The Big Big Thread of Religious Discussion

Dino_Hunter · 01-19-2007, 06:03 PM

A ton of different thoughts have been going through my head, and I'm not sure if they're smart or not, I'm a little worried because I don't know the average age of people using this forum, so maybe I'll seem like a complete idiot.

I'll start by saying I'm 14 and Catholic, I believe in my religion even if I don't completely love the church. I believe that the church does things for no reason, just because of tradition. I dislike it when the church makes decisions on what’s right or wrong in the current day issues, that haven’t even come close to being mentioned in the bible, or a small passage is taken out of context to relate to current issues. Sometime people have to make there own decision on what’s right or wrong for them, especially in issues not mentioned in the bible.

This leads me to another thing I've been thinking about. Is something sin if you don't feel guilty about it? I know in a lot of religions sin is sin, and that’s it, but why would humans have been given free will if there was going to be the same strict set of rules for everyone? In my religion I'm supposed to apologies, but if I apologies for things that I don't feel sorry for, aren’t I lying to God? Isn't that a greater sin then whatever small thing I did?

On a completely different note, I also want to tell my idea about Heaven and Hell. Being its obvious that it isn't a vistable place (from this existence that is.) maybe these places are in our mind, maybe dying is like being in an eternal dream, and the less guilt you have when you die the better the dream is. Have you ever felt bad about something and had trouble sleeping or heard someone saying that they can "sleep easy"? That’s what I think death is like, because I think it’s impossible for death to be just nothing, I mean, nothing seems an impossible idea to me, because there’s always something.

Anyone have Comments?

01-19-2007, 06:03 PM	#11
Dino_Hunter Troopa Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NY Posts: 75	A ton of different thoughts have been going through my head, and I'm not sure if they're smart or not, I'm a little worried because I don't know the average age of people using this forum, so maybe I'll seem like a complete idiot. I'll start by saying I'm 14 and Catholic, I believe in my religion even if I don't completely love the church. I believe that the church does things for no reason, just because of tradition. I dislike it when the church makes decisions on what’s right or wrong in the current day issues, that haven’t even come close to being mentioned in the bible, or a small passage is taken out of context to relate to current issues. Sometime people have to make there own decision on what’s right or wrong for them, especially in issues not mentioned in the bible. This leads me to another thing I've been thinking about. Is something sin if you don't feel guilty about it? I know in a lot of religions sin is sin, and that’s it, but why would humans have been given free will if there was going to be the same strict set of rules for everyone? In my religion I'm supposed to apologies, but if I apologies for things that I don't feel sorry for, aren’t I lying to God? Isn't that a greater sin then whatever small thing I did? On a completely different note, I also want to tell my idea about Heaven and Hell. Being its obvious that it isn't a vistable place (from this existence that is.) maybe these places are in our mind, maybe dying is like being in an eternal dream, and the less guilt you have when you die the better the dream is. Have you ever felt bad about something and had trouble sleeping or heard someone saying that they can "sleep easy"? That’s what I think death is like, because I think it’s impossible for death to be just nothing, I mean, nothing seems an impossible idea to me, because there’s always something. Anyone have Comments?