Isnt believing your religion is the only truth and is without a doubt superior to all other religions equivalent to a rascist saying his/her ethnicity is the true race and is superior to all the others? Im not saying they are equivalent in evil, rather the natural dogmatic state of mind people have when they believe their opinions are absolute truth eventhough it may be flawed. Cant people see playing one side is always dogmatic and encourages competition which may lead to pity or hate?
2007-02-15 09:23:48 · 10 answers · asked by Maikeru 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't see how you can compare religion and race. One is a choice, the other is not.
Having said that, there is a lot of hate spread around in the name of religion. The very nature of most religions is that God does not change nor does he esteem one person more than another. He has defined one way to reach salvation and that is through Jesus Christ. He does not play favorites and does not say that some can do it one way while others do it another way. There is only one path to God. It is through Jesus Christ. That is the what God has declared. We have no authority to change it.
2007-02-15 10:23:09 · answer #1 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it isnt. Slight difference, beliefs change, they are ALWAYS changing. Do you believe the same things you believed when you were a kid? No. How about even as early as 4 years ago? Even though beliefs may change, we only happen to stumble onto the right ones seemingly by trial and error. But once we do, we really cling to that truth! Well many feel the same way about Jesus Christ and there is nothing wrong with believing that you are right about something, you may very well be! It is what we do with that truth and that search for truth though that so defines our existence!
And no, back when I was an atheist and I visited my local church; if I would encountered people that were unsure and unwilling to share their faith with me, I would never be where I am today. God tells us to BOLDLY speak the truth and if people will not listen then to move on.
Dogma though implies that we are never allowed to question our leaders or encouraged to have different interpretations and that isnt what the Scriptures teach. That isnt how most churches Ive ever been to operate either.
2007-02-15 17:46:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an anthropologist. The term we use for this is "ethnocentrism". I believe this is natural to our species. Everyone on the earth does this in some way or other. Almost every culture has even named itself in their own language as "the people" and many times their words for others mean roughly "not people" or "them". It really is "us vs. them" to our human psyche. I believe this stems from a basic insecurity about ourselves and our survival. This phenomenon is not disrupted until a similarity or point of commonality is found between people as groups or individuals. So if people would begin to focus on our similarities as humans, perhaps we could overcome this.
2007-02-15 17:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by Leigh K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God alone is absolute Truth - He is not flawed and He has clearly revealed the way to Himself in Christ. Shall I agree with those who call God a liar or shall I continue to assert what God has said about Himself? hmmmm You see it is not "my opinion" it is and always has been the absolute Truth of the absolute God given from HIM to us - not the other way around.
The Kingdom of Darkness and the Kingdom of Light will always clash while this present world exists.
2007-02-15 17:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can admit that i might be wrong but i cant change that i still believe i'm not. and any type of religion asks for complete faith so if you have doubt that you are wrong how can you be a true believer? of course i'm not blind and i realize that i might be wrong because there are so many other religions in the world. i do have reason to believe in mine but so do others. we cant compromise our beliefs for the sake of being agreeable but we can be tolerant and not push our beliefs on everyone else. its very annoying to me when someone acts as if they have never considered the possiblity that they may be wrong but i guess i cant blame them really
2007-02-15 17:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Christian dogma does not preach superiority, it teaches us to love and not judge. However it does state the only way to heavan is through the Jesus Christ. So we are no better than any one else, but we are justified.
2007-02-15 17:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by TULSA 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ewww...I should report you for adult content. There's no reason to be talking about the "dogmatic position".
2007-02-15 17:27:02 · answer #7 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
All religions require faith and therefore all religions are dogmatic.
2007-02-15 17:26:07 · answer #8 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. Absolutely not. There's nothing you can say that will change my mind, and you're an idiot if you disagree with me.
2007-02-15 17:27:42 · answer #9 · answered by marbledog 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
same can be said about political persuasion as well. Good points...
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2007-02-15 17:26:22 · answer #10 · answered by I hate friggin' crybabies 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋