Should religion be about living or dying?

1 Timothy 4:8 Today's New International Version (TNIV) 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. True religion is about love, brotherhood and even loving our enemies. We do not view anyone as an enemy. They might view us in a bad way but we don't feel the same. When we find the religion that gives us the best in life now than we know that the future is also certain. God is not only about the future but He is also about the present. Happiness now and happiness later! Blessings now and blessings later!

Religion has to be about both living and dying. They are 2 parts of the experince of life. I agree living is all we have now but we need to remember we won't always have this life and we need to make the best of it.

Oh dear this is a very good discussion! Should religion be about living or dying? I should say both. But I must be very specific why I said so. In my personal opinion and belief, no religion would be right unless it is Christ-centered and Bible-based. Why? This is because religion should be about living and dying. Jesus is our Savior, Lord and God so if religion will not center on learning about Him then how could the people belief His deity, how could the people learn about His Lordship and most of how could the people know the right way to salvation of their soul? So to me religion should first and foremost be about Jesus and How He gave His life to save mankind, how to live not just temporarily but eternally through Jesus Christ. True religion should teach about the truth. The truth that Jesus is the ONLY way the truth and the life and that no one will be able to go to heaven unless He has Jesus. Religion should teach about the fact that dying is inevitable and that this life we have today is but temporal. Religion should teach that we all would die at an appointed time and because of this we should never live as if this world is our permanent home. Religion should also focus on teaching the people on how to live in this world in preparation toward eternal life and how to believe in Jesus to gain this eternal life should be the main course.

Religion is a divine thing over which we can reach to our Almighty. In the term of religion, currently people create a separation among each other and they sense that the very religion they trail is prodigious and they only impart them the right things and tell them to track the right path. It’s really both very appalling and devastating mater that we the cultured people of the humanity create these divisions.

I believe that religion is about both. I think it is mostly about the hear and now. I thing that doing what is right and helping others right now is what makes the world a better place. It is what happens now that matters in religion. I have a family member who will disagree with me about how I believe. She says that it doesn't matter what we do here on Earth because all we have to do is believe in God and ask for forgiveness and all will be forgiven. I do not compleatly believe that. I believe that we need to help others when we can, do the right thing, and be nice to our fellow man. I think that good deeds make you feel better and helps others so much, that they have to matter. They build character also. This family member I was talking about does help people but picks others over other family members that need help, and is also mean to people, talks behind their backs and can be down right nastly. According to her, it doesn't matter if she does this. It should matter because it hurts others and that just isn't right. So to answer your question, I believe that religion is about our time here on Earth, about doing the right thing and helping others to make their lives better, and in the end knowing that we made a difference on Earth.

It should definitely be about the life you're living now. That's what's religion is for, for you to a life as best as possible while being a good willed person. Life here in a way is shaping your after life anyway. Present life is a representation of the afterlife, if you've been a good person, you'll be rewarded. =) You'll always live a happy life.

I think religion should be about the life we live now, and not so much about the life we'll live after. I feel that religion is too focused on the reward, and not focused enough on being a good person "just because." Would people still be just as good, if they didn't have their heavenly rewards?

I can see that previous respondents have already stated out my points, I just wish to add that everything you do or not do results to something at one point of time, probably here or maybe the afterlife. So the question becomes, would you rather go there unprepared? Now I know for a fact, that most religions, if not all, only tells people to live life with love and respect with one another and with God. I don't see anything wrong there. If any religion claims otherwise, then that is the problem.

To me it's something that should be lived everyday of your life...an extention of the love we have recieved from God....it gives us strength..courage...hope...and love. And we should give the same everyday to whomever we meet.

It should be loving nad living, but people are dying.

I think it should be about truth. Truth involves both life and after life. After all, if we don't have a clear understand of what happens after this life, how do you know what is best in life? For example... if you believe that the only way to have a good after-life is by killing people in this life... suddenly caring about this life doesn't mean much. You'll end up a mass murderer. A big family is a nice thought, but if you haven't noticed, there are some horribly dysfunctional families out there. To some, fighting and disrespecting is how family is. We have to have a moral authority in our lives to determine how best to live. But what authority should we have? I suggest your view on the after-life determine your moral authority, and thus determines how you live.

Hi Pose: I totally agree with you. In fact, some people forget that they don't have all the answers. That would be impossible. For me religion should teach us how to live better because it's here, on earth living where we are working to go to heaven. It's in our action that we show our moral and ethical values. ALVARO

I fully support you in this reasoning. Heaven is when we live each day with a clear conscious and unselfishly contribute to our society and community, and having respect for all living things great and small.