miltiades wrote:Indeed, hope is about the only comfort religions give the believers. Most humans need to have Hope but not all.
I have had my fair share of tragedies not least my mothers tragic death, my late wife and my 40 year old daughter in law.
Im diabetic and in 2014 was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Believe me I never lose sleep over it since U have always believed that the right mental attitute is the best medicine.
Enough on religion, will move on to the number 2 shortly.....
Religions provide more than just hope.
They provide education in A Class facilities at least in Australia and some other countries. It provides a moral refuge in these crazy times.
It offers shelter to the needy. It offers food to the needy. It offers refuge to battered and abused wives and children. It provides health care and hospitals as well as Medical centers. It provides Retirement Centers and also Hospice care.
It provides charity when Natural Disasters strike - such as the recent Australian bush fires.
It caters to the spiritual needs of millions of people who gain solace.
It also provides our soldiers and children with counseling during difficult times when stricken by grief. Or they offer just someone to talk to when lonely. The biggest pandemic in our day and age is loneliness and mental health. They are a fit and proper hospital for people who are suffering.
It would be a very sad world indeed if these christian faiths did not exist in our countries. I entrust them with the well being and education of my children to be good and moral upstanding citizens and to learn about the countries history, traditions, and culture.
People think they exist because of the fear of death. They want an after life. I don't fear death. I have faced death more than once, and count my lucky stars to be alive, and as a result I also realize death can come to me at any given point so I have learned to come to terms with it and accept it. And just be extra cautious because our decisions carry consequences.
