[Rob!]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

They all have a book that cannot be added to or changed

Erm then explain why one of them is called the New Testiment?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Yeah I don't know what he meant either.

You sure don't.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

And the fact they all claim their God is the onlytrue one

What does that suggest to you?

Yes, I forgot about that passage in the New testament and I quote "Down with Muslims and that Allah bloke!"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Rob!

Erm then explain why one of them is called the New Testiment?

I think you are rather over estimate g the use of new there

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

You sure don't.

The arrogance is you trying to tell me about myself, suggesting that I seeked faith because of robots and aliens. Lol

[Northern Monkey]

What i want to know(from religious people) is why are these big three very modern monotheistic religions the true ones?
What about the many polytheistic religions which died out long before them?
If those ancient religions are not believed anymore because they died with the civilisations which created them then who's to say the modern religions which are followed today won't just die out(i'm pretty sure they will) and newer religions possibly take over?
Maybe even polytheistic ones again.They can't all be right.Are there many gods or just one?
I believe that the new religions we have today are just as relevant as the ancient ones which are no longer followed.If they were not the real ones then it is much more plausable to believe that non of them are real.They are all equal in my eyes.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

LT opened this thread because he's searching for a deeper meaning to life. I personally told you I'm on a journey too if you want deeper answers speak to a pastor that has 30 years plus experience.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

LT opened this thread because he's searching for a deeper meaning to life. I personally told you I'm on a journey too if you want deeper answers speak to a pastor that has 30 years plus experience.

I would rather hear from people who are not paid a salary to lie...

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

And the fact they all claim their God is the onlytrue one

What does that suggest to you?

If you look at each separate religion, they all have their similarities in what they believe - such as a god/goddess that created the world.
So it suggests to me that religions basically believe the same things and therefore the fact they "all claim their god is the only true one" (which i must ask, is that even true LT? as far as i'm aware, religious books claim that their god is the only god that should be worshiped) is down to different cultures having different versions and slightly different rules to follow.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

What i want to know(from religious people) is why are these big three very modern monotheistic religions the true ones?

Maybe first tell us who told you that they (all the religious people) stated three religions as the "true" ones?

Maybe most of these religions are the same ideas but evolved.

We don't poo in the garden anymore as plumbing evolved too. Or as the early instances of plumbing were so unhygienic should we toss the whole system out and declare it doesn't work?

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

If they were not the real ones then it is much more plausable to believe that non of them are real.

If science took this approach we'd all be dying from things like a scratch on a finger.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I would rather hear from people who are not paid a salary to lie...

Go take a philosophy class.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Dollface

If you look at each separate religion, they all have their similarities in what they believe - such as a god/goddess that created the world.
So it suggests to me that religions basically believe the same things and therefore the fact they "all claim their god is the only true one" (which i must ask, is that even true LT? as far as i'm aware, religious books claim that their god is the only god that should be worshiped) is down to different cultures having different versions and slightly different rules to follow.

Awomen to that!

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Go take a philosophy class.

Theosophy?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Theosophy?

Not for me, thanks.

[Northern Monkey]

Take Hinduism for example.A modern polytheistic religion.If the religious people who are more open minded and tolerant of other religions believe that all religions are a path to the same god then what do they say about Hinduism a religion of many gods.There lies a contradiction.There can't be only one god but also many.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Go take a philosophy class.

I did at uni

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Take Hinduism for example.A modern polytheistic religion.If the religious people who are more open minded and tolerant of other religions believe that all religions are a path to the same god then what do they say about Hinduism a religion of many gods.There lies a contradiction.There can't be only one god but also many.

I come stuck at "the religious people who are tolerant of other religions", this is such a broad spectrum who exactly do you want to answer it?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I did at uni

Money well spent.

[Rob!]

Religion and faith are two completely different things though.

Religion itself is responsible for pretty much all the hate and mass death going on in the world at the moment.

Faith never hurt anybody - the feeling of faith to a God doesn't need to be a physical entity in front of you. It just needs to be something that brings you personal comfort and reassurance.

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Take Hinduism for example.A modern polytheistic religion.If the religious people who are more open minded and tolerant of other religions believe that all religions are a path to the same god then what do they say about Hinduism a religion of many gods.There lies a contradiction.There can't be only one god but also many.

Actually, whilst there are many deities in Hinduism, Hindu's believe that there is one supreme god (Brahman)

RE was my favourite subject at school lol

[Marsh.]

Religion isn't.

Extremist murderers using religions as excuses causes the hate and mass death.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Our time here is just for passing true life begins when you die.

Sounds like an advertisement for suicide.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I come stuck at "the religious people who are tolerant of other religions", this is such a broad spectrum who exactly do you want to answer it?

Well as said earlier in the thread.There are those religious people who dismiss all religion except their own and there are those who are open to different religions and believe they are just a different path to the same god.So to the people who believe the latter.How do they explain a religion of many gods like Hinduism?
There cannot be only one god but also many gods?

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Religion isn't.

Extremist murderers using religions as excuses causes the hate and mass death.

The excuse is still there as religion though. It has become cultish rather than merely a name for a collective group of people who share the same faith.

I'm not a belieber myself but I can appreciate and respect other's views. But people who believe that people need to die because they don't fit into their own religious ideology, such as gay people, other faiths etc is where the difference lies - in my opinion.

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by Rob!

The excuse is still there as religion though. It has become cultish rather than merely a name for a collective group of people who share the same faith.

I'm not a belieber myself but I can appreciate and respect other's views. But people who believe that people need to die because they don't fit into their own religious ideology, such as gay people, other faiths etc is where the difference lies - in my opinion.

erm - what is this autocorrect? Is Justin Beiber in with apple or something?