Does your religion tell you to focus on rectifying your own faults and not that of others?
If it does, do you practice this?
2006-09-22 19:17:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, via the Golden Rule. Do unto others, as you want others do unto you. I most certainly practice it as I'm not judgmental and my guiding principle is live and let live.
2006-09-22 19:22:23 · answer #1 · answered by rosieC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My religion says to rectify my own faults, and maybe help some others by example afterwards. To be honest, I don't go after other people, unless they insult me personally, but I havn't fixed my own faults yet either.
2006-09-23 02:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by Michael M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism teaches us that we are lost in the illusion that we are seperate from God and each other and everything in the universe and that we have forgotten our true nature through that ignorance. The goal then is not to amend one's own faults, but to change one's own perspective and shed away the veil of ignorance that blinds us in the illusion that we are different when in truth since the entire universe manifested out of God and contains the divine spark we should be treated everyone and everything in the universe with the same respect we give to God (because it all is ultimately God). By changing one's perspective and shedding away the veil of ignorance one becomes enlightened. Whatever faults or bad habits or other ignorant things that a person used to do now fall away because they are enlightened and see themself in all people and things and see God in all people, things, and themself. They realize their true nature, their divine nature, their connection within to God.
2006-09-23 04:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by gabriel_zachary 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a "religion", but I study the Bible at home. It does tell us not to judge others and I don't. I have studied and read all of the Holy books that I could get my hands on of every religion that I know of. Every person has the right to believe what they choose to. I hope this helps.
2006-09-23 02:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by organic gardener 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My religion ordains that i correct myself. Practicing - i dont know how far i have been successful - but am trying. there are positive results. My religion also teaches that people of other religious faiths are as good as my own, and that they would also reach god. It further teaches that colour of skin, different food habits, language spoken are irrelevant as man and God are concerned. My religion goads me to pray for universal peace, peace and happiness beyond religions and faiths.
2006-09-23 03:06:24 · answer #5 · answered by HMG M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even if a particular religion instructs its adherents to do that, most if not all theists use religion to rationalize their behaviour.
For example, christians have their Ten Condiments - oops, Commandments - yet keep breaking them and say, "Well if my lies help spread god's word..." or "It's okay to kill heathens," or "Astrology isn't actually worshipping another god...".
Talk to atheists sometime. We don't have a "god" or other way to rationalize our behaviour anything we do, we take responsibility for. (That certainly explains the disproportionately low number of atheists in US prisons.)
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2006-09-23 02:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and I attempt to practice it all the time. The difficulty is that practice suggests a lack of perfection and it just may kill me...:)
2006-09-23 02:27:51 · answer #7 · answered by reformed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Luke 6:41- 45 Why, then. do you look at the straw that is in your brother's eye, but do not observe the rafter that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother,
'Brother, allow me to extract the straw that is in your eye, while you yourself are not looking at the rafter that is in that eye of yours?'
Hypocrite! First extract the rafter from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to extract the straw that is in your brother's eye.
For there is not a fine tree producing rotten fruit; again there is not a rotten tree producing fine fruit....A good man brings forth good out of the good treasure of his heart, but a wicked man brings forth what is wicked out of his wicked treasure; for out of the heart's abundance his mouth speaks.
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Jesus wants us to remove our own rafters, before we help other people remove their splinters, all for the glory of God..
If we do not clear out our own rafters, they may land "like heavy beams around the Mutual of Omaha man"...and at some point could land on his head and kill him.
So if we get rid of our rafters, we can help one another with our splinters, and not come out of it dead, just a little scratched up, for our benefit.
2006-09-23 06:24:50 · answer #8 · answered by tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know the big problems is ourselves... if we want we can get the important thing from the one sentenses or we can not get that from 10000000000000 books...yes the religion say all the thing but we should deside what to do.....we have the recepie make the cake right know
goooooooooood luck
2006-09-23 02:24:53 · answer #9 · answered by darya 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nupe..
2006-09-23 02:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by The::Mega 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋