by moonlord » Fri May 11, 2007 6:46 pm
Do not confuse religion and belief. Religion is a means of control, made up by those who could think-outside-the-box to temper the rising mankind. Belief, on the other hand, is every individual's way to define their ideals. It is true that religion can influence belief and I agree that it oftenly does so, but consider that many scientists/philosophers (of the past and present) believe in their God.
Religiously, there is a God, there is a Jesus, there is an Allah and a Buddha. But a man that believes in a greater entity and is capable of logical reasoning will admit it is incorrect to say "there is God but not an Allah", since there represent the same entity. All the rituals that are created by mankind are in no way related to every one's God.
For example, I am born christian, but do not believe in a God that plays Sims with us. I define my God as being the Universe itself. This way, God is the answer to the question of "Why are there laws of physics?". God is the one who takes care about this. One of the consequences of this is that we are part of God, and therefore there is no supernatural ethereal entity watching upon us.
"God does not play dice." -- Albert Einstein, early 1900's.
"Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where we cannot see them." -- Stephen Hawking, late 1900's.