does it scare anyone else when people say they choose religion first, then family?

Absolutely. I chose my kids, my spouse, heck even a complete stranger's safety over my religion.

My religion is very important to me, but not more important than a human life!

I am not scared when people say or put religion first. When I begin to feel leery is if it leads to a fanaticism built on ignorance or hatred that has blinded one to what is true.Anyway, God is above any religion,and I do choose God first. But I choose family over religion not because religion does not have an important role to play in our lives but it must be prioritized in importance so fanaticism does not occur.If a religion goes to a point in stating or by action practices a forsaking one's family to the point of not caring for your family then that is scary and dangerous and pitiful. There is nothing wrong in choosing religion as a way of life but when it is used to the detriment of others then I believe it is defeating itself by minimizing the value of having and practicing your religion. Therefore like in all things, moderation is the key and morality is the box to be opened because no matter what religion you may possess if you put it at the top and by doing so forsake people you love then this is not only fanatical but also immoral which defeats the purpose of choosing any religion in your life.

Yes, it is really scary to me that a person would choose any belief system over other living beings, family or not. I say this from the perspective of being an ordained Buddhist priest and temple leader too. Many of the problems of this world seem to be that people accept the idea that a god--or gods--will somehow reward or punish people for misbehavior rather than that misbehavior causing its own set of problems. How in the world can we ever become peaceful beings if we continue to accept that we are not responsible for our own behavior, that there is a deity who will reward or punish us for our behavior? Life is much more important than any set of beliefs, regardless of which religious tradition those beliefs belong to.

Since Christianity teaches us to love our family and take care of them, when we love God first it leads us to treat our family better. Atheists think they will never have to answer for any evil things they get away with here on earth and any honest appraisal of history shows that atheists are responsible for more human misery than those who believe in Jesus. just look at the body count atheist communists are responsible for.

It is also dishonest of you to lump all religions together and blame all religions for "things like 9/11". Blaming Christians for the acts of islamofascist terrorists is insane. Been listening to Rosie have you ? I hope some day you will get over the hatred that now rules you and educate yourself. First you will have to admit that you have been misled, and that there is the chance you are wrong, but my guess is that will take a long time .

And if you want to see who cared enough about your freedom to ask this question that they gave their lives to protect it for you, go to any American military cemetery and look at the tombstones. You will see lots of crosses and a few Jewish stars. All those religious people died for your freedom, and now all you do is ridicule them. Hope you feel all grown up

hmmm... this is a very complex question.

I don't put "religion" before my family. I do put "God" before anything here on Earth. I look to Him for everything. But I don't think it's the same thing in my case because God doesn't ask me to do anything that would harm my family. My God would never ask me to strap a bomb to my chest and blow myself or others up. People that are willing to do those things for any reason.. religious or not... they scare me. I think they scare alot of people. But there is nothing I can do about it except pray for them. Sad thing is, even though God has the power to intervene... we have been given free will and the choices we make affect those around us even if it is unfair. .............

Don't agree at all.

Things like 9/11 happen because some people are religious nuts. God should always come first, and if you are a true person to your religion, then you don't fly airplanes into buildings.

If you were right about this, wouldn't there one hell of lot more violence in the world?

Everyone in essence does choose a religion; for some it means overall living for pleasures, possession or prestige, and while their family is a priority, i often suffers due to a higher priority being given to the other "gods. Yet a few others make their family itself a god. This sounds better, but how can they know they are loving there family correctly? We can hurt others even if we are motivated by love. Thus the first commandment is to love God, your perfectly wise Creator, above all else (Dt. 6:5; Mk. 12:30) , which is for our benefit, for then we will obey the second commandment, which is love thy neighbor as thyself in accordance with God's good laws (Lv. 19:18; Mk. 12:31).

911 could not have happened because they were following Jesus Christ, but just the opposite, and so they sought to kill civilians, rather than seeking to save sinners. May you give your sins and life to Him who died for us and rose again, and then serve God and man accordingly.

You are actually too bias about this. You are not asking you are suggesting.

9/11 has nothing to do with putting religion before the family.

Has anyone heard or known anything about what those terrorists thought about their families?

Yes. Religion is a silly, outdated fairy tale for uneducated people from the early and middle ages.

It completely defys common sense or logic.

Family on the other hand is actually real.

I don't know what to attribute this to. Perhaps low iq.

I wouldn't be surprised if religious people had a much lower iq than intelligent people

You must place God above all else - this is what it means to worship Him. When St. Thomas Aquinas was a young man, he had decided to become a priest. His brothers, who were high born and soldiers, did not like this idea in least. They locked him in a boarding room with a prostitute in the hope that he would have sex with her and thus lose his determination to lead a religious life. St. Thomas resisted the temptation and drove the woman from his room. He went on to become the greatest theologian of Christendom. The point is his family tried to prevent him from carrying out God's will, and Thomas had to choose God over his family in order to live the life that God was calling him to. This is why Christ demanded that we be detached from mother, father, and brothers if we are serious about following him. The man who would put his earthly father above his heavenly father is commiting a form of idolatry.

regrettably it style of feels that for many folk, performing some study isn't uncomplicated. and that i'm no longer pointing palms at any particular faith as quickly as I say that. I see my faith lied approximately via people who declare to be an identical faith as me. sometimes the lie is intentional and often it particularly is in simple terms incorrect information. the unhappy actuality is that it in user-friendly terms makes the misinformed look undesirable to those that understand they are misinformed. it particularly is an identical with each thing else - such lots of persons rejoice with an excellent little bit of juicy gossip or a foul rumor. And we are so unhappy as quickly as we come across out it is not genuine. Even as quickly as we come across out it is not genuine we nevertheless tend to act upon the rumor.