Religion and its impromptu meaning...
By mangtony7451
@mangtony7451 (479)
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
15 Feb 13
Hi Mangtony and welcome to my lot.Religion has no meaning without Christ! I mean if you love the LORD Jesus Christ then religion shouldn't be what your looking for you should be looking for what would please God. And if you do what is right by The LORD Jesus Christ then your life should be a good life. We all have our problems that is for sure but it is only ways of testing our faith in Christ. To me Religion means to love The LORD Jesus without thinking of what others think. Just have the Faith that The LORD Jesus is the only one to follow. Don't know if that is any help but this man can lead you in the right direction.
http://www.shepherdschapel.com/index.htm
@free_man (7330)
• United States
18 Feb 13
Hi Mangtony. Your welcome the site is a real man that loves the LORD and can teach HIS word like it was supposed to be taught by all people. Go listen to him you won't regret it, I have been listening to him since 05 and have learned so much more then I was ever taught. God wants us to ask questions if we really want to know. Good luck and God bless
@mangtony7451 (479)
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19 Feb 13
You know free_man my friend, I don't take anything for granted. You have endorsed a site, so I look and search. In the same way that that I look for every biblical verse that has been given for reference on a given discussion.
Of course, the heart of every church/congregation lies in their "Statement of Beliefs". From here, you can already know if what they preaches is biblical or not.
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@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Hi free_man, greetings. My sincere appreciation of your interesting comment. And of course, for the link/site as well. Thanks.
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@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Hi dlr297/Hopefull90, greetings. Personally, I would attribute that to a
"church". But then, a church can not be separated from religion. In the same way that you cannot have relationship without religion and a church. Just my thoughts.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
15 Feb 13
It is a set of beliefs in a G-d or G-ddess. It is a set of rules that show you how to worship this G-d or G-ddees.
@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Can it be said that rules may also mean laws or commandments? Thanks for sharing sarahtruthbeth22, and warmth greetings.
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@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Very true bellis716, religion by actions and not by words alone. If I may cite James 1:27,"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world".
God bless.
@extremefun4fun (2908)
• India
20 Feb 13
Religion is all about study and learn, some we get them as a habit that we have seen from our parents and our parents from their parents.. some we get them by study and thinking in that way. sorry if I did not understand what did you mean excatly.
@mangtony7451 (479)
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21 Feb 13
I believe the discussion presented is plain and simple. It is about the meaning or definition of Religion according to an establish methodology, say a dictionary. But others choose to give their own personal understanding of the term.
Just the same, you have given such a fascinating comment. Warm Greetings to you...
@xanderkage (100)
• India
18 Feb 13
still trying to figure out...at present it seems like it is just a big lie made up to misguide the people.
@mangtony7451 (479)
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19 Feb 13
Hi xanderkage, greetings. My appreciation of your candid response. Thanks.
@6precious102 (4043)
• United States
14 Feb 13
I'm not sure but I believe it means something like, to be rebound, or to be bound again.
@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Hi 6precious102, greetings. I just want to say, your comment is also appreciated.
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
15 Feb 13
WE are all Spiritual beings in our true natures. Deep down we all know God and that God exists whether we care to admit it or not. Religion is mankind's attempt to understand God. Some people work hard at discovery while others are content to merely follow and believe. Believing takes much less work and lots of people are making their lives about themselves so why go further?
@Graptopetalum (1807)
• Canada
20 Feb 13
I think your religion is your beliefs about morals and the paranormal. These are linked because it's really hard to come up with morals without a God or something dictating them and if there is no God or afterlife, why bother keeping morals (particularly if they get inconvenient)?
This definition fits everything people usually think of as religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism etc. It doesn't include being fanatical about sports. It does includes atheism (because saying that there is no God, and usually no paranormal realm, is a statement about the paranormal and by extension, there can be no clear moral laws) and agnosticism (because saying that you don't know about the paranormal is still a belief about it - by extension you either don't consider it important enough to find out about or believe that it's impossible to find out about it and also you can not be certain about morality). This means that atheists shouldn't be able to say it's OK to have their beliefs taught in schools because they aren't a religion.
Everybody has a religion, just some people only have a vague one.
@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Hi iuliuxd, greetings. It can only mean that a definition in the past may not always be same in the future. Thanks for sharing.
@mangtony7451 (479)
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18 Feb 13
Hi aqirock, greetings. I think your comment was an understatement. It maybe you are just having reservation. Nevertheless, your comment is very much appreciated.
