Why are there so many different "Gods" if you all just believe in the same sky-fairy? Is one God better than another?
2006-09-20 11:11:49 · 29 answers · asked by Whatever 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-09-20 11:36:15 · update #1
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The FSM ownz all gods and he has the biggest meatballs. ;)
2006-09-20 11:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Go back to world history and look up classical civilizations...they interpret that each god or belief was used for different reasons. As a scare tactic, a way of life, or just a way to celebrate. SKY Fairy? First of all, it's a believing thing..that question cannot be answered outside the realm of our minds.
2006-09-20 18:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer below was one I just wrote to a similiar question today:
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I think it is apropos if I use a simple analogy to elucidate why there can be many different religions while there is one God. If a father tells two of his sons to clean up the house, one son might construe that to mean that first he must vacuum the floors, then dust the furniture, and finally scrub the bathroom. The other son might take things in the opposite order, by first scrubbing the bathroom, then dusting the furniture, and then finally vacuuming the carpet. On top of that the latter son might add extra chores to complete the task of cleaning up the house. Does the fact those two sons, who have the same father, but interpreted that father’s commands differently, indicate that they didn’t have a common father, or that a command was coming from two separate fathers? Of course not.
Different people interpret things in different ways. You will, for example, have varying explanations to this question alone. Does that mean that your question is not valid, or that you asked 20 different questions? No. The variety in religions attests to the imaginative spirit of mankind, it does not disprove the existence of one God that is common to us all.
2006-09-20 18:25:08 · answer #3 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes down to cultural differences really for why there are so many. But now that the world has become a smaller place so-to-speak, and we are becoming more intergrated, you would think that one God would emerge.
Maybe way in the future thay will happen, but that will only happen if we become more tolerant of each other and respect religious customs that don't coincide with our own.
Personally I believe in one God, but how I percieve my God is very personal to me, as it is with everyone. Within their own belief structure no-one is right or wrong, but not one God is more powerful than the other.
2006-09-20 18:24:21 · answer #4 · answered by Louise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, God, the true God, and Jesus are better then all of them. If you've accepted Christ as your personal Savior, and have asked him to forgive you, then your on your way to heaven. God promises us that, I'm not sure about other religions and what the promise, or if they promise anything. There are so many gods because some where along the line someone didn't want to accept Christ, and started a religion and believed what they wanted to believe and so on ans so forth.
2006-09-20 18:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by M_A_T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why can't we agree on what flavor coffee we like? Or if we like coffee at all? I'm not being funny here, the same principles apply to any choice.
I suppose it makes a difference what you blend it with: nothing (black), sugar, Nutrasweet, milk, half-and-half, cream, chocolate (mocha), hazelnut...
How strong do you like it -- watery or 'slice-me-another-cup"? What beans or blend do you prefer?
I suppose it makes a difference how it's presented: I wouldn't want coffee either if somebody threw a hot cup in my face. The manner of exposure matters a lot.
It's probably stretching the analogy too much to say that people who don't like coffee at all are comparable to atheists or agnostics. After all, people who'll only drink distilled water still acknowledge that coffee exists.
2006-09-20 18:23:47 · answer #6 · answered by r_moulton76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has a different conception of God, that's what makes our world so interesting, we have different races and different beliefs. We all show our love to God in different ways, God has many different names. God is like the wind, we can feel the wind, but we cannot see the wind.
2006-09-20 18:18:09 · answer #7 · answered by Gerry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As it happens -- Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe in the exact same God.
Jews and Muslims don't believe that Jesus was the Messiah.
Jews and Christians don't believe that Muhammad was a prophet.
Other than that, the God at the center of all three religions is the exact same Deity.
2006-09-20 18:16:10 · answer #8 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The answer clearly is that all creations agree that there is A God
all past ancestors agreed that there is a higher authority that when worshiped or prayed to they felt better about themselves and or their surroundings issue.The problem exists that we can not agree .Because there is not just one God to each level of human existence.
2006-09-20 18:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by Dale B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those who have a belief in a god/goddess have different ideas of that god/goddess and multiple gods in some belief systems.
2006-09-20 18:14:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because most religions preclude others and state that their god is the one true and only (unless you are hindu then there are many gods or athiest where there is no god).
2006-09-20 18:14:16 · answer #11 · answered by naes2626 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋