When Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others pray to their God do you think it"s the same God but simply using different names for that deity?
Mahatma Gandhi of Indian once said "The soul of religion is one, but it is encased in a multitude of forms"
Is this true or false?
2007-05-23 01:52:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Very true
2007-05-23 01:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"When Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others pray to their God do you think it"s the same God but simply using different names for that deity?"
Not typcially (IMO). Otherwise there would not be so much bickering that 'my God is the only God'. Perhaps the outspoken fall in this category and the ones who think it is the same God don't say much (so their own won't turn on them).
"Mahatma Gandhi of Indian once said "The soul of religion is one, but it is encased in a multitude of forms"
Is this true or false?"
True.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-05-23 02:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The God of the Jews and Christians is the same God, but the Jews did not recognize Jesus as God in the flesh. The Jews gave us the Holy Bible because God inspired Hebrew men to write the Bible.
The god of the Muslims is a crescent moon god which Muhammad picked out from among 360 other gods or idols and his name is Allah. Muhammad used the Hebrew writings of the Bible to write the Koran or Quran. So for this reason the Bible and Quran have similarities.
2007-05-23 02:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It may be true, if you make the necessary distinction that Gandhi did. At the heart of all religious traditions is a mystical experience of the divine/transcendent which all who experience it say goes beyond anything words could express or our minds could encompass. So we use metaphors and symbols to point to this experience. Then people (usually ones who have never had the experience themselves) take the symbols literally and fight with other people who use different metaphors than they do!
2007-05-23 01:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by jamesfrankmcgrath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do i think of? that persons who carry this place have not extremely thought all of it the way by. i comprehend there are lots of people who think of that no person faith possesses the completed actuality - in basic terms in basic terms bits and products of it (the full 3 blind men and the elephant analogy). The deadly flaw with this declare is the subject of inner consistency. on an identical time as there are floor similarities, each and every religious custom makes actuality-claims which contradict the reality-claims of different religious traditions - and a pair of contradictory assertions can not the two be suited (the full regulation of Non-Contradiction sorta hinges in this). it would desire to theoretically be that none are suited - yet as quickly as we are going to be intellectually honest, we'd desire to placed aside the thought that each and every person religions are in actuality an identical.
2016-11-05 02:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has given to each of us a conscience that helps us know right from wrong. As we bring our actions in line with our conscience, we become more sensitive to this source of truth.
In other words, everyone is born with some knowledge of God, which increases or decreases depending on our actions.
So to some extent your statement is true; however, while most religions contain some truth, it may be in different areas and to different degrees.
2007-05-23 02:05:25 · answer #6 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick your religion
For the purposes of this answer ‘Faiths’ are included in religions because the semantic word play will not be acknowledged.
Most religions claim they their book is divinely inspired.
Some actually claim it to be written by their god.
Most religions claim to be the true religion.
Most religions say that they have proof of their religion being the true one yet all the arguments are circular therefore invalid.
Because of this, all religions say it is about ‘Faith’ and following your heart.
So, because the above is true then all religions are equally valid.
Most religions claim to be the way of love and peace.
Most religions have killed to convert.
All religions are different but claim to have commonalities.
Therefore it follows that they must all be dilutions.
2007-05-23 02:00:33 · answer #7 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Knowing God is a universal desire....God put that desire in us...so we would want to be with him....
it is not the form that is important, but the path....some paths lead to truth....some lead to error......
that means some are looking , but going the wrong way...and some are going the right way.....
to those that are going the wrong way...they are lost and will not really find peace until they find the right path....because being lost is not peaceful.....
as long as we are looking and seeking God...even if we are lost...he will find us and put us on the right path...
2007-05-23 02:00:15 · answer #8 · answered by Marianne T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians believe that Jesus was the savior and that He came and died in order that we could be saved.
Jews believe that the Messiah is still coming, and that Jesus was not him.
Muslims believe that their prophet was Muhammad and that Allah is God.
They are the same only in that they are all monotheistic. Otherwise, their holy books are entirely different.
2007-05-23 02:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christianity is the only religion where God Himself took human form to obliterate the debt of wrath that His creation had incurred.
2007-05-23 01:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by Soundtrack to a Nightmare 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋