IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Jay520 said:
| IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
1. People who actually want to practice this sort of religion do it because they want a comfortable afterlife. If they don't believe in an afterlife then they have the wrong faith.
2. I will repeat myself: Removing this practice altogether would be the best course of action since it won't affect your afterlife anyway. Just teach people to be good and you will achieve maximum result. Being a good person is not a religious practice.
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1. Maybe for a portion of people. But not all of them. Some know that they don't have to do it. They just do it because it makes them happy that they are making the Lord happy. If you love someone, wouldn't you want to make them happy? That's exactly what a lot people do when practicing religion. It's not all about just doing things so God can reward you later on. It's because it gives people genuine joy in their actions.
2. I'm not sure what you mean by 'best course of action'. Again, all people don't do this for a reward when they die. They do it because they enjoy bringing joy to the one they love (The Lord). |
I never said that it makes no sense to practice religion for the sake of joy, but don't fool yourself: Every Christian, Jew and Muslim fear hell and are willing to do anything to avoid it. Praying may be one of those things, circumcising their children may be another, but they all have the same goal.
It brings joy because they feel safe from the Devil. |
Your logic doesn't make sense. You're saying: A.) Religious people fear Hell and will do anything to avoid it. And B.) Religious people practice religion. These two statements are true but it's your connection of the two which is illogical: "religious practice is one of the things they do to avoid Hell." That doesn't make sense. You're simply stating that religious practice is used to as a tool to avoid Hell, but you provide no logical connection between the two. You're not saying how 'A' causes 'B'.
Regardless of if you can prove that religious practice is generally used to avoid Hell, which you can't, that still wouldn't be the absolute rule. Fact is: There are people that practice religion because they enjoy it. You've already said that what these people are doing isn't nonsensible. So you're saying that religious practice in and of itself isn't nonsensible. It's the people that believe that religious practice is necessary to enter heaven who are nonsensible.
