be considered wrong if it is working towards peace an helping all man kind? is it not the goal of religion in general to unite and love?
2006-08-11 10:07:41 · 22 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with you. I think that that if a religion does all the things that you said it isn't bad. I think most of them have the same consept, just different ways of going about doing things. If the goal is for the greater good then it's not bad. I am catholic and believe that people of most religions will go to heaven. I don't believe that only one religion is right. Most of my christian conterparts disagree with me. But I don't want to be the one to say who goes to heaven and who doesn't. I believe it is God's decision only, not ours to judge. It says somewhere in the bible that prostitutes will be in heaven. In that case, who are we to judge. I hope I answered your question, it sounds right in my head.
2006-08-11 11:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That's just it, it can't. As I have said earlier in other questions, there is no such thing as a "one true religion". Your satisfaction in whatever religion you believe depends on :1) The comfort you find, 2) the ability to accept the truth of death, and 3) the betterment of yourself along with your decision making. Why condemn people for having a foreign religion when they are finding satisfaction in it? All religions have two key concepts: 1) Finding peace and 2) working to attain a goal. Why try to change that?
Be good.
2006-08-11 17:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by molon_labe_rkba 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not believe that any religion that is heaven sent would be preaching towards hatred or discrimination of anyone.
Some people misinterpret the religion they follow and that too causes people from other religions to believe that due to the fact a group of people misinterpreted there own religion and followings, the rest are effected by it and hence we get stereotypes labeling everyone based on that.
It is a sad thing but it is happening daily, where ever you look, it exists almost everywhere.
Children, societies brought up to hate each other due to there religious or racial background.
If everyone followed there religion by the word and actually understood what they were doing and stood united, none of this discrimination would be happening.
2006-08-11 17:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by ilga6wah 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anything human or created by humans will be wrong, at some time or another. The goal of my religion is to enlighten people to God's love for them, to what is available. I do not think about the goals of religions as a group. There are very important differences between many man-made institutions. My Church, however, is Divine. It is the Christian church, and is open to all.
2006-08-11 17:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately the various religions are too busy trying to get new members and arguing over which sect is more correct resulting in their forgetting who they exist to serve. The preference is to pray for GOD (if there is one) to help instead of accepting responsiblity and getting of their lazy hinds and taking positive action on behalf of humanity. Even when they do anything that benefits humanity it comes with the price of needing to convert to their belief system or at the least an expectation of contribution to their belief system after being helped. That's why I support SECULAR charities...they don't have any strings attached to their benefit to humanity. PEACE!
2006-08-11 17:15:04 · answer #5 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not religion that is considered wrong it's more a difference of beliefs (though yes some people would argue that because they don't beleive what you do then what you do believe is wrong).
People just need to learn to accept that we will not always agree. And even though that may be true, it doesn't make people wrong.
2006-08-11 17:15:02 · answer #6 · answered by Adoption P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your assumptions are incorrect.
The goal of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is to honor and glorify God. They have a dispute about who is God exactly and what exactly does he require of us and what exactly constitutes honoring and glorifying that god, but for the big three monotheistic religions, the goal of the religion is about God.
The goal of Buddhism is to achieve Nirvana, a state of non-consciousness I believe, which is pure bliss. The goal of Hinduism is to unite with the ultimate non-being (i believe? - it is hard to tell Hinduism is so varied, please correct me if you have further info)
I believe I've covered some pretty major ones here and not one of them has the goal of helping all mankind and uniting people in love. That would be "humanism" not religion.
Some religions (like Christianity) have kindness and well being for mankind as one of their side effects, but it is not the main purpose...
2006-08-11 17:14:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For me, the purpose of religion is to help me to worship my deities. My deities are the focus of my religion--not other people. I want peace, I enjoy helping other people and I feel a connection with others, but I really can't say that that is the purpose of my religion.
2006-08-11 17:14:22 · answer #8 · answered by Witchy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I certainly agree that it is not useful to dismiss an entire
religion based on idiological inconsistancies.
Does it really matter if the Earth is 6000 years old or 4000000000
years old if the religion teaches us to do unto others as we would
have done unto ourselves?
I don't consider Christianity WRONG - I think it has some
assumptions that aren't self-consistant, but I refuse to dismiss
the entirety of the religion based on that.
Militant Agnostic: I don't know and neither do you.
2006-08-11 17:13:22 · answer #9 · answered by Elana 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think the goal of religion in general is to unite and love. where did you hear that?
2006-08-11 17:15:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋