Madsaac
Active Member
Yes they do and unfortunately millions and millions of people have died because of it.
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Do All Religions Teach Their Way Is The Only Right Way?
- Thread starter Jimmy
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Yes they do and unfortunately millions and millions of people have died because of it.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Well, yes. But that is not the only human cause for people dying.
I view religion as a human behaviour and neither good or bad as such.
Tamino
Active Member
Yeah, but that is the point actually: the Jews and the Christians were the only "atheists".
All of the polytheist cults were generally inclusive - if you told an Egyptian or a Celt that they need to offer incense to the image of the Emperor, they would shrug their shoulders and do it, and then go back worshipping Ubasti or Belenos as usual. It was not a theological issue - worshipping other gods beside your own main deity, or making offerings to human kings, heroes or ancestors was totally fine in most of those cultures.
Only the Jews got in trouble, because their prohibition of images and their exclusive monotheism. They had a religious issue with "idols" of the emperor being moved into their city... and the Romans took that as a political issue because their loyalty to the empire was called into question.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Actually being wrong is a hallmark of a good religion if it's accepted as much as being right is.
Madsaac
Active Member
Yes but as far as the title of the thread goes.
Maybe I should have said, not only have millions died but maybe a billion people have suffered because religions believe their way is the only way.
PearlSeeker
Well-Known Member
That's true. However, saying: "You can have your religion but you must worship my god or else..." is not really respectful and tolerant.
Tamino
Active Member
Oh, no, the Romans were not tolerant of other cults because of a conscious ethical decision to value religious freedom - that is not at all the case, you are right.
The Romans needed an efficient way to run a multi-cultural empire, and chose one that made sense in the context of their own religious ideas.
Religious tolerance and exchange of ideas was more a side effect of the Roman politics, not its aim.
I Am Hugh
Researcher
Yes, but that's true of everyone. Science, history, religion, politics. It's ideology.
Yeah most religions generally speaking claim to be THE truth without being aware that none of them are THE truth
All religions are Infact half truths as being humans we can never know THE truth of some infinite entity or purpose
Some people within religions of course are aware of this and are very honest
Some get into pointless fights over THEIR truth, like Christian’s generally saying “if you don’t know Christ, you’ll go to hell”, so that’s the majority of us doomed
And of course some religions or spiritualism understand fully that they cannot know THE truth and so there’s more emphasis on just trying to understand what we can
Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
This is one of the reasons why I enjoy practicing Wicca and Druidry. I don't mind saying that it has been very liberating for me as a former Christian. Neither Wicca nor Druidry constrain me, nor do I feel morally obligated to appease a specific god. That said, I don't want to derail this thread with a lengthy explanation, so I'll provide a link to a previous post in which I further explained what it means to me to be a Wiccan and a Druid, as well as the positive impact practicing Wicca and Druidry has had on my life. To be quite honest, I wish I had done this many years ago, but we all live and learn.
By the way -- if you claim to be a Christian...
:) Part of the "evidence" is that my entire life changed. I believe for the better. I am not perfect, however, and still ask for forgiveness of my sins. But I do my best to avoid actions that would be considered sins. Just to let you know. Yes, my entire life changed. I appreciate your posts...
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Jimmy
King Phenomenon
I suspect in a world without religion even more people would have died.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
As far as I can tell that is unknown.
dybmh
ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
The earliest religion emerged from persistence hunters. Their practice successfully put food on the table for their tribe, and if it didn't, the primitive scout-stalker died in the field. Religion is an evolved survival trait.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Got any actual sociology or biology on that?
I think what is a useful teaching might be is this, I’ll paraphrase
That all are unique and have unique minds and experiences
There is no ONE way towards God and no ONE way towards spiritualism or enlightenment
All should strive to be spiritually full, but never actually be spiritually full
Those who are spiritually full will never listen to others
Whereas, those who are not spiritually full, will always be open and listen to each other
That all are unique and have unique minds and experiences
There is no ONE way towards God and no ONE way towards spiritualism or enlightenment
All should strive to be spiritually full, but never actually be spiritually full
Those who are spiritually full will never listen to others
Whereas, those who are not spiritually full, will always be open and listen to each other
There is actually quite a bit on this topic.
Evolutionary psychology of religion - Wikipedia
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
There is actually quite a bit on this topic.
Evolutionary psychology of religion - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
From the wiki link -
"Scientists generally agree with the idea that a propensity to engage in religious behavior evolved early in human history. However, there is disagreement on the exact mechanisms that drove the evolution of the religious mind. There are two schools of thought. One is that religion itself evolved due to natural selection and is an adaptation, in which case religion conferred some sort of evolutionary advantage. The other is that religious beliefs and behaviors, such as the concept of a protogod,[2][3] may have emerged as by-products of other adaptive traits without initially being selected for because of their own benefits.[4][5][6] A third suggestion is that different aspects of religion require different evolutionary explanations but also that different evolutionary explanations may apply to several aspects of religion.[7]"
So it is in effect no theory, but different hypothesises.
Jimmy
King Phenomenon
There’s several theories about how religion first started.
Nothing is a 100% certainty, you of all people know this very well.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Well, I am in effect a friendly atheist in that I do find there are some postive elements to religion and I do consider it natural.