Why can't we all get along? Thoughts Please!?

Question

The three biggest religions with one deity that can't get along (Moslems, Jews, Christians) all have in common:
-The same Holiest city
-The same holiest spot
-The same basic tennants..and most importantly
...THE SAME GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the problem here? God doesn't have a favorite player on the Yankees, he doesn't root for Notre Dame (sorry my Catholic friends) and I don't think he has a favorite religion.
Everyone should shut up, share a prayer and enjoy a nice frosty beverage together.

Answer 1

i agree, thanks for the beer!

Answer 2

Good luck. The basis of religion is the claim of Absolute Truth. This does not leave a lee-way for "Well, you're sorta like me, and we do belive in basically the same thing, so we're cool." Each religion claims to have Absolute, final knowledge of the Everlasting God. Something so perfect is summed up in their earthly fininte knowlege (not even going to start on how an infinite can be described finitely) so to claim anything but what they claim, (remember the term in question is Absolute Truth [capital T]) is not only wrong, but offensive. They think they have something so right, so beautiful, that the mere act of altering it slightly is a sin, a blasphamey, an evil so wrong because it is the corruption of the Absolute Truth.

The basis of religion depends solely on this fact, that we know what is right, and if you don't think like us you are wrong. We will show you what is right, and if you don't see things our way after, then you are unholy. Religion doesn't demand sectarianism, it defines it. Religion is the step before a call to action, it is the reason and the ideology.

The only one's who are willing to "share a prayer" are ones who are willing to admit that they do not know the Truth (big t) and are merely enlightened with some truth (little t). While those people make great drinking buddies, they don't exactly pack them in the pews. Firm beliefs are viewed as a good, and virtuous thing in all societies, because religion defines itself in terms of absolutes. Them or me, us and the heathens etc. Religion prays on the human instinct to be mistrustful of the other, and amplifies it with absolutist claims. The moderates you describe will never be the majority, because if they were, they quickly come to grips with reality, and become atheists, agnositics or "spiritual, not religious." It would be a wonderful world, but the hold of Absolute Truth is too tempting to let go of.

Answer 3

since when do children in the same family have to get along? If sharing parents, upbringing, food, housing and many other experiences are not enough how can what you list be enough?
Anyway the members of those three different religions do not have the same living standard. Compare the economics of say Saudi Arabia or Bahrain with that of Palestine. Then compare to how vocal and aggressive they are to the state of Israel. I think there is a true correlation...
if your god gives one family member more than others, that does not promote good feeling.

Answer 4

This is the story of the Blind Men and the Elephant...

Each blind man touched a different part of the elephant and had a different idea of what the elephant was.

The tail felt like a rope, the legs felt like a tree, the ear felt like a rug...

We could call each different interpretation, a different part of Life or a different reaction to reality. And we can call the elephant the intrinsic whole of Life, or that thing inside all of us that is the same (God, if you will).

This is why people argue and fight.

One might think "Hey, if i think this feels like a tree, and he thinks it feels like a rope, of course we can't both be right. But if i'm wrong, that means i don't exist (since our existence depends on our ability to synergize with the rest of the world). i know i exist. so he must be wrong."

You see?

Most of us aren't that enchanted when we see an elephant, because we've seen them so many times. but if we see only a part of the elephant, and then gradually the whole becomes revealed, we appreciate it much more.

We all must strive to accept our differences little at a time, until the whole elephant is revealed to everyone individually.

And, if a person with sight were to come to the Blind Men and just tell them it was an elephant, what would happen?

You would have the same outcome. The blind men would still not necessarily believe the "seer", for they have no proof beyond the words the "seer" speaks. Also, I would say that the seer should not call the blind men wrong either, for they only tell of what they understand and experience; they do not get to dictate the blind mens' understanding or experience.


You see, We each hold our own truths, and to express them outwardly as THE Truth is our own fault. Real Truth is purely an inner personal experience that we must come to realize on our own.

And, It is when we realize that our own internal truths do synergize with even the seemingly most different external truths of the world that a peace is found within us.

Answer 5

Calm down, you're gonna stroke out! First, we do NOT worship
the same God. The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, are
Christian only! Allah is NOT the same God. Actually, it's very
insulting to even compare Allah with the True God (Trinity) and
the Jewish people are still waiting for their Messiah. So, there
is a huge problem. No, they will not get along until Jesus Christ comes and reigns on the earth and takes care of everything. So, kick back and enjoy life and worship which ever one you please.

Answer 6

Darn, I have a friend who is so upset that God isn't in Notre Dame's corner. Catholics here in Southeast Texas are usually for various Texas teams or LSU. We got lots of cajuns. He thinks they have to be heretics not to be for Notre Dame.
But Christians are part of fallen humanity.
Be patient, God isn't through with us yet.

Answer 7

Muslims, Jews and Christians are failing to serve your sense of happiness? The best solution is to cultivate a calmer mind that has studied, cultivated wisdom, patience and altruism, which subsequently leads to kinder speech, thereby putting a grinding halt to a degree of the unkind speech and behavior that flows back your way. You want to see change... start being the thing you want to see... you want peace, then be PEACEFUL, not unkind. "Shut up" is not virtuous speech.

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Answer 8

You know what? You have a very good point. The 3 biggest religions have so much in common yet they still can't learn to put all their differences aside and JUST LIVE IN PEACE.

Answer 9

Because people want to be right more than they want to get along.

Really. Think about it. Arguments inspire anger which damages our pride. As soon as our pride is hurt we don't want to get along with the guy that hurt our feelings. We want to show the jerk just how wrong he was. Worst part of all, the "Jerk" feels the same way about us.

Answer 10

First, by what source do determine all these things? Christians use the Bible, including the New Testament. Did God reveal something to you personally, outside the Bible? No? Do you believe the Bible? If you do, use that as your source. If you have another source, please identify it.

Answer 11

People fight over the smallest diffrences. Has no one besides me read a book called the Star-bellied Sneeches. written by Dr. Suess?

Make my drink a nice frost milkshake!