Of all the religions, which one would you say is the most diligently inclusive?

Question

Inclusive as in arms wide open to women, lapsed followers, homosexuals etc. etc.

Add divorced individuals and pagans to the list.
My question is hardly meant to be divisive-quite the opposite!

Answer 1

Christianity. For this reason. You can come as you are. Whether you were Bhuddist, Muslim, Atheist or anything else before, you can come and there's acceptance. My pastor puts it this way "God loves you where you are, but He refuses to let you stay that way". You don't have to do anything in order to come to God, but when you leave, you want to do everything for Him.

Anyone can come, and everyone who does, is changed forever.

Answer 2

As salaamu 'alaikym.

Insha'Allah, I would say that Islam is the most inclusive as it invites all of mankind.

In the masjid I attend for salaah, we have Morrocans, Egyptians, Palestinians, Saudis, members from the United Arab Emirate, Pakistanis, Bengalis, Sri Lankans, Indonesians, Malaysians, Turks, Serbs, Somalians, Nigerians, Americans and Indians.

Islam is practiced in every nation on this planet by persons with blue eyes, black eyes, brown and green eyes, balck hair, blonde, red and brown hair, people of all languages, of all backgrounds and of all races.

It is even mentioned in the Holy Qur'an that there is more to the creation of Allah, Subhanna wa Ta'ala, than human kind know which may imply that there is the possiblity of other life forms who have also been invited to Islam. Alhumdulillah!

No other religion invites all of creation except Isalm. Alhumdulillah!

Ma'a salaam.

Answer 3

Hinduism has been able to incorporate pretty much all of the OTHER religions within its theology in one why or another, excpect for the monotheistic pagani traditions of judism and christianity. The pagani sin offerings of animals in Judism and the human sacrifice sin offering and 'everyone is a sinner' tenet in Christianity make those excluded basically on MORAL grounds.

Answer 4

The thing about religions--western religions anyway--is that they are designed deliberately to be -exclusive-. If you believe that you have the only truth, that any other beliefs are simply -wrong-, then you are going to be exclusive and intolerant no matter how tolerant you try to be.

To be inclusive you have to believe that there are many paths to God, that anyone, of any tradition, can find God if he looks. There are people who believe that, in fact there are even Christians who believe it, but it is not a mainstream belief in any of the Abrahamic religions.

Answer 5

Well I don't think any of them "have it right". They all may have a small piece of the puzzle, but they certainly don't have it all figured out. Though I'm an Agnostic, of all the religions I know about Buddhism is the one I most respect. Buddhist seem to practice what they preach, unlike most other religions.

Answer 6

Christianity is open to all, and God wants everyone to come to a saving knowledge of Christ. In that knowledge is freedom!!

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Answer 7

All I guess. Since none can produce evidence to prove anything.

Answer 8

Buddhism.

Answer 9

You are asking people to compare the merits of one religion to those of another, and that kind of question encourages division rather than tolerance.

Answer 10

"Diligently inclusive"? You wanna help us out with your definition of that?