THE NATURE OF RELIGION.
Religion has a bad reputation. Religion divides Religion controls Religion coerces Religion conquers Religion has a bad reputation—and rightly so. People have done many horrible things in the name of religion. But what is religion? Really? In my mind, religion is simply the way humans frame their existence. Religion is the way we explain to our children what it means to be human. Religion is what we look in the mirror and measure ourselves against. There are lots of religions in the world. There are lots of frames around our existence—each with their own take on humanity. Each with their own claims to fame. Some religions that have spread and dominated our recent history and some smaller and less known. There are lots of ‘framers’ of life: Jesus Mohammed Lao Tzu Siddhartha
People who told us what ‘God’ thinks of people and what people should think of ‘God’
Muslims point to Mohammed
Buddhists point to Siddhartha
Taoist point to Lao Tsu
and Christians point to Jesus.
I am a follower of Jesus.
I pattern my humanity after Him.
-http://www.lovewithoutagenda.com/
