paarsurrey
Veteran Member
I don´t think relying on scriptures is a problem, except for the grade. You can rely on a scripture, without losing the freedom you need to interact with different believers, or even incorporate some beliefs to your faith. For me, as a christian, it means to capture the essence of the Bible message and accept the rest as a complement that makes no sense without the essence. Much of the time, it results in a non literal understanding.
Anyway, I can't imagine a universal religion .Religions can interact and, even, accept one another. But they always will be diferent, in terms of that their basic concepts (not necesserally scriptures). That's not saying there can't be an identity between religons , in terms of the values (moral aspect) they defend.
I agree with your approach.
The essence of the scripture or the core teachings of the founder of a revealed religion are the nucleus around which all the secondary creeds are woven or must revolve to secure them; if they don't correspond with them and are inconsistent with them; then that religion is misunderstood and with the passage of time gets corrupted.
With a little effort if one googles one could find the core or prime teachings of Zoroaster,Moses, Jesus,Muhammad and many others great stalwarts of revealed religions the world over.
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