2006-07-08 21:53:42 · 25 answers · asked by himalayaplaya69 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Take a seat there, young fella....
Maybe everyone wants to go to heaven when they die, but they've all got diferent plans while they're here. Islamic fundamentalists want everyone to be Muslims, and if that doesn't fit in with your plans, well, their religion gives them permission to kill you so you are no longer a problem for them. The Christians believe that they are supposed to go out and win converts for their club, and if you don't want to join their club it shows you are inferior spiritual stock (like the American Indians), so it's OK to rob, subjugate , and/or kill you.
It's not just religion... people can be motivated by greed, vengeance, cruelty, anger, whatever... and having religious beliefs doesn't fix their little heads at all. Only by embracing spiritual maturity and assuming responsibility for ourselves can we be at peace with ourselves, and then with others.
2006-07-08 22:04:58 · answer #1 · answered by Skeptimystic 3 · 13⤊ 4⤋
Firstly, they don't all have the same goal. John 3 verse 13 says that no one has ascended into heaven but Jesus. Matthew 5 verse 5 says the meek will inherit the earth. II Peter 3 verse 13 and Revelations 21 verse 1 speak of a new earth. Secondly, is a disagreement a "fight"? What fighting are you referring to?
2006-07-09 05:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by euhmerist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Not all religions have the goal to go to heaven. Atheism, Evolutionism, Buddhism, and Satanism are some examples.
2) Among the religions that claim a way to heaven, they mostly disagree on the method, or vehicle to get there.
2006-07-09 05:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by Hyzakyt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religions don't have the same goal. Christians believe in Jesus Christ paying the price for us to go to heaven. All other religions believe in earning your way to heaven by being "good" in some way, and I don't know that everyone is fighting...where are they? should I bring some popcorn?
2006-07-09 05:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Therealmsred 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all religions are about the afterlife. You need to do a little more research on that.
Look at Jerusalem and the 'Holy Land' region. Each religion there says that that teeny bit of land is sacred, that no one outside the Chosen People shall inhabit it or God will be very cross. Who's the Chosen People? It's "us". Never "them".
Religion, in this case, is just a projection of culture.
2006-07-09 05:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by barbara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is all religions do have much the same goal. Religion is only ten percent doctrine and ninety percent social activity. This requires and great deal of group management . Groups tend to protect their own and so conflict is possible.
2006-07-09 05:01:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual reason for this is that everyone wants to go to heaven but the thing that they are fighting is that the path for it is different.
2006-07-09 05:01:46 · answer #7 · answered by Sherlock Holmes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all religions are about going to heaven. Judaism, the grandfather of Christianity, is not very concerned at all with the afterlife. Instead, it focuses on how we ought to treat one another, and live right during this life.
2006-07-09 04:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To avoid the Heaven in quest wouldn't be displaced,
to end all dilema of being the First to go the Heaven.
The World on Earth was never Bad, that could be worsen.
2006-07-09 05:03:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they keep arguing over the details of getting there. The bible is open to interpretation and without revalation as to what is truth and what is not you'll see a lot of differing opinions.
Same goes for religion in general. Too many religions make it so they are open to interpretation. Thus there is a lot of infighting.
2006-07-09 05:04:22 · answer #10 · answered by swiftouchii 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone religion has its own heaven in a way that Christians said that God has a son and we Muslims say that ''There is no God except Allah and Hazrat Muhammad P.B.U.H is his messenger .In reality heaven and hell would be one where everybody had to go.
2006-07-09 04:58:43 · answer #11 · answered by Muhammad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋