If all these Religions worship the same God, but with a different name, then is it the "name" that causes all the discord?. The "name" came from the culture who wrote it down. How can the discord ever end?
2007-07-19 05:25:21 · 25 answers · asked by Nedspeak 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think that is the truth.
God sends out His message, and different people hear it differently. however, it is just the nutbags who kill each other over it.
2007-07-19 05:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, because each god gives different rules on how to follow them which are often completely contradictory to what the other god indicates.
You could argue that though the god of Jews, Christians and Muslims is monotheistic, they do not preclude that other gods exist via evidence of the commandment "Worship no other Gods before me". This is often taken to be figuartive, but then again, the people who claim it to be figurative are often those who insist on a very literal interpretation elsewhere.
Personally, I think that if there is a single God, they are not interested in being worshipped. If there were, they certainly could have put down clear guidlines for how they wanted to be worshiped and there wouldn't be tens of thousands of differing religions, denominations, etc.
2007-07-19 05:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some say yes, some say no.
And no, the discord will never end. The perceptions and intentions of the various theists are far too differing to avoid conflict. The only way for such discord to end is for one side to not merely wipe out the other, but erase the other from history entirely. Not going to happen.
Doesn't mean they won't try.
2007-07-19 05:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, all monotheistic gods are not the same.
Just as an example, Islam's Allah is not the same as the Judeo-Christian God Jehovah.
The Qur'an, and the Bible texts record severely divergent histories and commands.
If a single god wrote the two texts, then he is a god of confusion and deceit, therefore unworthy of being worshiped.
The only logical conclusion is that Allah is not Jehovah, and Jehovah is not Allah. Therefore, not all monotheistic gods are the same god just known by a different name.
2007-07-19 05:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a good point! I don't think the Gods are all the same but, like with everything else, we don't know for sure and won't until we meet them face to face. It's kinda like the tower of Bable - Everyone is talking but no one can communicate. The discord - sadly - will continue because of a few that can't get along w/ others and have no tolerance for other beliefs - namely osama.
2007-07-19 05:31:30 · answer #5 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can't. As long as people believe that what you believe is what makes you a good person or not, they will keep arguing over the words to describe that belief, because belief can only be described in words. And of course once you believe in one god, and give this god attributes, anybody who claims to believe in the same god but describes different attributes to it presents a problem to you. Either that person is mistaken about the attributes of god, or he worships a different god. But, according to monotheism, there is only one god. So anybody who worships a god who is slightly different from your god is an unbeliever and will go to hell. But if that person is a monotheist, he will be extremely offended by that conception and return the favor... so yeah, it's not like it's christians versus muslims, muslims say that other muslims in fact are not muslims, and christians say that other christians in fact are not christians. The name is just the beginning.
2007-07-19 05:36:40 · answer #6 · answered by Ray Patterson - The dude abides 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 2500 years ago, Confucious pointed out the many facets of (faith) humanity are not all acknowledged.
Here is how I see it, the brain is like software bundled in a new computer, you just don't use it all, even though you might suspect it is there. It seems to me so involved that it must come from planned intelligence, ours for the taking.
Back to God though, there is so much we cannot "prove". It
occurred to me that if God is "everywhere" then why not look inside ourselves and do our part for the good of all?
Neal the time guy
2007-07-19 08:11:40 · answer #7 · answered by neal v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people finally realize that god is a made up thing then all the discord will end
2007-07-19 05:35:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look for similarities. "birds of the same feather flock together".
At first go, six attributes for God is same in all religion. Culturally all look, talk and act differently. But the form of the human is same. The tastes and physical impression is different in a family also. So also should be the thoughts, very unique.
Relate food for body to food for mind then the answer is ready.
2007-07-19 05:36:20 · answer #9 · answered by Moni 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all, but all three of the major religions in the world worship the same God. Difference is the belefs in the God. Christians believe Jesus Christ is apart of the God of the Old Testament (Judaism), and Muslims believe in the same God, just a different book, and certain different beliefs about that God.
2007-07-19 05:31:11 · answer #10 · answered by papadego 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ever wonder what is the definition of worshiping God?
Ever wonder what is the definition of idol worshiping the dead Mummy of failures and horrors of the past from the grave yards of different ancestor's custom who was past dirty old man like you and me who made blunders and slip-ups with human errors who was not even the creator of heaven and earth?
Exodus 20.1-6
Try and knock Exodus and ask Moses on what is the definition of worshiping God instead of blindly getting kick on the butts by the dead Mummy.
Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49
2007-07-19 05:34:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋