does the religion or set of rules for living the life changes as time changes . if yes then how?

Question

because in mahabharta bhisma took oath in the form of love for his father , then after that he fought war against his own family members

Answer 1

religion and so called set of rules are both diffrent things.religion is not set of rules.It has not even any relation with communalism.religion is dharma and our nitya dharma i.e. dharma which is permanent and doesn't change with time is to love Lord Krishna and that nitya dharma won't change with time.In mahabharta Bhishma knew that pandavas were on right path but he wanted to protect the words he gave to his father for the sake of truth or satya.

Answer 2

The religion and set of rules are not the same thing. Code of conduct is just arbitrary. It should change as the times changes. But the problem is that people don't know of a religion above the code of conduct. So they have to hold tight their way of living. To be more religious they bring back the things their ancestors have long rejected. A Hindu is crying "Let the Ram rajya come back and everything will be ok." It is foolish and impossible to recreate the old systems. Man has matured throuhg it and discarded it. But as long as one does not know the essence or living spirit of religion such foolishness is impossible to remove. A way of life is just helpful for religion and most rules have nothing to do with religion. Some kind of order is required and what is suitable for everyone can be agreed upon. Muslims have a rule allowing them to marry four women. Do you think it is anyway going to allow them to be spiritual and religious. But that was the need of a time. Men were killed in wars and so many women were without men. How could a tribe survive. The number mattered the most. All the women shuld be productive. Otherwise they could be easily conquered by others. This has nothing to do with religion. Even one woman is a head-ache in your spiritual path. Religion is very important in a man's life but if he does't know the essence it is a burden. As a growth and realisation of your potentialities it is good and inevitable but as a set of code of conduct it is a burden.

Answer 3

Religion is firm belief that there exists a super power which has control on all events and decides how the world,universe and so many other unknown things in this vast universe work.It is only a belief and none of the religions actually know this supreme person.Every saint, sant ,or other religious leader described Him the way they understood best.
Hindu vedas described how a man,family,
comunity,country live in harmony with the surroundings and nature.Most of these principles stand good even today.They also said we have to live as per surroundings and conditions prevailing.That is why hindus accept changes very easily.Living in harmony is their basic principle.
Our ancestors who gave the religion,all religions included,lived in days when scientific knowledge is meagre.Today we know so many things.Our life styles and rules have changed.But we should never say there is no God even if we have not seen him.His actions are seen daily in so many ways.Peace of mind can be achieved only when we put our faith in God.Indian scientists pray God even when they fire rockets or explode atom bombs.
Religion wont change but rules for living change as per times.We cann't live on trees as our ancesrors (monkeys) lived.

Answer 4

Moral absolutes do not change. Truth doesn't change. Our understanding may change or the application may change, but if the rule is a moral truth, it won't change.

I'll stick with Christian examples since that's the religion I know the most about.

Decades ago there were some christian denominations that believed it was a sin to play cards. I don't know the exact reasons why, but I think it had to do with one of the 10 commandments about graven images. So the denomination made a rule that you couldn't play cards. This was a man made rule. The Bible never said, "don't play cards". So there's an absolute rule about graven images. The man made rule about playing cards changed. Our understanding of what the passage means changes. But the original rule and it's intended meaning doesn't change.

Drinking is another example. A lot of christians think it is a sin to drink any alcohol. The bible never states, "do not drink alcohol". It does say things like "don't be given over to drunkenness". Without going into a lot of detail, there are various passages in the bible that pertain to drinking. The original intent doesn't change. Throughout the centuries, man's understanding of those passages have changed.

In Jesus' time, the Jews had made up all sort of ridiculous rules and were extremely legalistic. Many Christians are the same way. This has always been the case in organized religion. Christ, as well as the apostles Peter & Paul, preached against the man made legalistic rules and preached for the original intent and gave guidelines for helping to live out that original intent.

Legalism is the rejection of God's rules and substituting them with one's own rules. For example, it's much easier to obey the man made rule not to play cards or not to drink alcohol than it is to obey the God given rule to love my neighbor.

I don't really know anything about the man you state, but someone making up rules and then not obeying them himself just shows that person to be a hypocrite.

Answer 5

The true religion does not change drastically but subtley. As our understanding grows, we see things clearer. It sharpens. So the rules change slightly.

It is the same as when you first start with a computer or piano. You don't automatically or instantly know everything about it's use and operation. It must be gradual. After mastery, one looks back and wonder how could I have made such mistakes?

Answer 6

For the individual,yes. As time passes we each reach a new understanding; either through studying or through life experiences.

Answer 7

Well, spiritually, there is no change, but a devotion for God, and a benignity to all mankind. However, society can change your way of thinking or principles of religion.

Answer 8

there is the core principle - to develop your love for God,
and then there are the ever-changing contingencies, like what you need to do for bachelor life, married life, retired life etc., dealing with the world around us..



but the development of love of God is the core, unchanging 'rule'

Answer 9

All great civilizations begin stoically, puritanical, demanding to survive...all of them degenerate, grow lazy, become sexually permissive and hire "outsiders to do their work, and their fighting" then the culture, or nation collapses from within.

Comprende Americana?

Answer 10

its all subjective. what's good one day, isn't the next due to the fact that people can justify any kind of action using a lose interpretation of rules or religion.