Terah, Bible, Quran, whatever your faith if any at all comes from a book. it is the one that you chose to live your life by with a set of concepts that you value above any other and there is nothing wrong with this and if you also feel the need to try and bring your joy to others by bringing them into your little group that is fine and one of your rights. Please let us remember at the end of the day that each person will chose whatever brings them joy in this life and we should be willing to extend our best wishes on a long and happy life filled with joy if they choose your way of believing/life or another and remember religious texts is just that - a book - nothing more or less with the exception that we have made our decision which one we will live our lives as a guideline and hope for future. No one really knows what is after this life so let's make the best of it and respect eachother. Amen!
2007-05-27 12:25:56 · 24 answers · asked by S.O.S. 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Exactly... I mean... what difference does it make if you knew a person before their religious faith... and after?
2007-05-27 12:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by Highlander 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If my faith was based on a book and nothing else it would be as shallow as you think it is, but there is so much more than that.
First, I know God personally, and don't need a book to have an ongoing relationship with Him.
Second, He has done so many things in answer to prayer on specific issues where I talked to nobody but Him that it would be impossible for the answers to come any other way.
Third, as a Christian I believe it is every person's right to believe whatever they want, but I also believe that for me to withhold what I believe with all my heart to be truth from others
knowing that it would rob them of the greatest gift ever offered
in the history of mankind would be criminal.
Finally, I do "know" what is after this life because I know the Creator and sustainer of life. I know my destiny because His word says so, and I know it is His word because I know Him.
2007-05-27 12:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When all is said and done, at the end of the day, each person is responsible for their own actions. So youre correct. Thus we say that each person has free will to chose the path that suits them the best.
However, some paths aim to feed the ego, while some paths aim to free the person from the shackles of their own selfish needs.
When all is said and done, those who chose the second path, are always happier, because they can sleep at night, without feeling pangs of guilt or regret.
and that is a life worth talking about :)
2007-05-27 12:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by Antares 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For anyone involved in a religion, they should not be able to say that their book is only just a book. If there is nothing to set it apart, then why adhere to it? Religion should be something tried and proven true to the individual. I am a Christian because I have found from comparing Christianity to other religions, philosophies, -isms, there is nothing that compares. If you do not feel that way about your religion, then why follow it? Out of tradition, rather than out of truth? ...be serious about finding the truth, or just leave it alone.
2007-05-27 12:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I really do believe that 'sacred books' for religions are just that--books that sometimes give insights but aren't something you should obey to the letter just because something is written there. If you do that, you'll never develop a sense of right and wrong for yourself. But just so you know, Wiccans don't have a book they follow. It's true that many follow the Wiccan Rede and various other writings, but there is no large text that all Wiccans can agree on or call sacred.
2007-05-27 12:30:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Terah, Bible, Quran, whatever your faith if any at all comes from a book."............may i add that through experience arising from a personal relationship with your God, the words of this religious book become manifested in concrete ways in your life, which further strengthens faith, and brings a sense of conviction that what is written in the book is true.
~PhoeniX~
2007-05-27 12:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by Spurious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's wrong with getting guidelines and inspiration from a book? Even atheists have had their sources of information where they pick up ideas from, despite their being no single "official" canon. I know *I* sure have.
Besides, you're making it sound as if one's religous stances come SOLELY from the canon. What about personal experiences?
2007-05-27 12:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you believe in a truly infinite god doesn't he have to be on both sides of a contradiction or not be infinite?
Say the Upanishads say X and Tao of Lao Tzu says not X. Doesn't an infinite being have to be both?
There is no such thing as "just a book." Now where did I leave my copy of Green Eggs and Ham?
2007-05-27 12:32:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pagans and Atheists don't have holy books.
some pagans have a Spell book (BoS) but most don't have any "Book" let alone a Holy one!
Jews, Christians and Muslims are pretty much the same, they believe in the same god, they have the same holy book.
I mean C'mon, why are they fighting, there just different branches of the same tree of Israel.
2007-05-27 12:31:06 · answer #9 · answered by Bobby 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ah but people who truly live by the book do not think of it as just a book. That can cause rifts. (Oh thank you Paulywog for proving me correct on this point)
I'm all for people being happy with their own beliefs, that's all good. Just as long as they don't tell me how I'm damned to hell
2007-05-27 12:30:16 · answer #10 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jews, Christians and Muslims understand the great danger the international community is in today. The dangers of Hezbollah, Terrorists cells. etc.
Danger extends to the 'doorstep' of every democratic, freedom-loving nation.
So Christians, Muslims and Jews are contiually growing and learning about the values we share in common.
Jews, Christians and Muslims are accustomed to being libeled, hated, and used as scapegoats for the world's ills.
However, the difference today is that Jews and Christians and Muslims have been linked together, both by the need to defeat terrorism and our commitment to a common set of moral and spiritual values.
Given the global dangers we face today as Jews, and Christians and Muslims together, we are increasingly becomming aware of the ongoing opportunities we have to forge even closer bonds. ~(~
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2007-05-27 12:33:37 · answer #11 · answered by gigiemilu 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋