2007-08-21 04:51:41 · 15 answers · asked by Paperdoll 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why?
Being open-minded doesn't imply ignoring the quality of available evidence.
2007-08-21 04:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It may be the most open-minded religious perpective out there, but it's also the most naive. To say all religions are true is immediately contradictory. Judaism says that christianity is incorrect theologically, in fact Judaism along with pretty much every other religion, says that every religion but itself is the wrong religion. So how could Judaism be correct as well as Christianity? One believes Jesus is God, and the other does not. Either Jesus really is God or He is not. They cannot both be true. As soon as you say one religion is true, you must say all of the others are untrue - otherwise there's no point to the religion. People follow religions because they believe they are really 100% true, what is the point of a religion if any other religion is just as good?
It's like saying you can add 1 + 1 and get any answer you want to. Well sure I can say 1 + 1 = 2236, but whether I choose to accept it or not the fact of the matter remains that 1 + 1 = 2, and never will it equal anything else.
Being open-minded is good only to an extent. It's good if it makes you non-judgemental, understanding and accepting of others along with their differences. If you take it to a point where you're accepting lies over truth just because you don't want to be "narrow-minded", well you just begin to become ignorant to reality.
Is it narrow-minded to say that I cannot grow wings out of my back and fly if I really wanted to? No, it's just a fact proven by thousands of years of recorded human history - I'll never be able to do grow wings and fly (without the help of technology).
2007-08-21 13:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um... Simple answer is yes,
But as long as you ignore the fundamentalist sects [no world is flat and only 6000 yeats old stuff]...
...And then there's an unfortunate tendacy people have of ruling out that which is not credible eg Giant Spaghetti Monster is out as too silly to believe in ... and unfortunately if you keep doing this before long you run out of religions... so if you do want to be open minded you have to consider absurd cases as valid, seriously, God COULD be the Tooth Fairy, have you ever seen them in the same room together??
Ah the price of being open-and-bloody-minded
2007-08-21 12:49:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right, and that is the way most things in life should be considered. Anyone, from any religion can find peace, happiness and a close connection to God. We are taught not to judge one another and that would be the best thing that ALL people could do. Listening to others, and trying to understand their viewpoints would lead to a closer connection to others. You can listen, and still make up your own mind about your beliefs, without criticism or disdain.
2007-08-21 12:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by guppy137 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No if you are searching for the truth. Every religion claims to have the answers of life. With that being said then there can be only one that is correct. If you want to know the truth then search with an open mind and search honestly.
2007-08-21 12:04:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that some religions can be closer to the truth than others but not all can simultaneously be correct just like there is only one answer to a math problem.
2007-08-22 09:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be "more" open-minded, but who says that is the right way to go with it.
Wouldn't it be more correct to just continue to learn what you can, and establish your own individual ideals and "truths".
Why do we have to give religion a special place in society, that no one can touch? If it is rubbish, it is rubbish. Why pussyfoot around it?
2007-08-21 12:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most religions are "right" for the person who chose it or is practicing it as long as it teaches them wisdom, altruism, compassion and the like and not as an excuse to cause harm and suffering for other sentient beings.
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2007-08-21 11:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Open-minded yes. Correct, no.
2007-08-21 12:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well it would be nice to think people could do that but if you leave the possibility that others can be right, it makes your beliefs less credible. Get it?
2007-08-21 11:55:32 · answer #10 · answered by Pathofreason.com 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋