Category: Religion
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God is Silly
Alternatively – science removes the human need for a God to make sense of human existence. However science can say nothing about the meaning of existence as meaning is not a scientific concept. If we require meaning then we must look elsewhere and that is the essence of religion. To say that God is Silly…
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Theistic religion
Theistic religions expand the religious domain to include hypothesised external entities. In essence they believe “we are not alone” and this assumption should impact of our actions. A succinct expression one ethical religion is given in the Christian Bible, Matthew 22:37 “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all…
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Self-centred and ethical Religions
Any Principle of Action / Religion requires a prior definition of desirable ends. I suggest such systems can be split into two groups Self-centred systems restrict the religious domain to personal experience, present and future. Ethical systems place value on the other – even when this may incur costs to the self.
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Making your own Religion
In the formation of Religion The individual may choose accept the Knowledge of past thinkers and societies, and develop this knowledge or may attempt to derive their own from first principles or personal sentiment.