RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE [draft]

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
..Religious Perspective..

Religion, the easiest way for one to come to terms with why they are living on this planet. The main reason people depend on a set of beliefs to live their life by, is because it gives them reasoning for what life is all about and how they should live it for that individual believer. Every single religion no matter what, relates with eachother for the face that all of them in some way or form has its purpose to supply the believer with an answer. An answer to something that could not have much of any logical answer to man, which is why one believes in a "higher power". All in all, religion itself, generallly speaking is a set of beliefs, and ethics that guide a person to live their life a certain way. Religion gives an explanation for what would be the unexplainable, and is extremely "popular" to majority of humankind in diverse ways.

Religion is played as the cornerstone for life. In Catholicism, a popular religion in which i have decided to focus on, gives its believers an answer to the way they should live their life, and provides them with the belief of what will even happen after life ends. Catholicism falls under the Christian views, and in its own branches off to the similar ideas of many other religions such as Judaism and Islamic views etc. Catholocism provides their spiritual belief for afterlife, and gives a guikdeline for purpose, structure, and gives comfort that pertain to the particular belief in God.




RABBI-PHILLIP ROTHMAN:

PRIEST-FATHER LAWRENCE
NOTES::ADD INTO THE ESSAY
-Jesus Christ is what life is all about:sacrifice, being with him, love, unity. Closest part of God to us. Lived here through the son of God.
-Crucifix:reminds of suffering and it is not only with one Jesus.
-MOL:to do something about the sorrow, suffering & pain that exists in the world. being there for eachother. about emptying oneself of any selfishness so that one is generous.
-the answer to suffering is to ease it.
-no answers for life, other than ressurection and afterlife, which is what Jesus has been through.
-no purpose and meaning leaves one's life scattered.
-with giving you will recieve. SACRIFICE. give thanks. be thankful
-MOL:being the best christian one can be. acknowlegding one IS a sinner. the need of others to help to learn and grow. be open. allow God to work through people. Growing and change, day by day. the fact that he can communicate to us adds to the MOL.
-listen/read the word of God & allow it to challenge him to be better and reach out
-have a center of meaning. experiences of life changes it slightly, not completely
-GOD is LOVE
-having a responsibility to the other. comittment to love (for God)
-do things even when you don't feel like it.
-integrate what we recieve from judaism...(foundation for which christianity/catholocism is built)..it is built on it, yet more steps further because there are MORE living. Christ-like lives:follower of Jesus Christ...Christ is the center. (that is the uniqueness of catholocism)