Do you think all religions are somehow connected?

Question

It's just, the majority of the world seems to believe in one god or another and the main principal of if you sin you will go to hell etc. So is it possible that in the end all religions are connected but are just interpeted differently by different people?

I'm not deeply religious myself ,I'm just killing time.

Answer 1

Well to start with, Christianity, Judism, and Islam all share the story of Abraham. Zoroastrianism has a character that died and was reborn much like Jesus. Some connection, definately? All connected....not so sure about that one..

Answer 2

Yeah, the commanality is to preach hate the OTHER religion.
While loving the Supreme which all religions preach, one set of belief say "....my way is better...". This is where I see the connection. The common thread.

Then, they go on to fight major wars. Because the other guy believed in something you didn't. The mythology preaches war.

Look up history and tell me - which war was not based on religion.? There is a strong connection among all the religions, i.e., hatred, war

Yup, all the preachers have forgotton why they serve God. Along the way they forgot the underlying principle is love but they placate the "believers" to go fight and bring the other guy's head on a plate.

Answer 3

The fact that religions do appear in one form or another in human cultures does imply a kind of human “invariant.” But you must consider that there are religions, even some fairly large ones, that do not share the traits you imply are common, e.g., in Buddhism, Animism, etc.

While it’s true that the largest single religions share some of the dogmatic characteristics you describe, that only implies that they’ve managed to gain the political upper hand over the rest, not that they are closer to some kind of “essential religiosity.”

We are left with the observation that religion does indeed seem to pop up in most cultures. But the actual content of it, as articulated by the “believers,” is not only diverse, but in many cases is downright incompatible with, and even inimical to, others.

It convinces some of us that what religion serves is not likely to be found in particulars of dogma, but in some more profound, and easily disguisable, cultural urge.

Answer 4

Ugh, no. It's a misconception that everything "old" is connected. Pagan religions are MUCH older, mostly from the time well before christianity, which makes them from 3000 all to 10000 years old. The proofs of oldest pagan beliefs, like animism and sun worship, we can find on cave paintings (over 10.000 years old) and in neolithic temples (like Stonehenge, Newgrange, around 6000 B.C. or so) While I agree that medieval reenactment is a LOT of fun (I myself am a part of a knight order historical reenactment group), they don't have ANYTHING to do with paganism. Renaissance was, apart from the high medieval time (dark age), one of THE most fanatically christian times in history. IT took the time period from 14th to 16th century A.D. That's VERY recently. The most recent original pagan beliefs were exterminated cruelly around the year 1000. I think Wiccans like to go to those fairs just to wear medieval clothes and pretend they're so different.

Answer 5

I believe many of them are related, mostly beacuse the historical evidence. Most of the big religions are based off the original Indo-European god sysytem, with a sun male god that ruled the comos and created the world. Judism, and Christitianity and Islam through Judaism can trace their orgins to the Indo European invasions. So can Hindu, and through it, Buddism.

Answer 6

Well yes....
I'm not really religious either, but I've studied religion a lot, and as with anything, religion can be interpreted differently by different people, but most stem out of similar belief systems, just with a few different individual beliefs.

Answer 7

If you ever read about the Koran, Torah, Bible and other assorted religious 'bibles', you find that that stories are the same but the names have been changed (to protect the innocent! lol j/k) to suit the culture from which the book came.

It is the one thing that irks me too no end. All state love your nieghbour, do unto others, live in peace and harmony...and yet if you look at history and present...almost all wars and disharmony have stemmed from religion.

Note: "We have just enough religion to make us hate,
but not enough to make us love each other"
- Johnathon Swift

Answer 8

Yes, I do. I often reccomend a book called "One River Many Wells" which is on exactly this subject. When you look deep enough all religions are the same. It's the differences that get fought over.
Pretty sad, isn't it?

Answer 9

I think that your assessment of religion as a whole is off. Your description does not fit the majority of religions in this world. No, I do not think that they are connected.

Answer 10

Yes