Anyone who reads my blog (probably) knows I am Catholic. Personally, I love my religion, and want to dedicate the rest of my life to learning and exploring it. It is an enormous aspect of my life, and though my faith may sometimes waver, God is ever-present and unchanging.
But the question is about religion, not MY religion. Interestingly enough, I am writing my senior thesis about spirituality and it's effect on well-being. I'm exploring many faiths, not just my own. But the bottom line is, faith benefits everyone. It gives life greater purpose, it brings us into community with others (important, because we are social beings), and saves us from the existential vacuum of the world... and I've been in that existential vacuum before. Pretty awful.
I think religion is important. Belief in a higher power puts our small, human problems into much greater perspective. And belief in a plan greater than our own brings our lives fulfillment. I don't know that it's necessarily Catholic to believe in "all paths to God", but I have a hard time denouncing anything that brings people closer to the Truth. No one will accept a religion that is shoved down their throats, and some people don't come to find faith until later in life- everyone has a different relationship with God.
But, yeah, I guess I think that religion is kind of important! :)
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