamities in other planets are even worse.

 

[Halwa]

its just some thing i totally agree with- the educated hindus are moving away from their religion and becoming more of an atheists- even most atheists thinks that the hindu gods in their flying chariots using brahmastra all over the place were nothing more than Aliens from outer space-

we are not athiest..we pray to God, perform all rituals during festival..I have a strong belief in My Bhagwan and WaheGuru but you will hardly meet any indian bringing religion and God everywhere !! it may surprise Pakistanis that we do not bring our God in each and every silly discussion like Muslims bring Allah every where and hence give them illusion that we are moving away from our religion...Most of the Indians who have athiest idealogy know Ramayana and Mahabharata very well and celbrate Diwali, Holi with fresh enthusiasm every year but they do not believe in preaching religion everywhere and becoming God's messenger. Iam a follower of God and a big supporter of Atheism !!

 

[RockyX]

its just some thing i totally agree with- the educated hindus are moving away from their religion and becoming more of an atheists- even most atheists thinks that the hindu gods in their flying chariots using brahmastra all over the place were nothing more than Aliens from outer space-

Not True. Whatever is there in Vedas are True. But It's not about that. There are moral and ethic value in every such thing. Thousand years back, what was told still makes important aspect of life. For example, Bhagavad Gita is all about some 5,500-6,000 years back Lord Krishna. It doesn't matter what happened in detail. it's all about 1,000's of moral value and ethics that was taught since 1,000 of years.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism are more based on "Way of Life". In India, 25% Hindus don't go to Temple or follow any rituals. But it's not needed. You don't need to follow any ritual to be called Hindu. A person can follow Atheism but still can remain Hindu forever. One need to understand the religion to say it's true meaning.

 

[Halwa]

The Universe is a scientific marvel itself Surely the beauty and ingenuity of The Universe can't just magically come out of nowhere as Atheists claim?

Why do natural disasters happen? It is science. Earth is a planet, not Heaven.

Natural calamities in other planets are even worse.

because natural calamities in earth is less (vary favourable environment) , therefore living beings are able to flourish here..what is unfavourable for us might be favourable for aliean creature living in some alien planet and our human eyes may not even be able to see them...they might be having 9 senses as compared to our just 5 sense..and they will also have an alien form of GOD to worship...

 

[Omar1984]

Another stupid thread started by indians. everyone will taste death even you indians.

As for the poll, Pakistani Muslims will vote YES, indian hindus will vote no..because you indian hindus have no faith.