Just ask and people of any faith will produce writings...with proof.So if they all say they are right....then it stands to reason that they all are wrong....
2006-09-09 16:27:30 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Saxon's axiom #2. There may be more than one way to arrive at the truth.
2006-09-09 16:42:34 · answer #1 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your logic is flawed. Just because people disagree about something does not mean that they are all wrong. Let me illustrate. What does 2 + 2 equal? You say 4, but Joe Blow says 5. You disagree on the answer, but does that make you both wrong? Of course not. You have the correct answer and Joe is wrong. Just because people disagree about the answer to a question (in this case religion) does not mean that they are all wrong. It just means that they cannot all be right. It is possible that none of them are right, but you cannot logically deduce that that is the case. It is also possible that one of the religions is entirely correct (or at least as correct as is possible for an institution that is run by fallible mortals). However, because of the nature of religion, that cannot be objectively proven. So, all that we can deduce from logic concerning all of the competing religions is that at most only one of them is true and that all the other religions are wrong about those doctrines that deviate from this true religion.
Now, which of all the religions is correct? Why, mine of course, but I can't prove this objectively. So, there are obviously going to be people who disagree with me on this score.
2006-09-09 16:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by Glenn Blaylock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religions established by the Messengers of God are correct.
They differ because of many reasons. If each individual gave away prejudices, preconceived ideas, especially ancestral imitations and started to study independently the Holy Books they would rediscover the divine Truth, the eternal Truth.
"The divine prophets have revealed and founded religion. They have laid down certain laws and heavenly principles for the guidance of mankind. They have taught and promulgated the knowledge of God, established praiseworthy ethical ideals and inculcated the highest standards of virtues in the human world. Gradually these heavenly teachings and foundations of reality have been beclouded by human interpretations and dogmatic imitations of ancestral beliefs. The essential realities which the prophets labored so hard to establish in human hearts and minds while undergoing ordeals and suffering tortures of persecution, have now well nigh vanished. Some of these heavenly messengers have been killed, some imprisoned; all of them despised and rejected while proclaiming the reality of divinity. Soon after their departure from this world, the essential truth of their teachings was lost sight of and dogmatic imitations adhered to.
Inasmuch as human interpretations and blind imitations differ widely, religious strife and disagreement have arisen among mankind, the light of true religion has been extinguished and the unity of the world of humanity destroyed. The prophets of God voiced the spirit of unity and agreement. They have been the founders of divine reality. Therefore if the nations of the world forsake imitations and investigate the reality underlying the revealed Word of God they will agree and become reconciled. For reality is one and not multiple
(Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 225)
You put the word 'Bahai' into the seach box here, you will have thousands of Websites concerning this newest Revelation.
2006-09-09 16:41:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that they are all wrong. It is also possible that at least one is correct. It isn't possible for two to be correct, unless of course two religions are mutually inclusive to one another and those religions are the true religions. But if a religons (like Islam or Christianity) that makes exclusive claims is true, then it is impossible for any other religion to be true.
Good observation, but don't close the door and say that all religions are false because all religions claim to be true. That is the fallacy of the false dichotomy.
2006-09-09 16:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by The1andOnlyMule 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The majority of faiths contain many similar ideas; the destination to what could be called “salvation” may be different but the paths are remarkably similar. Compassion, love, virtue, mercy, peace and forgiveness, are central themes. What is good is an almost universal truth. No one faith is necessarily good or bad. What is important is faith it’s self.
2006-09-09 16:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by michael b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all right to those who believe in them. What is true is not what you want to be true, or hope to be true, but what you Believe is true. For example, if you found a man who really believed that the earth is flat, and hooked him up to a lie detector, then asked if the earth is flat, he would say yes, and be telling the truth. Since all religions, Yes. ALL of them, are made up by man, any have an equal chance of being believed by people to the extent that they are willing not only to die for them, but to kill others for them. Belief is a powerful thing.
2006-09-09 16:38:27 · answer #6 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually that doesn't follow at all. After all, science claims to be certain of correctness as well. It simply means we need other criteria in order to judge. Consistent logic is a good place to start.
2006-09-09 16:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion r right but when they become institutionalised,they got corrupted.
clever/power seeker ppl always got through them and control them.
in my opinion- a new religion should be evolved after each
50-100 years.
each religion starts in the name of seeking truth and to show common ppl how to live life.
so no religion is bad ppl r bad or good
2006-09-09 16:33:52 · answer #8 · answered by rav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there all wrong, And I have stated this before. The Bible was written by a bunch of parents to keep there kids outa trouble
2006-09-09 16:30:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe religions ...I believe Jesus Christ....He said:
" I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life; no man can come to the Father except through me". -- Jesus Christ
" I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live ; and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die". - Jesus (Jn. 11:25)
" Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved". (Acts 4:12)
So who are YOU going to believe?
2006-09-09 16:37:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋