Religious People: How can you all be right? (read details)

It can be said that *everyone’s* interpretation of who God is … is correct. Religion can be said to be forced onto everyone of us depending on where we are geographically born; a Muslim is unlikely to be a Christian and vice-versa. Atheist have long since argued that there is no God … not even the *one* God if there was such God in whom all worshipped the same. But in any event, a Muslim may not worship any God as those living in the Christian nation may not worship any God either. That leaves *choice* to believe and that gets missed when the topic arises. We each have a *choice* and atheist / none-believes alike tend to lean on people being forced to believe.

Different religions hold different interpretations, but the essence of them all is Faith and Hope in believing. It’s possible that the varying religions could have been born of the *one* belief, and therefore ‘transferred’ in regard to context. For those who believe their God is *the* God holds credence to my way of thinking; they can’t all be right, and if a person is religious, then one must be right and so, geographically, his God is the only God. But no matter how I think about this, on a personal level, a person who believes in God walks in Faith. And for those who don’t believe in God, I often ponder on how there is such a fuss about a person who’s *only* ‘guilt’ (as far as they are concerned) is that of having Faith which they don’t have.

One God, many God’s, right God’s or wrong God’s. Is it really so bad that a person walks in Faith and Hope? Regarding wars? Wars are fought in the name of religion only, not in the Spirit of any religion. Saddam Hussein gave a perfect example of what could be done in the NAME of religion. In the later days, when he was losing hit battle he declared it to be a ‘Holy War’. He did this as an attempt to move his nation into taking up arms and fighting. What he did not do was call his nation to arms in the name of any God.

[Edit] I am not a practicing Christian nor do I belong to any other religious sect. But I have studied the Bible.

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I am certainly with you on the idea that you can't know. It is impossible to prove or disprove the existence of God, Heaven, Hell, spirit, and ghosts. However, religion serves many worthwhile emotional and social functions. Despite the general impression that religious people are violent, hateful, radicals, most religious people are compassionate and loving, even if somewhat tribal and clickish.

Believing your God is the "one true God" gives weak egos the feeling of importance. It allows them to feel loved and protected which can be beneficial to mental health. As a social organization, they reach out and provide services to the poor, sick, and disadvantaged, that we as a society (America) are increasingly unwilling to do. There competition to show that their God is the more compassionate is beneficial to those in need of help.

Most Christians dislike the hate mongering Christians as much as any responsible and compassionate individual. Most Muslims hate the radical clerics that spout hate and call for violence, just like any responsible and compassionate individual does.

I think I drifted off topic. I guess my point is, they can't know, but they can believe. If that belief is beneficial to them and society, what is wrong with it?

You believe they are wrong. They believe you are wrong. If we can't prove that God does or doesn't exist, how can you know who is right?

Well I believe in the Father/Son and Holy Spirit...I do not like labels I simply believe in just was I stated. My husband explained it to me like this...that what I see as God that other religions for them it is the same but just in their culture how they were raised that is what each knows. I am not so sure on that one because each religion has their own ideas. I do however love all people and respect their views. And I suppose we will all find out one day. I am not sure if this helps but just my thoughts on it. :)

They all secretly believe they are THE ONE.

re-ligo / re=again; ligo=league, connection
Thats going to show we are separated of God? Who has done that?
Religions are just a way to rule the crowds, dressed up in traditions of the region they have been created.
btw. I'm believer
and not native speaker

Religion, philosophy, spirituality, personal wisdom from life experience..... Which one is more influential in one's life? ........ Personal wisdom from life experience. Why? Because it was created by the individual. A person's personal wisdom from life experience may be influenced by outside "forces" but experience will override. A person's personal wisdom or relative truth is right. This truth is malleable as time goes on and experiences help us learn new lessons. Relative truth is connected to a person's life experience so it is their reality which is similar but always unique to the person.

People can debate and argue points of one's ideas but at the end of the day no one knows enough to flat out declare someone is "WRONG.". We only know what is relative. Even at present, science is relative to the times. Absolute truth or reality is the opposite of relative truth. Relative truth is relative to time and space, therefore, Absolute truth is NOT associated with time and space. Absolute truth withstands the test of time and doesn't change... Meaning: All discoveries would have to be made and cannot be affected by someone's perception. Since every human colors the world with their personal perception and there is so much left to be know even in science, one can conclude people in space and time cannot know the Absolute Truth.

There is only ONE even if our CNS's tell us differently... Science says we are all ONE.

Translation = read the last page of the Book , In Summary it means If you change anything in this book you'll get your's in the end ( And Not the way you wanted it ) .