Are you ready to question your own religion?

I am ever ready to question my own religion. As it is Bengal has already had its renaissance last century so we are more free with many of our beliefs and then I don’t practice my religion actively. I firmly believe in monotheistic Hinduism, i.e. atma and paramatma being the one and only and ultimate truth…I don’t believe in idolatry. But that does not mean I kick and break idols…no it simply means I don’t worship idols myself. To give a few examples of questioning blind faith…food kept open during eclipses are to be thrown away. No this is not because of Rahu chasing and gobbling the sun as most Hindus will say but simply because the eclipse is not a very regular and normal natural phenomena so during its tenure, the atmosphere around us in not exactly beneficial, so food kept in the open is to be thrown. But we now cook food in the fridge and eat it…that’s all. Tulsi is the lakshmi of the house, so each house should have a tulsi plant….tulsi is no lakshmi goddess, but the leaves of tulsi are extremely beneficial for every member of the family, so it makes sense to have a tulsi plant at home. There are many such rites and rituals which people follow in the name of religion. Some are downright bogus others have hidden scientific reasoning…its only when we question our religion do we get to separate the wheat from the chaff.

i think question one's own religion first is the beginning of wisdom. just questioning alone will not do, but one needs to correct those superstitions and blind faiths associated with religion. putting the question to the right person will result in understanding why such things exist and why everybody follows those blindly. As far as Hinduism is concerned, questioning is a part of learning. but today it is fashionable not to question because believers in other faiths do not question their own. but my experience has shown many questions in themselves are not questions that has any relevance. in such cases confusion prevails. and vested interests take advantage of the situation. I'm a Hindu and I question all those written in puranas where you find many things unbelievable, just as in bible and quran. these things need to be questioned, and understood why such things creep into religious texts and what is the purpose of these in the texts.

This sort of thing no longer applies to me since I'm no longer a religious woman...and havent been for a very long time..When I was though, I most definately questioned my religion and such in fact thats a key reason why I changed paths in my 20s...now I'm a spiritual person and there is nothing to really question if that makes sense...If there were however, sure I would be willing to...

Yes I will. Iam an hindu, and believe that we go to temples or to god when we are in need. i have seen so many places peoples make new temples at so many places and started parying their for few days and after some days or month we did not found any one for prayer. infact we hindus doesnot have any rules or fixed format of visiting temples as other like christians goes every sunday morning, sikhs goes on evry holiday or week end, muslims go atlest on every friday. but we are not socialy bounded to do so and the result would be lack of belief in our history and religion. These are only my views.

I'm ready and always do question my religion if I have a question. I'm try to learn more and more about Islam and as I do all my misconceptions are lost. In fact now I almost rarely find anything worth questing in my own religion but I'm always ready to answer the questions from other religions regarding mine.

sometimes i've got questions regarding my religion, i do not agree on worshipping images displayed inside the church, they are just things that don't need to be worship. if one truly believes in God, it does not need any image to look to believe.

What do you mean question? If you mean do I question what is meant by each commandment and rule? Then yes, I question. My religion is set up so I do question everything. But if you mean will I ever question the truth in my religion, I never will. All religions are based on truth, the paths are different.

I do question my religion on some issues, but not in public. Most of the poeple hesitate to question their religion, they think that it is bad and god will be angry with them if they question. I believe in god and in my religion. My only issues are with some rituals followed by my religion. Anyway, it is ok since I love my religion.

At the risk of sounding incredibly holier-than-thou (which is really not what I'm trying to do), I really don't see the need to question anything about my faith. It's been pretty well explained to me--the teachings, the dogmas, the whys and wherefores of the Faith. My only problem is learning how to be charitable when defending my faith, as I can get pretty hot-headed sometimes. lol