I'm getting quite annoyed of hearing people say "all religions are the same" or "all religions are great" or "all religions get you to heaven". To relativists, do you have any substancial proof behind these statements?
If all religions are the same, then why does it matter which one you choose? If all religions are the same, why do they preach completely different doctrines? Why do many religions say that only their religion will get you to heaven?
The best analogy is that of the chair. Either it is here, or it isn't. It can't be both. Either Christianity is right or Atheism is right or Islam is right. It can't be all three. And if you're molding your religion to say whatever you want like some of the statements above, is it really a religion or your own personal beliefs in another entity?
2007-09-11 17:59:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not all religions are the same! It is imposable to know 100% the one religion that has the most RIGHT answers. A person can only make the choice that is right for them and have faith that they are right.
How you worship God is a very personal choice. It is much like a good pair of shoes. If they fit you and you can walk in them then those are the shoes for you! That doesn't mean that all the shoes that don't fit you are wrong. It simply means that those are not the shoes for you.
Athiest and Agnostics choose to go without shoes (using this comparison). If that is how they want to live, no human has the right to judge them!
2007-09-11 18:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by DrMichael 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I don't say "All religions are the same" I DO say that all people should have equal rights without regard to their religion.
All people should equally be allowed to harmlessly and voluntarily practice their religion.
That is all I say about equality.
They could all be wrong tho'.
Or some could be wrong about some matters and right on others.
Your chair analogy is very poor, saying something is or isn't. There are many, many, points religions make on many subjects. One religion could be right on the nature of God, but be wrong on the after life, Another could be right on the after life, but wrong on how God created the world etc.
2007-09-12 01:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by queenthesbian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, It's one thing to say "all religions are the same," or "all religions are great," than to say all religions have truth and elements of truth. I can affirm that Christianity is the best path for me, and makes sense for me. But I can recognize that there are more paths than just one to get where your going. It's sort of simplistic to say one thing must be untrue in order for another to be true. A chair is a concrete object, with religion you are dealing with the abstract, and with people's understanding of God, a spiritual being, ultimately beyond our full understanding. I appreciate the question though, and think it's a good one.
2007-09-12 01:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by keri gee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, I'm agnostic. {He says with a grin...}
But I will say this: It's more important to me to know what can be known and verified, what is actually of this world, than it is for me to try to meditate or pray and experience some sort of truth that is only truth to me and another small part of those that exist. I'm not going to waste my time arguing with the religious about things they can't prove or don't have natural evidence for, and I don't care if they don't agree with me when I rely more on what I can see, touch, taste, hear, and smell in the natural world than what I can "feel" from the supernatural.
You're right. Everyone can't be right. Can everyone be wrong? There's probably as much possibility for that as there is that just one is right and the rest are wrong. There are other means to morality and ethics than guidance by some supernatural presence.
2007-09-12 01:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by the_way_of_the_turtle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're diverging from the purpose of religion. The purpose of religion is not to be historically factual in its mythology. The purpose of all religions is to allow people to live their lives well and give them guidance (whether you decide that the path for you is Christianity, paganism, atheism... whatever). THAT is what makes them all paths to the same place.
2007-09-12 01:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by xx. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wrote a lot of words but what I see is confusion.
You have a spirit. Your spirit knows the truth. As long as you're confused, you have not yet found the answer. When you find it, it will go straight into your being. It won't matter how much argument or how much supposed evidence. The truth enters but a lie will not.
2007-09-12 01:06:35 · answer #6 · answered by judysbookshop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key thing about religion is that there is no evidence to support any position. Thus, who is to say that the position is false?
Highly unlikely, but never outright false.
2007-09-12 01:10:18 · answer #7 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contradiction is the religion of religion.
2007-09-12 01:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by RIFF 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your Quotes sound facetious to me but I like your point .
2007-09-12 01:05:13 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋