Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
But is that a reason to tell others "your faith or belief "is wrong?
Wrong to whom?
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Wrong to whom?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I've had my piddys slapped a few times, but how can you run a religion over softly with a truck?
Irate State
Äkta människor
A very simple question
Why do humans blame each others for having the "wrong faith or belief "?
Isn't the belief each one has a "tool" for them to find some form of truth?
Who says "my truth" is better for you?
What if "my faith and belief " is not what you seek?
Be whom you are, and seek truth where you see it arise for you
It's a rather profound question. What I find jarring, more than to challenge each form of human spirituality or religion is what we understand for truth. Is it objective or is it just a construct?
There's a rather simple example I heard in a colloquial epistemology YouTube channel, it goes like like this: I have a Tic Tac box in my hand. The number of Tic Tacs inside of it is either odd or even, there's no third state. Furthermore it can be tested, you'll have an answer if you count them. Unlike spirituality or religion which are as subjective as they come. All of them offer non conclusive answers. Each person pick and choose what they like, but by calling out other people's beliefs they are just throwing rocks at their own glass houses.
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Alienistic
Anti-conformity
Be whom you are, and seek truth where you see it arise for you
This is almost like saying that everything is truth, there are no lies and no matter how disgusting of a character or nature anyone has- to just be themselves.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
It means that I as a person have no saying over others, so they can believe in whatever God or deity they want, without me telling them, they are wrong.
Why? because I myself is on a spiritual journey where I do not hold every answer to my own belief, so I am not able to be one who tells others that they are wrong.
I do not speak of if you see a person beating the hell out of another being, then one should of course try to stop them in some way.
the OP is only about spirituality and religious belief
Alienistic
Anti-conformity
Indeed, and what I have said still applies to spirituality and religious belief. Rewording- it is almost like saying that everyone’s spiritual and religious beliefs are right and truth, and any spiritual or religious beliefs that generate terrible character or nature and put into action - are not wrong because they are just “being themselves.”
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
I think that for most people who worship the Abrahamic God, being a part of the "right" religion is important because they see it as determining their eternal destiny. Choosing which one to go with is a kind of process of elimination. More than faulting the other person for being wrong, I think it's more a case of crossing one "religion/denomination/faction" off their own list and increasing the possibility that they've made the right choice. I'm not sure if that makes sense or not, but I really think that's why it happens.
It's unfortunate that being "right" so often means being "mean."
It's unfortunate that being "right" so often means being "mean."
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Your words made sense to me
A very simple answer ─ we're gregarious primates, and have evolved so that we identify ourselves with tribes / groups / teams / regions / nations. Belonging is part of each human's identity, usually starting with family. And the group will typically share language, customs, aims ... and beliefs.A very simple question
Why do humans blame each others for having the "wrong faith or belief "?
Isn't the belief each one has a "tool" for them to find some form of truth?
Who says "my truth" is better for you?
What if "my faith and belief " is not what you seek?
Be whom you are, and seek truth where you see it arise for you
So for a lot of people, if you cheer for the Miami Dolphins you're One Of Us, and if you don't, you're not only not, but on game day you may well be the detestable enemy.
DNB
Christian
Well, there can only be one truth, ....despite the fact that many religions overlap on several tenets of their religion - implying a single universal truth that is available to all, despite many only partially comprehending it.A very simple question
Why do humans blame each others for having the "wrong faith or belief "?
Isn't the belief each one has a "tool" for them to find some form of truth?
Who says "my truth" is better for you?
What if "my faith and belief " is not what you seek?
Be whom you are, and seek truth where you see it arise for you
Why does it seem strange that some will have the audacity to assert their position on what is real, factual and even demonstrable? It's incumbent upon us all to be aware of the facts of life, and to comport ourselves according to these truths. In other words, it's shameful for a person of a mature age to not be firmly opinionated on what is false, and what is true.
How can both Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism all be correct, either broadly or specifically? It's absurd to declare such an opinion on any level.
I believe that Christianity is the will of God, and that God is only one supreme and transcendent being in all the universe, and that all other religions in the world are false.
Does this make me narrow-minded or fanatical, or just clear and focused on what I believe - and astute in the fact that I recognize the incompatibility in attempting to syncretize all the religions into one.
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Segev Moran
Well-Known Member
Well... The problem is what do you define as truth?A very simple question
Why do humans blame each others for having the "wrong faith or belief "?
Isn't the belief each one has a "tool" for them to find some form of truth?
Who says "my truth" is better for you?
What if "my faith and belief " is not what you seek?
Be whom you are, and seek truth where you see it arise for you
This is the root cause of all misunderstandings.
I basically agree with the more secular POV. don't believe in things that defy what we know.
It makes no sense to believe the earth is flat, It makes no sense to claim evolution is a fake.
So far, there is very little things we actually know.
As long as your beliefs do not contradict that in an abusive way, I don't think anyone will care (in a good way
) what you believe in.