"Kingdom of God"

A question was asked in religion class today;

What are your perceptions of "The Kingdom of God"?

Many believers often perceive that as the eternal life in heaven in one's afterlife. The ticket to its entrance is known to be a "good person"/live a "good life", as well as being faithful to one's religion, jesus christ, god, holy spirit, etc.

Funny, the teachings say not to expect anything in return for doing good, yet they believe in the existence of "Heaven".

... Well, is that not different to asking for something in return for doing good?

Perhaps I lack background information, but excluding whatever that may be, this is one of the many contradictions in christianity, or maybe even religion itself.

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Another thought; already mentioned to a few friends, but nevertheless.
I think there are more religiously faithful kids in public schools than in private. This is something that needs clearing.
After 6 years of attending a private(catholic) school, you do not get "brainwashed" or "converted".
Sure, they make you pray very often, make the sign of the cross, recite prayers, sing hymns and worship their god - or at least pretend to be listening - but the catholics don't force you to believe what they believe. It's not some.. interrogative institution.

Oh by the way, we don't get funds from the government, it all comes from the ridiculous school fees and students' fundraising.

Private schools are just schools that arn't run by governments, but run by religious followers/leaders, period.

In fact, I speculate that there are more believers in public schools than in private. To be honest, I don't think anyone at all, in my year group, attends sunday masses, recite the rosary or even pray before meals.

So no, not all us private school kids arn't all god-worshipping-goodie-goodies.
Many of my peers would laugh at the idea of attending church.
But yes, some do attend church. Although I'm pretty sure it's for social purposes more than anything, really.

Science and religion arn't enemies.

They don't "cancel each other out", they merely "juxtapose".

Religion presents itself as the offspring of philosophy and psychology, rather than anything else, really.
Well, that's if you want to have a look at it from outside the belief's point of view.

There's no need for a dispute between science and religion. The former seeks for a logical explanation to things, while the latter is simply a belief system. A religion. Neither of them should force each other to follow their ideas.

So arguments between science and the church can be seen as no more than two opposing views.
Both attempt to explain the same thing, just in different ways.
And both are theories; The Big Bang theory, and religion's 7-days of creation. (Alright, alright, 6 days of creation and a day of rest. Don't shoot me now.)

Personally, the BB theory sounds more logical than "Let there be light". The universe at just one almighty being's command? .....Nah, not my style.
Although an explosion of one small, dense particle sounds a little doubtful, the accretion of matter, and the laws of physics has logic to them. It's nice and spiffy.
Yes, spiffy. ;D

Now I could write a wall-o-rant, but I has to run back to my drawing board for some more school artwork fun!(Oh so fun.)

There's no such thing as an "Athiest"

This term "Atheist", I see it as a categorisation created by Religious leaders/followers/persons to refer to someone who "does not believe in the existence of a "god"." Let us explore this wonderful seemingly paradoxical matter.

Now, usually, when I am asked if I am religious, I often decide to kill myself a little inside and reply with a "I'm an "Atheist"". This is only so due to the simple fact that people get the message easier, that I am not religious at all. It also saves time, not having to explain what "Atheist" truly means.

Now, if you consider yourself an "Atheist", you may be using this term too lightly and/or without the basic concept. Also your logic is flawed, if so.
Why? In a nutshell, because to say that one is an atheist, it means that they think they don't believe in god, but if you think about it carefully, one is actually stating that they believe in the existence of a "god".

To explain further just in case of need/if it doesn't make sense to some of you; the term "Atheist/Atheism" only exists on - the basis of - the beliefs in the existence of a god. In other words, one who calls themselves an "atheist".. is rather denying the existence of a deity, than factually stating that there are none.

Er, yes, excuse the typos and grammatical errors, I'm not paying full attention to this at the moment. xD

So, let's consider the truth behind this term before using it. I, for one, strongly suggest for a fact that there is no such thing as a "god" or "deity". However this does not necessarily mean that I completely support the Big Bang theory. I know, it might sound random, but I have been asked the question many times before.