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

I'll take a stab at this too.  Full disclosure, I am a Catholic and pretty conservative religiously and otherwise.

The purpose in believing in a religion is because of truth (I will wait for the laughter to stop, but I am serious).  For me I completely and totally believe Jesus was the divine son of God.  I believe that Jesus came to earth and founded a Church.  I believe the Catholic Church is the truest represntation of the Church founded by Jesus (I will again wait for some of you to stop laughing at me, but again, I am being serious).  I believe that this Church has the authority to teach on matters of faith and morals.  That Church, who's authority I recognize, teaches me to worship God.  I worship God because, not because it pleases me to do so (though it does), but because it is the right thing to do according to countless verses of new and old testament scripture, not the least of which is the first of the Ten Commandments.

So I believe in my religion because I believe it is what I ought to do.  If I thought that Hinduism was the path, I would be a Hindu, or a Protestant, or a Buddhist or whatever.

The fact that I get personal spiritual fulfillment from my religious beliefs is an ancillary (and wonderful) benefit.  It is not the purpose for me to have those beliefs.

That is just me.  [/quote]

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