To get to your question, yes Faith and God is important to
everyone. There has even been studies that show belief in a
religion is good for our health and that active members in a
religion normally have better over all health. Next it gives
us peace and happiness - Fr_Chuck
The concept of God is different for each individual but if
God exists then there is only one truth relative to God...
If reality is the result of creation by God then we are at
odds with God. - WeedEater
During 1800s, Anthropologists had a problem as to how to
classify human beings. One researcher proposed the
expression "intelligent animal". After advanced studies on
monkeys, it was dropped. Another researcher proposed "tool
using animal". After observing some animals making wooden
tools and sharpening them with knife like stones, it was
dropped. Another researcher proposed "weapon using animal".
A decade ago, a rare film was shot by an amateur in an
African forest. One short monkey was hit very badly by a big
monkey. The short monkey prepared a wooden knife using
stones and hid it on the top of a tree. After some days,
when the big monkey came to attack the short monkey, it ran
up to the tree for the weapon it has hid and killed the big
monkey. The one thing that the anthropologists found with
any group of human beings, even if they did not have
contacts with the out side world for thousands of years, is
that they have spirituality with some form of religion. So,
man is a "spiritual animal" if you want to call him that
way.
The Upanishads say that "Manush" (human) was so named
because he has "Manas" a mind higher than that of the
animals which realizes the divinity in creation. It was
present since the creation of human beings. Religion is the
characteristic feature of most of the human beings. It was
not attained through reasoning using mind. Illiterate tribes
located in inaccessible forests also have religion. It is as
eternal and as unchanging as the Almighty. Disbelief by
a few will not affect it.
"The percentage of atheists in the world is less than 5%"
http://www.positiveatheism.org/india/s1990c48a.htm
"Atheists are all scientists" ?
http://www.non-religious.com/statistics.html
Religion is not a blind following. It is a sub-consciously
driven group ritual. It calms the 'collective unconscious'
mind. The religious culture brings unity and belongedness
among the followers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious
" Are Atheists More Depressed than Religious People?
In recent years, the view that religious belief and
participation in religious acts of worship has a positive
effect upon the well-being of man..."
http://www.secularhumanism.org/index...ge=buggle_20_4
"Is a Belief in God Beneficial? Or, What's an Atheist to Do?
1) Religious attendance is correlated with longevity.
2) Religious belief has been associated with lower levels of
depressive symptoms.
3) Religious beliefs may help with addiction.
4) Religious attendance is correlated with lower blood pressure.
http://jewishatheist.blogspot.com/20...-or-whats.html