Do you think that Christian and non Christian religions can merge????

Question

there are both good and bad asspects in every faith.
I really beleive that we could take the good from all bifferent beleifs and make them one.
what if there is a god...and a goddess,...what if they were really married...and created the earths and heavens?
hey its something to think about?

Answer 1

That's exactly what happened in the fourth century when Roman Emperor Constantine "merged" all the pagan religions into his own version of Christianity that we now call Catholic. He did it to solidify his rulership without being bothered by those pesky pagan priests. Knowing that it would be difficult to insist everyone belong to the same church, he made it palatable to all by incorporating most of the pagan symbols and holidays into his new religion. That's why we have crosses, steeples, statues, belief in the trinity, christmas, easter, etc etc. All of which were no part of the original biblical Christianity as practiced by the apostles and as they taught to their congregations. He so corrupted Christianity in his zeal to appease everyone, that it is almost unrecognizable today.

Answer 2

There are already several beliefs created by doing this. I am sure there will be more. However, there will also always be the orginal separate faiths.

Islam is supposed to incorporate all the Judea/Christian Beliefs (supposedly correcting the corruptions of past scribes); however, it's not like everyone became Muslims.

Christians don't even really have one religion; the Orthodox church broke away from the Western church, MANY different protestants broke off from the Catholics and each other; the Mormons created there own continuation of Christianity, etc. Even in the U.S. there are several different versions of Presbyterianism that are vastly different from each other. People are creating new Christian denominations all the time, some which other Christians believe are heresy. I think the future will hold 'more' religions (some which claim to merge more than one), not less. However, the trend throughout history has tended to see more tolerance between faiths (regardless of current conflicts--which also create tolerance as a byproduct too.)

Answer 3

Look at the symbolism in the modern christian religion. For instance why is Christmas celebrated in December if Christ was born in the Spring and where did the Easter bunny come from. The answer is that there are several Pagan undertones in modern Christianity. Many Christians do not want to hear this but it is the truth.

Answer 4

I (being of layman's thought) don't think so since the main difference really is Christians have had thier Messiah while the others have not and will not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. That's a big bridge to cross. Without the whole Messiah thing, Christians would just be Jews (well no, but you get my point).

Answer 5

Check out the Bahai faith. They believe that each of the major players (Christ, Zorian, Budha, etc.) were in fact prophets sent by one supreme being delivering a message fit for that particular time.

It is (or appears to be) a pretty enlightened faith. I am not a Bahai, but have done some basic research into religions since I just can't believe that for instance Jews are not going to heaven since they don't accept Chris as their savior. C'mon now. Wouldn't that fly int eh face of a benevolent god?

Answer 6

We don't need one religion... we need "tolerance" to become more than a piece of "lip-service." I rather find this "unity at any cost" a somewhat MISPLACED, though, I'm sure, well-intended piece of "wishful thinking." I once thought as you did, that it would be nice if everyone were on the "same page" in their spiritual perspectives or sensibilities... Now I question if that would at all be prudent, and in fact, if it would rather prove to be debilitating if it were ever to be "realized" under the degree of "boundedness" we all share. Perhaps it is this shared boundedness upon which we should maintain our focus. It would at least keep us humble in the face of "belief systems" that are as diverse as the bird populations on Planet Earth!

Answer 7

Christianity IS the merging of many different faiths. The Christian Church has absorbed thought and objects from Persia and Pre-Christian Europe, just to name two. Look up Mithraism. Find out the origins of the Christmas Tree, mistletoe, etc.

Answer 8

I think that while it would end a lot of tension between all the religions, a total combination just isn't a good idea.

I'm Roman Catholic. I don't want to believe that Jesus wasn't God, like the Jews and Muslims believe. I don't want to believe in spirits that belong to earth, wind, fire, and water. That doesn't mean I'm putting them down.

If you're Jewish, good for you! You're a part of the oldest major religious sect in the world!

If you're Muslim, good for you! I don't pretend to know a whole lot about Islam, so I won't make a note like I did with Judaism!

If you're Catholic, good for us! We believe in Christ! Son of God! Whoopee!!

Combining into one won't settle disputes. People believe what they believe, and that's ok! But before we start trying to join as one people, we might want to get over trivialities that are causing unrest in both the Middle East and the USA. Mkay, so someone believes we're infidels. That doesn't mean you should try to kill us. And Right-Wing nut job Christians--don't picket at our schools(actually almost happened to me) and inhibit our ways of life just because we believe in different things!

We're one people, but very diverse in our beliefs, as should be the case!

Answer 9

Unitarian Universalism applies teachings from many different religions, Paganism, Christianity, Judaism. (I think most Christians would freak out if they learned the truth... the Holy Spirit written in Hebrew is Feminine... not Masculine.)

Answer 10

christian and non-christian coming together is like having annuals BBQ's with both the KKK and black panthers coming to party. some sects may try and combine the best of all religions into one ambiguous and all encompassing religion but I'm pretty sure it won't catch on. this i the problem with religion to begin with and simply picking and choosing what to believe in causes a degradation in the religious circle.