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06-16-2009
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Religion
Religion is something that is often described as having been created to help understand life, while others simply believe that a religion is your entire spectrum of principles; everything you do in life is based off of your religion. And, some people simply believe a religion is how the world came to be; that it explains all.
So, what is your religion, and how do you follow it? Do you ever go to church, or do you prefer to find the explanation of life on your own experience or merely the holy text? How closely do you follow your religion, as well? Does it kill you if you break a guiding principle of the religion? Do you believe in a heaven or hell, a god or a goddess, angels and demons? Please remember to respect others beliefs. Personally, I believe in what is my own set of beliefs - I believe that god exists, but not as a physical form, rather as the concept of energy. I also believe not so highly in a heaven or hell, but rather simply an after life where you fulfill your soul, make it complete, to come to another life either as a spirit or as a new physical being. I also believe in karma, though in a very real way, that anything poor you do, such as commit serious crimes, will result in your life becoming miserable, if even if your own mind. And, finally, I feel that all other religions are completely acceptable as they give people morales to live on, this is assuming that those morales do not include killing, rape, and similar crimes. No matter if it Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, or whatever else, you will only come to help yourself in your present life. Anyway, enough of my own religion, what religion do you follow?
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I follow Islam.
My religion teaches me that a God does exist, there are angels and there are demons, and there's also a Heaven for good people and a Hell for bad people. My religion also teaches me how to behave, respect, work, and is basically a guide to my everyday life. It also focuses on many many aspects, such as modesty, honesty, justice, generosity, faithfulness, respect and every other good aspect. I also believe in my holy book, the Quran, 100%, as it is really convincing and contains numerous proofs of, for example, what do people in Hell say and do, what do they eat, and how do they behave. Similarly, it also says what do people get, have, eat, drink, etc. in Heaven. What I regret is that a lot of people have a very bad imprint of Islam, all because of a bunch of people who are not in any manner related to Islam because of their terrible and horrible actions and deeds. For more info about my religion, follow those links: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam http://www.islam.com/
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I try to follow Catholicism as closely as I can. I go to church every Sunday unless camping, I try to follow the ten commandments, and I try to be fair to other religions unless they do something to piss me off.
The thing I've never truly understood: If god has eternal love and forgiveness, why would he send you to eternal torture and suffering if you do something wrong?
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When you think hard, logically; every religion bases on the same concept with different names and somewhat different rules. Religion has during the ages been a tool for manipulation.
I do believe in a "God" that may be somewhere out there. I just don't know if he ever heard for us.
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One is that, simply, without bad, there would be no good. Without suffering and torture, there would be no love and forgiveness. The other is that God isn't responsible for the pain that us humans have brought upon ourselves. He only helps those who help themselves. His intention was for us to be happy. As for myself, I don't follow any religion at the moment, but I respect those who do and I believe in God. I'm open to whatever life may bring to me.
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Or it could just be a tactic to scare us into being good.
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I was raised an Anglican, which is part of Christianity. I'm agnostic, though.
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I'm Catholic but shouldn't it be part of Christianity?
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Spoiler Alert:
ZamFights Progress
I actually like the idea of a sixth generation Pokemon Emerald remix; few people think of the possibilities that one game has in full, colorful, barely pixaleted 3-D (in other words, think of a Play Station 2 or Xbox Original). The existing 3D we have with the DS is good, but the next generation of handheld consoles should give much more detail to the game - imagine being able to change your perspective to look into the sky while the stormcloud is slowly stretching across the region once Kyogre and Groudon have both been awoken. Imagine seeing the sky tower, and a green tail, to the left, and mirages to the right. For that matter, think of Mirage Island! There are so many other moments for which we could experience in perspective-3D Pokemon Emerald; the battle frontier is one example, but just seeing the sun rise and set as the time passes in Dewford city would be awesome. Of course, my dreams may be more than one generation away; are there any Wii games that even would make this real?
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