inspired by Ardia?

Question

Ardia was asking why people only see the bad in religious beliefs
so please share with us some lovely , inspirational , loving words from your beliefs
and please state your religion/beliefs

~Embracing my Pangelism

*Adia * oops sorry lol

Answer 1

My religion is Hinduism:
What I really like about my religion is that it recognizes that people have different natures and different needs, and that different people might benefit from different paths to the Divine. So, there is the path of jnana yoga for those who are of an intellectual type. They can gain salvation by concentrating on the scriptures and philosophical side of Hinduism. But salvation is not only for those who are intellectuals. Not everyone is an intellectual. And even some who are, are actually better suited to follow one of the other paths. Bhakti yoga is the path of devotion, which is my personal favorite. And there are other paths as well.

In addition to the paths within Hinduism, it is recognized that other religions can also lead people to Ultimate Truth. So my faith embraces the world's religious traditions as valid paths to the same ultimate end.

I could also state many wonderful things about those other religions, but then this would be a very long answer!

Answer 2

I have posted this before, but I think it's the best agnostic quote out there:

Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
- Andre Gide

Some other neat ones:

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
- Carl Sagan

You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
- James Thurber

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
- Jose Ortega y Gasset

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer 3

Much of the teachings of Taoism are poetic, mystical. It's difficult for me to pick one, since I like so many!

But how about this one? Picked at random.

"Body is the tabernacle,
Travelling one thousand miles,
The gods are still in place".

I take this to mean that what we need, we have within us. Christians may talk of a 'personal relationship with Jesus', Buddhists of 'the Buddha within each of us'. For atheists, a sense of 'self'. And where does any of that occur, if not within us?

Wherever we are, we are still us. And this reminds us to remain true to that. :-)
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Answer 4

'Do only that you can bring proudly before your gods' (Jez of the Association of Polytheist Traditions). www.manygods.org

'Live without regrets - Love without reserve'. Glenn Oakwood (Scartanore Clan).

Answer 5

For God so love the world so much, that he gives one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Answer 6

Hey....oh bull dung I didn't get to sue you for mispelling my name.

[4:90] ........ Therefore, if they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then GOD gives you no excuse to fight them.

[8:61] If they resort to peace, so shall you, and put your trust in GOD. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

[60:8] GOD does not enjoin you from befriending those who do not fight you because of religion, and do not evict you from your homes. You may befriend them and be equitable towards them. GOD loves the equitable.

[Quran: 7:199] ......You shall resort to pardon, advocate tolerance, and disregard the ignorant.


Especially the last one. Resort to forgiveness, advocate tolerance and disregard ignorance.

Answer 7

I have no idea what pangelism and Ardia are.