3. faith and religion:
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All religions were founded to the spiritual salvation of the man. Nothing has nevertheless led too so much violence as the thought of the superiority of the own religion. Even today, many people are still convinced of their own religion is the only right. Many times the questioning of such believes will be met by quotations. And we shall belive like a child at all! However, is it not really the children who ask most?
Who works good with the ulterior motive to come into heaven and who doesn't work bad with the ulterior motive, not come into the hell, this one trades much more selfishly than an atheist which does the same or doesn't do this and he/she doesn't believe in a judging God.
Those who teach a faith of fear and damnation should wonder once: Where could boundless love have a limit? How could an all-powerful God have a counter-power? Do we need a fall guy, that is responsible for the mistakes which we have made? If love can turn hell into heaven, then how could heaven be refused to us? Aren't we always free to love? Where is this "separated" by God if God is ubiquitous?
Perhaps there where is been taught by fear. In the heads of people who don't listen to her heart. At least the love to God should be greater as the fear of the bad.
Some spiritually searchers find a meaning in every small thing. At this they are on thin ice. Under this the psychosis which is very like this condition lies in wait. Of course every event has a meaning provided that we give them attention. They have the meaning which we give to them. Just the same with our life. It also has the meaning which we give to it.
A true religion doesn't build any walls but bridges.
Out of Gods fullness comes the fullness. If you take the fullness of the fullness, then the fullness remains.
The one who only believes in miracles is realistic.
If we believe in our limitations we won't we succeed in breaking our limits.
To the ears of a dogmatist the highest looks of a wise man come to appear like foolishnesses or like crimes. The dogmatist the sees things from below because he would not dare a "why"? The wise man sees the things of above because he wouldn't bend down before a "you shall not this know at all!"
It is religion to catch a fish by a net. If the fish is caught, the net has fulfilled his purpose.
Who thinks God can be found only in a definite way takes just the way and misses God who is hidden in the way.
We pray: "Thy will be done". If he however "thy will" happens, then we complain.
Do you want to really know a man, you should trust alone on your own experience and not others report to you about him. Same applies to God. If you believe you know already everything about God and if your knowing is founded on what others told you or what is been written down, you won't come to know God.
The ability to change is the feature of all living beenigs. The ability to change makes faith alive, too. If a faith is too much bound to scriptures if becomes stare. A vital faith doesn't reject in principle a new view (if strange or own). It has the ability to adapt it and so enlarge his horizon.
A religion can just be only in such a way blissful as it respects other religions as equal.
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