The Shape of Religion
Everyoneâs life experiences shapes their inner views and monologue
For thousands of years our original ancestors had a long difficult beginning. They started knowing nothing and with thousands of years of trial and error they came up with stuff, and eventually weâve learned enough to get us where we are now. It was not easy and it took more time than you can even fathom.
Well because they didnât really understand life and death, and pretty much most things, they had to come up with some kind of explanation for things.
When I think about religion I think about a series of ideas made up by our ancestors to try to understand the world around them. Science wasnât a thing for a very long time. They didnât understand how things worked so they had to come up with something to explain what they experienced. For some, it was multiple gods and goddesses to give an explanation of the different things occurring in their world. Things science can now explain. But because religion has lasted for so long itâs been adopted by so many as absolute truth, when in reality NOBODY really knows. Itâs all assumptions.
How are there so many religions? If one was absolute shouldnât everyone believe the same thing?
Well why there are so many different religions is an easy answer. For thousands of years our ancestors were nomads. In the beginning it was one big land mass. Because they needed to find food and water and because population was getting bigger they needed to expand so they went separate directions and with time continuously spread out. There was not easy way to talk to people from distant lands. You just lived your own secluded life in your own secluded group. Different languages and customs were born, and with that was religion. And with time the land split until you see what we see today.
Religion was not just to explain the unknown. Religion has also been used for power, and money. Religion has started wars. Itâs a way to control others.
Even to this day people make up new religions. Take Scientology for example. I do agree with some of the stuff they say, but ultimately itâs very cult like. Itâs all about power and money.
The Catholic Church is a prime example of people using religion for their own gain.
I believe people come into their religious views now for two reasons. One: itâs passed down through families/societies, or two: the experiences people have in life bring them to their own theories.
For me, I believe that our soul is the electrical charge that keeps our body animated. Without it our body is a corpse. But if you know anything about energy you will know that it never just disappears. It must go somewhere else. So once our organic body is no longer of use it goes out into the universe (which is made up of nothing but mass and energy), it eventually either decides to stay in one place (hence you get hauntings), it becomes one with the universe, or it finds another organic body in which to live until that body is no longer of use. And it just keeps going. Thus, the circle of life. Because the population has continually grown since the beginning of time there are things such as old and new souls, and you can tell by their way of life.
Or at least I can.
I came to my conclusions by experiences in my life.
SoâŚ.
What about you? What do you believe, and how did you come to that conclusion? No hating on others. Just oneâs own beliefs expressed freely without judgement.
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That is a loaded question April, but here I go. My view is that there may not be a final answer for us to find. We are a tiny part of an unimaginably vast universe, and what we know is only a fraction of what exists. Even our perception is limited. Our eyes detect only a narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum, but we know that there are countless wavelengths beyond what we can see. That makes me wonder how much of reality lies beyond our senses and current understanding.
Because of that, I try not to be too certain about ultimate truths, we all go with the flow of life. Religion, philosophy, and science are all different ways of exploring the same mystery. They each have their own traditions, rituals, and methods, but all are attempts to explain the mysteries of life and make sense of existence from our limited perspective. To me, life isn't about finding the one correct answer. It's about remaining curious, continuing to learn, and accepting that some questions may always remain beyond our reach.
I think youâd be surprised by how many people feel the same way. More people are stepping away from organized religion and forming beliefs that feel true to them. I grew up Catholic, but I didnât continue with it, which my father definitely isnât happy about. Iâm very spiritual and have developed my own beliefs through experiences that have shown me we are more than our physical bodies. We are souls. We are energy. I believe we continue on after this life and that there are others guiding us along the way.