Thursday, December 31, 2009
Do people follow their religion for ulterior motives and hope they win the lottery?
With so many religions in the world, could anyone know their religion is true? Could anyone even have real confidence in their religion? The chance of choosing the correct religion is so slim, if there is one. Why do people continue serving their faiths if not for ulterior motives? Or, is everyone convinced they got what no one does? Like a crazy person who thinks they're not crazy and everyone else is crazy.
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Most people are indoctrinated into a religion at a young age and those who stay with it into adulthood gain a connection to their faith community. They go for the social aspect. Perhaps they do find some comfort in the teachings (the nice bits read out at church, not the nasty stuff). But they don't get an opportunity to develop the big picture because they get to hear the same readings year after year and don't learn anything about Jewish society and culture in the time of Jesus and before or how this relates to modern life (if it does at all and I'm of the opinion that it doesn't because people of that time knew next to nothing compared to what we know now).
In Christianity Jesus is seen as the Shepherd and his followers are seen as sheep. Sheep aren't known for thinking for themselves and I'd wager that a majority of Christians haven't read the Bible or really understand their religion (likewise people of other faiths). People of faith also don't mix much with people of other faiths and there can be strong incentives not to mix with people of other faiths less they be exposed to the shortcomings of their own faith. For example Christianity is supposed to have originated from Judaism but if you look at both of them they may as well have originated on two different planets such are their differences and antagonism towards one another.
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