All Religions seem to Warn of a time when the World will fall into Darkness in Latter Days?

[Rainbow Mage]

I don't like to obsess about the end of days. I'm not sure I believe it literal myself, but I have known in my study of religions that all of them seem to warn of a time when the world will follow a false teacher or teachers and fall into darkness. The Hindus say that in later times people will turn to worship of demons. The Christians say there will be an anti-Christ. Lao Tzu warned that in the future it would get harder and harder for people to find the universal integral way because of false teachings. The Buddha spoke of a time when humanity will fall into a state of error and forget the dharma, and then the Maitreya must come and restore the Buddha's teachings. The Muslims teach about a one-eyed figure called the Dajjal who claims to be God in the flesh and leads people astray. Even the ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) myths tell of a time when the worship of the gods of Egypt will be restored to the world, but then the end must come, and then the only one still awake when the world ends will be Wesir (Osiris). What does one make of this, when seeing that many religions seem to have such an idea? Is humanity headed for bad times ahead?

 

[Just_me_Mike]

Yep we sure are "headed" if not already there.

 

[painted wolf]

Mine doesn't.... sorry.

wa:do

 

[Kilgore Trout]

What does one make of this, when seeing that many religions seem to have such an idea? Is humanity headed for bad times ahead?

Yes, just as we always have been, and always will be.

 

[BruceDLimber]

Greetings!

In fact, the whole "end of the world" thing is a misunderstanding caused by a faulty translation!

There's no indication that the world is going to end any time soon--probably, not until the sun expands billions of years from now!

As to the mistake, the Greek of the original New Testament uses the word "eras," which means "world" or "age."

And the compilers of the King James Version chose the wrong meaning.

What was actually being spoken of was the end of the Age, which IOV already came and went about a century and a half ago!

So "all religions" do NOT warn of this, no!

Peace,

Bruce

 

[Tanuki]

I agree with you Bruce.

'Mon the Bahai's!

 

[Thesavorofpan]

Whether the world ends by the sun expanding or the judgment in revelations the world will eventually end.

 

[Mr Cheese]

many religions that speak of doom....also speak of redemption after though....

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Bruce you only spoke about the Bible's end times scenario though. What about Islam's view about the Dajjal, or the Buddhist view about the Maitreya needing to come to restore the dharma?

 

[Revasser]

If you have a creation myth, it makes sense to have a destruction myth. Beginnings and endings and all that.

 

[BruceDLimber]

Greetings!

Bruce you only spoke about the Bible's end times scenario though. What about Islam's view about the Dajjal, or the Buddhist view about the Maitreya needing to come to restore the dharma?

All the same, in that:

1. IOV ALL the great religions are stages in a single ever-evolving faith, the Faith of God, and

2. the "end times" and the "Judgement Day" both refer to the coming of a new Divine Messenger, bringing in a new Age and introducing a new (stage in) religion.

The various religions speak of these things in somewhat different language and terminology, but they're all essentially speaking the same truths.

Best,

Bruce

 

[zenzero]

Friend HM,

All Religions seem to Warn of a time when the World will fall into Darkness in Latter Days?

As friend Cheese mentions:

religions that speak of doom....also speak of redemption after

Its just a cycle, like every natural laws, birth and death, seasons, floods and ice ages, stock market, heart beat, breathing etc.
However one whose minds get affected THOUGHTS exists so does these aspects.
The only way out is to still the thoughts and be free from all cycles and be part of that very nature itself.

Love & rgds

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Bruce so even though the Buddha spoke very literally about the Maitreya, and Jesus spoke very literally about the anti-Christ, and Muhammad spoke very literally about the Dajjal, you don't accept it as literal? Muhammad said: "All the prophets warned of the dajjal, even Noah warned his people about it, but I will tell you something no prophet ever spoke. The dajjal, he will have only one eye."

 

[painted wolf]

Did Jesus ever mention an Anti-Christ? I thought Paul invented that for the Book of Revelations?

wa:do

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Jesus did seem to mention false prophets and increasing wickedness in later days, and the love of many waning thin.

 

[painted wolf]

I don't seem to remember that from reading the bible.

wa:do

 

[Valjean]

"All religions" is a pretty big claim.

 

[Tiapan]

Every day natural and man-made events put an abrupt end to good peoples lives. For them the "End of Days" has little relevance. I find the total concept ridiculous, it assumes humans are evil and deserve destruction, when in fact we are a minor part of the biodiversity of this planet. Now, we have had a few billion years ducking the asteroid, and in the end we might cop one sweet in the face , but to suggest some stroker from x thousands of years ago can predict that we will all die on some particular day is 1. anus horribililus and 2. total childish fantasy, and should be shunned aside like the product of any other vacuum or snake oil merchant.

Cheers

 

[BruceDLimber]

All speaking of the same event and personage, HM, with the caveat that many prophecies have to be taken spiritually and not literally.

Hence the reason we view Baha'u'llah, our Founder, as (among other titles) both the Maitreya and the Fifth Buddha.

Indeed, for anyone who insists on taking scripture literally, it's a trivial exercise to construct absurd conclusions therefrom!

Peace,

Bruce

 

[BruceDLimber]

Greetings!

Did Jesus ever mention an Anti-Christ? I thought Paul invented that for the Book of Revelations?

Nope: Jesus never mentioned any such thing (although He did mention false prophets)!

Only John did this--NOT Paul, who didn't write Revelation!--and that not in Revelation, but solely in four places in his own epistles.

Further, these few statements indicate both that the antichrist 1) was around at that time and 2) that he was a former Christian.

Peace,

Bruce