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Originally Posted by Moksha
DigitalShadow, you obviously like to think a lot! Relax.
No need to ever get hung up on Truth with a big T, or any earth shattering sign. Belief is a matter of choice. Not everyone needs to believe, but there are definite benefits for those who choose to believe: Religion gives you comfort when you are old and frail and ministers to you when you are about to die. It helps mourn for you when you have lost a spouse or a child. It celebrates with you the momentous events in your life. It helps you survive adversity.
When you feel love for God, you can feel love in return and neither one can ever be quantified, for it in unnecessary: Love suffices.
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But what is religion if not the pursuit of the truth? I realize there are many benifets for believers, but that is irrelivant to the question of whether it is true or not. For me, finding the truth is more important than receiving possibly false comfort in times of need. When I face adversity, I look to myself and my own problem solving ability to get myself out of it.
I do appreciate all of the input and positive sentiment I've received so far. I don't mean to sound hostile, I'm just presenting everyone with arguments that my brain has presented to me in trying to rationalize this thing called religion.