tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post5380873522374008560..comments2023-10-21T04:20:20.452-04:00Comments on iAm(A)ga(Y)te-keeper is SEXUALITY, LOVE, LIFE...: RELIGIOUSLY STUCKAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948903601663342276noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-72555583395768477552008-12-01T22:03:00.000-05:002008-12-01T22:03:00.000-05:00Religion today, sad to say is more about rituals a...Religion today, sad to say is more about rituals and tradition than the true tenets of love and kindness.We get so caught up in these rituals and in the show and exhibition that we lose sight of the relationship that God wants us to have with each other and with him.<BR/>I am of the opinion that what is important is the personal relationship that one has with God and with his fellowmen and not the bells and whistles that have come to characterize organized religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-13229513624846211432008-12-01T20:14:00.000-05:002008-12-01T20:14:00.000-05:00What do you then think of this: Religion is someti...What do you then think of this: Religion is sometimes a necessary evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-22657011357294704732008-11-25T12:47:00.000-05:002008-11-25T12:47:00.000-05:00You touched on a lot of great points. Religion its...You touched on a lot of great points. Religion its really my focus at this point. Growing up in Church I have always felt a big contradition from the way the Bible is taught. I feel now it is about my relationship with God 1-on-1. The Church can't get to me Heaven. Just my personal opinion.Tru3logichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640365670594580447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-30081488931637196762008-11-24T09:22:00.000-05:002008-11-24T09:22:00.000-05:00You posed a question: 'Is religion the doorway to ...You posed a question: 'Is religion the doorway to a life of happiness with GOD..?' <BR/><BR/>I found this question difficult, but nonetheless I think that it would be your deeds and the kind of person that you are and not necessarily whether you are part of organised religion that would make GOD more happy.<BR/><BR/>In other words religion in itself or by itself is not a passport to GOD's good books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-17092137302590909212008-11-24T06:27:00.000-05:002008-11-24T06:27:00.000-05:00'Is being good more important than being happy?' W...'Is being good more important than being happy?' Why can't you be both good and happy, my gayte-keeper? Who said it was not possible?<BR/><BR/>What do I think on the overal subject?<BR/><BR/>1. It is a person's relationship with GOD that counts but whether you belong to a certain religion or not, I believe that everyone of us, and in this instance guided by our conscience, instinctively know what is wrong and what is right. This is universal. We all know, for e.g., that it is wrong to kill or lie, it doesn't matter whether you are Jewish, Muslim or Christian, or non of these. It doesn't matter that you have actually never opened the bible to read the Ten Commandments. You know because your conscience speaks to you. And GOD is your conscience. <BR/><BR/>2. Going to church in itself is not what it's about, not that you shouldn't go to church. Developing a relationship with GOD is what it's all about. Not participating in organised religion does not necessarily make you a heathen. Instead a lot of people who belong to a variety of religions are the worst heathens of all. They go to church alright, but what they do in the cover of darkness is something else.<BR/><BR/>3. The Bible. My belief is that it takes wisdom and knowledge to understand it, for some of the things found in the bible only relate to people of those times. I think you need a 'spiritual ear' to understand the bible otherwise it is easy to misunderstand it.<BR/><BR/>4. I totally agree with you that we need to love and care for each other. If you find yourself judging and condemning and hating others, and you call yourself a child of GOD, then there's definitely something not right with the person within you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-33013961180962999452008-11-23T20:24:00.000-05:002008-11-23T20:24:00.000-05:00I agree with Moanerplity. I want to say so much o...I agree with Moanerplity. I want to say so much on this subject but can't because I am by far a scholar of the Bible. I know there are some positive things in the Bible but it saddens me that all you hear about are the negative behaviors. What about the people during that time that were not exceptionally good and the one not exceptionally bad. It all seems subjective to me and that God is the only one that can say what is good and what is bad.D-Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910123960971438134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-3104967980940638022008-11-23T18:34:00.000-05:002008-11-23T18:34:00.000-05:00You open w/ a profound question, & it really h...You open w/ a profound question, & it really has me pondering.<BR/>I think essentially, being *good* requires some kind of sacrifice on our parts. Doing the right thing doesn't always preclude to our own personal happiness. <BR/><BR/>I know many people who have lived & died doing only what made them happy. Sometimes, I've been envious of those people, because they lived their lives in COLOR, and damn the consequences. I wrote all about them in my novel Manhood, The Longest Moan. <BR/><BR/>But on the real, since no one is all good all the time & no one is happy 24/7, I think we all have to make certain trade offs in life. So I'd personally settle for being fair, and living with contentment.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this episode in ponderation.<BR/><BR/>One.Moanerplicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750801733829859144noreply@blogger.com