Possibility of one religion...? ( Archived) (25)

I have two questions to share with you.

1) is it possible that all people on the earth practise the same religion and

2) If all people can not practise the one religion, then is it possible that all religions are true...?

Thanks

My personal belief is there are many ways to practice religion but only one God.

I don't think God really cares how you worship ... just that you believe.

Amen, Assets! I could not have said it better myself

No I dont think its possible for all people on earth to practice the same religion. Its evident that people have different beliefs and cultures. More wars have been started over religious beliefs than any other reason. Religion is a personal belief and if you believe it to be true then its true to you.

No to both, in my opinion.

Most religions are associated with a belief in dogma.

For example, Christianity is founded on the idea that Jesus was born of a virgin, rose from the dead, and was indeed the living ‘son of god’.

I hear so many individual ‘Christians’ say that those ‘details’ aren’t important, and they are really into the religion for the brotherly love aspect of it. But that’s absurd. They could be into brotherly love without supporting superstitious doctrines they don’t really believe in.

To support Christianity is to support the whole belief that Jesus was THE ONE AND ONLY incarnation of god and that they only way to salvation is through him.

That’s really the basis of Christianity. Take that part of it away, and it’s just brotherly love. It’s no longer ‘Christianity’.

There were MANY sages throughout history that taught precisely the same philosophical morals that Jesus taught. There was nothing special about Jesus in the things that he actually taught.

In fact, I would love to support Jesus the man, but I’m not prepared to support the rest of the dogma of ‘Christianity’ in order to do that.

Unfortunately, religion equals a believe in a specific dogma, not merely a belief in a god. Also some people don’t care for the idea of an egotistical godhead (myself included). I prefer to think of ‘god’ as the entirety of all living spirits. (i.e. the spirit of the universe). As far as I’m concerned there is no Santa Claus sitting in a throne making commandments and passing judgments. We are all ‘god’.

I can live with Christians as neighbors (if they also happen to be nice people), but I’d rather now ‘worship’ with them because in my mind they are worshiping a fictitious manmade idol rather than their true natural spirit.

Their ‘religion’ separates them from their spirit rather than helping them to become one with it.

Can they both be true? Well how can god be both, your spirit, AND a completely separate egotistical being in his own right? I don’t see any compatibility there.

No, they both can’t be true simultaneously.

Just my thoughts on your topic.

Respected Ladies and gentlemen,

Thanks a lot to all of you for sharing your valuable ideas with me. I admit that some members gave very important and new ideas about my question.

Although, we all tried to find out the answer, but almost no one tried to define the religion. Is it possible to have another exercise and all of try to define RELIGION...!

Waiting for your valuable views.

Aaamirs

Religion is the man made system that springs up around a spiritual event and is nothing more than someones attempt to control others through their beliefs.

Faith has nothing to do with religion.

therefore I do not practice religion.

AB