What effect does religion have on your life?

[idea]

negative. yes, there are positives, but the negatives outweigh it. Anti-science, political manipulation, sexist, racist, anti-LGBTQ, not paying taxes (churches are businesses, should not be tax exempt)... religious people in family get used - their time/$/resources are taken from them... not so good.

 

[Trailblazer]

Keeps me typing away for hours on RF.

I love it!

 

[Trailblazer]

negative. yes, there are positives, but the negatives outweigh it. Anti-science, political manipulation, sexist, racist, anti-LGBTQ, not paying taxes (churches are businesses, should not be tax exempt)... religious people in family get used - their time/$/resources are taken from them... not so good.

*USEFUL*

 

[Trailblazer]

Religion makes it harder for us secular humanists to save society.

*USEFUL*

 

[Trailblazer]

Religion in general is worldwide. One doesn't have to be religious for religion to effect their life.

Regarding your life, does religion have an effect on your life.

Hopefully I included enough choices lol

I think you need an option that says both positive and negative since it can be a mixed bag for some of us...
I voted Positive since it is generally positive, but then I saw what @Valjean said: Keeps me typing away for hours on RF.
It also keeps me typing away for hours on RF, and that is both a positive and a negative. The positive is that I get to meet and talk to all kinds of people I like, but the negative is that it is very time-consuming so I hardly have time for anything else. On the other hand a positive is that it gets me out of doing housework.

 

[Kathryn]

I don't currently participate in any religious activities, although I want to. The majority form of religion in the US (evangelical Christianity) right now leaves me cold, so it would be a minority form, if I were to pick one. Mainline Christianity is a possibility, but I am trying to figure out what "other" Christian forms are. Anyone know?
As far as how other religions affect my life, I am not LGBT, poor, sick, a minority, etc, so it doesn't directly, but I don't like how some people want the country to run by their specific religious beliefs, which affects the above mentioned people. Jesus said to serve the least and these "Christians" are hurting the least.

You may want to check out Catholicism in some form - it's not evangelical Christianity.

 

[Sand Dancer]

You may want to check out Catholicism in some form - it's not evangelical Christianity.

I did and I really like it. It just seems...complicated. I am looking for theological simplicity. I have on and off been drawn to Quakerism, however, I do like the rituals and holidays of Catholicism. What to do, what to do? Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Muffled]

Religion makes it harder for us secular humanists to save society.

I believe I would rather not have you spend my money to tilt at windmills.

 

[Muffled]

I did and I really like it. It just seems...complicated. I am looking for theological simplicity. I have on and off been drawn to Quakerism, however, I do like the rituals and holidays of Catholicism. What to do, what to do? Thanks for the suggestion.

When I attended Friends meeting there was never communion. I missed that. I found that missing in the Church of Christ Scientist also.

 

[Sand Dancer]

When I attended Friends meeting there was never communion. I missed that. I found that missing in the Church of Christ Scientist also.

Yes, I think I would too.

 

[icehorse]

I believe I would rather not have you spend my money to tilt at windmills.

The world is in big trouble. Most likely the damage we're causing will be irreversible, and society will suffer massive destruction. If we have any hope at all, we need more critical thinking and less magical thinking.

 

[Trailblazer]

If we have any hope at all, we need more critical thinking and less magical thinking.

I agree.