Would you change your religiou beliefs to have peace?

Question

Are we willing to change our spiritual or religious beliefs in order to achive global peace, where all of humanity is unified. Does peace mean that much to us to do so. We many have to reeducate ourself, are we will to do that. reprogram our minds to another way of thinking...

Answer 1

I did, and it worked.

I had no idea that believing in a judgmental punishing God was causing all of the anger, frustration and problems in my life.

Then A few years ago I found a book called the course in miracles. The course has completly changed my life. I realise this sounds silly but it is true. I have carefully studied this material for over 6 years. At first glance the concepts it spoke of seemed at the very least, unlikely. They certainly did not match up with the formula consensus reality had given me to work out the problems that I encountered in my life.

That really didn't matter to me by that time because the old formulas had not served me that well anyway. If you are happy with everything about your life this is not a book that you should be reading. If by chance, there are aspects of your life that seem to trouble you, then this is a book that you should be reading.

If 6 years ago you had told me that one simple book held the key to every single problem that I was faced with in my life, I would have laughed in your face, and thought that you must be a fool to say such a thing. Yet after working with the concepts that this book teaches, I feel more strongly about there ability set things right in my life than ever.

I came into this encounter with this material a jaded skeptic, who believed in nothing. I had tried, and rejected nearly every path, seeing truth in none of them. Yes, each seemed at first to be truth, but the initial lift that they gave proved not to stand the test of time.

This material is different, It seeks to correct the errors in thinking that are currently causing the conflicts, and disappointment in our lives before they can happen. It also shows the folly of approaching the idea of love from the conventionally acceptable way. That is, reserving love only for those we have judged worthy of it. It has taught me that this is not love at all, it is only judgment.

This is not a book that you can sit down and read in a night, or even in a week. The concepts that it teaches are so fundamentally different from the ones that are currently causing all the problems in your life, that it will take some time for you to readjust them. Perhaps years.

After all how long has it taken you to get to this point where you truly longed to find a better way. Did you really expect it would happen over night? If this book can help someone as lost as I was, it can most likely help you too. But only if you actually read it!

Answer 2

Global peace is on the way. There is nothing you or Satan can do to stop it. And Jesus said in Matthew 5:5 that the meek will live in it.
In the peaceful "new earth" as Peter called it, all false religion will be gone. Right now there is only a few religions that will not send their sons to war. Yes they cry for peace while they fight for war. Find the religion that doesnt' just believe in Isaiah 2:4, but lives it, and you have found the true and only religion, that will survive into the future peaceful paradiac earth. Yes, things will get worse before it gets here, but peace on earth will arrive.

Answer 3

I don't think a universal lasting peace is all it's cracked up to be. War inspires us to great deeds; judgmentalism is a part of the human condition, and a useful one at that (Consider: would all humans be an acceptable romantic partner to you? Exactly. People are not all the same, nor should they be!). We need a diverse pool of opinions in order to continue spawning new ideas and making progress. I think a perpetually peaceful world would grow stagnant.

So to answer your question: no, I would not change my religious beliefs to have peace. The meek can inherit stagnation--I don't want it.

Answer 4

Religion and peace are ONE. The answer is not in unifying religions, as people sharing the same religious beliefs still go into war against each others. The key to global peace i guess is tolerance and seeing each other as "brothers and sisters" descendant from the same father and mother "Adam and Eve"

Answer 5

That's an oxymoron for me. Belief in humanity and disbelief in any divisive religious practice or ethical system is the only way to achieve a peaceful, unified world.

So that's what I believe.

So how can I change that to achieve peace?

Answer 6

My religion is already peaceable with the entire world and always has been. Jehovah has educated and brought unity and peace upon the brother and sisterhood of Jehovah Witnesses who's conduct is testimony of that. No brother or sister gets involved in political affairs and human wars and are a world nation of christians.

Answer 7

How would changing my beliefs cause peace to happen? I'd rather take an active approach in promoting peace.

Answer 8

I would not change my religious beliefs for peace. I would not expect anyone else to, either... even those whose religous belief is different from mine.

Peace is great stuff, don't get me wrong! But "peace at all costs" is not.

Answer 9

God forbid i change. Jesus died for others instead of making wars to kill others. A true fundamental christian is NOT a radical or terrorist as some people are trying to portray us. Throughout history, some have departed from the true faith in Jesus and have created wars, inquisition, crusades; but a real christian will denounce those initiatives instead of renouncing their beliefs and joining in with the crowd. God bless you!!!

Answer 10

No, my religion is a religion of peace.

In Arabic, Islam derives from the triconsonantal root Sīn-Lām-Mīm, with a basic meaning of "to surrender". Islam is an abstract nominal derived from this root, and literally means "submission to 'The God' (Arabic:Allah)". Other Arabic words derived from the same root include:

* Salaam, meaning "peace", also part of a common salutation, assalamu alaikum ("peace be upon you").
* Muslim, an agentive noun meaning "one who submits [to God]".
* Salamah, meaning "safety", also used in the common farewell ma' as-salamah ("[go] with safety").
* Islam (with a short "a" vowel) also means "I submit", since the addition of a hamza to the beginning of the triliteral root, followed by the first two consonants, a short vowel, and the final consonant, is the first-person singular imperfect tense in Arabic. (For example, from Sĩn-Kãf-Nũn, the word "'askun" means "I live".)


for there is only true peace (salaam) in Islam.