What is the goal of Religion? (Jesus, Moses, Earth, Buddhism)

[Jonathan Rex]

What is the objective of individual religions?

Islam - To submit to Allah and do good
Christianity - To follow Yeshua's (Jesus) words, worship God and do good.
Judaism - To follow the law of Moses, worship God and do good.
Buddhism - To follow the teaching of Guatama, become a Buddha and do good.
Hinduism - To follow Krishna, and do good.
Zoroastrianism - To do as Zoroaster taught, and do good.
Taoism - Become one with the Tao, and do good.

There is a pattern here. This pattern has been ignored for thousands of years and has been replaced by dogmatic religious politics. The purpose of all religions was to establish a code of ethics by which the civilization lived unanimously and to take care of one another.

Whether you are Taoist, Confucian, Zoroastrian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jew, Christian, or a Muslim (or one of the many minor religions/cults around the world) the purpose of your belief system is to take care of other human beings and serve humanity by giving something back to the earth, while you are here.

What good is faith if your actions are dead?
What does it mean to believe in God if you do not take care of your brothers and sisters (other human beings)?

Even an Atheist or Feminist can agree on this objective, so what is holding us back?
Why can people not believe in God in their various different ways and worship in the privacy of their own home, in their various different ways and live their faith by taking care of each other instead of discussing their faith?

Anybody who has to convince another person of their beliefs, whether they be Christian or Atheist, is really trying to convince their self. They want other people to accept their views because they are not comfortable practicing their religion alone.

There are flaws in every religion and as long as human beings continue debating the flaws, we as a world will never transcend the nonsense and achieve World Peace.

[James the Persian]

You do realise that you appear to have just come to a religious discussion forum in order to tell us that we shouldn't discuss religion, don't you? Somehow I don't see that working too well here. Now, I think you mean that we shouldn't be proselytising, playing at oneupmanship etc., but rather that we should be understanding of and live with one another's different faiths. The thing is that I think that you'll find that that's what real religious discussion is about. It's certainly the norm, rather than the exception, here.

I would like to pick up on your worship in your own home point, though. You do realise that most of us probably have corporate worship which, necessarily is in public not private don't you? In my case my faith affects everyday life, my public life, in more ways than that too. You sound as though you disapprove of religion being expressed in public. Do you, and if so why (bearing in mind that public expression of one's belief need not imply condemnation of those wih differing beliefs)?

James

[michel]

Hi Jonathan,

As I noticed that this is your first day here, I thought I would take the opportunity to WQelcome you to Religious Forums;

You might like to consider posting an introduction of yourself to the other members on:- Are you new to ReligiousForums.com?

James seems to have answered your post pretty much as I would have;

I hope you get to like it here, and enjoy your stay with us.

[Seyorni]

What does it mean to do good? Down through history lots of questionable actions have been declared good and in accord with the precepts laid down by X religion or religious founder.
What if following the will of Allah, Yeshua, Mosaic law, &c. as clearly described in the relevant religious text, is clearly in conflict with the general consensus of "good" conduct?

[angellous_evangellous]

What is the goal of Religion?

To score.

[Terrywoodenpic]

I am sure that the Goals of individual religions.
And the Goals of God are not the same.

Religions are the result of man's attempts to make sense of the revelations from God, in a tangible way.
The problem is we are not very good at it.
We are looking for perfection in an imperfect framework.

We should acknowledge our imperfect understanding for what it is.
and give the same acknowledgement to other faiths.

We should acknowledge Change, and growth as being basic truths in God's world.
We should acknowledge that every thing we believe contains error.
we should acknowledge that God will reveal other truths to us as we grow and change.

As God' creatures, it is our duty to work together and with the guidance of God, to increase our understanding and learn how to serve him together as one people.

[wizanda]

Christianity - To accept that Christ died for you?
To place your self under authority of man and government (as appointed there by God?)?
To convert others to be the same as you?

Follower of the word's of Christ – To not have anything to do with Pharisee teachers, to give up wealth, to understand all you live for is God and to help others through this….

Not the other way around as Pharisee (John, Paul or Simon).
led everyone to believe, which are the ones directly opposed to Christ and made Christians; as they state it is good he should die for them (swear by a sacrifice, so guilty; also of making temples for dead prophets), so they do reverse from his own words and follow Pharisee or Balaam teaching according to the Bible.

[michel]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Rex

What is the objective of individual religions?

To allow people of the same faith to worship in harmony.

[Jonathan Rex]

Originally Posted by JamesThePersian

You do realise that you appear to have just come to a religious discussion forum in order to tell us that we shouldn't discuss religion, don't you? Somehow I don't see that working too well here. Now, I think you mean that we shouldn't be proselytising, playing at oneupmanship etc., but rather that we should be understanding of and live with one another's different faiths. The thing is that I think that you'll find that that's what real religious discussion is about. It's certainly the norm, rather than the exception, here.

I guess I should back up a little bit and see what this site is all about.

I would like to pick up on your worship in your own home point, though. You do realise that most of us probably have corporate worship which, necessarily is in public not private don't you? In my case my faith affects everyday life, my public life, in more ways than that too. You sound as though you disapprove of religion being expressed in public. Do you, and if so why (bearing in mind that public expression of one's belief need not imply condemnation of those wih differing beliefs)?

James

"When you pray, go into your room and close your door and keep your prayers between you and God. Do not be like the Pharisees who love to stand in their fancy robes and give long speeches for men to hear." - Jesus