Wandered Off
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In that case, it's probably in need of some kind of reformation.
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One world religion?
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Popeyesays
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Hate to pop your bubble but check this out:
Scarboro Missions — Thirteen Sacred Texts<br />Multi-lingual Versions
Regards,
Scott
McBell
Unbound
Wow.
A site that list ONE of the many rules in many different languages.
{sarcasm}
You got him there!
How can he ever refute such an ironclad argument?
{/sarcasm}
Popeyesays
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Go direct to the page, you will find the Golden Rule enumerated from thirteen different FAITHS all in the words of thirteen different prophets.
Baha'i Faith
Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself.
Baha'u'llah, Gleanings
Buddhism
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
The Buddha, Udana-Varga 5.18
Christianity
In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
Jesus, Matthew 7:12
Confucianism
One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct....loving-kindness. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.
Confucius, Analects 15.23
Hinduism
This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.
Mahabharata 5:1517
Islam
Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others
what you wish for yourself.
The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith
Jainism
One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated.
Mahavira, Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Judaism
What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour. This is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary. Go and learn it.
Hillel, Talmud, Shabbath 31a
Native Spirituality
We are as much alive as we keep the earth alive.
Chief Dan George
Sikhism
I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me.
Indeed, I am a friend to all.
Guru Granth Sahib, p.1299
Taoism
Regard your neighbour's gain as your own gain and your neighbour's loss as your own loss.
Lao Tzu, T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien, 213-218
Unitarianism
We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Unitarian principle
Zoroastrianism
Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.
Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29
This was originally prepared in English by Paul McKenna
Some of the sources are mo philosopher than prophet but one is still amazed by the unity of the message.
One cannot deal with your claim that there are many dissimilarities without looking at specifics--to do so is a fallacy of composition--but its your claim, so what are you speaking of? Is it a particular spiritual law or a social law?
Regards,
Scott
McBell
Unbound
Once again I say:
Wow.
A site that list ONE of the many rules in many different languages.
{sarcasm}
You got him there!
How can he ever refute such an ironclad argument?
{/sarcasm}
A site that list ONE of the many rules in many different languages.
{sarcasm}
You got him there!
How can he ever refute such an ironclad argument?
{/sarcasm}
Popeyesays
Well-Known Member
Once again: You can not deal with "MANY rules". That is a fallacy of composition.
Regards,
Scott
Francine
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The people who attended your funeral.
rojse
RF Addict
Intriguing me of late, I want to see what you think. Is there any possibility of a unified one world religion? What would it look like? Feel like? Be like? What scriptures/rituals/prayers/etc. would it use?
I think it's a good idea if it's implemented correctly, that is, not used as a subversive political tool. But, it'll probably never happen until reactionary groups/fundamentalism die(s) out. Again, what do you think?
Note: no conspiracies, please. Let's at least try to be somewhat . . . linear, to say the least.
The world religion will be atheism. Everyone disbelieves most of the deities that have ever been discovered/thought of/revealed already, so we are most of the way there already.
Smoke
Done here.
I think a one world religion is possible, but it would be a long, long road from where we are now. Look at what's happened to nationality and ethnic identity. We've gone from clan and tribal allegiances, to personal allegiances to a king, to ethnic nations, to (in many cases) multi-ethnic nations. Despite lingering bigotry, we've accomplished a great deal in the last few centuries, especially in the New World. People, or many of them, can recognize that an "American" or a "Canadian," for instance, isn't someone who has a certain ancestry, speaks a particular language, and follows a particular religion. Some religions have already achieved spectacular diversity, too -- the UUs, for instance. I think it's possible, if people decide that the differences between their religions aren't that important after all.
Maybe, but you can have religion without deity, and people find myth, ritual and custom comforting.
Home is here.
Francine
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If the world religion will be atheism, then the world hair color will be bald.
Popeyesays
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Popeyesays
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Fluffy
A fool
Popeyesays said:
The belief that there are many paths to God/enlightenment/oneness and that, therefore, each person can walk the path that is most suited to them.
I say enlightenment/oneness as well as God because I believe that a non-theistic path can lead to the same place as a theistic one.
Popeyesays
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I don't really feel there are multiple paths, but rather multiples waypoints on the ONE path.
As to leading to the same place, sure? Believer or not we all depend upon the grace of God in whatever next existence there may be. There is no damnation and paradise. We're all stars in the presence of God, some are brighter and some are less bright, but all of us progress in that next world just as we did in this one.
Regards,
Scott
BruceDLimber
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Scott, for the Baha'i Faith, I recommend using either of these quotes instead:
And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 30
Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself.
Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 71
And for the Hindu Faith, you can use:
When a man sees that the God in himself is the same God in all that is, he hurts not himself by hurting others: then he goes to the highest Path.
Bhagavad Gita (13.28)
These two refute the common claim by certain Christians that "only Christianity expresses the Golden Rule in a positive manner, while every other religion only has a 'thou shalt not' formulation."
Clearly these make nonsense of that particular chauvanism!
Best regards,
Bruce
Francine
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James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Popeyesays
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It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action.... That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. In another passage He hath proclaimed: It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.
(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 249)
Regards,
Scott