IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Bong Lover said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Firstly, thanks for the respectful response.
Secondly, I think that what you define as the purpose of religious practice actually goes in line with what I said in the OP: "It gives you nothing but self-pleasure; an illusion that God is extra close to you since you are reaching out to Him." Your 'homemade' connection with God is in your head, in other words.
It makes sense in the sense that it makes you happy, but more religious practicing does not increase your chances of entering heaven, just like you said.
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Yes, the entire idea behind religion is to create a 'homemade connection with God in your head'. I realize you use this wording to imply that the connection is imaginary and just an illusion, but that is another debate for the ages.
f you operate with the axiom that a mental connection with God is all make belief and just a way to mental trick yourself, then obviously religious practice to establish this connection makes little sense. But as with all of these discussions approaching this core question from the relm of logic and physics will forever be fruitless.
As for your last point; the thinking is that a well mentained connection with God makes it easier to live the kind of life that qualifies for entering heaven. So, from that perspective, religious practice makes a lot of sense.
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Yes, but that makes religious practicing a third party. The kind of life that you that you live is what actually matters, meaning that you may as well stop your practicing altogether. You just confirmed my point (which confirmed yours in the first place).
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I am glad you feel I confirmed your point, but if this is the point you were making I feel you expressed yourself a little peculiar.
Let's say you want to build a house. Would you say that using a hammer doesn't make any sense since you can drive the nails with a rock? After all, the hammer is just a third party. Making a house is what really matters, not the concept of using a hammer right?
Religious practice is like a hammer, just a tool that makes it easier to create what you called a homemade connection with God in your head.
