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What is the meaning of religion?
Religion provides praise to the Absolute, like it deserves. 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Religion makes sense of the universe 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Religion provides comfort to people who have it 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
Religion is a superstition to cover up the unknown 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Religion is a way to maintain the status quo/justify social norms 18%  18%  [ 5 ]
Religion has no purpose, and is just a silly thing people do 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Religion isn't a unified phenomenon to be assessed like one 25%  25%  [ 7 ]
Other 14%  14%  [ 4 ]
The results are my holy scriptures, so let me partake of them so I may understand 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
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MissConstrue
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09 Oct 2009, 8:06 am

ruveyn wrote:
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The meaning of religion is to massively brainwash and delude people into war and conflict just to piss unbelievers off.

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Are you comfortable with the absolute certainty of your own death? If so, how do you manage it. It you can do it without religion, good for you. But most people cannot. A little common sense compassion is in order here.

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I was obviously being sarcastic since it's a common trend I see in this forum /:


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09 Oct 2009, 9:07 am

Religion is a just another money-making scam.



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15 Oct 2009, 9:30 am

I voted other, in that Religion is fundamentally a way in which people are able to experience meaning in their lives by connecting to a shared tradition.



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16 Oct 2009, 10:26 am

ruveyn wrote:
MissConstrue wrote:
The meaning of religion is to massively brainwash and delude people into war and conflict just to piss unbelievers off.

sarcasm/:


Are you comfortable with the absolute certainty of your own death? If so, how do you manage it. It you can do it without religion, good for you. But most people cannot. A little common sense compassion is in order here.

ruveyn


Surprise! topic

Awwwww, I knew somehow ruveyn had heart! 8)

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I voted other, in that Religion is fundamentally a way in which people are able to experience meaning in their lives by connecting to a shared tradition.


This is why Judaism is one, if not the most, of the successful, and rational, religions, and for me the ideal, though I am not Jewish.


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