when will people see that all religions say the same thing but use different fairy tales to explain everything
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Blisschameleon,\n\nIt's obvious that you havent read The Bible.\n\n"Only" in the Bible and "NOWHERE ELSE" does Jesus say, "No one comes to the Father but by Me"\n\nYou are right Jflorence Nh, "everything" else is just a fairy tale!\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBlisschameleon;\n\n\nIf God is Spirit, and he created life and all that there is, He is able to manifest himself in the flesh, "Jesus", and able to have a "personal" relationship with anyone who asks him. We don't just have to read about him. He can tell us great and mighty things directly by His Spirit.\n\nI am going to believe Jesus, whos bones are absent from the grave. He created life,He has power over it!\n\nMuhammed,s bones are still in his!
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The basic statements of several major religions should be taught. Young children should learn the myths or stories that make religion interesting and then when a little older the basics of what different religions believe. Above all they should be taught to have respect for all religions, they have to be allowed to make theri own choices as to what they believe in but have to be taught not to judge people because of their beliefs.
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Franklin try to keep things in perspective, man has been around much longer than the bible or Christianity these are the people who brought you Santa Claus,The Easter Bunny, and the Tooth fairy all of which are a myth as stories in the bible are mix in with some truth! Also don't forget humans all over our planet believe in other Theology Buddhist,Hindu etc. I am a unbiased Methodist christian by birth never saw the need to change but realize religion is just a way of life especially for those that are searching for direction.Some people would like you to believe God speaks to you in many ways myth, again no proof, I,ve have Christian's tell me they have spoke directly to God again myth no Proof! So that's it for my realist,materialistic,tangible perspective with Independence and free will! God or Jesus may have help me but i have no physical evidence to prove that but we do know the reality of Santa Claus!
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The Golden Rule exists in most religions...said slightly different in each religion but with always the same meaning.
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I recommend that you look into the folklore literature which will demonstrate how similar the bible and its themes are to other mythologies. Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung are excellent authors to start with. Christians basically believe what every other faith believes. Their way is the only TRUE path to God. In my opinion (as a Christian) that's incredibly narrow-minded. If you've read the Chronicles of Narnia (and if you haven't you should) the last chapter of book 7 "The last Battle" has a scene where Aslan (Christ) allows a young man who was a follower of Tash (another god/demon) into the real Narnia (Heaven) because his actions were congruent with the Aslan's teachings even though the young man didn't realize it. Basically I believe that those who are following Christ's spirit or philosophy even if they're not doing so in name have as much if not more truth than most christians.
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some religions may not accept such beliefs.
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If all groups are saying something different, only one can be right\nMatthew 7:22\n“Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will.\n\nI've studied the bible with the Jehovah's Witnesses, and have found them to be the only ones who make sense, and who do what the Bible actually say's.\n\nFor example\nThere is no trinity, that defeats the main purpose of Jesus.  To subject himself completely to Gods will.\n\nLuke 22:42\nsaying: “Father, if you wish, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, let, not my will, but yours take place.” \n\nAlso, John 1:1 is miss translated and should read\n\n 'In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god'.\n\nBut if you agree to disagree on that, all other verses talk about Jesus and God being seperate.  Actually the trinity came about at the 'Council of Nicaea' in the year 325, and is an idea thought up by men.\n\nMatthew 15:9\nIt is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”\n\nThat's just one thing and there are many more about Christmas being pagan based, hell not existing, most peoples future being on a paradise earth (psalm 37:29 & Matthew 5:5), they're the only ones to use Gods name (Exodus 6:3) and there's a lot more.\n\nThey do a free Bible study, and I definitely recommend it :)
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Why can't the world put aside differences and follow the teachings of the Buddha?\n\nThere are different relgions because, basically, every religion is founded in the self-story of a specific people, and an attempt to make sense of *their* lives, in *their* circumstances, within *their* culture of poetry and myth, and environment.\n\n\n.
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Of course, you are being sarcastic, but your underlying point is whether Christianity will be viewed in the distant future the same as Greek, Roman and Egyptian mythology.  It's a good question.  As humans continue to make social, economic, and technological advances, will people still hold true to their current religious beliefs.\n\nWill today's religions be replaced by newer more popular religions which have the effect of relegating older ones to mythology?  It is certainly possible.
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No-one really knows what they're talking about, because everything these people know has been told to them by somebody else. They dont have the ability to think for themselves so they adopt someone else's belief system. Yes, a lot more crap went on back in the day, but people change what the bible means to humanity to suit their own needs at that time, which is why beliefs keep changing. Even the New testament was written by a bunch of people who never even knew Jesus. So you or I could just as easily write another new testament and go and call that the bible.
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I'm guessing since we'll know a lot more about where we came from and about the world and science by then, so religion will be much more like buddhism now. It will be more focused around finding inner peace, and truth, and finding happiness within yourself. It will still preach morality like it does today, but I'm guessing that that would be more of the emphasis not really on the Bible or any holy book.
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LOL that is a good metaphor. Well I think al religions are full of SHI*. Full of violence and a fairy tail.
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You're right and that has been pointed out time and again. Add to that list Mithra's as well. Even the gap in the bible where there was nothing written about what Jesus did was in these other myths as well.  Most of the stories in the bible can be traced to other myths before Christianity came along such as the apple bit, traced to Pandora's box, the great flood, most other religions have something similar in it as well. The virgin birth has been told over and over again in most religions, Zeus was known to do stuff such as that and most of the great philosophers were said to have come from virgin births to give their teachings credence.  This has been done time and again, when a new religion comes into 'vogue' they take the gods and myths of the older religions and twist them around to form stories for theirs.  Many of the ancient Egyptian and Pagan gods were turned into demons in Christianity.  The god Set what the model for Satan.  For an interesting explanation for some of this see the following link, the movie on there is rather eye opening.  It's well worth a rental price.\nhttp://www.thegodmovie.com/
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I agree that the world would be a much better place if everyone understood the word of God and believed in Him, but unfortunately that's not going to happen until the second coming of Christ! Even people who walked the Earth with Jesus and saw the miracles He performed and listened to His teaching didn't believe. If those who had first-hand knowledge refused to believe then how much more will people refuse to believe what is written in a book? It's very sad really. But there will be a day when every knee shall bow! I'm looking forward to that day! God bless you.
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There are religions all over the world. People need to believe in something & they need to be controlled.\nIt is the same with all religions.
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My first thought is No. \n\nI also agree with what you said later. However, I also believe that part of the beauty of religion is that the scared texts ARE so open to interpretation. What divides us is not that the openness, but rather that we forget how different each one of us can interpret the text. If God wanted us all to follow things so strictly, all the sacred texts would just be a list of commandments.
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People are afraid of death.That is the reason we have so many man made religions that still control the masses.People can not accept the fact that we are no different than the animals or tress or any other living thing on this earth.That we will die and become part of the oneness that we came from.We are all part of this grand universe and the beauty of it alone should be enough for people to see that the fairy tales are just that fairy tales.But people are weak and ignorant they need a crutch to get them through the day and they need a fairy tale to handle a task that we all must face and that is death.