When I read Andy's first post on this subject I thought it was extremely brave. I have seen so many discussions on religion degenerate into a blazing row. But, of course, this is SSish and it has, instead, turned into an amuzing and insightful open discussion.
My first thoughts were along the lines of Stoney's and I was thinking only of the going-to-church type of religion. But I found it really interesting to read about people's beliefs and ideals that do not necessarily fall into the narrow definition of a "religion"
I am not religious so I can't say that I have been influenced by any religion but my overriding principle is to treat others as I would like to be treated by them.
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Chickenlady
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DON'T MENTION POLITICS OR RELIGION...
Now I wish I had read Stonehead's contributions, instead of just the bits quoted in other people's posts...
I am drawn to Quakerism and Buddhism, but I think that is because some of their attitudes ally with mine anyway (especially the green ones). I don't want a label really though as my views change and grow all the time - I don't need those kind of restrictions!
I like the idea of some kind of spiritual force, but if we decide that this is 'God' and our God has these characteristics, then we are bound to come into conflict with others whose God doesn't fit the same mould.
I am very interested that there are so many pagans out there, though!
Jane
Now I wish I had read Stonehead's contributions, instead of just the bits quoted in other people's posts...
I am drawn to Quakerism and Buddhism, but I think that is because some of their attitudes ally with mine anyway (especially the green ones). I don't want a label really though as my views change and grow all the time - I don't need those kind of restrictions!
I like the idea of some kind of spiritual force, but if we decide that this is 'God' and our God has these characteristics, then we are bound to come into conflict with others whose God doesn't fit the same mould.
I am very interested that there are so many pagans out there, though!
Jane
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No fair 
I thought that the topic was started just as an open discussion, it seemed to be going well with everyone shareing there different religious points of view. It seems things go wrong when people start picking up on how other people choose to live their lives.
This is a free forum, why can't the topic of religion be discussed reasonabley, without people picking at what others believe?
BTW religion is listed with different deffinitions on different online dictionarys and the way that some people choose to define it in their own life, is up to them.
Stonehead, please don't delete your posts, I like reading them.
I thought that the topic was started just as an open discussion, it seemed to be going well with everyone shareing there different religious points of view. It seems things go wrong when people start picking up on how other people choose to live their lives.
This is a free forum, why can't the topic of religion be discussed reasonabley, without people picking at what others believe?
BTW religion is listed with different deffinitions on different online dictionarys and the way that some people choose to define it in their own life, is up to them.
Stonehead, please don't delete your posts, I like reading them.
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When I was younger I would sing along with the hymns in morning assembly, walk to church with my class at Easter, Christmas and Harvest Festival. It was just a habit that I never questioned. Then I went to a Methodist sunday school (cos my friends were going). But then I started to think more for myself I could not see what any of it had to do with my life.
What failed to impress me was that people who went to church (of whatever kind) were no better than the ones who didn't! In fact as I have grown up (well, almost) it seems to me that organised religion has a bad effect on people.
What I think we all need is to give and receive consideration, respect and enough freedon to go about our individual lives without harming each other and the planet. No single person/group has a monoploy on the right way to go about this - its something we all need to be questioning all the time and learning from our mistakes.
We have no choice but to live on this crowded planet and we should be taking great care to make sure we can all live peacefully and share the finite resources equally. Growing my own vegetables and aiming for a sustainable lifestyle is the least I can do.
So no, organised religion has not influenced me in a positive way, it seems to me its part of the problem, not the solution.
What failed to impress me was that people who went to church (of whatever kind) were no better than the ones who didn't! In fact as I have grown up (well, almost) it seems to me that organised religion has a bad effect on people.
What I think we all need is to give and receive consideration, respect and enough freedon to go about our individual lives without harming each other and the planet. No single person/group has a monoploy on the right way to go about this - its something we all need to be questioning all the time and learning from our mistakes.
We have no choice but to live on this crowded planet and we should be taking great care to make sure we can all live peacefully and share the finite resources equally. Growing my own vegetables and aiming for a sustainable lifestyle is the least I can do.
So no, organised religion has not influenced me in a positive way, it seems to me its part of the problem, not the solution.