14 QUESTIONS ABOUT PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION

-Do you question own ideas (beliefs) as much as you do other people’s ideas (beliefs)?

-Has religion had a positive or negative influence on our society?

-Is science bringing us salvation or self-destruction?

-Have perhaps all religions and philosophies safeguarded important values?

-Do you believe in God because your parents do, or do you not believe in God because your friends do not?

-Would you be an atheist if you lived in a communist country and a Buddhist if you lived in a Buddhist country?

-Are heaven and hell (purgatory, reincarnation, etc.) Only for people who believe in them?

-If the founders of our religions came back, would they recognize their work?

-Imagine Jesus came back. Would he be a Baptist, a Catholic, a Greek Orthodox...?

-Is the belief in dogmas not the belief in the authorities that defend them?

-Is the belief in scientific theories not the belief in the authorities that defend them?

-What do you think Jesus meant when he said, “the truth will set you free”?     

-Does the belief in miracles not oppose the belief in the principle of cause and effect?

-What do you think Jesus meant when he said, ‘it is easier for a camel’s hair to enter the eye of a needle than for rich person to enter paradise”?