Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religious?? ...............Who Cares?? [View all]vlyons
(10,252 posts)Buddhism teaches that the 3 characteristics of existence are impermanence, egolessness, and suffering.
So if there is no ego to conceptually imagine a god, there can be no god to worship. The difference that spirituality (but not necessarily based on a religion) makes in your life is does your path liberate you from suffering, and from causing suffering to others? If you can't do anything else, then the practice of Do no harm (known as "ahimsa" is a great starting place. We all have done harm, whether intentional or inadvertant. But the point is to continue to maintain the aspiration to do no harm.
In Buddhism, we have a type of practitioner, known as a solitary realizer. Such people don't seek a teacher or established religion. They are more comfortable figuring things out for themselves. That's a perfectly OK path and point of view.