Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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?
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.