I've never really been into organized religion, instead sticking to being a follower of God himself. It seems that all the great prophets of this world tried not to label what they were doing they just did what divinity sought them to do.
It seems that at the core Christianity, Judiasm, Zoroasterianism, Muslim faith, Mormonism, and the like really are after the same thing: to lead a good life and to follow in the light of 'God', no matter what name they choose to call him.
It seems to me somewhat sad that all of the greater spirit's followers need to be so divided. Why the need for the dozen names, Ahura Mazda, Allah, Jehova, etc etc.. What makes sense to me is the primary reasons for this division is cultural only. The greater spirit realized that we had divided ourselves by cultural differences and understood that every person would react to it's divine message differently. For instance, maybe someone raised under the cultural influence of Europe might look at things different from someone raised in Persia.
Bottom line I'm curious how people feel about this division, if they feel its neccessary? If they believe in a deeper interconnect of various religions or not? And any other thoughts that can be added to this topic... naturally people who are religious in one form or another might have something more to say on this topic than someone who doesn't believe in any form of God (etc), but I would love to hear from anyone's point of view. Thanks.
It seems that at the core Christianity, Judiasm, Zoroasterianism, Muslim faith, Mormonism, and the like really are after the same thing: to lead a good life and to follow in the light of 'God', no matter what name they choose to call him.
It seems to me somewhat sad that all of the greater spirit's followers need to be so divided. Why the need for the dozen names, Ahura Mazda, Allah, Jehova, etc etc.. What makes sense to me is the primary reasons for this division is cultural only. The greater spirit realized that we had divided ourselves by cultural differences and understood that every person would react to it's divine message differently. For instance, maybe someone raised under the cultural influence of Europe might look at things different from someone raised in Persia.
Bottom line I'm curious how people feel about this division, if they feel its neccessary? If they believe in a deeper interconnect of various religions or not? And any other thoughts that can be added to this topic... naturally people who are religious in one form or another might have something more to say on this topic than someone who doesn't believe in any form of God (etc), but I would love to hear from anyone's point of view. Thanks.