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Originally Posted by Michael Chui  It does. But is religion the only framework which can do this well? Is it possible for culture, tradition, and timeless wisdom to exist without religion? Why or why not? |
religion is the only framework for exploring spirituality and spirtual questions - or the 'correct' one, just like for example, (and i think the great error of many atheists) one should not explore or try to answer spirtual questions with science, or reason, or likewise, scientific questions with religion...sometimes the line becomes blurred of course, but as i have alluded to in other posts, i think that spirituality is a natural desire and make up of man and mankind, and when you deny that you throw yourself out of wack...which might explain dawkins
even if you don't believe -i think you should take time to explore that part of you -
you mentioned exploring other religions - well to some extent yes, but then it just becomes a pick and choose schmorgesboard and you really don't grasp any of the 'big' concepts that might come through concentrating on one...
Those are the conclusions I have personally come to.