The reason I can't get down with one religion hardcore is..

[Shuffington]

convert to all of them.... just incase

 

[alissowack]

However you don't want to don't treat an ocean like it is a glass of water. There is an exclusiveness that all religions have and to deny those things shows that we would rather not know what is different.

 

[ThaChozenWun]

Religion doesnt speak on seperate entities in the sky. They are all speaking of the same Gods. I dont like agreein with AndStep, but if you learn to read the original texts, and learn the different meanings of words the further back they are, the clearer all the books become.

 

[Rock_Well]

Ok, so u have belief in God. That's a start.

In regards to which religion to follow, I have a question. Who's desire are you trying to fulfill? What's more important, God's desire, your own, or the desires of men?

Something to think about.

 

[KLICHE]

Ok, so u have belief in God. That's a start.

In regards to which religion to follow, I have a question. Who's desire are you trying to fulfill? What's more important, God's desire, your own, or the desires of men?

Something to think about.

whose desires?? Wouldn't it be God's? Seriously not sure how to answer this.. I would say God's but does it mean one has to follow one religion, or be open to all and not have to label themselves with one practice and teachings?

 

[alissowack]

Religion doesnt speak on seperate entities in the sky. They are all speaking of the same Gods. I dont like agreein with AndStep, but if you learn to read the original texts, and learn the different meanings of words the further back they are, the clearer all the books become.

If you are talking about the terminology, then you might have a case. As far as the belief system goes, religions are very different.

 

[Shuffington]

whose desires?? Wouldn't it be God's? Seriously not sure how to answer this.. I would say God's but does it mean one has to follow one religion, or be open to all and not have to label themselves with one practice and teachings?

ok... now chose your specific god... theres tons

 

[Rock_Well]

whose desires?? Wouldn't it be God's? Seriously not sure how to answer this.. I would say God's but does it mean one has to follow one religion, or be open to all and not have to label themselves with one practice and teachings?

Exactly. God goes first. And since religion is based on the concept that God (ie something greater than us) must exist, part of understanding that involves realizing that our own view point alone isn't capable of perceiving everything that we might need in order to get where we trying to get. Thus, we should probably listen to what the greater being says on the matter.

In contrast, if a person come at religion from the same angle they come at a restaurant menu, they really can choose just about anything they have a taste for. There's religion that say man is God; Religions that say there are multiple Gods; Religions that say there is no God; and the list goes on and on. I mean there is all KINDS of religion a person can choose from which provide no means of getting a person into heaven.

Now, it says in the Bible God desires all men to be saved and calls all men to be saints. When the time comes, who will you choose to follow?

 

[Rock_Well]

I would say God's but does it mean one has to follow one religion, or be open to all and not have to label themselves with one practice and teachings?

Yes, it means you have to choose. Standing by remaining open will make a person no more good than a witness standing by watching his brother plot as he kills his other brother.

The good person who just stands by and does nothing is just as guilty in God's eyes. Good men need to take a stand for what is right.

God will give you time to make up your mind, but sooner or later you will have to make a decision. And He has already outlined in His word the one way by which men are called to be saved.

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Beware the man of one book. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

One book cannot contain all the wisdom of god. One religion cannot contain all the understanding of god.

What good is it to understand many religious philosophies? It better guides us to what god is by what god is not.

 

[KLICHE]

Yes, it means you have to choose. Standing by remaining open will make a person no more good than a witness standing by watching his brother plot as he kills his other brother.

The good person who just stands by and does nothing is just as guilty in God's eyes. Good men need to take a stand for what is right.

God will give you time to make up your mind, but sooner or later you will have to make a decision. And He has already outlined in His word the one way by which men are called to be saved.



"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

So your faith lies with Christianity.. correct?

 

[Rock_Well]

Beware the man of one book. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

One book cannot contain all the wisdom of god. One religion cannot contain all the understanding of god.

What good is it to understand many religious philosophies? It better guides us to what god is by what god is not.

People tend to want to simplify God.

Who is God?

What (who) is God's wisdom?

After that's answered, then we can talk about in what teachings is the wisdom of God found.

 

[alissowack]

Beware the man of one book. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

One book cannot contain all the wisdom of god. One religion cannot contain all the understanding of god.

What good is it to understand many religious philosophies? It better guides us to what god is by what god is not.

I would beware the man...period. If God has revealed Himself through one book, what rights does man have to say that we can know "all" that it has to say? The problem is that we pride ourselves in what we know and think that we can say "God" and it won't be in vain.

 

[Rock_Well]

So your faith lies with Christianity.. correct?

It gets more complicated.

My faith lies in Christ. Christ only gave one faith, as is taught in the scriptures.

Men took that one faith, twisted, turned and came up with several different versions of their own, calling it Christianity. None of which have Christ authorization to do so. All of which God will judge for doing so.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

People tend to want to simplify God.

Who is God?

What (who) is God's wisdom?

After that's answered, then we can talk about in what teachings is the wisdom of God found.

Have you made a choice?

I would beware the man...period. If God has revealed Himself through one book, what rights does man have to say that we can know "all" that it has to say? The problem is that we pride ourselves in what we know and think that we can say "God" and it won't be in vain.

If god is any kind of god, why would god limit itself to one book?

 

[Rock_Well]

Have you made a choice?

If god is any kind of god, why would god limit itself to one book?

I imagine you've seen enough of my posts to know that by now, no?

Oh and surely u know the Holy Bible is composed of 66 books contributed by one auther, through over 40 writers.

 

[judahxulu]

It gets more complicated.

My faith lies in Christ. Christ only gave one faith, as is taught in the scriptures.

Men took that one faith, twisted, turned and came up with several different versions of their own, calling it Christianity. None of which have Christ authorization to do so. All of which God will judge for doing so.

The Ebionites were the only real followers of Yeshua at that time.And they didnt call him Christ. Thats a title, not a proper name. And the title would have been culturally and spiritually offensive to a King of Israel.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

I imagine you've seen enough of my posts to know that by now, no?

Oh and surely u know the Holy Bible is composed of 66 books contributed by one auther, through over 40 writers.

Why did you choose that book solely over any other?

 

[alissowack]

If god is any kind of god, why would god limit itself to one book?

You are doing what we "Christians" are more guilty of. If God says He is such and such, then He is suppose to comply with such and such. We are suggesting that we know what God should or shouldn't be doing. Why not God limit Himself to one book? Who knows?

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

You are doing what we "Christians" are more guilty of. If God says He is such and such, then He is suppose to comply with such and such. We are suggesting that we know what God should or shouldn't be doing. Why not God limit Himself to one book? Who knows?

I don't presume god is bound such and such. If god is any kind of god, god is limitless and boundless, no? It is just rather suspicious that a god would limit itself, if it could, to one book.