Religion, What do you think of it? Options

[HyPN0]

I got the idea for making this thread from Polygamy thread. I think this may be an intresting topic.

What do you think about religion(s)? Do you belive in any kind of gods? Christian God? Alah? Buddha? Or you don't have a religion at all?

If you do stick to your religion, tell us why. If you don't belive that there are such things as gods, again tell us why.
I hope that there won't be any flames or immature behavior. I have good faith in Chorrol.com community that there won't be any hard words, or simply dissrespect towards other opinions.

So, let's start shall we?

[Olav]

I feel I should answer too, since this thread was started partially because of our discussion in the polygamy thread mentioned by Hypno in the first post.

It's a very open issue, religion. I agree with so many others here. What it all boils down to is; if it makes people happy it's ok. Most religions have guidelines derived from common sense, like the ten commandments from Christianity. If we had no Chritianity in ancient times, do you think we would believe it was ok to steal, kill etc.? (not talking about Oblivion here now! )

And like also mentioned above, Europe was Christened with blades. Those who would not accept the Roman church and it's beliefs were killed. Simple as that. Anyone spoke up against God or Jesus, they were hung, decapitated etc. Not a good way to spread a religion, I think.

But I know several people who were not religious, but who say that they suddenly got a message from God, saw visions etc, turning them into hardcore Christians. Who am I to doubt them? Most of these were acquaintances from my time as a full time musician, and they had various problems, mostly related to drugs. So now, instead of perhaps being dead by overdoses etc, they are now completely clean from drugs, and dedicate their free time helping other people with personal problems. Very admirable.

So even though I consider myself a non-believer, simply bacause I'm also the kind of guy who need 'proof' and that I believe in science, I also believe that there is more 'out there' that the eye can see.

I believe that humans had far more developed senses in the past, with no pollution and when no more than perhaps 100 people lived together in camps, compared to maybe 20 million in cities now. Image all the interference emitting from so many people living practically together! I believe we all - every living thing - share a common form of link that we felt much stronger a few million years ago. We could probably communicate without speaking, not only with other humans, but with every living object.

My mother (who suffers from whiplash, and has lead a very tough life since she got hit by that car, including two suicide attempts) recently went to a healer, and she is a VERY sceptical individual. She said that she could clearly feel the warmth from the healer's hands, although she (the healer) never touched her. For the next few days she had excruciating pain in her neck/back/head (where whiplash works), but at least she knew that the healer had reached something in her. No other treatments (and she's tried it all) has had any affect on her. She's booked a new session, and I'm as excited as she is about it.

Btw the healer was about 30 years old, and she had a full schedule, and was also recommended by educated physicians! She works from out of Klepp (I think) in Norway, so at least one other forum member here would probably know who she is, although I can't remember who at the moment...

Anway (sorry about the sidetrack), I'm quite open for anything, but I'd like to see proof of things before I believe in it. This makes religions a bit off for me, since they all tell you what to believe and not believe, something I find just as bad as dictatorship.