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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question - so what's the purpose of believing in religion then, if it's plainly evident that people can be good and decent without it? [/quote]

I'll bite.

We are Catholic because it is part of family tradition and throwing all that away did not really feel right when I started my family. I could have created a whole bunch of new traditions for my family but I don't believe in recreating the wheel so I will stick with Christmas and Easter.

Also, religion for me is a community. This is a big world out there and I think community is nice. This is not the only community we are a part of but it is one of them. We are part of a neighborhood, we are part of sports teams, we are part of a group that does volunteer work, etc.

I think every religion basically has the same "stuff"... traditions, worship, sacrifice, morals, etc. I knew Catholicism best so I stuck with it.

I also think that if you look at the Bible from a pure liturature standpoint it is very interesting, just like Greek Mythology. I like that my kids know Bible stories.

All religions are run by humans and are imperfect so I don't think the Catholic religion is perfect but if I choose a different one it would not be perfect either.

I don't need religion to be good.

I do find religion fasinating I love going to other religious ceremonies and finding the similarities between religions. I really like Budhist teachings, they are much different than the other teachings but I like their approach. For example, Budhist (and I am not an expert) say everybody suffers so learning to deal with that is good because it is going to happen eventually. I don't know why I take comfort in that but I do. It make hard times easier like, okay this is my time to suffer, it's part of life.[/quote]

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