Does religion play a large role in your life?

It had a big role in making me an atheist, that's for sure.

For me, religion is everything. I have no idea how I could go through life happy if I didn't know that God is there. I had my share of problems in my life and still do but everyday and every night, I leave my problems and my entire life in God's hands and everything becomes better. My parents were my best friends and I thought I would become insane if they would die before me. My father passed away and I was there. The doctor told me that he had suffered as much as a person could suffer and yet as soon as he gave his last breath, his face transformed from wrinkled with pain to young looking with a truly angelic smile. He looked so content. My mother told me it was ok to kiss him but I didn't feel worthy because I saw a glow around him. I kissed him however and stayed there in awe with the impression that there was a heavenly presence in the room. A nurse had to tell me that an hour had gone by and they had to take his body to the morgue. That hour seemed like a few minutes to me and instead of crying, I took my mother's arm and led her outside the hospital with a smile on my face. I never shed a tear, I knew I would see him again. I also knew I had to change, to become a better person if I wanted to die the way my father did. He was such a good man. It was truly a turning point in my life. My mother passed away quite suddenly three years later. I brought her to the hospital and the only thing they gave her was a gravol so it wasn't the medications. I sat next to her bed, there was another chair on the other side of the bed which was empty. My father and mother used to hold hand while watching television. She reached out and held somebody's hand, then she asked me, "Don't you recognize him?" She was quite shocked I didn't. Then she died. You know as much as I do. All I'm saying is that it's wonderful to know we'll see the people we love so much again. The pain is almost non existant. The only pain I feel sometimes is to miss them, I'm a human being after all, but then I say, "I don't want to see you too soon, we'll have an eternity together." How could I feel so much joy if there wasn't God?

Yes! because it is necessary..

Most religious organizations have produced bad fruitage. It is not the fact that groups are organized that is bad. But many have promoted forms of worship that are based on false teachings and are largely ritualistic instead of providing genuine spiritual guidance; they have been misused to control the lives of people for selfish objectives; they have been overly concerned with money collections and ornate houses of worship instead of spiritual values; their members are often hypocritical. Obviously no one who loves righteousness would want to belong to such an organization. But true religion is a refreshing contrast to all of that. Nevertheless, to fulfill the Bible’s requirements, it must be organized.

Heb. 10:24, 25: “Let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you behold the day drawing near.” (To carry out this Scriptural command, there must be Christian meetings that we can attend on a consistent basis. Such an arrangement encourages us to express love toward others, not only concern about self.)

1 Cor. 1:10: “Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought.” (Such unity would never be achieved if the individuals did not meet together, benefit from the same spiritual feeding program, and respect the agency through which such instruction was provided. See also John 17:20, 21.)

1 Pet. 2:17: “Have love for the whole association of brothers.” (Does that include only those who may meet together for worship in a particular private home? Not at all; it is an international brotherhood, as shown by Galatians 2:8, 9 and 1 Corinthians 16:19.)

Matt. 24:14: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” (For all nations to be given the opportunity to hear that good news, the preaching must be carried out in an orderly way, with suitable oversight. Love for God and for one’s fellowman has caused people around the earth to unite their efforts to do this work.)

I really do not care for religion so I do not allow it to affect my life much. But if you were to ask me if my relationship with Jesus plays much of a role in my life then I would have to say yes it does. But that has absolutely nothing to do with religion.

I would say that faith plays a large role in my life because it motivates me to get up and try to be a better person today than I was yesterday. That being said I don't believe that people have to share my faith or have a religion in order to be good people but for me it's what works.

The only role religion plays in my life is being on here and getting to ask/answer questions about it. Spirituality plays a huge role in my life though. Thinking in terms of spirituality helps me to react and interact with the people in my daily life in a way that is helpful to both of us. It also helps me to thank and praise all those who play a key role in my existence. ie:ancestors, relatives, my son and friends.

Yes, it plays a huge part of my life.

My life is based on the Torah and the teachings of Yahshua the Hebrew Messiah.

Everything revolves around our beliefs and around our worship. These come first and then the other things if they don't go against Torah.

No, its not a boring life. It is very exciting and a real joy to be with other like minded believers.

I have a very strong religiouse back ground and a spiritual out look on things...meaning the way I was raised in the Bible I live and breath but I don't follow the preachers on televsion because they do no speak the truth. They are giving the people what they want instead of the truth. No one is perfect and paying tithes doesnt make you better off than the next person. God made us in his image and we should never judge one another, only love one another as Jesus showed us how to but a sin is a sin from lying, stealing, cheating, homoesexaulity, etc. we are all sinners but who is saved by grace, the ones who believe in Christ Jesus the son of God.

Religion is not important in my life. I am Agnostic and I feel that a lot of organized religion leads to group think (not all do mind you, but the religions I have been exposed to do). I am a free thinker and do not like to be bound by one dogma.

It teaches peace,knowledge of life with facts.

Yes it gives me the sense of belonging to live with the purpose of life ,which is to know who we are and to know there is a God, the creator of all things visible and invisible.

Religion of God shows how to educate children to be protected from error, not fall for only material life.

Shows how to respect all things ,teaches a good behavior toward people family, others and nation also the world.

Making fun of/mocking religion, yes. Why? Push-back.