What is Religion?

[pineapplesub]

...Seeming as this is not a debate, i will not bring up several points. As to the question- "What is religion", it really depends on what you are asking. The government states that a religion is any act performed regularly as incorporated into your belief system by a certain number of people. I believe the minimal amount is seven- I could be wrong. However, I believe a religion is anything that the person in question believes in, regarding life and death. In my (sometimes not so) humble opinion, religion is something that answers questions about life and death for you... A pair of pants by itself is not a religion. However, believing that that pair of pants has something do with your life, death, or after life- That is religion. Religion is something that gives a person answers about the after life, and the meaning of life... Athiests believe there is nothing after death. Thus, it answers a basic question that all humans ask. Christians believe they will go to Heaven, and non-Christians will go to Hell. Hindus believe they will be born again. Religion doesn't necessarily give you spiritual "guidance", per se. It is something you believe in to give yourself an answer to questions we all ask. Just because someone is not Christian does not make them a good person, no more than being a Satanist makes you a terrible person.

~valarie~