Re: What does religion mean to you?
Peace sharaabee
Oh there is evidence but you don’t see it … Let’s take a cursory look at what I am missing out on.
Alcohol? - Oh, it’s a poison … but it’s fun to drink right? It makes us happy right? But you know what it makes us best friends with people we dislike and it makes us dangerous and harmful to our loved ones … If it is so good why do I need to moderate it? What sort of nonesense is that?
Water? - It is a blessing right? It doesn’t poison like alcohol … but is it possible to drink too much? Of course it is …
Going to the toilet? - What a blessing that there is ease and comfort in going to the toilet - with that bad smell who would want to go to the toilet? right? - But just imagine if we didn’t have to go to the toilet?
Am I free? - Look at these laws around us !!! We gotta follow them right?
All of the bounties and blessings in this world are from Him so we owe it to Him and merely by making this connection He’ll give us more … You want to enjoy the world but will end up destroying yourself … in your enjoyment …
The metaphor of a person who sees this world as one big party is the teenager who took ecstacy and died young or took acid and lost his mind … When a bit of control could have led to a longer and better life …
In the same vein - by controlling ourselves in this life we are destined for an eternal life and by taking all our enjoyments now then we will destine ourselves to an eternal state of torment.
Mentioning scientific phenomenon like overdosing on anything causing health effects.. is NOT evidence that there is a superhuman controller of this universe.