It seems apparent to me that the Western conception of God has run a monopoly over the broad subject of religion and spirituality. Many people seem to turn away from God or base general inquiries into spirituality on the Bible as the only source of higher wisdom. Why do traditions such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism seem to have their abstract views about the cosmos fall right past many people? Is it lack of exposure to Eastern thouhgt, or are many westerners too dense to grasp eastern conceptions?
2006-11-08 18:34:28 · 8 answers · asked by Jeff 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good question. The Bible has proven itself thru Bible Prophecy, which has been fulfilled with 100% accuracy. You can do a web search on Bible Prophecy and find some answers, note the dates it was prophesied and the dates it was fulfilled. If you are interested I can e-mail you close to 40 prophecies that were fulfilled thru Christ...don't know of any other religion that can claim that about themselves. Bible Prophecy does make for a good study. History also proves the Bible as does Archeology.
2006-11-08 20:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are looking for Hobbitses!
(Middle Earth)
There is such a place and it is not mythological, except in the sense of symbology, Remember that old saying: "East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet?"
Well, it's bull crap, because the place between Europe and Asia is exactly that place. People there, use the same word for spirit and wind. People there, don't name the days of the week after Norse gods. People there, name their months after the events of each month (for instance, October (Roman for Eight) is "Yellow" and November (Roman for Nine) is "Frozen Lumps of Soil") I think it reflects a certain simplicity. The literal translation of the name of their country is "The Land" Go figure. I think there's some kind of link there. It's always been there. Nobody thinks its very significant.
2006-11-08 19:07:25 · answer #2 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think we're dense.
It's because we were raised in a society that tends to use the Bible as the traditional Holy Book.
I'm not a Christian, but it's what I was taught to read and taught to consider a book of authority.
I have a tiny bit of knowledge on the eastern religions...(sigh)....you are making a good point.
I will learn more about other people's faiths.
That's why I came to this site in the first place.
Peace!
2006-11-08 18:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The problem is partly that most eastern religions are based on the concept of relativism. Wikipedia actually has a pretty good page on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism
Is truth absolute or is it relative to each individual's opinion? Is the sky blue? Does the earth run round the sun? If I shoot you, will you die? I don't know because truth is relative. Do you see?
2006-11-08 19:00:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are obsolutely right. Overcrowded with Bible followers and preachers. Rather than lack of Exposure to the eastern religion and beleif, i think Bible followers and Quran followers donot wish to discuss/listen anything but Bible and Quran. Its good, they have a good faith. if you see closely lot of Buddhist, Hindus, Pagans have replied to lot of questions asked by the Western people very humbly and in a decent way, but when it comes to the question of Buddhism or Hinduism, the Bible and Quran followers mostly donot answer or answer with some sort of hatred. I think this is one of the reason eastern beleifs are not discussed a lot in this forum.
Thanks for your question.
2006-11-08 18:59:56 · answer #5 · answered by senthil r 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
stable question HD :) "faith," no longer lots... even however i'm a training United Methodist (notwithstanding the heck "training" potential). yet my faith is quintessential to me. And that occurred while i replaced right into a baby; status out in an open field at nighttime. I had bought a advantageous telescope with the money I earned from my paper course. the small print of the moon, the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn. something began to wrap itself around me at that age. the ask your self and secret. and that i began questioning appropriate to the secret that replaced into God and how all of it tied into what i replaced into seeing interior the sky; then, the character around me, and then, in human beings. Now, i seem for this divine spark, the stream of the residing God, in my existence the place ever i flow. peace regards respects
2016-10-21 12:42:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I totally know what you're saying. It amazes me how many Christians come here, look at the title of this section, and say, "Yep, that means us!" even though the words 'Bible' and 'Christianity' aren't anywhere in there. Those are the same people that usually tell other beliefs, especially atheists, that they don't belong here.
A lot of Eastern thought has some really great stuff in it. I really think it's a shame that those beliefs a lot of times aren't welcomed in the West. Everything is all Jesus, Jesus, Jesus... if it's not in the Bible, it has no value whatsoever. People don't know what they're missing.
2006-11-08 18:38:38 · answer #7 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
darling, i dont like it when you generalize...
2006-11-08 18:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by peaceful light 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋