all the time its jews that or jesus this. what about buddism, hindu, toeism, and ect. haven't any of you religous nuts every read any other books than the torah, the bible and karon.
2006-08-13 17:41:37 · 13 answers · asked by marathoncook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians are majority in the USA (Where most of the participants of this platform are). Naturally, there are more questions on jews and Jesus. It is also this reason that there are few questions on other religions, because Christianity forbids the study of other religions. It regards everything else to be evil or false.
2006-08-13 17:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am studying Hinduism as well as reading a version of the Bible that is supposed to be a direct translation of the original Aramaic language spoken in Jesus time in history, into English. I have never been able to read the Bible at any length and so far this translation is in understandable English and is supposed to be a more accurate translation of the idioms (or cultural sayings) of the time. These sayings often translate into more positive messages than the popular English versions of the Bible would have us believe. For example the saying "If your hand offends you, cut it off," is not meant to be taken any more literally than the saying "You're fired!" is in English.
In Aramaic the term "if your hand offends you, cut it off" means if you do something that is wrong, quit it, cut it out, don't do it again. It does not literally mean to cut off your hand, just as the term "you're fired" does not mean that you will be burned to a crisp, instead of simply being terminated from your job.
I try to expand my consciousness about both current and alternative beliefs. I was brought up as Catholic but simply cannot reconcile myself to many of the ridiculous and often contradictory man-made rules, dogmas and doctrines. Ie: don't use birth control but don't have abortions. Come on...pick one!
2006-08-13 17:54:26 · answer #2 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well then, expand our minds and help us learn more about Buddism, Hindu, Toeism...This isn't a comparative religion class, just a bunch of folks talking about what they know.
2006-08-13 17:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by nellie_3000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Judeo-Christianity contains the most confusing religions anyone has ever devised. People either need a psychological confirmation of what they already believe or personal guidance, because of the confusing array of advice the Bible gives.
2006-08-13 17:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because the majority of folks on this forum are English speakers, and such are usually from western societies where Christianity and Judaism predominate. I have noted some Muslim folks here, but the others have not been heard from very much.
2006-08-13 17:46:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was about to ask the same question! Gotta say, though, haven't seen a Jewish anything, just a lot of christians and atheists.
2006-08-13 17:45:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've read the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam... i'm a member of ISKCON and that's kinda like our bible or koran or whatever... it's pretty long too with stories about the incarnation of our LORD SRI KRISHNA...
2006-08-13 17:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by mini_me 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's only one true religion, so alot of us are here.
There's alot of false religions, but these days Islam is the predominant one, so there's alot of them here too.
They're predominant now just as the Bible predicted in Rev 6:8.
So now you know just where we are in prophecy.
2006-08-13 17:44:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The "other three" that you mentioned are not technically religions, but you are a smart guy...I'm sure you already knew that.
2006-08-13 17:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by Jedi Baptist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because religions are subject to controversary and no one likes a pow wow. (wink*)
2006-08-13 17:47:47 · answer #10 · answered by one-time-use 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋