2007-03-11 21:00:50 · 28 answers · asked by bengL 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are many concepts of God...and of Goddesses for that matter...
2007-03-11 21:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by nuthnbettr2do0128 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The structure of a religion is mostly determined by its geography. The current major religions are products of the "fertile crescent" in the Middle East.
Judaism and Islam share the concept of the Messiah (Judaism) or Mahdi (Islam). Christianity is the current manifestation of the ancient Nilotic religion of Isis and Osiris, who are now Mary and Jesus but with little change in the practices and traditions.
For instance, when Jesus allegedly says "I am the corn of wheat which when it fall into the ground will die but bringeth forth much fruit" (or however it goes) he is quoting lines from Egyptian religion. And the hymn "O for a thousand tongues to sing the great Redeemer's praise" is originally a hymn to Isis.
And all these religions have the concept of pretty much the same anthropomorphic God. Why? Because they grew up together in the same region and derived from the same roots.
In places far afield, the concept of God is quite different. And in Burma, Theravada Buddhism teaches that there is no God at all, a concept quite unlike that of the religions derived from Egypt.
2007-03-11 21:36:09 · answer #2 · answered by fra59e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's more than just the concept of a God. I believe that Buddhists and Hindus base their religion on more of a karma than a god. The Greeks believed there were many gods. Then if you look at the concept of what a god would act like, rule like, and his person in general, you'd find that everyone's concept of "God" is very, very different - especially between different religions.
2007-03-11 21:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People get misled by few leaders of the society who make religions for their own benefits. Like Buddism, Lord Buddha never claimed to be a God. but today millions worship his picture. Few others were formed when people start praising their leaders beyond certain limit, in the event of time such leaders are portrayed as God. Today the smallest dimension we know is 10 power minus 30 meter when human mind cant even perceive 1/1000 of a milli-meter. Farthest distance we say is 4 billion light years when we cant even imagine 1 light year distance. We are talking of the Almighty Creator who is above such things. Such God - Can we imagine & define with parameters which human mind can understand?
2007-03-12 02:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by meena 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many religions because there are many set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons. Some religions believe in one God or Goddess while others have more than one Gods and Goddesses.
In the Christian religions, there are two concepts for God.
One group believe that God the father, assumed human form in the person of Jesus.
The other group believe that the Holy Spirit, Jesus and God are in one unity, one God called the Trinity.
Both groups agree that Jesus is both God and man. (:
Hope this don't confused you. God bless.
2007-03-11 23:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
take a really good look at the MANY different religions in the world and you will find that there are a lot of different view points on just as many different gods and goddess. take for instance Geek and Roman myth's or when they were in use Greek and Roman religion for there gods Zeus, and Hades, or even Babylonian religions Gods such as Marduuk, and Tiamat. So for your question there are many different gods, and goddess if one just look. The modern religion Catholosism just likes to try to denounce others that are different. Each of the for mentioned believe system has there own unique view point of what they believe in, and there are a lot more if one just look.
2007-03-11 21:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by drakelungx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look a little deeper into philosophy. There are as many different viewpoints on the great beyond as there are people. Each person believes what gives them strength, the motivation to go on and live each day. The Buddhists don't exactly believe in a personal God, more of a spiritual and possibly ascetic way of life. The Hindu have many personifications for God. Atheists don't believe there is a God. Christians, Jews, and Islamic people believe in one God and a Saviour. Life is diverse, and so are our beliefs.
2007-03-11 21:06:44 · answer #7 · answered by Binky 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is a myth that there is only one concept of god. Each religion has its own concept and all the gods are mutually exclusive. If you believe in one you cannot believe the other. Every religion claims(falsely of course) that it is the only pathway to god and others are false.
2007-03-11 23:27:14 · answer #8 · answered by narendra n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"God " is far too broad a term to use it to declare a fundamental unity.
It is only a superficial or contrived understanding which maintains that all religions are essentially approaching the same god by different paths
(The "One mountain" myth)
"...on the dogmatic but also on the mystical plane, too, there is no agreement... The great religions are talking at cross purposes."
R C Zaehner, then professor of Eastern religions at Oxford University.
2007-03-11 21:31:25 · answer #9 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many concepts of THE GOD, including the concept that THE GOD is just the head god over the rest of the gods, such as zeus, jupiter, ra, and others.
2007-03-11 21:07:28 · answer #10 · answered by Cat's Eye Angie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally? I think it's because mankind has always searched for ways to explain the universe, and our existence.
That's why there are so many different religions. But of course they all have one thing in common: God.
2007-03-11 21:15:17 · answer #11 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋