One world religion?

[Fluffy]

Would a universal adoption of universalism be an acceptable global religion?

[Popeyesays]

Originally Posted by Fluffy

Would a universal adoption of universalism be an acceptable global religion?

Define "universalism"?

Regards,
Scott

[Fluffy]

Originally Posted by Popeyesays

Define "universalism"?

The belief that there are many paths to God/enlightenment/oneness and that, therefore, each person can walk the path that is most suited to them.

I say enlightenment/oneness as well as God because I believe that a non-theistic path can lead to the same place as a theistic one.

[Popeyesays]

Originally Posted by Fluffy

The belief that there are many paths to God/enlightenment/oneness and that, therefore, each person can walk the path that is most suited to them.

I say enlightenment/oneness as well as God because I believe that a non-theistic path can lead to the same place as a theistic one.

I don't really feel there are multiple paths, but rather multiples waypoints on the ONE path.

As to leading to the same place, sure? Believer or not we all depend upon the grace of God in whatever next existence there may be. There is no damnation and paradise. We're all stars in the presence of God, some are brighter and some are less bright, but all of us progress in that next world just as we did in this one.

Regards,
Scott

[BruceDLimber]

Originally Posted by Popeyesays

Baha'i Faith

Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself.
Baha'u'llah, Gleanings

Scott, for the Baha'i Faith, I recommend using either of these quotes instead:

And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 30

Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself.
Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 71


And for the Hindu Faith, you can use:

When a man sees that the God in himself is the same God in all that is, he hurts not himself by hurting others: then he goes to the highest Path.
Bhagavad Gita (13.28)

These two refute the common claim by certain Christians that "only Christianity expresses the Golden Rule in a positive manner, while every other religion only has a 'thou shalt not' formulation."

Clearly these make nonsense of that particular chauvanism!

Best regards, :-)

Bruce

[omari]

to say " one world religion" is to focus on what is the truth _ what it is ? where is it ? is there anything as the truth? if any desires the truth then according to the holy scriptures one world religion as alway exist.

[Francine]

Originally Posted by omari

to say " one world religion" is to focus on what is the truth _ what it is ? where is it ? is there anything as the truth? if any desires the truth then according to the holy scriptures one world religion as alway exist.

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

[Popeyesays]

Originally Posted by Francine

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action.... That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. In another passage He hath proclaimed: It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.

(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 249)

Regards,
Scott

[Scuba Pete]

Originally Posted by Syzygy

Intriguing me of late, I want to see what you think. Is there any possibility of a unified one world religion?

Let me see if I can distill my answer into a singularly understandable response that will be as easy to read as it is to remember:

No.

You can quote me on that.

Next question?

[Anti-religion]

Originally Posted by BruceDLimber

Greetings!

As a Baha'i, I see one world religion as not only possible, but inevitable! :-)

(To quote Shakespeare, "'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished!")

And I suspect it would probably look a lot like the Baha'i Faith itself does.

We Baha'is recognize ALL the great religions as legitimate and of God, recognize scriptures of other religions, and accept/use prayers from many different sources. (Indeed, our scriptures state explicitly that most religions are of God, excepting only a few born of human perversity....)

In addition to recognizing other scriptures, we have about 200 volumes of our own, Baha'i scripture!

And we avoid rituals (there are five--and only five--in the Faith), and shun partisan politics like the plague it is! Our goal is UNITY (of God, of humanity, and of religions), and politics is merely a divide-and-conquer process, entirely the opposite of consensus....

So as a current ad says, "The future is now!" :-)

Best,

Bruce

Problem with Bahai i think is that it reconciles itself with different prophets and could "not" reconcile different idealogies.
For example,Bahai believes in heaven or hell,and does not mention reincarnation,this makes it skewed towards abrahamic faiths.What ur take on this.
My thought is that
"Bahai could not reconcile between Heaven\hell concept and Reincarnation"