Religion, God & Spirituality
Which came first?
If you could answer it correctly, I am sure you are more spiritual than religious. A person who could correctly differentiate religion and spirituality only can answer it correctly. Unfortunately most of my friends are thinking both are same L.
A person could be spiritual without even following any religion.
Wait, please think a couple of minute and define what religion is? What spirituality is? Even you know well please do think once again before reading further.
And my answer is, spirituality came first, God came second and at last religion born in our mankind’s brain.
Have you ever questioned yourself, who created these all? Why It/she/he created all these? If someone or something have created all of these then how it was created?
If your answer is yes you have spiritual thoughts. And the answers given by your own religion is not enough to satisfy you logical mind than you are more spiritual than religious.
Even a rational atheist may have spiritual hunger, but am not sure about animals. Do monkeys have GOD? Also am sure NOT all the atheists are rationalist.
Our ancestors and even most of us are not able to be 100% rationalist. Their spiritual logical thinking stops at a point. There they start to believe God.
God or Gods?
My answer would be “GOD”
But I never become fool enough to ask rest of the world to see the God as same as I see the God. Everyone have their own feeling and taste. Also their spiritual hunger also varies lot. Some may feel enough with single piece of Pizza. But even fore pieces may not enough for someone.
Who is right? Is it right to force the first person to eat more pieces? Or is it right force first person to stop with first piece?
Everyone have their own perspective about their own God.
But a community may have few common opinions about their Gods. So they can become a society with a common god and they may create some common rituals and ceremonials to worship their God in a common way. The rituals and ceremonials would be based on their environment, climate condition, available foods and available animals. Also it would base on their common fears, requirements and vulnerabilities. Because these things are mainly affects their lifestyle.
What will happen if two different societies from two different environments happened to meet in a common place?
They have to give a name to their rituals and lifestyle, right? Here comes religion.
To be a part of religion you don’t need to be spiritual. Even some religion doesn’t have God too. Communism is a religion without God J . Because most of them believing and following it’s concepts as rituals without questioning it.
I wish to write more on this in “Religion, God & Spirituality – II”
Comments
Oh, yes. I missed some words before it.
It's all clear. Who is the God and the guide that He sent to us. There's no (there should be no) different about "worship"/"ritual" whatever the environment, climate condition, food, etc., If it's different it's called "culture". When we use culture, it will always be changed time to time. How could something fickle used as a guide...
I just don't agree when you said (the concept of) "common god", because I (muslim) only believe in Allah, the only God. And the gods that other religions worship to, is not the same with Allah, and we never admit what they mean of god. As, in Qur'an, surah Al-Kafirun (109) said:
(1) Say, "O disbelievers, (2) I do not worship what you worship. (3) Nor are you worshippers of what I worship. (4) Nor will I be a whorshipper of what you worship. (5) Nor will you be worshipper of what I worship. (6) For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
Thanks for your time to reply.
Dear Onee-chan,
Thank you for your interest in blog.
Your are correct, a table(creature) made by a man(creator) never able to see him.
But man would create table for his usage. Do God created us and all other creature for the same purpose?
//It's all clear, (Only a wise and pure mind could understand this) NOT BASED ON environment, climate condition, food, and animal.// Sorry Onee-chan, I don't understand what you are pointing by this.
I said the way people worship God, the way people feel the God will varies by environment, climate condition, food, and etc...
I am eager to know your definition of religion Onee-chan :)
I too believe in the God who have no defined shape as you mentioned. We two have common idea about God. But the way we worship that common God differs lot. Also if I see any wise elder person I would seek his blessings(because he is more close to god than me) and advise on life, even he is from other religion too. Also I believe all living beings in this world are common in God's sight. No one is Superior than other, even Human is not.
So our religions are different even though we have a common GOD :)
//And my answer is, spirituality came first, God came second and at last religion born in our mankind’s brain//
Hope you got my point now Mishaikh :)
You made me remember one story.
A long time ago, when people hadn't known any religion yet. They who thought that there must be a creator who creates all of they'd seen, and they believe that the creator is unseen, beyond the sight, but they could feel it. It was the right thought at that time. (Only Allah knows better)
I do really agree only with this sentence of yours "most of them believing and following it’s concepts as rituals without questioning it", but sorry I'm not one of them.
Let me make an analogue,, A person create a table. He could break it or make it again with what he has. He is a creator of a table. But as a table, it couldn't see him at all. The creation is totally different with the Creator. Same like us, human and everything in this world that are not created by human as the creation which totally and definitely different from The Creator. He even Creates a wonderful brain for us. But HE is clearly beyond our sight. We can only see the prove, the real evidence that HE is there, as A Creator. It's all clear, (Only a wise and pure mind could understand this) NOT BASED ON environment, climate condition, food, and animal.
As you named the ritual and style of the people "religion". I wonder what kind of ritual and lifestyle you have. Thank you for sharing your thought.
How come a creation (spirituality) came prior to its Creator (God)?
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