what heals?

Question

what can heal the gap between so many peoiple and faiths, how can we meet together and share our faith, share our thoughts, you cannot get rid of the unimportant comments, but those of you that are serious, how can we mend this patchwork of faiths?

Answer 1

Respect each other, listen to what others have to say. Look at life and creation (nature), and learn more knowledge to know the difference bettween good and evil.

Answer 2

On this planet you are this far...

"common suffering" heals... sounds stupid does it not?

It is the truth. If for example an alien race attacked the planet
great big green scary things start running around vaporising people... would you side with them (some would and they would be used and thrown away in the end) others, the majority would side with any other human.

All can be healed but most people don't know how to listen.

Answer 3

WHY Do MANY DOUBT
That Religion Can Unite Mankind?
“LOVE your neighbor.” (Matthew 22:39) This basic rule of conduct is acclaimed by many religions. If such religions were effective in teaching their members to love their neighbor, their flocks would be drawn together and be united. However, is that what you have observed? Are religions a force for unity? A recent survey in Germany asked the question: “Do religions unite people, or are they more likely to separate them?” Of the respondents, 22 percent felt that religions unite, whereas 52 percent felt that they divide, or separate. Perhaps people in your country feel much the same way.
Why do many have little confidence that religion can unite mankind? Perhaps because of what they know from history. Instead of drawing people together, religion has often pushed them apart. In some instances, religion has been the cover under which the most dreadful atrocities have been committed. Consider some examples from just the last 100 years.
Influenced by Religion
During the second world war, Roman Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs in the Balkans were at one another’s throats. Both groups claimed to follow Jesus, who taught his followers to love their neighbor. Yet, their conflict led to “one of the most appalling civilian massacres known to history,” as one researcher put it. The world was aghast at the death toll of more than 500,000 men, women, and children.
In 1947 the Indian subcontinent was home to some 400 million people-about a fifth of humanity-mainly Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. When India was partitioned, the Islamic nation of Pakistan was born. At the time, hundreds of thousands of refugees from both countries were burned, beaten, tortured, and shot in a series of religious massacres.
As if the foregoing examples were not disturbing enough, the turn of the century brought to the fore the threat of terrorism. Today, terrorism has put the whole world on alert, and many terrorist groups claim to have religious ties. Religion is not viewed as a promoter of unity. Instead, it is often associated with violence and disunity. Small wonder, therefore, that the German newsmagazine FOCUS compared the world’s major religions-Buddhism, Christendom, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism-to gunpowder.
Internal Squabbles
While some religions are at war with one another, others are beset by internal squabbles. For instance, in recent years the churches of Christendom have been split by ongoing debates on matters of doctrine. Clergy and laity alike ask: Is birth control permitted? What about abortion? Should women be ordained as priests? How ought the church to view homosexuality? Should a religion sanction war? In view of such disunity, many wonder, ‘How can a religion unite mankind if it cannot unite even its own members?’
Clearly, religion in general has failed to be a force for unity. But are all religions marked by divisions? Is there a religion that is different-one that can unite mankind? There certainly is!

Answer 4

Unfortunately....It may take a major global disaster of some sort, before people realize that we are all together on this planet and disagreements on temporary and unimportant issues are both temporary and unimportant in the long run.

Answer 5

man i have alot of respect for you. you are asking some real honest questions.

Unfortunately, this is mearly pipe-dreams. The way man works is some individual/party will do whatever is takes to get to the top, and once again, manipulate the public and cause others to hate and go to war. Some one will always want MORE land and want MORE power and want MORE believers.

It cant be solved. Instead of trying to solve this, try figuring our a way to deal with the cituation most efficiently.

Answer 6

Everyone has his own belief and path to God. The only way to patch our differences is believe in God. We all have different views if our lives and God. The one thing that we, the faithful, have in common is the fact that we BELIEVE. Whether our faith is molded from questioning Society's common belief and spawned our OWN faith or our faith is an unquestioned faith that we share with a community. We all have something in common, we believe. We do not need to debate other faiths and declare ours superior. The way we can patch the gaps, is to do what God wanted us to do, believe.

Answer 7

I believe its getting easier with time. Even during the past few years people have gotten more tolerant of one another. I do believe this is the general trend of development - although, if you look at details it often doesn't seem that way.

Answer 8

It is our principles in life that divide us from others. What will unite us all is our knowledge on how to balance things and separate good from bad, and most of all our faith in God that someday we will all be united as sons and daughters of Christ.

Answer 9

by not trusting 100% the bad potrayal made by the western media unto a certain popular faith/religion.

Answer 10

The only thing that can truly heal us is the love of Jesus Christ.