You know the ones who believe that their denomination is going to heaven and everyone else is not. Or do you just feel they are misguided?
2007-12-31 06:17:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Definitely. I don't believe any ONE denomination/tradition whether it is Christian or other has ALL the answers.
2007-12-31 06:43:39 · answer #1 · answered by Keltasia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It bothers me and here's why:
Religious Truth is Poetry not Mathematics.
To say there is only one true church, is like saying there is only one true poem.
I believe there may, in fact, be One Poem or One Song, but it is far too infinite for any human thought to contain more than a small piece of its Beauty.
Peace to you.
2007-12-31 21:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by Orpheus Rising 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It does. This is because "God" (or Goddess) or whatever entitiy "it" is, if it is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omni-whatever else, is gonna be too big for any single dogmatic sect to have the answers. Even mine, as a Thelemic Wiccan.
2007-12-31 16:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does bother me a bit due to the misguided direction and dogmatic judgment and the above all else attitude.
We are all the same, humans, just like the man Jesus and woman Mary. And the "book" written by humans.
If the path you are on works for you, THATS Spiritual connection. When you follow anothers path, allowing your personal identity to be compromised, THAT is religion.
We ALL have a Spiritual connection, part of the Divine "ALL". We are ALL connected, ALL worthy and ALL deserving.
Human kind has placed conditions and limits, NOT the Divine "ALL".
It is the church that created "doctrine", not the Divine ALL.
It is the church that bends, breaks and re-writes its own "doctrine".
The only TRUE church is everywhere you look.
The only "right" way to Honor your Faith is without judgment, being tolerant of those "mis-guided" and accepting differences as different, not wrong.
And NO "Brian O", Jesus did not say "No one comes to god except through me", Humans wrote all the passages in the book, it was not dictated by god. And continue to change the meaning / wording. How many versions of the bible?
Who chooses the pope? Elects bishops, cardinals?
Did YOU cast a vote?
None are right nor wrong.
The "Bible", a book written by humans, for human kind.
A guide for united, diverse, respectful balance with ALL and our connection to ALL. NO conditions, NO limits, NO Judgment.
"It is not the words that we remember, it is the EMOTION behind the words that carry impact."
Faith is a deeply personal method of Honoring your belief and connection.
Ego likes to keep us distracted from our Faith through "reasoning," "Logic", "Moral dilemma" and FEAR.
ALL limits and conditions created by humans, again, Ego, keeping us distracted from our true self. HEART!
You are correct, SO many versions of ONE book, and each believing their interpretation to be the only way. Passing judgment, turning backs, going to war and committing murder in the name of "God". ALL HUMAN CREATIONS, created out of FEAR and used to control, stripping away the individual, creating god "FEARING" christian(s){soldiers, "Onward christian solders!"}.
Follow your Heart, allow your connection to ALL shine with Light and accept your true self as worthy and deserving, Honor Faith with out limits or conditions and understand we are all seeking the same outcome.
Believe in your heart-self, here is Truth. Not the expectations or writings / re-writings of other humans.
~BLESSINGS~DIVINE LOVE~HEALING LIGHT TO ALL~
2007-12-31 16:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by Rev. Dr.Mysticfogg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't bother me, but it does seem rather misguided.
Heaven, and it's 'entrance guidelines' is all the same, regardless of which bit of Christianity you belong to.
But as a Pagan, it isn't really relevant to me.
2007-12-31 14:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eh.. Better to judge each Church based on its works in my opinion.
A Catholic
http://www.vatican.va
2007-12-31 14:38:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There may only be one type of christianity, but there are definitely many different faiths or "churches".
2007-12-31 14:30:24 · answer #7 · answered by Jonathan D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like saying I'm the one true human male!
2007-12-31 14:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by nick s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No & yes.
No, it doesn't bother me when someone believes that their own religion/denomination is the one containing the fullness of truth.
Yes, when people believe that just because they belong to the afore-mentioned religion/denomination they are going to Heaven, & everyone else is going to Hell.
2007-12-31 14:27:13 · answer #9 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every damn denomination claims to be the true one.
2007-12-31 14:27:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋