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Right or wrong religion?

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
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From an objective standpoint and in a simplistic fashion there is either:
  • One God
  • A Pantheon
  • No God/s
These are mutually exclusive and only one can be correct. How one worships isn't the issue necessarily, but wittling it to 'whatever works for you' is, in my opinion, feel-good rubbish.

Or one God that takes many forms and names, and appears to each believer in a way meaningful to the believer.
 

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
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If you were living as God as a human, you would not be thinking in terms of right vs. wrong. You would not judge by the clothing one wears to suit the day. Nor would you be elevating others above each other. God does not divide.

That's an effect of being part of the material universe.
 

Rival

Diex Aie
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Or one God that takes many forms and names, and appears to each believer in a way meaningful to the believer.
That would, in my view, nullify the oneness of a monotheistic god. It certainly would in a Judaic framework.
 

Rival

Diex Aie
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Not necessarily. It's still one God.
Yes, but the concept of oneness goes above and beyond that within traditional Jewish theology. I'm not expecting you to agree with the theology of course, I'm just putting it out there that this would not be acceptable to Noahides and Jews as a monotheistic concept, since that god would essentially be divided and the division would negate the absolute oneness.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
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I think it depends on motives. If the messengers are just trying to make everyone conform, then its meaningless.

If there trying to clear up confussions and tell people to do whats right, thats different.
How about if they're trying to "make disciples of all nations?"
 
How about if they're trying to "make disciples of all nations?"

Disciple just means to self discipline one self to follow the teachings or commandments of Jesus (aka, self regulate, aka, do whats right simply because its right).

So, to "make disciples of all nations" simply means that its Gods goal for everyone to follow the golden rule. God wants that preached, proclaimed and tought and discoursed on with all authority.
 
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