Question for ALL Religions?

Question

Religions of the World, whether you follow Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Sikhism, Wicca, Baha'i, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shintoism, or Zoroastrianism: What traits or belifs does your faith have in common with those of other faiths?

This is not about bashing other religions. I want to hear about what common ground there is amongst these, and other faiths.

Answer 1

Common ground is the basic teaching of every religion. Love Peace Tolerance.

Answer 2

I believe the common ground amongst all faiths is greed... The heads of these religions seem to get rich from donations, and then make the excuse " the money is to enable us to spread the word ".
While they are dripping in gold and living in luxury. Gandhi never needed money, Jesus was a poor carpenter.... Need I say more !!!!

I am Christian and pray when ever I want to and where ever I am. I am a good person, I don't need a preacher to tell me how to live my life and that I should believe in a god. I believe in God the creator.

I will not donate 40% of my salary to a religion, nor will I participate in hypocrisy.

So you could say Hypocrisy and Greed is what they all have in common.

Answer 3

I'm Muslim, and I believe in the same god as christians and Jews. Sikhism is a mix of Islam and HInduism, and Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism MAY have roots in Islam, But the ways of worship and the God(s) became distorted over time, Like we believe what happened to the torah and the Bible.

Answer 4

I think the main similarity among most religions and spiritual beliefs is the attempt to provide definite answers to many of the unknowable questions: What happens to my consciousness when my body dies? What is the meaning of life? Why do people have to suffer? Is there really a God? etc. It is, after all, human nature to try to figure out our environment, and since there are some questions we have not been able to answer with concrete facts, we must then turn towards "belief" instead of towards "knowledge". You can't really "know" something is true without physical proof, but you can "believe" something is true without physical proof. Choosing to believe we have found the answers, in some small way, can help us to find peace with the fact that no concrete answers have actually been found yet.

Although many terrible things have been done in the name of religion, it can not be denied that millions of people have been able to find some sort of peace in life because of their "belief" that they have found the answers. In this way, religion has proved to have a very positive purpose. There's nothing wrong with a little illusion if it brings some happiness and resolution to a world full of confusion and fear.

Answer 5

There is much common ground among the Baha'i faith with all religions, primarily in regards to progressive revelation. Here is a quotation from www.bahai.org:

"All divine Revelations come from the same Source; thus, the religions identified with them are in essence one. They differ in the measure of their teachings and particularly in their social laws and principles, appropriate to the times in which they appeared. The successive divine Revelations over the centuries have provided the spiritual force and laws for the advancement of civilization. Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad were all divine Messengers; the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh are the most recent. The coming of Bahá’u’lláh represents the fulfillment of this centuries’ long process of progressive revelation and of the expectations inspired by previous divine Messengers for the ultimate unity of peoples and peace among nations. "

Best wishes.

Answer 6

I study Wicca, and I believe we have much in common with other religions. First of all, we have the wiccan rede, which states, "if you harm none, do what you will." I believe that this belief is common in many religions. Plus, we also have a threefold law, stating that whatever you do, whether good or bad, will come back to you three times over. This can be compared to Christianity's, "Do unto others what you would have them do unto you," in a way. Plus, it has the common beliefs of most religions- belief in a higher power, rituals, etc.

Answer 7

Christianity is unique in a lot of ways, but in common? Well, many religions were based off of a twisted and stolen Christianity, ex: Juche. Some acknowledge Jesus as existing, like Judaism and Islam. But its not what religions have in common that is important, rather, what aspects they differ in.

Answer 8

The only common ground is the concept of faith. All religions depend on it to some degree, which gives hope that an antivirus can be developed that will protect against all religions.

Answer 9

All religions preach to be humble, patient, loving, respectful, and cautious. But every religion is not in touch with nature or human reality and the lessons of human history, it is only those religions that are in touch with the laws of nature and with human reality and history that have more followers and their followers are more dominant in the world. I don't want to point to exactly which religions are foolish, because that is arrogant and will only lead members of those religions to be more stubborn in their beliefs, but kindly explaining the foolishness of each religion without arrogance is how we can save humanity from fighting over religion and instead uniting on common truths and common wisdom and a greater appreciation of the collective human history and our shared sense of human reality and the seriousness of it, which many religions ignore.

Answer 10

1. That there is at least one deity
2. That the soul continues after death
3. That our actions in this life will have some type of consequences

That's about as good as I can get because I honestly do not know a lot of details about most religions other than my own.