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The truth is a broken mirror its true reflection is scattered into pieces. No religion is fully true as they are part of one whole.
In order for us to understand the meaning of life we must draw from each other's wisdom without the presence of anger.

I already put this into the R&S section I just wanted to see what the Philosophy section had to say. Also had someone already come up with something similar?

2007-06-30 08:30:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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I definitely think that people should be tolerant of each other's beliefs. Most of the major faiths have the same basic tenets: we believe in a benevolent creator, we believe that you should love & not hurt others, be a good person, live a good life. You can't really go wrong there. The people who get angry, the overzealous fanatics who hate everyone but those who subscribe to their own particular belief system are missing the whole point. God is love. Whether you choose to call him God or Allah or Buddha or Mohammed, He is a supreme being who created us & wants us to love Him & each other & this beautiful world He gave us. It's not complicated. But evil people like to twist holy books & misinterpret them to support their own fiendish ends...

Each religion is just a different path to the same destination. Or pieces of the same mirror as you say. As long as we remember the big picture (God is love) & don't get caught up in the minute details & differences of each religion we should be able to appreciate & respect each other.

It is the same with philosophy. There are myriad ideas, thoughts and theories about the meaning of life, conflicting philosophies about the origin & meaning of all things. But each one is like a different piece of the puzzle. There isn't one perfect & complete answer. You look at all of them as valid viewpoints worthy of respect. You choose what works for you & is closest to your beliefs but you still acknowledge other ideas around you & try not to be hostile with those who disagree.

2007-06-30 09:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by amp 6 · 0 1

I really don't like the broken mirror concept. While I might agree that no religion holds the whole truth, I don't think I can see that all religions came from the same mirror.
If we are made in the image of God then when we look in the mirror the reflection of our life should be the reflection of God.
I also believe anger has a very legitimate role in spiritual health. For example Jesus owned his anger when he threw the money changers out of the temple courtyard. There are to many bad examples of anger fueled by hate and prejudice in our current religious culture in America and the world. Anger is not the problem, it is the hate and bigotry.
As for the meaning of life all we need to do is contemplate our image in the mirror and locate God in our actions and being.

Love and Encouragement

ZebraFoxFire

2007-06-30 15:53:58 · answer #2 · answered by ZebraFoxFire 4 · 2 0

Are you talking about truth? You got the point when you say we do not understand the whole meaning of life in full. But we must strive to find it, otherwise our lives become very awful.

For me, to find the truth we must learn anywhere anytime, not just in the church or philosophy classroom. We can learn in the market, on the street, at home, at the bus stop, etc.

You are right that we must be objective and avoid judging something before know the whole story. But we should know which things are gold and which ones are not. We should reject 'rubbish' views. We can learn them for our knowledge, but not for application. We should uphold right things, even when we hear them from a beggar, and throw away wrong things, even when we hear it from a professor or a priest.

The most important here is not 'assembly of views', but standard of truth, which is given by the Truth himself and learning process.

2007-06-30 16:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by r083r70v1ch 4 · 1 0

I really enjoyed the text, It sum es up what I believe!
The hart of all religions is the same: don´t kill,don´t steel and so on however there are differences between religions, but that is only because they have all been interpret by people,who have filtered events through there own believes and opinions and that is why events have been interpreted differently and over time these differences have become bigger and bigger. The saying "there are always to sides off a story" rings true with religion as well.... I think we learn from each other every day.

2007-06-30 16:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Benita L 1 · 0 1

Humans believe what they choose to believe without regard for proof, or truth, once they've decided to believe it. More knowledge, or proof, won't sway the issue one way or the other.

Everything each of us believes, either came from our own experiences, what we've actually observed, or what someone told us.

A microscopic piece of the whole is our own experience and observation. Every shred of the rest of what we believe we know came from what others, usually strangers, told us.

We've spent our entire lives unconsciously sorting through incoming data and deciding what to believe, what not to believe. We've made those choices based upon a matrix of preferences we've imposed upon ourselves just to keep from succumbing from information overload.

But we do have opinions as a consequence of those choices. Those opinions might be valid, and they mightn't.

Most of us have never examined them, consciously asked ourselves why we decided to believe a particular data set, chosen not to believe another.

But the choice was, and is there.

Shakey ground beneath our 'knowings'. Poorly chosen terrain to try to defend when challenged.

Wisdom's an elusive commodity, given our constraints. It generally escapes us when we try to capture it.

2007-06-30 16:03:15 · answer #5 · answered by Jack P 7 · 2 0

Only Jesus Christ who is the Son of God sees the whole true in every human soul and He's see us for what we truly are because just like it saids in John 8:14-18: Jesus answered, " Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with my father, who sent me. In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me. "

2007-06-30 17:31:25 · answer #6 · answered by mrsalramey 4 · 0 0

We have our different beliefs and leaders and such, and sometimes we follow and believe in that so much, that we might not accept other beliefs that could seem bizarre to us if we were to try to understand them ourselves.

With this quote, I think it means that if we can be open enough to see other people's beliefs, perspectives, views, ideas, etc. we can find the truth together.

2007-06-30 18:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by Banana Hero [sic] 7 · 0 1

I like the way Gandhi said it: All religions are paths leading to the same point.

You can define that point however you like: God, Truth, Love, Enlightenment - it doesn't really matter.

What matters is that the path is compassion for all: all forms of life, all points of view.

2007-06-30 16:16:22 · answer #8 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 1 1

OK...I'm no philosopher but I think you are RIGHT ON!!! How to get rid of the presence of anger? I stay angry at all the injustice and prejudice and stupidity in the world. How do I get rid of THAT??

2007-06-30 16:04:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

You just read my mind. As I said earlier a religion is a way of believing, of faith, and there's only one God, so all religions are merely different ways to God.

2007-06-30 15:38:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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