Universal Belief - What is a religion and its purpose ?

Originally published August 19, 2012

In the Universal belief aspect of the Universal Belief and Warrior Philosophy System, it deals in scholarship. The universal believer seeks truth above all. The only way to attain truth is through learning, hence being a scholar. Lots of this learning is brought about my self-imposed studies. The universal believer does not necessarily listen to what others may say about a religion, philosophy, or way of seeing things. They believe what they know, and not what they are told. Hence, they will study a multitude of religions and philosophies to know the truth about that system or way. From there, they can draw their own educated conclusions. The universal believer is not blind, easily manipulated into things. They are seekers of knowledge and truth and accept that the truth may not be something they are accustomed to or like. The universal believer cannot be “bamboozled” because through education, and not letting their own personal feelings / preferences blind them, knows the truth for what it is. The followingis a deeper look into universal knowledge about religion.

A religion is many big answers to many big questions backed by other spiritual and philosophical knowledge and beliefs. There are a number of various religions in the world. The following (in no order) are some that will be mentioned or discussed in the Universal Belief & Warrior Philosophy System. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Hinduism, Judaism, and others. In many cases, with the larger religions as well as the smaller religions, the smaller ones are believed in by people of smaller places / cultures, opposite for the larger ones. In this, one religion developed or came from another one, with the people of the different place changed or adapted it to their people’s land, history, culture and beliefs. Some of the questions all religions try to answer in some form are ;

1. What is our place in the world

2. How can we live the right way ?

3. How do we pray ?

4. What happens to us after we die ?

If a spiritual discipline answers these questions, it is a religion. If it does not, then it is not a religion. One religion does not have the right answers to all these questions, because all religions have some good answers to these questions and more. In this system (Universal Belief & Warrior Philosophy) is all about stepping back and taking a look at the fundamentals of multiple religions and types of philosophies, and then based on accumulated knowledge, you compare and draw educated conclusions based on the truth before you, this “Universal knowledge”. No matter how much someone loves there specific religion, they should always be willing and open to hearing knowledge and philosophy from other religions. That is where the concept of “Universal knowledge” comes from.

Some people dislike religion because they feel religion divide people up. Causing them to hate each other, become violent, or even lead to war. Now if you look at people who are doing good things that contribute to society ; giving out soup to the homeless, volunteering to build homes for people who cant afford to pay for them, those who take care of the elderly, children, and the homeless, those who fight for others rights. All these things and more that people do, they learned from the principles taught in religions. Regardless of which one, they learned to be good people from the spiritual discipline (religion) they follow. Religions are supposed to teach people to be righteous and do good deeds, not to hate any one or any other religion. Religions DO NOT TEACH HATE, only PEOPLE TEACH HATE. If any kind of hate is taught by any religion, it is the feelings and opinions of the Minister, Preacher, Priest, or what have you, of that religion. Although religions teach positive things, the teachers of the don't always convey positive messages. The religions themselves are not responsible for what the teachers (establishment) of it teach or represent, in conjunction with it.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, look at people who do bad things like rob, rape, and kill for little or no reason.There are people who would harm or kill others cause of the color of their skin, where they are from, or their beliefs, and it does not stop there. There are people who lie, cheat, and steal their way through life, abusing innocent and hardworking people in the process. None of these things were teachings they learned from a religion. They (as we all do) have free will to choose and walk that path in life. These people may have religious faith of some sort, but if they live a life like this, they are obviously not strong PRACTITIONERS of their religion. That, or they believe in a warped version of some religious / spiritual discipline.

Furthermore from this all, is that a person does not have to believe in a religion to be or any specific religion to in order to be a good person. That may shock or offend some, but it is the truth. A person may not have faith in a religion, but they may live a good or pure life and even do things to help others. Being that they are a good person , then spiritually, they have no worries, because they basically are living the same life a religious person does, only they choose not to get caught up in all the details and other stuff a religion encompasses. These people see that all as unnecessary and stressful, so they just strive to be good people and live righteously and peacefully.

There are those who believe that their religion is right above all others, and that is okay, it only makes sense they feel that conviction.Then there are others who feel the same, but hate others who believe differently, or even fight those who feel differently than they do. They even go as far as to speak untruths about other religions, that type of behavior is not okay. Any righteous person would not do these things in the first place. If you hate or hurt others who do not believe in what you do, or are different than you, then you have not learned what your religion teaches at all. You need to re-evaluate your beliefs and yourself as a person if you do see things this way.