WHY do people quarell eventhough they agree the ULTIMATE IS ONE?

Answer 1

because of selfishness

Answer 2

My underlying understanding of human beings is that our behavior mirrors that of animals and that we have an additional capacity for behaving in a way which is opposite to animals. That is to say that we have the “free will” to shut down our animal programs and behave in an opposite fashion. So, for example, we can steal like animals do or we can choose not to steal (even in the face of hardship). We can hoard our wealth like animals do or we can share or give away our wealth away. We can kill like animals do or we can choose not to kill (even when threats are upon us). These things, this ability to stop our programs from running, is (I believe) a uniquely human thing. What the ability also seems to do (when operating properly) is to create guilt when we act contrary to it (i.e. when we act like animals). Many Christians (while most lack a fundamental understanding of the principle) call this component the “Holy Spirit”. It is also termed “your conscience”, “your morality”, “your spirit”, “the son of god”, “Allah”, “Jesus”, and most often simply “god”. None of the terms (as classified) change the component nor it’s functionality. I prefer to call it our “god component”.

One of our strongest animal programs is the one which causes us to want to align with a particular pack - like a religion. And we have a primal and basic program which tells us to defend our packs at all costs. Therefore, while people pledge allegiance to God - what they are really doing is creating divisive lines between themselves and someone else's pack - lines which create and cause conflict. So while we all agree that god is the Ultimate One - what we can not agree upon is which pack is strongest - and therein lies the irony.

Answer 3

Insufficient Knowledge.

Answer 4

Gee. You got great prices! Up here, Wendy's charges sumptin' like $5.95 fer an Ultimate.

Answer 5

some folks enjoy believing that ONLY their version of "The Ultimate" is The Ultimate so bicker bicker over whose Ultimate is the ultimate Ultimate. egotism all of it since we puny barely evolved primates ultimately know very little.

Answer 6

human nature. lol we could even use the fact that even animals fight and try to control eachother which is the truth behind arguments. It makes me believe that inside we are animals. we can't avoid having this instinct or we'd have no need to fight.

Answer 7

You disagree to agree.There are issues which may be the other party is unable to grasp and it is by arguing your case when the party is convinced.

Answer 8

...because we have not yet learned the difference between, nor the nature of, UNITY and UNIFORMITY.

RM

Answer 9

Because their own incmoplete knowledge of the absolute truth.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, informs that these are the question a inquisitive person asks and receives different answers in different faiths.

"Who am I? What is this world? What relation have I with this world?" To learn the truth, a soul in this material world will always ask himself these questions.

"Death must come, and when it does, I will have no relationship with this world of senses objects." When this thought arises, a fortunate person turns from the world of sense objects and yearns to know the truth. He then asks these questions: "Who am I, the person who perceives this world? What is this world? What relation have I with this world?"

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, now informs further as to why there are differences.

Because of their different natures, those who ask these questions attain a great variety of answers. Only a soul situated in his original spiritual form attains the true answers.

A person who has turned away from the world of sense objects finds an answer to these three questions. Scriptures and philosophies attempt to answer these three questions. In our country answers are given by the Vedas, Vedanta, and other books following the Vedic teachings. Answers are also given by philosophies that misinterpret the Vedic teachings, philosophies like nyaya, pseudo-sankhya, patanjala, vaisesika, and karma-memamsa. Answers are also given by philosophies that openly oppose the Vedic teachings, philosophies like Buddhism and the philosophy of the atheist Carvaka. In this way many philosophies give many different answers.

In China, Greece, Persia, France, England, Germany, Italy, and other countries many different philosophies were preached, philosophies like Materialism, Positivism, Secularism, Pessimism, Scepticism, Pantheism, and Atheism. Many philosophers used logic to prove the existence of God. Then again, in other places was preached the idea that one should simply beieve in God and worship Him. In many places were preached religions that claimed to be originally given by God. Some religions were rooted in each person's own individual faith in God. In other places it was said that God Himself had given the teachings of religion. Religion rooted in each person's own individual faith is called Theism. Included among the religions with belief-systems and scriptures given by God are Christianity and Mohammedanism.

The answers to the poreviously mentioned three questions are truly of two kinds: 1. the answer given by a soul situated in his original form, and 2. the great variety of answers given by all others. Why is not a single answer only given to each of these questions? The true answers are given by a pure person situated in his original spiritual form. All persons situated in their original spiritual forms give the same answers. However, the persons who have fallen into the material world are not situated in their original spiritual forms. The material word is not their real home. It is a world born from material illusion. The Supreme Truth (para- tattva) has a spiritual potency (para sakti). The shadow of that spiritual potency is the potency of illusion (maya-sakti). Maya-sakti is the mother of the material world.

The great variety of qualities maya offers are accepted by the souls residing in the material world as their own qualities. In this way the soul's original qualities are withdrawn and the specific mixture of qualities and an identity offered by maya are accepted by the soul. In this way the spirit soul identifies with matter. Spiritual and material ideas thus become mixed together in many different ways in the mind of the spirit soul. Each accepting a different mixture of material qualities, the spirit souls misidentifying with matter each give his own answers to these three questions.

In this way a great variety of answers is manifest. Influenced by the traditions, activities, associates, foods, language, and thought patterns of the countries where they live, the souls in this world give answers to these three questions. In this way time, place, and circumstance combine to create a great variety of natures. Firstly, the souls come in contact with matter in different ways. Those different kinds of contact bring one set of variations of nature. Secondly, their different countries, languages, families, and other circumstances bring another set of variations of nature. In this way the a great variety of natures becomes multiplied.

Only a person who has traveled to every country, learned every language, and studied every country's history can understand the scope of that variety. Here I will only point in the direction of that variety. I will not do more. It would be a great trouble. Of the two kinds of answers given by the living entities, one is the true answer. The other is the great variety of answers according to the views of different philosophies. The great variety of answers may be divided into two groups. The first grup is called "jnana" and the second group is called "karma".

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is the great-grand spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada(founder of ISKCON-International Society for Krishna Consciousness)