• Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
    • Access to private conversations with other members.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!

Search results

  1. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    The family are well supported. In some ways we are a close knit community. That's is very good to have those connections through faith. It doesn't matter at all that there are differences and diversity in religion IMHO. I personally view religion as one in the sense that religion is religion...
  2. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    It would be fair to state that Christianity's efforts to convert Hindu India has made very modest progress over two thousand years if the proportion of Christian in India is anything to go by...
  3. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Mental health issues are common place these days. It can take a few years to recover from a major event. Most people come out the other end being able to get on with their lives and hopefully have a better perspective and approach to living. Some never recover fully. It is what it is and life...
  4. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Its hard being a parent especially when our children are not meeting expectations. Needing professional help is another step up in regards challenges. Some people get it and others don't. Sometimes those who don't get it are our close relatives and friends. Do you have good support from your...
  5. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    I agree.
  6. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    I had the experience of being a born again Christian but it didn't last too long, maybe a few months. Like you I believed in it at the time but there were too many problems that I couldn't ignore. This forum has brought Baha’is and their associates into contact with Christians, Jews, Hindus...
  7. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    There were two times I went to our town hall along with a few thousand others. It was great. Sounds like a wonderful space to be in. It seems like an odd thing to send one of your kids off to therapy. My most challenging and rewarding patient has a mother who wants me to have her committed...
  8. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    The common thread is living a moral life and detaching oneself from the transient things of this world that would become a distraction. Whether its Krishna's counsel to Arjuna, the Buddhist sutras, the Gospel or Quran, there are commonalities. Its impossible to know for certain what any of the...
  9. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Sounds like more hateful apologetics with trying to justify Iran's poor human's rights record by vilifying the victim. I have relatives and friends in Canada. The culture has many similarities with New Zealand. You don't sound like any Canadian I know.
  10. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Which country did you grow up in @Link ? Muslims have freedom to practice their religion where I live (New Zealand). Its the same in Canada. I've no idea what you are talking about in regards the Shah of Iran but wasn't the Iranian revolution 1979. Are you saying that because Baha'is helped...
  11. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    There are no doubt commonalities. Be truthful, compassionate and just. I can't see any of the major world religions not teaching basic virtues. The conditions of each community were vastly different if we compare Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad. These are arguably the three most important...
  12. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    I suspect a lot of what being a Shi'i Muslim for you, is Persian culture, not the Quran or the Imams. Its the same deal with what Christianity has become where I live. Our culture has an enormous influence on the way we approach matters of religion and belief. The Quran of course was revealed...
  13. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    I recall the chanting of verses in Sanskrit took up about 20 - 30 minutes. I took a couple of languages had high school and they were my weakest subjects so it seemed like a big mountain to climb if I were to become a Tibetan Buddhist and be serious about it. I enjoyed the teachings from the...
  14. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, Baha’is sincerely believe in what they believe. Labeling Baha’is 'dishonest' because they don't agree with your view of the Quran is as helpful as Baha’is calling you dishonest because you see things differently from us. Maybe English is not an easy...
  15. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Not really. When looking at religions that have developed over thousands of years from vastly different cultures, there will of course be huge differences. So I doubt if too many Baha'is are troubled at all about the huge diversity of belief that makes up humanities religious experience. Of...
  16. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    I wasn't a true ascetic in any traditional sense. I lived in an old country house that I payed rent for. I had a motorcycle that enabled me to travel into town once a week for supplies. Although sparsely populated there were a few locals I got to know and friends in town I kept in touch with...
  17. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    Good question. After a couple of years of exploring eastern religion and living a semi-reclusive lifestyle (like a hermit) I tried atheism. All the contradictions within religion, the inability to find a guru and my personal failure to achieve anything that remotely resembled a higher level of...
  18. Dawnofhope

    What if we accepted each others Religion?

    What if the oceans rose and there was no more land for us to stand on? What if, what if, what if.....
  19. Dawnofhope

    Why do christianity get so much hate?

    Christianity where I live is a minority religion (about 33% of the population). Probably another 30% have views that positively align with Christian values. Another 20% are either warm towards Christianity or neutral. Its probably only about 5% - 10 % of the population that have some aversion or...
  20. Dawnofhope

    Define Christianity

    It is hard to come up with a definition that will please everyone. As a starting point, Christianity is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the Life and Teachings of Jesus. I personally don't see belief in the Creeds or trinity as essential as its not something Jesus explicitly taught...
Top