Or can you think of some meaningful difference that should keep the current religions separate from past ones?
2007-02-28 04:10:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus is very real
feel free to go to myths..
2007-02-28 04:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Erm, they do.
It's just that Christianity has 200 - 289 of the Dewey Decimal System, with everything else crammed into the remaining ten slots.
In fairness though, library classifications will be weighted by how much was written on a specific topic at the time the system was created. So in the system specifically for Jewish libraries, 'Jews in Scotland' gets the same weight as 'Jews in Poland'. Not that there were many Jews here in Scotland, but those that were kept really good archives for awhile.
Same thing with Christianity. A disproportionate number of books have been written on it, so it goobles up nearly all of the 200s.
But it's a real pain sometimes, if a library chucks *everything* having to do with Torah down in the Christian 'Old Testament' (sic) section, while the rest of the Jewish material is up in 296.
2007-02-28 12:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which is a sad commentary on how "unenlightened" human nature is!
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. All religions, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
2007-02-28 12:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered you own question - Current religion that people practice and believe and past religions that are no longer practiced. That is a reason to separate.
2007-02-28 12:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by Go Bears! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, not all people see their Gods as personifications in need of worship. Others see them simply as allegorical stories for those events not explained by science (there wasn't a lot of science back when people thought of Thor)
Instead people see them as ancient ways that allegorically speaking are still relevant today. Plus it's fun. Don't rain on my parade.
2007-02-28 12:17:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're seperate beliefs from seperate areas of the world. They just like to be organized and have thier own thing be it religion or myths.
2007-02-28 12:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by 0okie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US Constitution: In the first amendment guarantees freedom of religion
2007-02-28 12:14:39 · answer #7 · answered by Kye H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That would only work for those who don't feel a strong relationship with their deity. Although I can sit and chat with people of other religions, I would not want to compromise my beliefs in my God. To me, praying to "any deity" is like addressing a junk mail letter to "Dear Occupant." Junk mail does not get results. The same goes with junk prayers.
I realize that you think religion is a waste of time, but for those of us who do respect and worship a particular religion, please don't disrespect our beliefs.
2007-02-28 12:22:36 · answer #8 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Think of all of the sociological ramifications if our society suddenly became comprised of nothing but intelligent, rational human beings. The horror!
2007-02-28 12:17:35 · answer #9 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because, in Jesus dwells ALL the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col.2:9 below) -
o God the Father
o The Holy Spirit of God the Father
o The Word of God the Father
The only begotten son of God the Father (Jn.1:14 below), Jesus (the Word - Jn.1:1, Jn.1:14 below), His beloved Son (Matt.3:17 below), was conceived of the Holy Ghost (Matt.1:20 below).
It is God the Father who conceived in Mary (blessed among women) His very Word through His very Holy Spirit (Matt.1:20 below).
Col.2:9 For in him dwelleth ALL the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Jn.1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (Matt.1:20, Matt.3:17 below)) full of grace and truth.
Jn.1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Re.1:6, Lk.1:47 below).
Re.1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God (Jn.1:1 above) AND his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Lk.1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour (Jn.1:14, Jn.1:1, Re.1:6 above).
Lk.1:68 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Matt.3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son (Matt.1:20 below), in whom I am well pleased.
Matt.1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost (Jn.1:14, Matt.3:17 above).
2007-02-28 18:48:31 · answer #10 · answered by BibleProphecyOnTheWeb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. They're all the same to me.
I'd like to see a temple to Ra here in my hometown, though. I bet that's be a fun service to go to.
2007-02-28 12:13:28 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋