My take on having one Universal religion for all

[dfnj]

I've heard people express the idea we need a new religion that will unite all the people of the World creating a new found Shangri-la.

Here's the thing. Religion exists to answer the four great existential questions:

1. Who am I?
2. Why am I here?
3. What does it all mean?
4. What is going to happen to me when I die?

There's a really interesting psychology book I read that talks about the "Divine Child" archetype as being the source of all our spirituality. You might find it interesting:

https://www.amazon.com/King-Warrior-Magician-Lover-Rediscovering/dp/0062506064] King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine

Each of us faces dragons, demons, and monsters dragging us down into the abyss. A come to Jesus moment. This video explains the common thread in all religions in learning how to become more than you ever imagined you would ever be:

I'm not sure having one Universal religion is the answer.

I think the answer is each of us needs to do the work of finding out our sufficient answers to the four great existential questions. Nobody can do the work for us. It's an individual's journey. And if you see the Buddha on the road, kill him! The answers are NOT out there. The answers will not come from outside of yourself. Everyone has different answers to the four great existential questions!

 

[Phaedrus]

When it comes to the making religion universal, there's no one better to look at than Joseph Campbell.

 

[Ouroboros]

Impossible. The amazing thing with humans, and also one of our biggest curses is that we have different opinions. Create one religion. Make everyone join it. And within a few hours there will be splits into subgroups of different opinions.

Just consider that the Catholic Church was made for this very purpose. To create one church, one faith. Catholic = "All-embracing." It didn't work in the long run.

 

[Messianic Israelite]

Sounds like the Beast System to me...

 

[Heyo]

I've heard people express the idea we need a new religion that will unite all the people of the World creating a new found Shangri-la.

Brilliant idea. Why didn't someone else have that idea before? - They did, that's why we have so many religions and denominations. If you want to have one religion for all, don't add a new one, subtract old ones. (By recombining, not by killing the members!)
Or teach people to leave their religion. Eventually some will die out naturally.

 

[syo]

Real religions (that follow dharma/karma) have the answers. There is no need for one global religion. Real religions exist in harmony and the followers make their path with them.

Cults (crazy talk) should be avoided.

 

[dfnj]

Brilliant idea. Why didn't someone else have that idea before? - They did, that's why we have so many religions and denominations. If you want to have one religion for all, don't add a new one, subtract old ones. (By recombining, not by killing the members!)
Or teach people to leave their religion. Eventually some will die out naturally.

Just so you know I wasn't advocating a new religions. Just the opposite in my OP.

 

[MikeDwight]

Ya well, the difference between today's ecumenicism and a universal church would be to care at all, wouldn't it. The Super Best Friends of Pope/mohammad/Moses.You're missing Orthodox was first. How would the Orthodox and Catholic Church be split? They attacked the Byzantines on Catholic Crusade. Simple. The Latin alphabet didn't respect the eastern alphabet. The Greeks said the ottoman turban was better than the Pope's hat when they got taken over.

Read all of Acts, that's the Book of the Acts of a new Christian Church, and the Call of Macedon, Greece, the Philosophers of Athens, that starts in acts 15 to acts 17, the Unknown God, and all orthodox countries have their own non-religious alphabet. The Apostles brought God into their language. Roman Catholic high Mass stays in a holy language, not connecting with any of the European people, replacing language with Latin. That's not biblical. Reformed Religion and Orthodox Religion do meet. They should replace the Pope, Reformed France, Germany, Italy.

 

[lostwanderingsoul]

God actually gave one universal religion for all. Satan has blinded most people so they cannot see it.

 

[danieldemol]

God actually gave one universal religion for all. Satan has blinded most people so they cannot see it.

I think God values diversity more than you appreciate