Q&A: Does religion get in your way in life, or does it actually help you?
Does religion get in your way in life, or does it actually help you?
Question
In the past you described religion as a positive factor in your life:
“Is my spiritual world really supposed to depend on this mass slaughter? What is missing in my religious world today, without all this bloody mess? Aren’t observance of the commandments, advancing moral values, rational thought and religious faith, Torah study and acts of kindness enough for me (along with a few “secular” pleasures like watching the NBA, reading a book, or a good movie)?”
I watched a podcast where you said that religion דווקא gets in your way. I don’t know whether you meant it seriously.
So overall, does religion get in your way, or does it actually do good in your life?
Answer
Don’t you see the explanation? The obligations are bothersome, but from my perspective religious life lacks nothing when there are no sacrifices.