what does religion teach

Religion is based on faith, which is belief in the absence of logic or proof.
Learning is based on using one's mind, by reason, to evaluate all the facts that are "out there". Faith and reason are mutually exclusive.

why would someone believe in something without proof or reason?

Life is not an easy process. There are many choices, hidden in a sea of ambiguity. For some people, it is comforting for them to have the "answers" (whether they are true or not) fed to them. It is easier for some people not to grapple with their lives, but to simply accept something, because a religion says so.

why isn't it approached in a scientific procress then? then they can be sure of the answer. that the answer is true. no questions or doubts.

Faith in not beliving in something that is not logical faith is beliving in something thoe not taken place yet or seen with your eyes. We can not see oxagen yet we know it is there, how because man tells us it is there. We believ them but we can not see it. The bible askes us to have faith in what it is saying even thoe we can not see it yet. The bible thousands of years befor, told us the earth is round and man said it was flat no one believed the bible until man discovered it was round. So having faith in the bible would of ment you believed the earth was round even when man said it was flat, that is faith my friend the bible it is true and right!! And the sight of man is short and can not see the wisdom of the AllMighty
Jehovah God!!!

keep in mind that sight is not the only sense.

i believe that faith and logic/reason go hand in hand. one can only come to faith through reason and logic. i don't believe in God solely because the Bible tells me so. There are plenty of books that tell me otherwise. logic and reason can be used to conclude that faith in God as described in the Bible is truth.

keep in mind that sight is not the only sense.

i believe that faith and logic/reason go hand in hand. one can only come to faith through reason and logic. i don't believe in God solely because the Bible tells me so. There are plenty of books that tell me otherwise. logic and reason can be used to conclude that faith in God as described in the Bible is truth.

keep in mind that sight is not the only sense.

i believe that faith and logic/reason go hand in hand. one can only come to faith through reason and logic. i don't believe in God solely because the Bible tells me so. There are plenty of books that tell me otherwise. logic and reason can be used to conclude that faith in God as described in the Bible is truth.

I think that men such as Sir Isaac Newton, a great scientist and author of an entire volume on Biblical prophecy that detailed his belief in God and the Bible, would not agree with you.

Again you use a narrow definition of belief to try to smear those who believe in God.

From Merriam Webster.com

Main Entry: be·lief
Pronunciation: b&-'lEf
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English beleave, probably alteration of Old English gelEafa, from ge-, associative prefix + lEafa; akin to Old English lyfan
1 : a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing
2 : something believed; especially : a tenet or body of tenets held by a group
3 : conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence

Maybe I should put it in bold green so you will believe it. Let's give it a shot. It can't hurt. Nothing else has worked to keep you from posting this bogus line of argument.

3 : conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence

Better?