Just A Thought ~ DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE

"All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher."

~ Titus Lucretius Carus, 1st Century BCE, Roman poet who wrote a philosophical poem, On the Nature of Things, by which he hoped to free humanity from the fear of death and the gods, considering these the main cause of human unhappiness. ~

Obviously, religion means different things to different people, and we may come to see it in different ways during the course of our lives. Things change, ideas change, we change. We wear shoes of varying sizes during our lives, from baby-shoes, to adult shoes, not baby-shoes throughout.

Everyone thinks his religion is the best, otherwise he wouldn't follow it. Some people use religion when it suits their purposes, but are not religious in any way, and in fact, just the opposite. Yet other people see religion as a stage we pass through or a crutch to help us at times.