Hornet Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 If someone asked you, "How do you know that your religion or belief system is true?", how would you respond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romansh Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) If someone asked you, "How do you know that your religion or belief system is true?", how would you respond?As an agnostic I would say, I don't believe it is true. Edited November 22, 2013 by romansh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 "I don't, but it seems reasonable to me for these reasons....." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteoam Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I think religion is a means to an end that end being an experience of the Divine. My own belief system has evolved as I participate in rituals and disciplines and as I acquire self-knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephM Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hornet, Â I do not need to know that my religion or belief system is true. I shed that requirement some time ago. Â In my view, 'belief systems' are just that...belief systems. They are not truths. To me, they are merely man's vain attempt at truth to answer questions concerning life and the nature of things. To me, God is not a belief system but rather an ever-present reality that i experience. There is no need for words to describe that reality but of course that doesn't stop one from trying to communicate such in words to point to that reality. Â Joseph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 I think religion is a means to an end that end being an experience of the Divine. My own belief system has evolved as I participate in rituals and disciplines and as I acquire self-knowledge. Â Â Having a relationship with God is important. Some people go through the motions of participating in rituals or church activities without having any sort of love or affection for God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hornet,  I do not need to know that my religion or belief system is true. I shed that requirement some time ago.  In my view, 'belief systems' are just that...belief systems. They are not truths. To me, they are merely man's vain attempt at truth to answer questions concerning life and the nature of things. To me, God is not a belief system but rather an ever-present reality that i experience. There is no need for words to describe that reality but of course that doesn't stop one from trying to communicate such in words to point to that reality.  Joseph  Do you believe that when it comes to religious beliefs a person should just go with whatever he thinks works for him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteoam Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I believe a relationship with God is important. The question is what or who is God? Whose god? That relationship is subjective in its experience. It may be an atheist's experience as being human with no god or agent at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephM Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Â Do you believe that when it comes to religious beliefs a person should just go with whatever he thinks works for him? Â Hornet, Â I don't believe for other people. Nor do i have an opinion on what they should or shouldn't go with . In my view, each must journey that road for themself and if i can offer some insight of benefit along the way, that is good. If not the universe is most capable of offering its own insight. Â Just a position i often take and find a measure of peace in, Joseph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soma Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 This is a great question. I don't know or care if my belief system is true. I feel belief is just the soul talking with the self focusing the mind so like a conversation it changes with the situation. A life blossoms and blows in the wind like the flowers on a Cherry tree and then they drop. Will it drop in the right place? Yes, because it is really not going down or dropping just continuing the conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORM Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 If someone asked you, "How do you know that your religion or belief system is true?", how would you respond? Â I would respond to them that religion does not require "ultimate truth" to be of value. Only that their faith journey is true to themselves and their circumstances at that point in their lives. Â NORM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS55 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I think that’s an excellent question, Hornet. Just on the fly, I would say that if the practice of one’s religion or spiritual tradition is transformative, and it allows a person to transcend the world, then there is truth in it.  Peace. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric333 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I would probably say that I don't think my belief system is "true"... and I might also add that any ultimate belief bystem is probably best referred to by it's acronym (BS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) I kinda of go with each person finds the belief system that is right for them. For me religion is just the road a person takes to try to achieve enlightenment, live morally, or relate to the divine. Belief systems have a purpose for the individual. What may be right for one may not be right for another. I personally do not believe in a God that only relates to one belief system, but that is just about me and my belief system. There are some lovely people from many belief systems and I think it would be a petty God who could not see the love an individual has because they are blinded to all but one single belief system. I am a Christian but I hope to meet Gandhi one fine day. Edited December 22, 2013 by Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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