Lightkeeper
Well-Known Member
Should your belief system be based on what you think is the one truth or is it O.K. to have a mixture of beliefs from several religions?
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Should Your Belief System Be Based On One Truth?
- Thread starter Lightkeeper
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Yerda
Veteran Member
If I were religious I think I'd find it hard to stick to one interpretation of our world. Tons of religions so if you're going to believe in anything you may as well pick your favourite concepts from your favourite systems. The Holy Joes might not appreciate this but they appreciate very little anyway...
Do you study every Thursday or do you like peanut butter?Lightkeeper said:
jewscout
Religious Zionist
I think that every faith has a bit of the Divine truth in it, some just feel compelled toward one or the other. If you want to believe that your faith has truth that's fine just also realize that people aren't always going to agree with you. I think agreeing to disagree should be taught in all faiths.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Truth is where you find it.
But on a side note I would never mix Native American ceremony and say Wiccan ceremony. Cultrual theft is an issue for many Native American elders, and rightly so. There are many books out there that say they teach Native American spirituallity but they are full of neo-pagan junk and are not Native American at all. It misrepresents our faith and our heritage.
So if some one ever trys to sell you N.A sprituallity run the other way. We don't sell religion.
wa:do
But on a side note I would never mix Native American ceremony and say Wiccan ceremony. Cultrual theft is an issue for many Native American elders, and rightly so. There are many books out there that say they teach Native American spirituallity but they are full of neo-pagan junk and are not Native American at all. It misrepresents our faith and our heritage.
So if some one ever trys to sell you N.A sprituallity run the other way. We don't sell religion.
wa:do
Pah
Uber all member
Lightkeeper said:
Anybody's belief system has a primary presumption to a truth and has elements of many other systems incorporated whether closely related or not. Perhaps the question should be "and" instead of "or"?
Christianity has an assumption of Christ sacrificed and incorporates the "golden rule" found in most other systems of belief.
Bob
Lightkeeper
Well-Known Member
That would be a different question altogether. Many people feel their religion is the one and only truth.pah said:
chuck010342
Active Member
this is classic absolutism vs relativism
your religious believes can be either. a good example is buddhist and christian.
your religious believes can be either. a good example is buddhist and christian.