Cold Morning Thoughts

Cold Morning Thoughts

I read with interest Doug’s post over the weekend and it got me thinking as I am want to do about God and religion in general terms. It always seems to come back to a point with me and an understanding of faith, if faith works for you then it is a good thing. You can replace faith with belief if you like here as some people may not believe in God yet may have a strong belief in their ethics and morality as well of that of the over all world to bring about the right out come, in the end.

A good Muslim is as good a man as a good Christian. As a good person is just that a good person, and you would find that all good people believe in much the same things.

I find that good people support charities that maybe of a religious nature with out holding any religious belief them selves. They can see the good that is done by groups like the salvo’s and St. Vinnies and they’re for help them in their work. I do not think that a good person should look for glory for his giving it should be done a humble way and with no expectation of recognition of what has been given or of self-praise of what the person has done. If this looked for then you are not helping but just trying to bring glory on yourself.

You can follow the teaching of Christ in your every day life without a belief in God at all and may not even know you are doing so, or you can appear at you church each Sunday or at the temple or where ever you worship God and not following the true teaching of Christ, Mohammed or whomever. If you are this person then just do not go.

Men not God have corrupted religion over the centuries, but there have also been good men who have lifted it high and served not just God but mankind well. Religion should be judged by the works of these men and not by those who have not served God and mankind but them selves.

(I have used the term man here for mankind; I am not pc and will not be so.)

Stephen.