When I started to detach from my religion (Roman Catholicism) I also started to feel disgusted by the rites and prayers which, at that time, I thought were just leftovers of a conception of God that hasn't anything to share with the true message of Christianity.
Yet as my present position developed I could not help but think about how rituality is actually the "centre of mass" (no pun intended) of any religion.
Now, the question comes to why religions must have a determined ritual set of prayers. The options are many and varied:
1) Just like the times of the day and the year cyclically repeat themselves so is human activity; therefore, also worshipping
god(s) falls under such cyclical behaviour.
2) Rituality was and still is used to have a "cleaner shot" at brainwashing their members and to deeply root Religion itself to the most basic things in the member's life.
3) Rituality is needed for a strong community to form stable bases and relationships.
I can't think of anything else at the moment but both atheists and theists shall be free to offer their own opinion to the debate.
Good night!
Yet as my present position developed I could not help but think about how rituality is actually the "centre of mass" (no pun intended) of any religion.
Now, the question comes to why religions must have a determined ritual set of prayers. The options are many and varied:
1) Just like the times of the day and the year cyclically repeat themselves so is human activity; therefore, also worshipping
god(s) falls under such cyclical behaviour.
2) Rituality was and still is used to have a "cleaner shot" at brainwashing their members and to deeply root Religion itself to the most basic things in the member's life.
3) Rituality is needed for a strong community to form stable bases and relationships.
I can't think of anything else at the moment but both atheists and theists shall be free to offer their own opinion to the debate.
Good night!
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
