Question about religion/worship

[delboy]

I was going to post this question in the religion thread but i thought it might get lost in amongst all the other stuff about peados etc.

I was wondering what is the purpose of religion/worship does god get excited about how many people sing to him on a Sunday or is it more about they way god wants us to live our lives (as good people presumably).

Take for instance a person living somewhere like the amazon rainforest who has never had any contact with the outside world and knows nothing of god/Jehovah/Christ yet they live out their life without sin, they don't steal, they don't murder, the treat others like they would like to be treated etc, basically all the things would be expected from the teachings of the bible everything bar the singing on a Sunday.

Despite leading this perfect life and without the need for the carrot/incentive of eternal life held out as part of Christianity would they being going to hell?

[pintsofguinness]

I think if there is a God, who does and doesnt go to mass (to sit day dreaming about something)  is the least of his worries.

[whiskeysteve]

*boke*

[Denn Forever]

To me its a matter of community.

[ardmhachaabu]

The community thing definitely Denn, for me it's also about living your life to a certain set of moral values and having a personal relationship with God.  If you have children, it's about teaching them right from wrong and to love God

[Maguire01]

People worship/go to mass etc to make them feel better about/within themselves. In my opinion. And before anyone starts, i'm not saying that as a bad thing necessarily - just the way I see it.

[Maguire01]

The community thing definitely Denn, for me it's also about living your life to a certain set of moral values and having a personal relationship with God.  If you have children, it's about teaching them right from wrong and to love God

You don't need religion or prayer to teach children right from wrong, or to supply moral values - teaching a child the difference between right and wrong should be an integral part of raising a child.

[theskull1]

The community thing definitely Denn, for me it's also about living your life to a certain set of moral values and having a personal relationship with God.  If you have children, it's about teaching them right from wrong and to love God

You don't need religion to define moral values btw (ask a priest ) .

Rather than people being overly concerned about having a personal relationship with god, I'd rather see people live out a purpose driven life. We'd be all the better for it. So many who eat the alter rails offer very little to community activity 10 yards beyond the chapel door (just making sure that the SVDP were included in that statement) 

Teaching a child to love god should be called threatening a child??? From a childs perspective as long as they love god it means that they won't go to hideous hell......what to do

God: - "Believe or Burn in Hell"
Child: - "Thankyou forgiving lord for all those options"

[ardmhachaabu]

Yis are entitled to your opinions