For one religion to be the correct religion for all people on the earth. It is like all other religions are wrong and if you do not follow my way you will definately rot in hell. What has happened to tolerance.
2007-10-25 05:14:44 · 13 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
EDIT: klm78_2001
You might of misunderstood my point. I really have no qualms about your religion or your believes in that religion. As long as it makes you happy, that is what truly counts. It appears to me that it does just that. I am willing to sit down with anyone and discuss their religion vs mine. However, I do not appreciate anyone saying that their way is the only way. There are 6 billion people on the earth with all of them believing what they want. What I want is for them to believe how they believe and not to tell me my way is the wrong way. You way is differently the correct belief for you, for that I am very glad. Please let me have it my way also.
2007-10-25 10:07:28 · update #1
Exactly how I feel when people proselytize and tell me I am going to hell because I don't believe the way they do. If you follow that mindset then they're saying millions of people all over the world who have different beliefs are all going to hell; which I find, among other things, to be the height of arrogance. I don't even believe in hell, per se; hell is here on earth in this life; if we don't get it right in this life we come back until we do but eventually everyone gets to heaven. My idea of heaven is a bit different too; I envision heaven as being the place and tme when you were happiest in life and you get to be with your friends and loved ones and pets for eternity.
I feel God is best served when you live by example and don't get in people's faces and tell them they are going to burn in a fiery pit forever because they don't believe the way you do.
2007-10-25 05:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Tolerance is fine if more then one religion can be right. However most religions teach that there is one God and that what he says is truth. The Christian faith teaches that theirs is the only way, the muslim faith the same thing, same with judaism.
In any situation it comes down to truth. if you ask what is 2 + 2, there is only one answer that is correct. several people may believe the answer is 5 and some others might say 3, but the true answer is 4 even if not everyone believes it
2007-10-25 05:20:21 · answer #2 · answered by bakerchris 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I personally believe that a lot has happened to tolerance in the last 30 years, most of it bad. We live in a postmodern world where we deny truth in favor of being able to do things our own way. I cannot speak for religions outside of Christianity, but the real reason it is necessary for Christianity to be the only way to true eternal salvation is because
Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me."
Christians mess up a lot of things, because we are human sinners, and we are often seen in this postmodern culture as odd, intolerant know-it-alls. I will tolerate a lot, and I respect peoples decisions even when they break my heart, but I will not, and I cannot deny my Christ and Lord by denying the truth of His purpose for living on this earth, which was to be a sacrifrice for my sins and the sins of the whole world. I would rather be seen as intolerant than ever be untruthful or deny my Lord. Take that as you will, and know that I love you and all people no matter what, including if you see me as meanand intolerant.
2007-10-25 07:50:21 · answer #3 · answered by klm78_2001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For so many religions, there is only One GOD. Everyone has their way of "interpreting" the Bible. That is what separates the religions.
No one religion is the 'right' one per say. We will know the truth once we get to Heaven and be with our Lord. As long as we believe in Him, and ask for forgiveness, and ask Him to come into our hearts and save us, we will live eternity with Him, so I have learned.
Tolerance for many things seem to have gone out the window.
2007-10-25 05:33:53 · answer #4 · answered by lady_bella 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don`t think anty religion is wrong, it is different. You wouldn`t recognise yang if we didn`t have ying to define it. In the same way then there has to be different religions for us to define what we need from religion. Many paths bring us home at the end of the day, if you spend all the time we have looking into others journies then you`ll be a long time on the same path `cos that goes no where, trust me :)
2007-10-25 05:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by finn mchuil 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The core message of every religion is the same. Revere God, love your neighbor and lead an honest life.
People thought make all the difference by interpreting that message using their individual understanding and since their understanding is egotistic they fail to notice the true message.
Clergy has never been must of assistance in making the message clear therefore people feel the need to support their egocentric belief by rendering everyone else’s wrong.
Instead of becoming the message we, people, expect the message to fit our own needs and expectations.
2007-10-25 22:49:21 · answer #6 · answered by MARY B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And where is the love?
I don't believe this anymore, if I ever really did. This is the kind of intolerance I tried to break away from when I left the institutional church or organized religion. Yet I find this mindset everywhere I go, among believers of every "flavor." Buddhists, New Agers, Orthodox Jews, so-called progressive Christians, etc. It's like a scary, insidious disease--even among the sweetest of believers.
What's even more ironic is that in most cases the intolerance does not reflect the basic teachings of the faith they claim to subscribe to. So, I think it's just a reflection of the hierarchical or either-or thinking of our world at ;play here. People needing to feel superior at the expense of other people. The ego needing validation. It's kind of silly and childish when you think about it. E.g. "My God is bigger than your God." (or "My Buddha can beat up your Buddha.") Wow.
As for me, I will just continue studying, praying, meditating, and trying my best to live what I believe in ev. area of my life--which means respecting other people's right to make their own choices and at the same time holding my own grown in strength, peace, and love. If God is Love, and made in God's image, then let me be love. Let me live and let live. Let me cont. to learn and to grow. Let me rem. that a loving God would not cast anyone into hell--anyone. We are all God's children. All of us. This is what I truly believe.
2007-10-25 06:31:52 · answer #7 · answered by Indi 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Tolerance has become the byword of the world for disbelief in God. Read Romans chpt 1. As you read, you will come to see that Paul seems to be writing to our society specifically. We are NOT to be tolerant. Jesus was not tolerant and we are to follow His example.
He did, however, recognize and acknowledge people's sins. By bringing them out into the open, He was able to give them the forgiveness they had been looking for. So it is with us, that is why we say love the sinner and not the sin. God abhors sin of all ranges. He approves of those of us who ask for forgiveness and then do our best not to continue doing the same sin.
2007-10-25 05:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by Mark S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are very correct, it is everywhere in the world. But, we all came from one source, (GOD the creator) we will definitely go back to HIM whether our religion is the best or not, it doesn't matter, but Jesus is the only way, the truth and the life.
Our believe in God or Christ does not change GOD and does not change CHRIST from whom there are.
2007-10-25 19:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by joe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing in most religions.
2007-10-25 05:26:28 · answer #10 · answered by Birdy is my real name 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋