Religion and rituality

[Michael Schubert]

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 think rituals are basically the same concept as traditions. Conservative churches always follow rituals so they can uphold their past traditions.

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It's not me who has to worry about life after death, it is those who reject Christ that need to worry.

Typical Christian doctrinaire dogma. Behave yourself or you're going to burn in hell.