Do you believe in “Life after Death” or “Death after Life”?

Hi, this is just something I've been thinking about regarding Christianity specifically (nonbeliever myself, ex-Christian), although it may apply to other religions.

Surely, Christianity has some things to say on the morality of several deeds. However, one question that plagues me is: how do we know that the law of the Bible applies to the modern world?

The way I see it, the people of then lived in an entirely different social context and circumstances. Even if the Bible was divinely inspired, could it be that the law the Bible describes wasn't supposed to be applied today?

Consider permanent contraception (supposing the scriptures say something against it, though this is only hypothetical). Back then people didn't have any means to actually freeze their seed (so far as my knowledge goes) and reproduction is a highly valuable element of the faith. However, nowadays we do have the means for seed freezing and may reproduce even after undertaking vasectomy. Then, even if the scriptures said something against it, we'd have a reason to doubt that it applies fully to this day and age.

If my idea is correct, this would explain why we usually turn a blind eye to many different prohibitions, however it also means that we should at least have second thoughts on a lot of the teachings we do commit to.

Again, how can we determine if what the scriptures tell us and what the Church tells us truly applies today?

I need someone that affiliates with a religion other than Christianity to answer some questions for a paper i have to write for my religions class!! Please answer these questions!!

If you will put just your first name and what religion you are then answer these questions.

1 - How long have you know this person? How did you get to know him/her?

2 - How long has this person been practicing this religion?

3 - Was this the religion in which the person was raised?

4 - IF not, what caused them to be attracted to this religion?

5 - What does this person consider the MOST important doctrines or teachings of this religions?

6 - Does this person attend a place of worship and if so, how often?

7 - How important is religion or faith to this person currently?

8 - What is a common misconception about this religion, if there is one?

9 - What does this person believe happens after you die?

You know "The end justifies the means", for religion is it just going to the eternal heaven? To reincarnate? To not be in hell? Is it fair for people who has hardship and done good for their whole life only to have the same results as someone who repent after a life of sin to have the same results? This is more specifically to Islam as I don't know much about other religions rules of entering heaven.

What about religions that says "Be good to enter heaven"? does that mean I don't have to believe in your religion and just be a good human being? If yes then why do i have to believe in that religion, i just have to be a good person? If no then why do god make them born in different religions other than the right one?

If religion A is right then why did god born this one person into religion B where they'll be indoctrined to believe religion B is the right religion when it's not true? That's not fair, they'll be in hell for something they can't control.

To me religion is a very flawed system created by humans long ago to control the masses, the flaws show themselves with the points i showed above, that's why I particularly don't follow a belief. My idea of god is one that is fair to all his creations, but with the way the world is that's not what we got.

An indegioneous person born in an island in south india won't know of the world outside, it won't know of Christianity, of Islam, Hinduism, etc. Would god give them hell just because they don't believe in the "right" religion? To them that sounds stupid and unfair if you told them that.

Sorry english isn't my first language.

I was thinking lately about Christianity and how it overtook shamanistic religions in terms of scope. Christianity has molded the way of life of almost every person on the planet. Yet with everything in life, there is a rise, peak and a fall. Will Christianity ever fall in popularity like paganism? Or will it forever be the course until we as a species go extinct?

Laying in my bed trying to sleep when the strangest thought came to me. Let me start of by mentioning that I'm an ateist or rather an agnostic I'd presume. But religion has always fascinated me as an amazing tool of power and manipulation on a high level.

I've read almost all religious book, not gonna lie but I'm struggling with Quran since you'd essentially would need to learn arabic to be able to read it in its pure form since all western language translated ones apparently are not 100% correct. My guess is there was some lost in translation since the Arabic language is SOO strange and one word can mean a lot of different things depending on the situation/conversation and stuff like that. Regardless it would be an amazing language to learn.

Anyway. I'm drifting away from the subject here.

My thought was what if "a lot of smart people" would take all these holy books and brake them down and picked out all the matching stuff, because there's A LOT of red strings that connects them all in a strange and mysterious way. Then they would do their best to put it back together in a fashionable order leaving all the other nonsense out of it.

Reading that new improved, fulfilled and updated version could it be possible we'd maybe get a "better/correct/fuller" view/picture of what this is all about?

Was just about to post when I found this on Wiki. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_syncretism

Please discuss! All religions and nonbelievers are welcome to contribute with their thoughts!

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Even in Medival times in Europe woman had more rights than now in The Islam (and even Hinduism). Why and how is this? Don't they get that woman are the reason they are even alive? Who do those 2 religions hate woman so much? Sure, not everyone is like that, but the law doesn't forbid sexism towards woman. Can someone explain to me why this is? And how do woman that have previously had other beliefs even get the idea of joining the Islam?

To set things clear: my view does not apply to spirituality. This post is also not by any means intended to disrespect anyone or any religion but to broaden my view.

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First, all the top posts on here are old and archived. I'm new and want to discuss and share. Most of what I have seen on here is athiests and people who have left religion, well I am the opposite. I was irreligious from birth and it was not until I started studying philosophy in college and using reason to explore the concepts that I became religious. I also like to use the terms God and religious as opposed to spiritual and "higher-power".

Unfortunately I cannot possibly offer all of my reasons here. I will say that I believe I have both a cohesive and conclusive reasoned belief and experiential verification of my beliefs. I have written a book on the topic. Atheists out there may also find interesting Vincent Bugliosi's Divinity of Doubt. I strongly disagree with him (and my book largely responds to his) but he makes a very convincing argument that atheism is untenable. Just as untenable as he finds religion. If you are an atheist and are interested in reasoning out your beliefs, see if you can vie with what Bugliosi says on your end. If you are interested my book is called Jnana Yoga: A Skeptic's Journey to Knowledge https://www.amazon.com/Jnana-Yoga-Skeptics-Journey-Knowledge/dp/0997846402/ref=sr_1_sc_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471561076&sr=1-3-spell&keywords=robert+b+davisii

You may also view my website: http://jnanayogaphilosophy.com All views on there are developed and supported in Jnana Yoga.

Basically, though, I think you can see that you cannot get around the "First cause argument" (or only cause argument). How did the universe or life begin? "The big bang" is not an answer. The big bang is a description of the proceedings of the universe after it was created. It offers no insight or hope of insight into what came "before" (not valid considerations as the big bang created time and space) or how this existence occurred. Basically, there is one truth: Existence is. SOMEHOW that happened. We have no explanation for this nor hope of an explanation. That anything is is an absolute and inescapable miracle. This principle, this miraculous capacity for existence, this ungrounded source for life we call God.

Thoughts?

Why is Death bad? Why Jesus resurrect dead princess? Why is suffering not worse than Death?

Curious atheist here. I'll be succinct: are the Leviticus laws considered to be part of the Old Covenant? I've heard perspectives ranging from Presbyterian to Methodist on this idea and they tend to vary by a lot.

I'm an atheist, and I've been thinking about this for a while. There are a lot of people here saying why they decided to become an atheist or why they became religious, but not so many on why they continue to believe or not.

I decided that religion and belief alienated me because of the inconsistencies in different versions and books of nearly all holy scriptures and that a lot of hatred in the world is justified using religion, even if religion was not the cause. Much more recently, I found a video on Humanism, which sort of put to words the reasons I continue to be an atheist and am happy doing so, and how I have found meaning to my life without belief: http://youtu.be/2dHVWhrQVbs

So why do you continue to follow the beliefs you may or may not have? If you do believe, what do you get out of your religion that you feel is not offered by other religions, or that is not present in a lack of religion?

PS: I fucking love this subreddit. People on here are almost always respectful of each other, even in disagreement. Keep it up!

Details: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2014/01/16/free-live-stream-debate

Link to Debate: www.debatelive.org

It looks like the debate will be focused on young earth vs old earth. I'd love to hear your thoughts...

I believe in spirituality, and in making ideologies a more individual matter. I'm not condoning discussions on the matter though. Ideological clashes among religious groups have been the cause of several violent clashes and other forms of aggression and persecution. I consider fighting and dying over what's unknown absurd. And to top it off, corruption, manipulation, and autocracy occurs within some religious groups and their domains. Also, being ostracized because of conflicting ideologies is unjust in my opinion. And what for? A sense of unity/being part of something greater and assurance of one's preferred belief of the afterlife is outweighed by the negative effects of organized religion. Even if several religious conflicts have been proven to be caused by politics and not organized religion, it's still a common excuse for conflict and that helps fuel conflict.

For both the religious and the non-religious here, to what extent are your morals determined by your religious beliefs and why? To what extent do you believe they should (or shouldn't) be? Do you think morality can be objective (non-relative), and to what extent do you think religion is needed (or not needed) to arrive at such morality?

Has a miracle or a disaster happened to you that caused you to gain or lose faith?

To what extent would you say that religious experiences inform your faith/beliefs? Which kinds of religious experiences would you say are most influential in this way? Your own? Those of people you know personally? The experiences of important figures in your religious tradition? Anthropological evidence concerning the history of religious experiences?

I dont mean passing it on to children. Im talking about people going door to door with pamphlets, people preaching on street corners, people telling others they will go to hell unless they convert. Why do you feel the need to convert other people if they are happy the way they are?

Please feel free to share any comments, questions or concerns you may have regarding Islam and Muslims.

Either I am not looking hard enough or, there aren't any muslims on this sub reddit. Also, feel free to ask any questions if there be any.

Edit: Answered the questions I could as best as I could.

I'm starting to learn about the idea that life the way we are experiencing it now may just be a dream. It's really cool to me, and I would love to read a discussion on that. So, what are your opinions, what have you heard, or what have you experienced relating to the dream reality?

For those of you who are ex-religious but were only a member of one religious tradition beforehand: to what extent did you consider religious/spiritual alternatives to both your previous religion and atheism before choosing to become atheist? Did you look into entirely separate religions? Did you look into heterodox versions of your own religion? Did you look into piecing together entirely new religious beliefs based on evidence alone? If so, what were your thought processes behind rejecting each of these?

For those of you who would attempt to defend the literal interpretations of the religious scripture to which you subscribe, which arguments would you present, especially in light of contradictory scientific evidence? Topics of particular interest include the age of the universe and Earth, natural selection models of evolution, miracles, and discussions of afterlife. Counter-arguments are encouraged.

Please re-read the title. I wrote DISTINGUISHES, I did not write "What makes your religion more correct than others?". My personal views are that there is no "correct" or "incorrect" religions. I just want to hear about what you think makes your religion (or sect) unique and interesting.

There are many examples of gods direct interference in the bible and other religious texts, however there are none today. Why do you think god has stopped? Most people (me included) who do not associate themselves with a religion because they cannot blindly believe without proof or evidence.

Edit: Just noticed the typo in the title but i cant fix it ಠ~ಠ

Would prefer specific examples, not general "It has made my life much better/worse" or "I don't know how I could live without it"

I have heard a lot of arguments that state gay marriage ruins conventional marriage. I would like information on why you think they affect each other.

While Reddit has become well-known for vocal ex-religious atheists (if you are ex-religious, feel free to post as well), I'm interested in the lines of thinking that lead people from one religion to another, or from atheism to some form of religion or spirituality. I'd really appreciate you guys posting as much as you're comfortable sharing. Thanks!