If you had not been born in a Muslim home

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Re: If you had not been born in a Muslim home

@sammi4ever

I wouldn’t say religion, I would say a belief. There are people who believe in no religion and no god [Atheists], No religion but believe in a God Deists ], Unsure of religion and god Agnostics] and many more.

If one really reads the definition of religion, essentially it means collection of ‘beliefs’.

This means, one cannot separate the word belief from word religion..or vice versa.

Hence, I think I have a few times said that) even atheism and agnosticism are a forms of religions.

We just separate formed religions from atheism/agnosticism based on presence or absence of a deity/supreme being (except the Buddhism)

Atheists/agnostics do not like to admit though.

You do know Buddhism is still called religion despite it has no concept of Creator God.

@Med911

In general, most people are satisfied where they are.

People who convert into other faiths are a relative minority compared to the vast majority who die the religion they were born into.

**I dont mean to imply that any one religion is better or worse then another. **

At the core of all humanity are shared values, and most of the religions of the world seem to share those core values. So long as those core values are espoused by your religion, you will be satisfied.

Think of it like this. If I want a car with GPS, and most cars have GPS, then i will be satisfied with whatever car I have. Of course, if I wanted something extra, unique to a particular model, i would then go out and buy that one.
And of course if you are one of those people who cant stand driving at all, you will sell your car altogether and become an atheist..

You made a generalized comment and did not give room for any other option, hence I said not necessarily.

I did not accuse you for saying one religion is better than other.

If core values were to be the only reasons people would care, then majority people in this world would not have been following a ‘formal religion’.

There is more than the core values in religions which satisfies or dissatisfies people in the world.

@Southie

I respect tfully disagree with your post. Of course EVRRYONE would not be satisfied with his her religion. As Med correctly points out, it is common sense there would be a minority who would be dissatisfied. So in the literal sense you are correct. But from a practical aspect, I agree with Med that majority would stick to their faith.

Just a humble opinion.

I never got in to minority or majority.

Only objected to generalized statement.