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'I don't think Jacob is actually suggesting that Religions only consist of fruitcakes and raving lunatics.'
No, i'm just saying that you do get some who are like the above. Once again i am left pointing the finger at America. The Religious people here in England will have fun and rock with pre-marital shenanigans and alcohol because they believe that God will not judge them on what they do/say/act. But judge them on whats inside and if they're a good person then they'll be allowed to Heaven. Which is how i think God would be. All you American people get so hung up on materialistic things such as how you do certain tasks. I bet God doesn't even give a f*ck - so long as you haven't done anything majorly bad.
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I quite agree.
On the face of it, God only asks that you try to be a good person. That you do not harm yourself intentionally, and harm others intentionally. Mankinds' interperetation of religion has always had this very primitive worship concept. To quite a lot of christians, worship IS religion - but this in very many respects is not what Jesus taught his followers. He taught them that people do not worship for god, they worship for themselves, to help find god within themselves.
I personally see religion as a way of life. The christian religion is supposed to be a peaceful, loving way of life, that makes allowances for human error. Worship is only just one part of christianity.
I remember someone once telling me: "Fellow man is just as important as God, for fellow man is Gods creation, a creation that should be respected if man is to respect God." I can remember it having an impact on the way I saw things in religion. It was from then on clear to me that to serve god, I had to respect his creation as much as I respected him, and this has been how I've taken christianity ever since, even though I don't consider myself "christian".