Do you think all religions lead to God? (experience, God)

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by lilithu

What if there are certain "locations" where the breeze comes and goes more often than in others?

I think that would be extending the metaphor to the breaking point.

[JayHawes]

If I was to define God I would say Yahweh. However since many do not see Yahweh as God, or the Only God. Let's now understand "God" to be any higher being or beings, or any supernatural being considered a god, or any state of existsance considered to be "God."

[MaddLlama]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

If your beliefs aren't on topic you should not have mentioned them.

Your opinion that my beliefs are wrong are off topic.

I just can't grasp how you can think all Gods exist. Two monotheistic Gods can't exist at the same time by their very nature. Do you think Allah and Yahweh both exist? Do you think Poseidon exists? Surely you have misspoken.

I believe each God is a distinct and separate being, whether real, or in the minds of the people who believe that God to exist. Two Gods that claim to be the only one, or want their followers to treat them as if they're the only one, and be one of many. However, I don't believe that any God is all-powerful.
And, for the record, I think Yahweh and Allah are the same God.

[JayHawes]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

I just can't grasp how you can think all Gods exist.

I could say the same. The basic conceptions of God differ so much that to say that they all exist would be impossible. If the God of the Bible existed alongside many otehr gods he would simply vanguish them....therefore solving the supposed existance of many gods.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by lilithu

What if there are certain "locations" where the breeze comes and goes more often than in others?

I'm borrowing a metaphor invented by Jiddu Krishnamurti. He likened the human condition to sitting inside the room of a house, waiting for a breeze (God) to come through the windows. In that situation, there is nothing one can do to make the breeze any more likely. The only reasonable course of action is to open the windows so that when the breeze comes, it can come in.

If we extend that metaphor a bit to tie it into the OP, Lilithu, then the question becomes which religions, if any, either help to open the windows or help to keep the windows open. For no religion can actually guarantee that it will produce a breeze.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by JayHawes

If I was to define God I would say Yahweh. However since many do not see Yahweh as God, or the Only God. Let's now understand "God" to be any higher being or beings, or any supernatural being considered a god, or any state of existsance considered to be "God."

If it's that broad then the answer to your original question would be a definitive yes. If it's Yahweh then the answer is no. The Bible is clear on that much.

[Blindinglight]

There is not one religion that can lead you to God or Goddess.
All religion does is ready you for your own search. Comparable feeding an infant milk, and sending a child to school.
We all have the potential to be a god though, but some of us reach that potential faster than others.
"Religion" is one of the biggest crutches that hold people back. They think they know how to reach God, and refuse to see any other POVs. That form of arogance only hinders growth and learning.

[Bishka]

In my personal opinion, all little 'truths', lead to the big "Truth" of God. So yes, I would say most all religions eventually lead back to God.

[JayHawes]