December 28th, 2007Why are there so many different religions?
Why are there so many different religions?
Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism and others.
Why are there so many Christian denominations?
Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and others.
Possibilites.
1. All religions are wrong. This is why many new religions and denominations are created every year, which add to the confusion about religion.
2. All religions are true. If all religions lead us to the same result, it would not matter what religion we choose.
3. One religion is true. If it does matter what religion we choose, and we choose the the wrong religion, we will be misguided.
Many choose a religion by the country that they live in or the denomination of previous family generations. Some say that they belong to a particular denomination but actually never attend or study the religion. Others don’t even choose a religion, finding the process too hard or not wanting to give up their worldly ways.
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February 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Imagine the results if more people in the world realized the simple fact that there are over 11,000 religions in the world and that it is impossible with our present knowledge to find out which is the “true” one. An inevitable corollary to this belief would be that they would develop a degree of doubt that their religion is the only “true” one. People might be less inclined to oppress, discriminate against, murder or commit mass murder and genocide against people of other faiths such as has happened during the past decade in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Cyprus, Nigeria, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, the U.S. etc.
Imagine the results if more people accepted their religion as the best faith for them, but at the same time recognized that there are other religions which teach about other deities, other systems of morality, other religious practices, etc. Yet almost all of them motivate people to lead better lives. There might be fewer people willing to defend their particular religion by oppressing or killing followers of other religions and spiritual paths.