Have religions been copied?

Question

Greeks took from the Eygyptians,Romans took from Greeks, Jews took from Eygyptians and Persians, Christians took from Jews, Islam took from those two and so on...... Let's not forget religions across the waters.

Answer 1

Not copied but upgraded for the most part depending on the precise needs of the people that it serves. But in the upgrading, first we must begin where the students are presently situated, what they know and understand. So we repeat the old teachings as a review. Once the old is fully understand, then we can begin a slow but more advanced study of deeper thoughts and ideas, more complex concepts.

Progressive Revelations

People everywhere have grown to be disbelieving and critical of all religions. They argue that the old dogmatic teachings just don't make sense and instead of being a good influence, they have even become a force for evil because of the fanaticism and religious wars that they propagate. Nevertheless, before we swing over to the other extreme that is reverse fanaticism, perhaps we should rather first be open to new concepts and teachings, more rational and lucid explanations.

Going back to those early Scriptural times, we will find that the people were so much more ignorant compared to the people of today. To bring them forward, the wise men of old formulated only the simplest possible explanations and teachings. They were all that the people could comprehend, then. Lacking the ability to reason, they were told to accept God's divine instructions given through prophets and priests without question. More, they were compelled to blindly follow the teachings of the church under the threat of excommunication or eternal hell.

However, the situation today is so very much different. Today, the old simplistic explanations no longer satisfy. So today, for those who are ready, New Teachings are made available.

As in our earthly schools, don't we begin our education by taking on the basics first? That learned, then only can we begin to take up more advanced studies -- ABCs before complete sentences, simple arithmetic before higher math. So too in regard to the Divine Teachings -- parables and Scripture stories of before, but now, the Divine Principles are clarified and made plain.

Hinduism and Buddhism

Hinduism, the oldest surviving major religion, provides us with the foundational bases of our beliefs. We owe to Hinduism much of our knowledge of the True Self and the True Spiritual Reality. However, more and Higher Teachings would follow.

Buddhism taught us how we could more efficiently attain to Nirvana and freedom from the rounds of rebirth, old age, disease and death. Gautama Buddha enjoins us to follow the Middle Way of life between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification through our recognition of the Four Noble Truths and our commitment to the Noble Eightfold Path.

And further on in continuation of our spiritual education, another Buddha, Maitreya, will be coming in God's appointed time.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Abraham broke away from Brahmanism, the forerunner of Hinduism, to re-emphasize the concept of the One God. Through Moses, the first laws were made known to the Hebrews. Jesus later refuted most all of the objectionable teachings and man-made laws of the Hebrews and upgraded our divine instruction. He revealed and clarified the Truth. He taught that love and service to our fellowmen was the only Way to God, and showed us how by his example. Through his illustrations and descriptions relating to the Kingdom of the Father, he enabled us to deepen our knowledge concerning the Real Life to Come.

The prophet Muhammad under the guidance of the Archangel Gabriel taught that in the face of their trials, the Arabs should submit to the will of Allah. Believers were primarily entasked with the furtherance of good and the repression of all evil. He advocated that all Muslims should help one another. Emphasis was placed on equality and brotherhood of all, including those belonging to other faiths. The more mystical aspects of the Islamic teachings were entrusted to the Sufis.

In 1852, a Persian nobleman imprisoned in a dungeon in Tehran received an enlightenment from God. Over the next 40 years, Bahaulla who is claimed to be the latest divine messenger from God in the continuing tradition of the old prophets including Rama, Krishna, Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad came to found a new religion. Bahaulla teaches a more liberal and universal doctrine that emphasizes the unity of all religions and reinterprets the age-old truths for the modern man. Its adherents now numbering some 6 million faithful, Bahai would appear to be the much-awaited and much-needed reform movement that will upgrade the teachings of the religion of Islam. But only time will tell.

The New Age Movement

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi declares that: "At first of every age, Christ comes to light the way." Many expect his imminent return in our time, according to his promise.

In preparation for this New Age of Enlightenment, the Wisdom Teachings of Theosophy was introduced. God's Plan of Evolution for all His creatures was revealed and made available for serious study by advanced students or "chelas" of the Masters. Lobsang Rampa recounted his own personal experiences so that we may better learn and understand even the more complex concepts and teachings once regarded as Occult.

The crass materialism prevalent in the 1850s reversed and turned to a fascination with the Occult on the growing popularity of psychic occurrences. The survival of the spirit was strongly suggested in the phenomena of Spiritualism, while for the more rational freethinkers, the New Teachings of the New Age were introduced through the study of Spiritism, Guidance by the Holy Spirits. This was in fulfillment of Christ's promise, "I will send you the Holy Spirits to guide you to all truth."

The revelations continued in the life readings of Edgar Cayce and the spirit messages given through many other channelers, mediums and ordinary psychics. Especially, Cayce's readings clearly explained the interconnectivity and karmic impact of our past lives on our present situations, empowering us to more effectively address them.

Everywhere, great changes are inevitable. Everyone will be called to embrace the New Teachings and strive to upgrade to a higher level of enlightenment. Therefore, decide wisely. Prepare the way for the coming of the Lord!

Answer 2

Every religion you know came from Africa, though it wasn't considered religion then

There was a book titled Stolen Legacy, of which the author was killed shortly after publication

this is one of the guarded secrets of the world. They guard it by burning libraries (Alexandria), altering the original story (Christianity does this alot), and hiding historical documents (like the Essene scrolls aka dead sea scrolls), O yea and by "silencing" ppl.

This is why there are so many discrepancies in religion like in Gen. where God created man, but there were already ppl there, and Ham being descendant of Noah..so what color was Noah & why is he depicted with a long white beard?

Somebody has to try to get their story straight,

Answer 3

This is not exact, eventough there are connections between Religions. Buddhism comes out from Hinduism, Hinduism comes out from Yoga and Tantrism. Christianism comes out from Ebraism while Islam comes out from Paganism. We have to remember, about those last Religions, that their Prophets travelled a lot on the Earth and picked up the Human Spiritual Wisedom that already existed on our world. (Mohammad-The-Prophet picked up from Chinese Religion -Confucianism and Taoism- this is sure. He and Jesus-The-Christ spent time in Himalaian Area and picked up from Buddhism). There is a Human Sprititual Wisedom, which lives on this Earth from the Beginning of our world. Certainly God did benefit all the populations of the world by giving them Prophets and Wisedom. These came on the world in the language proper to every population, in order them to spread that Wisedom among themselves. And for sure, as all of us, going to school, for example, we build our wisedom by mixing all the knowledge that we get at school, and so we build our "way of living in the right way", Prophets/Enlightened people/Buddhas built their knowledge (also) by getting interested in the cultures of others countries/populations. INNER LIGHT.

Answer 4

Many religions are just off-shoots from other religions, and those off-shoots were created because someone wasn't happy with how things were being run in the church (protestants), or just minor differences in interpretation that the people couldn't just agree to disagree on.

Answer 5

you're making the thought Hinduism, even nonetheless supposedly predating Christianity, is the beginning place of those ideals. now not the case. it fairly is a clean shift in Hinduism... I evaluate, if my memory serves me, is an quite recent progression contained in the past 200-3 hundred years. ***EDIT*** with the aid of the way - the trinity would desire to not be "sound doctrine" Christ is God, the daddy is God, the Holy spirit is God... in spite of the certainty that there are different manifestations of God in scripture... So, in spite of the certainty that close it might desire to not be totally Biblical.

Answer 6

Through cultural diffusion it is obvious that some aspects of religions will be intertwined, however, the extent of that intertwining is not really known.

Answer 7

their are only three ways. You belive in Christ and fallow the Trinity of God, Or don't believe in God and therfore knowingly
Reject God, and are unknowingly pleasing Satan. Or you are in service to The trinity of Satan which includes The Scarlet woman The Beast, And Satan himself.

Answer 8

repackaged and re sold to the mass market for a buck by those who teach all should give


all beggars teach that you should give, to them

Answer 9

Mormons copied freemasonry in their temple activities... christianity ripped off the pagans pretty bad....

I think you nailed it.... they just revamp every few thousand years.

Answer 10

hmmmm..... study Buddha... then study Christ's teachings... VERRRRYYYYYY similar. GASP.... You've got a point there buddy.