So many religions, so many creators, gods etc... Wouldn't it be easier if there was a creator for him/her/it to have one single all encompassing understandable religion, in order that everyone who wanted to could worship him/her/it could do so in exactly the same way and save all the arguements as to whose religion is 'the right one'?
2006-12-07 06:00:14 · 37 answers · asked by Boring Old Fart 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Even as an atheist, if everybody would agree on that one god, I would shut up and leave them to their delusions.
All I want is for all of them to stop arguing (and killing) about what "god" desires.
2006-12-07 06:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That would be easier, but they could never all agree on beliefs.
To argue over religion is pointless in my eyes. Why argue over the small, somewhat unimportant details? The most important things in my opinion are that there is a God, and that we have a purpose. All of the other things are in between.
Everything else is unknown. Even God is unknown somewhat, but I at least am nearly certain that there is a God. If there weren't there would be no life if even a universe. Science says that there has to be a cause for there to be an event. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That's the flaw: people can say that a supernatural God would violate the laws of physics and science, but so does a universe from nothing. There had to be a cause, and a cause for that cause, and a cause for THAT cause, and so on. It would have to go on forever. So doesn't a universe just exploding and expanding for absolutely no reason violate the laws?
I look at it this way: if there were no God, and evolution were the only fact then life would prevail everywhere, not just here. The requisites we have on this planet are essential only for our circumstances. If life just sprang up on this planet and evolved from a microorganism, it could do so everywhere else too. Even in outer space, life would prevail. Life would find it's way through the cracks; there would be life that survived on other resources instead of the ones that we use. Just because we need oxygen and water to live doesn't mean another life form somewhere else does as well .
I've strayed so far away from your original question... Sorry. I got caught up in thought.
2006-12-07 06:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by jeff_is_sexy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Secularization or secularisation is a process of transformation as a society slowly migrates from close identification with the local institutions of religion to a more clearly separated relationship. It is a contentious term because the concept of secularization can be confused with secularism, a philosophical and political movement that promotes the idea that society benefits by being less religious, whereas the opposing view is that the values and beliefs implicit in religions support a more moral and, therefore, better society.
2006-12-07 06:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
When a woman asked Jesus about the true form of religion, he said, "Yet a time is coming, and NOW has come, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks." She responded, "I know that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us." Jesus replied, "I who speak to you am he."
The problem IS actually trying to get everybody to conform to exactly the same ritual and formula! That's why it's such a headache! True worship is born of the Holy Spirit, comes from the heart, and needs no rules and regulations by which people must be condemned by others. God alone judges the hearts of men (a prerogative Jesus took to himself, which tells us a lot about his divinity). God has given us his standards (which all our consciences attest to, suppressed though many of them are), he has given us Jesus, and his Holy Spirit, who guides us into all truth. That's quite enough for us to be getting on with. But we do love our rules and to judge others...
2006-12-07 06:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So and how will you do that???,.think a bit more, remember that God created the World, Life and the Universe not just for HIM, or for our self's, he also created for His Son Jesus, now here is my Question, How many Son's God, will end-up, having, before we can begin to believed in Him, and what he promise to Jesus, as this World, and eternal life for us, is the true???. and nothing but the true.!!!! So, then we will be happy, with about many more Son's of God, like Jesus becoming in charge???. a bit radical isn't?, but why not......,
2006-12-07 06:09:06 · answer #5 · answered by paradiseemperatorbluepinguin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that religion is created by humans, not gods. People are dumb and like to fight. They need to always have an excuse as to why their group is better than another group. Its more important that people learn to get along regardless of if they like somone elses beleifs or not. With more than 6 billion people in the world, i dont think its possible to get them to all agree on something at the same time.
2006-12-07 06:06:06 · answer #6 · answered by shaggybus 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its just not that easy. The problem with that is that yes most religions belive in a single all mighty God, but they choose to worship and belive different things. Like Catholics belive that jesus is the son of god and died for our sin, while muslims belive that Jesus was just a profet, because they belive that if he trully was the son of god, God wouldn't have let him die like that. The one world religion will never be true becaue everyone is different.
2006-12-07 06:04:40 · answer #7 · answered by quileter 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well that's a good idea in principal, but cultural differences, language and the like would make it un-doable. Not to mention the political ramifications!
Here's a novel idea: a universal religious translator, whereby any religion could be related to another. Using this system everyone could have their own religion along with a universal set of symbols that can be applied to any religion.
2006-12-07 06:05:35 · answer #8 · answered by dopeadevil23 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Personally, I think that there is no one right religion for the world to follow. Religion is a very personal and individual thing. I am confirmed catholic but when people ask me what religion I am I just say christian. For me, the right religion is a mixture of parts of all the religions.
2006-12-07 06:05:15 · answer #9 · answered by blubyum13 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
And who gets to pick the Gos we will all worship, You? You don't sound like you know enough about this complex subject to make such a statement Jim
2006-12-07 06:21:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a broad question. I guess it's a matter of what a person choses to believe, everyone who truly believes in something will say that theirs is the "right one". Yes, one world and one God. Each of us has to chose who we will believe. Who the "world" says in the right one, or what the Bible says, which again, is a "religion". God wants a sincere heart, not a robot...
2006-12-07 06:05:17 · answer #11 · answered by Spirit 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋