A Universal Religion?

Question

Will it ever exist? Why?

Answer 1

No way, unfortunately. Everyone has too much built into their own beliefs that will be passed on to generations. It's a shame, since religion is probably the biggest reason for wars these days. Imagine what it would be like if we could eliminate that one factor. But, that is pretty much asking the impossible. No one will want to change. I think a better question would be, can we ever get the majority of the world to respect others' religions? It is unlikely that will ever happen as well.

Answer 2

No, I don`t believe so. Religion is heavily influenced by culture. One can even argue the terms are synonymous to an extent. People from the Western civilization are Christians, Middle Easterners are Muslim, and people from The Far East are Buddhist. With some exceptions of course. To have a universal religion implies the mass variety of different cultures would combine into one. This Seems implausible to say the least because nations would have to sacrifice their own culture to do so.

Answer 3

nope. did you ever hear the story of the blind scientists and the elephant? how they all touched a certain point of the elephant, the trunk, the foot, etc., but each ones perspective was different? Religion is the same way. Each and every person has their own perception of God, and can never agree with other peoples discoveries. That is why denominations arise: people seeing God in different ways. Until peole can learn to respect and learn from each other, there can never be a universal religion.

Answer 4

I agree with first asnwerer.

The word Catholic translates into universal.
The Roman Catholic religion combined all the books that make up the Bible in attempt to bring one universal religion together, under Constantine.

And look at what we have today.

No only too many religions to count, but even more denominations or tranlsations of said religious groups.

Relious people are fanatical, they have to be as dictated by their particualr beliefs.

Like in politics, its only those that truly aquaint themselves with the information data and history that have the most tolerance and acceptance of those from different religions.

So ntil people read the Bible in its entirety, then study history for thmeselves, and can discuss bliefs where and how and why they came about, then they will be stuck to beieving what other people lead them to believe.

which is basically,souls need to be converted, and since youre with out particualr religion you have to convert everyone else.

And hence, we have our agreement to disagree where every believer must one up the other to prove they are the correct belief system

Answer 5

No. Most religions adopt to the poulation over time or they become extinct. Most polytheistic religions have died as they were unable to survive by adapting to the new views of the world. Most monotheistic religions that we have been modified. However, science is testing the limits of those beliefs. Those religions will have to change (and contradict themselve) such as with cloning and reproductive technologies, or they too will die off.

Until people address their own inner thought processes, the religions that we invent will continue. The religions that humans create, being based on ways to soothe our emotions, will always be problematic for atheists as the atheist tends to rely on scientific method and philosophical use of reasoning and inference.

A society that is not dependent or harmed by religions is far more a better solution to human suffering.

Answer 6

We already do. All religion (at least those I am aware of) all have many of the same tenets. Sin, a way of atoning for it, afterlife, punishment for wrong deeds either in this life or the next. They mostly all teach the same general concepts, it is just that some emphasis different aspects of there philosophy more than others, Christian-being good, Judaism-obeying laws, Muslim-pleasing God, Buddha-peace here, Native American-harmony with the Will of God. They all teach the same thing about forgiveness which I believe is the universal truth.

Answer 7

I don't think so. You would have to fool everyone the same way at the same time with some universal devine book (which you'd have to write yourself on top of a mountain or in a desert) with a universal way of looking at things.
No, universal enlightenment. Now that's a more promising path. Shaking off dogma's, questioning everything, and still be respectful toward fellow men and other living species. You'd need to educate about 6,5 billion people to think for themselves.

Answer 8

No, and C.S. Lewis has one of the best answers on why this cannot happen that I've ever read. The short of it is that a universal religion would need to lack content or it would cease to be universal. The moment any doctrine was stated would be its death, but what life can it have without any doctrine? Even skeptics have a doctrine.

Answer 9

I doubt it. All throughout history, attempts have been made to unify the masses under one umbrella called religion. It hasn't happened, no matter how much blood's been shed.

Answer 10

Probably not. Organized religion has it's problems but I'm certain that if it were taken away, we'd find other reasons for wars.