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Religion is just that religion,Just like the pharisees,who's right who's wrong
Every religion is right or is it each individuals religion is right.
Religion is a little distracting.Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.I don't recall Jesus saying that you have to be religious.
The Islam outlook on other religions seems to be that they are all infidels and they will go to hell.
The Christian outlook on other religions seems to be that they are all heathens and blasphemers, and they will go to hell.
Jews, more of the same.
Here is a description of the Buddhist outlook on people of other religions:
No Buddhist who understands the Buddha's teaching thinks that other religions are wrong. No one who, has made a genuine effort to examine other religions with an open mind could think like that either. The first thing you notice when you study the different religions is just how much they have in common. All religions acknowledge that mankind's present state is unsatisfactory. All believe that a change of attitude and behavior is needed if the human situation is to improve. All teach an ethics that includes love, kindness, patience, generosity and social responsibility and all accept the existence of some form of Absolute. They use different languages, different names and different symbols to describe and explain these things; and it is only when they narrow-mindedly cling to their one way of seeing things that religious intolerance, pride and self-righteousness arise.
Imagine an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Chinese and an Indonesian all looking at a cup. The Englishman says, "That's a cup." The Frenchman answers, "No it's not. It's a tasse." The Chinese comments, "You're both wrong. It's a pet." And the Indonesian laughs at the others and says "What fools you are. It's a cawan." The Englishman gets a dictionary and shows it to the others saying, "I can prove that it is a cup. My dictionary says so." "Then your dictionary is wrong," says the French- man "Because my dictionary clearly says it is a tasse." The Chinese scoffs at them. "My dictionary is thousands of years older than yours, so my dictionary must be right. And besides, more people speak Chinese than any other language, so it must be a pet." While they are squabbling and arguing with each other, a Buddhist comes up and drinks from the cup. After he has drunk, he says to the others, "Whether you call it a cup, a tasse, a pet or a cawan, a cup is meant to be used. Stop arguing and drink, stop squabbling and refresh your thirst." This is the Buddhist attitude to other religions.
Is there such a thing as truth? If 2 people disagree on a subject, is one wrong?
Christianity, buddhism and islam all have much different ideas of sin/salvation. Only one of them can be right.
The Islam outlook on other religions seems to be that they are all infidels and they will go to hell.
The Christian outlook on other religions seems to be that they are all heathens and blasphemers, and they will go to hell.
Jews, more of the same.
Here is a description of the Buddhist outlook on people of other religions:
No Buddhist who understands the Buddha's teaching thinks that other religions are wrong. No one who, has made a genuine effort to examine other religions with an open mind could think like that either. The first thing you notice when you study the different religions is just how much they have in common. All religions acknowledge that mankind's present state is unsatisfactory. All believe that a change of attitude and behavior is needed if the human situation is to improve. All teach an ethics that includes love, kindness, patience, generosity and social responsibility and all accept the existence of some form of Absolute. They use different languages, different names and different symbols to describe and explain these things; and it is only when they narrow-mindedly cling to their one way of seeing things that religious intolerance, pride and self-righteousness arise.
Imagine an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Chinese and an Indonesian all looking at a cup. The Englishman says, "That's a cup." The Frenchman answers, "No it's not. It's a tasse." The Chinese comments, "You're both wrong. It's a pet." And the Indonesian laughs at the others and says "What fools you are. It's a cawan." The Englishman gets a dictionary and shows it to the others saying, "I can prove that it is a cup. My dictionary says so." "Then your dictionary is wrong," says the French- man "Because my dictionary clearly says it is a tasse." The Chinese scoffs at them. "My dictionary is thousands of years older than yours, so my dictionary must be right. And besides, more people speak Chinese than any other language, so it must be a pet." While they are squabbling and arguing with each other, a Buddhist comes up and drinks from the cup. After he has drunk, he says to the others, "Whether you call it a cup, a tasse, a pet or a cawan, a cup is meant to be used. Stop arguing and drink, stop squabbling and refresh your thirst." This is the Buddhist attitude to other religions.
I picked up on your bold-print quote...
I don't see anything whatsoever "narrow-minded" about sticking to one's own beliefs. in fact, I think it's a very positive thing.
what I wouldn't consider positive, though, is for a person to approach the subject with "this is what I believe/practice- so therefore you must, also."
Is there such a thing as truth? If 2 people disagree on a subject, is one wrong?
Christianity, buddhism and islam all have much different ideas of sin/salvation. Only one of them can be right.
There is no reason why only one of them can be right. This premise is illogical.
There are about 100 other religions on Earth too. Are you saying that only one of the is right, and the rest are totally wrong? There is absolutely no reason to believe this line of logic.
I believe that every religion is slightly wrong. Some are closer to the truth than others. And the real truth will come when you study every religion, and find the universal truths,
There is no reason why only one of them can be right. This premise is illogical.
There are about 100 other religions on Earth too. Are you saying that only one of the is right, and the rest are totally wrong? There is absolutely no reason to believe this line of logic.
I believe that every religion is slightly wrong. Some are closer to the truth than others. And the real truth will come when you study every religion, and find the universal truths,
If I say 2 + 2 = 5, and you say 2 + 2 = 4.....can we both be right?
If I say 2 + 2 = 5, and you say 2 + 2 = 4.....can we both be right?
Once again, your logic is very clouded. Religion is not that mudanely simple.
Religion is not like 2 + 2. Religion is like Albert Einstein working on the theory of relativity. He will try out thousands and thousand of equations before he finds one that works. And even then, the theory is not completely perfect.
It seems ignorant and stubborn to me to assume that any religion is totally, 100% correct. In light of the diversity that exists out there.
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