What is the purpose of religion?

[dfnj2019]

I believe the purpose of religion is the answer the following four great existential questions:

1. Who am I?
2. Why am I here?
3. What does it all mean?
4. What is going to happen to me when I die?

In many ways, these are unanswerable questions. Many people are very uncomfortable with the idea of not-knowing the answers to these questions. So in order to feel more comfortable, people invent religion in order to have concrete answers to these questions.

Here are my basic answers but still a work in progress:

1. My consciousness is the Universe's way of experiencing itself. We are all made of the very substance we are experiencing. As human being, I express a common set of Archetypal energies. But I also have a set of unique experiences, points of view, and character quirks that make me endearing or repulsive to people I interact with.
2. I am here to experience God's greatness. I am here to help other people appreciate God's greatness with enthusiasm and happiness.
3. What is all means is everything we experience is part of God's realization of omnipotence. The Universe exist for the realization of unimaginable possibilities. We are here to bring into existence or experience unimaginable possibilities.
4. When we die, we all go into the light and experience God's infinite beauty in an experience of everlasting eternal heavenly bliss. I think everyone gets to go into the light regardless of our earthly sins or how we practiced or not practiced our religion. Going into the light and experiencing God's infinite beauty and perfection is the greatest possible experience we could ever possible have.

So how do you answer these four questions? It's okay to regurgitate your favorite dogma. Or be brave and express what you think in your own thoughts.

[Dargor]

There is no purpose in religion. It's just a fairytale for adults, nothing more. You don't need to look at religion for those questions. The only three reasons why we are here is to work, pay taxes, and die one day.

[Shaunc]

Originally Posted by SlayerOfLight

There is no purpose in religion. It's just a fairytale for adults, nothing more. You don't need to look at religion for those questions. The only three reasons why we are here is to work, pay taxes, and die one day.

I hope that life improves for you.

[Dargor]

Originally Posted by Shaunc

I hope that life improves for you.

Thanks, but what does that have to do with the point I was trying to make?

[dfnj2019]

Originally Posted by SlayerOfLight

There is no purpose in religion. It's just a fairytale for adults, nothing more. You don't need to look at religion for those questions. The only three reasons why we are here is to work, pay taxes, and die one day.

Birth, copulation, death. Got it.

[lomax]

Originally Posted by SlayerOfLight

There is no purpose in religion. It's just a fairytale for adults, nothing more. You don't need to look at religion for those questions. The only three reasons why we are here is to work, pay taxes, and die one day.

LOl.
I like your posts dude.You rock.

The purpose of religion is to invite one to consider the possibility of the existence of God or the divine. It is the invitation to a journey.

Originally Posted by Molearner

The purpose of religion is to invite one to consider the possibility of the existence of God or the divine. It is the invitation to a journey.

I'm grateful for any door that opens the doors

[JosephineB]

Originally Posted by Molearner

The purpose of religion is to invite one to consider the possibility of the existence of God or the divine. It is the invitation to a journey.

…….....I agree.

[JosephineB]

Started off as experiences, sharing and teaching. Then someone decided to distort this into a tool to control and gain power. Yes there are truths in most of the religions but it's still used for control and power.

The only three reasons why we are here is to work, pay taxes, and die one day.

They've certainly done a number on you haven't they. Good for you getting free from the dogma of religion but you're still believing the lies of the Man.