what do yo all think the difference between religion and spitual?
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I personally think that religion is what everone thinks they should know to be a good person.  Spirtual I think is not commercialized but what your heart tells you is the right thing.  It is something so wonderful that you and only you knows the secret.
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Religion is rules and if you don't know the rules, you don't have religion. You might still not have religion even if you do know the rules because the rules are often pretty unpleasant and you can't just decide to ignore the ones you don't happen to like and still call yourself religious. That's against the rules.\n\nThe rule is, you don't get your turnstile token for the big easy if you don't lick Jesus's Rs. Being a really, really nice fella doesn't cut it. You got to lick that Rs or it's no go. Never mind that 'God's kingdom is for the good and the great and it doesn't matter if they weren't actually practising Christians'. That's not the rule. That's not the religion. The religion says 'here's the Lord's Rs, now lick it'
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Jesus is Gods way of reaching man. \nReligion is mans attempt at reaching God. Its doomed to failure apart from Jesus.\nBan religion? Whats the point? Lets ban idiotic "intellectuals" like Elton John from making stupid comments!
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The other guy is right. Religion is a way of life. It has evolved as evolution has evolved. Very few people notice, but religion is ever-changing, in such small ways, as life is evolving.
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Differences between the two religions began the day Abraham separated Ishmael and Hagar his mother from Isaac and Sarah, the progenitors of these faiths.  Both religions believe in the same monotheistic God, but views on how to relate and otherwise commune with Him differ drastically.  Christianity teaches that Jesus is the only way to God, Islam teaches that Jesus was not God Incarnate, but rather a prophet of Allah, who at the end of time will come back to proclaim Islam the true religion.
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Religion = compiled folktales.\nScience = measured method.  \n\nDo the math.
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"Religious" = A person that subscribes to a specific faith. "Spiritual" = A person who doesn't necessarily subscribe to any faith, but who believes in a Power(s) greater than themselves and tries to live by spiritual principles. ~~~ The two aren't mutually exclusive, but can be.
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the greatest difference between religious and non-religious terrorism lies in the fact that religious bigots are able to brianwash the peoples minds on religious pretexts. this has become more dangerous as they see no reason. this is greatest threat from such dirty minds.\nthough terrorism in any shape is unwelcome but in extraneous situations at least other half is able to see reason or give credence to ideas.
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Roman Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity.\n\nArguably, a religion *is* a way to come to God.
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Religion encompasses culture and politics. It's quite difficult to seperate these three coz Conscience is the theme behind the aspects that influnce them
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Religions come from people representing\nGod.  Creation comes from God.\n\nFor the most part, religions are tools that\nmankind uses to nail down something, that's\nnot supposed to be nailed down, to begin with.\n\nWorship life in Truth and in Spirit.
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(Note: I was raised Catholic and now consider myself agnostic.)My observations of religion throughout history:  Religion has always been there.  All religions give guidelines for how to live life.  Many people have died for the sake of religious beliefs.\n\nReligion has always been there...  How many religions (including all of the "extinct" religions) have there been?  How many do you worship?  Do you really have reason to believe that yours is the right religion?  Haven't you noticed that most children worship the same religion as their parents?\n\nAll religions give guidelines as how to live life...  the 10 commandments: dont kill, dont steal...   Yup that these types of things sound good to me.  Did I really need a list of things I should not do?  What about torture?  Why isn't that on the list?  Through education I developed a moral compass and a concious.  A way of knowing what is right and wrong.\n\nMany people have died for the sake of religious beliefs... This is my beef with religion.  It unites those within it, but it divides those of the different religions.  If its such a good thing why do so many die in its name?\n\nSo why am I not atheist?  I honestly don't know if there is a God or not.  Maybe God did create everything and is now on the sidelines.  I hope their is a God.  I really do.  My dad's passing was one of the hardest experiences of my life.  I hope he was not reduced to nothingness.  Still I must be honest with myself.  I DONT KNOW.  Anyone who says they do is lieing in my opinion.  If they did really know then it is no longer a question of faith.  Sure if I met God I'd worship him/her/it/them.  But I'm not going to blindly follow ANYTHING, much less something as powerful as religion.\n\nIf there is a God and they stand in judgement upon a person's death I do not believe that God will care if we went to church on Sunday, gave money to the church, or repented before our death.  They will care how we lived our life.  Did we try to improve the lives of the people around us?  Did we try to do the right thing?  Did we treat others as we wish to be treated?  And if there is this judgement followed by a heaven/hell, I believe I will be meeting my dad in heaven.  Until then I will try to do the right thing, not because of religion, but because ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
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First, let's define religion, which is, essentially, man-made ritual. Spirituality, by contrast, is one's personal belief system, which may or may not correspond to a particular standardized doctrine. \n\nAs a Christian, I'm no fan of religion. Jesus was a good Jew, but He pretty much shattered everyone's notions of what "religion" was supposed to be. It's not about religion - that's what you do to show other people how great you are. It's about a relationship, which shows God how much you love Him.
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I think you mean morality.  Anyway, religion is a means to support the ideas that gives one a reason for life.  A weakness, I say, but still a means to an end.  As well, religion gives the powers that be, especially in the past, a means of control.  Fear is your only god, and that is the message.  Don't do what we say, you suffer forever. Now that is a good selling point.  Religion is, as the quote says, the opium of the people.
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False dilemma. Both religions are false. One is more violent than the other. However, its not an either/or choice. You can have your own stupid reasons for believing either. The most illogical choice would be both!
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That time will never come because the two faiths seem to be different in their emphases. one preaches tolerance and peace, one says peace but  seem to encourage violence in defence of faith. Things could still change though!if people would understand the that there's only one God, that human Beings are too small to defend God. God  defends man and not man fighting for God.Further more, you can be fighting for God by killing His creatures-His precious children and think God would be Happy. It boils down to knowledge!Not going to school!Again, people who are involved in preaching religions should mind their ulterances! we keep hearing 'no religion preaches violence' and everyday we see religious people planting bombs in places of worship in the name of God!If we say we are peaceful religion let us see it in practice not only in principle!There's hope that some day, someone will understand that we are all one in God's sight and that human blood is very sacred!
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Not essentially. It's important to BELIEVE in what you believe, but being Religious is a whole different thing.\n\nA belief is just a statement which an individual holds to be true. A faith is a strong belief in that statement. A religion is a man-based form of worship of the deity/thing mentioned IN that statement, and due to corruption.\n\nIt's important to believe, not be religious. That's missing the whole point.