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What exactly is religions place in life, in society? I see it as a bunch of guidelines that help create values – a way to live a good life. I’d like to think in religion (and/or outside religion – simply, in life), grace exists to make us feel like helping others, so that they can have the time, freedom, comfort to feel some of grace too. I also feel, at present that organised religion is a little unhealthy unless its accepting and there is some sort of understanding that we are all trying to head in the same direction.

Personally, I’m confused with and in life. Cliched as it is, stuff regarding the meaning of life pops into my head and I have no answers. I have feelings – call it intuition – that certain things are right, and other things are wrong, but the only things I can do that help me with all this are to listen, read and question. I’m fascinated with religion because people seem to have answers, but at the same time I find a lot of such people do not seem to question anything – I guess it’s faith. “It’s just the way things are.” I’ve recently had a strange experience where someone’s actions really surprised me because their actions were purely based on faith and scripture. No reasoning as such, just that life must be lived in a certain God pleasing way, and any “reasoning,” followed this seemingly certain assumption about God and life.

I’m also concerned however that people are not questioning things – they aren’t even taught to question. They are told a few things, these things make enough sense, and then that’s what they follow for the rest of their lives. Worse, some people even think that everyone else is now wrong. Maybe my concern stems from my own inability to accept these supposed “absolute truths” but the people who are so certain in these matters that I come across also tell me that God hasn’t in fact come to them and assured them of they correctness.

I’m sure there are people who are confused about the same things I’m confused about. The blogs I’ve found are often of two extremes – one condemning religion, especially fundamentalism, and others stating the total opposite. However, I have found many interesting blogs talking about interpretations and the imaginary communities based on such interpretations. Life’s Goal (the Meaning of Life) – SpiritSeeker’s blog is a nice example of such a blog that is searching. It’s an accepting blog that is a hub of many different views.

So I’m searching to interact with a community of confused people who are in search for meaning but don’t condemn or rule out religion – people who question, and people who question why others aren’t questioning. I’d like to make people question.