Where is the basis for any differences?

Question

Love, sacrifice, service and righteousness are the four limbs of religion. Religion brings out the divine and sublime feelings in man and makes him serve society. It evokes all that is great, blissful and good in men, and demonstrates the unity of mankind. It is unfortunate that religion, which has such high and sacred objectives, is construed and practised in a narrow way and propagated as a narrow creed. Religion is like an undercurrent that sustains the whole of humanity. The founders of religions, with a view to spreading the subtle secrets of religious faith, laid down certain rules of conduct and conveyed their message to the people. Thus, when the essence of all religions is one and the same, when all the scriptures proclaim the same truth, when the goal of all human effort is one, where is the basis for any differences? The paths are varied, but the destination is one and the same????

Answer 1

Indra, please go read the very texts that are the foundations of these religions. You are listening to very foolish ideas about religion that have no basis in reality.

Actually read them, not just listen to what other people say about them. It is a modern myth that all religions are the same.

I am not religious. I experienced God directly when I was seventeen and it transformed me. I read everything I could find, trying to understand what had happened. I was stunned at the lack of comprehension I had had before.

Here is a site to get your started. Once you actually read what has actually been said by the founders of the different religions, by their saints, their prophets, by their gods, by their teachers, you will see that what you state as the four limbs of religion are cherry-picked ideals that are vague enough that they could be applied to half the organizations in the world, religious or not.

REAL religions are very different, regardless of what we wish they were. There is great love, and sacrifice, and service, and righteousness, but there is also many things that make each VERY different from each other.

We all have heads, limbs, hearts, brains.

That doesn't make me a lizard, or one and the same as a lizard.

This kind of thinking is like trying to do a skyscraper blue print in watercolors. Its very pretty, but likely to get people who believe you killed as they join things without really understanding what they are getting into.

Answer 2

You are clearly a victim of religious pluralism. And, no- all the "scriptures" do not proclaim the same "truth". If you would take a theology course in comparative religion, you wouldn't allow yourself to write and ask such misinformed questions. Clearly all "religions" do not lead to the same "truth", for if they did I doubt there would be so much bloodshed as evidenced by what you call "the good in man". Well did the Lord say when he proclaimed that the time would come when those who kill you(believers) will think they do God service.

Answer 3

Get off the feel good crap.
I suggest you read the book, "Reinventing Jesus."

Christianity has a solid foundation based on the historical
Jesus. Most religions were created by men and
their beliefs are baseless.

Answer 4

bible quotes that you are going to hell if you don't accept Jesus, and people believing every word of the bible would be one basis. same for the koran and non-believers in Islam.