You cannot truly understand another's religion unless you have lived a liftime living their faith and following their path?
2007-08-13 00:15:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Disagree.
Too many people follow a faith that even they do not understand. Not everyone needs a lifetime to learn the ins and outs of a religion or faith.
2007-08-13 00:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Nope, compassion is the way to understanding all. And every faith is directly connected by human emotions that understand on some level that there is something greater than ones self. It is far more difficult reach to understand a zealot that would kill another for their faith. Naturally most religion faces that issue, and it can be summed up in the fact that no person can live as their God.
2007-08-13 07:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by Stozzz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly agree. There may be some cross-over, however. Since many religions have similar concepts, if one sincerely lives ones own religion for many years, then also lives another's religion for a few months or years (as an experiment), then chances are that person would be able to empathise with and understand the other person's religion.
But I certainly agree with you that if a person focuses on negative things about another person's religion (whether true or not), it is extremely unlikely that they have understood the least thing about that religion.
2007-08-13 07:24:39 · answer #3 · answered by MumOf5 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both.
I think that you can not truely understand why someone has faith in their religion unless you have lived a lifetime in their life and fallowing their path
I also think you can understand that faith without having to live their life, you can simply ask a lot of questions and be open to hearing something you may not agree with but seeing from another's point of view why they would.
2007-08-13 07:21:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it is a mistaken idea that there are different religions.
God is one, so real religion, meaning following God's orders, is also one.
So, provided you follow the Religion (with capital R) of loving God and abiding tp His commands, it will not be difficult to understand the paths others are following. In other words if you are seeing the bright light you will be able easily to detect different degrees of darkness.
2007-08-13 07:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by aumklim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can understand every religion of the world, without living through them. For I know, that we are consoling and hiding ourselves behind the curtains of our religions, in the belief that whatever we may be doing, others are not aware of it.
Why should we live else's faiths, when what we ourselves are practicing is enough to confuse us?
2007-08-14 04:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by Vijay D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually studying something gives you greater understanding because you aren't suffering the brain-washing that co-incides with indoctrination. An outside observer usually has greater clarity, no personal or financial investment took place. So I don't agree with you.
2007-08-13 07:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't agree about the lifetime part. Knowing someone of another faith, asking and answering questions, and studying would suffice in my opinion.
2007-08-13 07:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It probably helps to understand what goes on in their minds if you have lived that life. I did. I was a xtian for more years than I have been an Atheist. I will never go back to it though.
2007-08-13 07:19:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That really all depends on the person. If the path they picked is one you don't believe in or want to explore then you don't want to understand it.
2007-08-13 07:28:26 · answer #10 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋