When you get to Christ he is the only one that ascended after raising from the dead with a promise to return and judge the people of the nations. He is the only one that proclaimed to be God. Jesus would eliminate all the others with the saying" I am thee truth, thee way, and thee life, no man comes to the father except through me" The father being God in heaven. If this is true too, then the other major religions, that actually have an impact on the world would be eliminated by that one statement. And even if one of the other subjects claims anything like this, Jesus is the only one whos body is not on this earth to examine, because he rose from the dead and split off the face of the earth, and is on his way back one day. Buddah, Mohammed etc...? Jesus is not here like those other guys. HE IS GONE!
2007-07-14 15:50:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Assumption is the mother of all F***-Ups!
2007-07-14 15:58:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would happen?
Jesus would offer himself, once more, as an atonement for the sins of all those who loved God, but didn't know that Jesus was the Christ.
Sure, no-one gets to the Father without Jesus, but the thing is, God is the author of all truth... What if Jesus is his right hand man in directing angels to reveal truth to people of all religions? If Jesus is the one giving truth to everyone on earth (unbeknownst to them), then aren't they already coming to Jesus, when they accept any truth? It's a possibility.
Then there is only one small step... accepting Jesus as Saviour... before they can "come unto the Father." God will give all those good people a chance. Jesus isn't going to wipe out the sincere believers of other faiths... especially when he did not even condemn the sinners in his own.
2007-07-14 23:00:10 · answer #2 · answered by MumOf5 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously you know nothing about other religions. The other religions believe in REINCARNATION. Buddha comes back time and time again. Jesus, before Christians claimed him as their own like selfish little children, was known as a tantric master who preached "My Father and I are one" which comes directly from the Vedas (The same book Hindus look to). This is a God realization that many of the other masters have as well.
2007-07-14 22:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Mo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all seven major religions were true then we could throw the Law of Non-Contradiction out the window and join all of the secular humanists who teach that truth is relative or the unitarians who teach that all roads lead to heaven and forget about what Jesus said.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
2007-07-14 22:56:48 · answer #4 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dude... the claims of chirstianity aren't that different from many other ancient belief systems. Resurrection, parthenogenisis, those supposed miracles... all have been found in many ancient beliefs.
Religions all over the world have experienced a phenomenon which has been given the label "crisis cults." Although the religious and cultural circumstances vary, these movements nevertheless share important similarities. Early Christianity itself can easily be described as such a "crisis cult" - but interestingly, not one which arose without contemporary precedent.
Recent evidence suggests very strongly that similar apocalyptic movements had already existed in Roman-occupied Judea starting about 100 years before Jesus would have lived. Understanding early Christianity, therefore, would be benefited both by a better knowledge of those earlier movements (insofar as it is possible) and a deeper appreciation for the nature of crisis cults generally.
How do crisis cults get started? The first ingredient is to have enough people in society who start feeling that their culture and traditional way of life no longer "work" for them anymore. The problem is that major changes are occurring in society - perhaps they are occupied by foreign invaders, or new discoveries and technologies are transforming the culture too quickly.
Because of this, people seek to recapture what they perceive to be a purer, more righteous age by creating new systems and relationships within the larger society. From this nucleus, society as a whole is supposed to be improved and re-aligned.
People are drawn to these efforts by the second important ingredient, their own insecurities: they are frightened by the new ideas or alien influences. They are under a great deal of stress, attempting to function in a culture they no longer quite recognize as their own. With this, the stage is set for the coming of a charismatic figure who is seen as a prophet or messiah.
Max Weber defines such a prophet figure as "a purely individual bearer of charisma, who by virtue of his mission proclaims a religious doctrine or divine commandment. The prophet's claim is based on personal revelation and charisma. This qualification must be regarded as the decisive hallmark of prophecy."
The intermediary between humans and the divine is characterized first and foremost by his personal charisma, as Weber emphasizes. This is not so much a character trait as it is a form of relationship between the prophet and his followers. What happens is that, over time, the emotions and the personalities of the two begin to mingle.
What results is similar to a chemical reaction when people who are willing to be led meet up with a person who has the ability to identify himself with the followers and get them to identify themselves with the prophet. The prophet becomes a sort of "empathetic mirror," reflecting back to people not only their own sufferings and desires, but also their hopes for an ultimate resolution and victory.
2007-07-14 22:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jack Rivall 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Given the assumption that all are true (and if God is truly Infinite, as all religions believe, then there's a good chance that's true), then I'm not sure what you would expect to happen. Hopefully world peace, but doubtful.
2007-07-14 22:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by Doug 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No matter what religion we may follow, no matter what scripture we may read, once we realize Allah's truth, we will understand the difference between right and wrong, between that which is permissible and that which is prohibited (haläl and haräm), between good and evil (khair and sharr), and between the essence and the creations (dhät and sifät). And once we understand these, we must then exclude what is prohibited, keep what is good and discard what is evil, and cast off the things that are wrong for us (as decreed by Allah), thus making ourselves worthy of being in heaven again.
http://www.bmf.org/wisdom/similarity-islam.html
2007-07-14 22:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by Helpneeded! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Horus is also mising, lol.
And who's to say that yeshua's body has not re-entered the earth or been stolen or the like simply because we have not been able to find it?
2007-07-14 23:02:39 · answer #8 · answered by Moodrets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all there is only four religions in the world. Not seven
2007-07-14 22:56:14 · answer #9 · answered by john e 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋