horizon_mj1
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I could not have said it better!
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what is the true religion?
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I could not have said it better!
TurkeyOnRye
Well-Known Member
A "true" religion must have these qualities:
A true religion must be universal.
A true religion's wisdom must be available to anyone at any time for any circumstance.
A true religion must not be subject to a material identity.
What can really be known but existence itself? Descartes once said:
"I think, therefore I am."
The only thing
that humans can
surely know exists
is existence itself.
Being
is the true universal.
Being
transcends everything,
both literally and figuratively
because
it's the only thing
that absolutely everything
has in common.
Being
is the self-fulfilling concept.
It needs no "why?"
because "why?"
is subject to being.
We are
so that we may be
The things we attach ourselves to aren't really that important. It is nothing but material. It changes, it plays. Our lives are nothing but a play of physical form. Guide your conscious attention into the stream of the present moment and you will know what is important.
Let go of bitterness! Let go of resistence! Let go of incessant thinking, because the voice inside your head isn't really telling you the truth. To know what is really true, feel this moment. It is all that really exists and is all that has ever mattered.
But this doesn't sound like a religion, doesn't it? It's just stating the obvious!!
Rediscover the obvious!
A true religion must be universal.
A true religion's wisdom must be available to anyone at any time for any circumstance.
A true religion must not be subject to a material identity.
What can really be known but existence itself? Descartes once said:
"I think, therefore I am."
The only thing
that humans can
surely know exists
is existence itself.
Being
is the true universal.
Being
transcends everything,
both literally and figuratively
because
it's the only thing
that absolutely everything
has in common.
Being
is the self-fulfilling concept.
It needs no "why?"
because "why?"
is subject to being.
We are
so that we may be
The things we attach ourselves to aren't really that important. It is nothing but material. It changes, it plays. Our lives are nothing but a play of physical form. Guide your conscious attention into the stream of the present moment and you will know what is important.
Let go of bitterness! Let go of resistence! Let go of incessant thinking, because the voice inside your head isn't really telling you the truth. To know what is really true, feel this moment. It is all that really exists and is all that has ever mattered.
But this doesn't sound like a religion, doesn't it? It's just stating the obvious!!
Rediscover the obvious!
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there is a true religion in the bible, i will read it for all of you,because we have to base in the bible
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.
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.
ayani
member
to an extent, i would both agree and disagree.
the conclusion of spiritual universalism, and general revelation is common to many faiths. essentially, that there is a Something we long to connect to, in Which we live and move and have our being, of Which we are already a part. that philosophy is found, in various forms, within Hinduism, Islamic mysticism, pantheism, and in various other forms.
it's not a difficult conclusion to come to intellectually or spiritually, and all of the world religions have basically expressed this conclusion in one way or another.
uniquely, the Son of God teaches us that is is not Something, but Someone our heart are restless for. not only this, but in Himself He offers us a way to walk with that Someone, know Him personally, become His child, and enjoy His company and guidance and love. not in abstract connection or awareness, but in intimate, personal communion.
to be mentally / intellectually aware of God's existence and presence, and the general existence of some relationship of self to God is not impossible for humans. but to bridge that puzzling existential gap between selfhood and the Absolute, is not something we can do on our own.
from a Christian perspective, there is a unique, exclusive, incarnate message and person who does bridge that gap.
Then keep it to your self old mate, you claim to know what the true religion is, but apparently it's only in your head, for you believe that if you were to reveal it to us poor ignorant slobs, the true religion that exists only in your head would become just another plain old religion, and we wouldn't want that to happen would we? So like I said, you just keep it hidden where you are the soul worshipper in the true religion. Or perhaps, not wanting the world to know the truth you might reveal it in parrables in order that seeing, the world will still remain ignorant to your true religion and hearing they would be still deaf to the truth of salvation, which you and you alone hold in the darkest recesses of your mind.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Its obviously Penguinoism.
I think what he meant was:
If he told you what he believed to be the true religion, would you think it to be true?
And like I said, let him keep it to himself. For no one will ever know it to be false as long as he keeps it hidden in the dark recesses of his mind.
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And now has my life been lit up with the luminosity of your answer, dear 'Luminous'.
Okay. Fair enough.
I'm sorry , if I appeared to come across as a little abrupt, and I believe that you must be of a more compassionate spirit than I and sensed something different than I in the post that we referrred to. Never the less, I always say that which I believe must be said.
K.Venugopal
Immobile Wanderer
Which is the true religion? If by religion we mean a teaching unraveling the truth of existence, then I would say all religions are true. The validity of a particular religion for the individual student depends on the sincerity of the student. If we are sincere in our pursuit of a religion, any religion, we are bound to come face to face with the truth of existence. Therefore, I would say all religions are true. All of them, in various ways, are only trying to awaken us to the truth of existence. The choice is ours, to select any particular religion we wish.
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I see all religions as rungs in the ladder by which we ascend to paradise. Each rung that I have ascened upon has taken me closer to God and although, if it were not for the lower rungs I would not be where I am today, I would not descend to those lower rungs, except to help someone who asks for assistence to ascend to the heigher heights upon the ladder, and there to continue our ascent side by side supporting each other. But never would I attempt to force one who is content with the height to which they have climbed, to ascend to the next rung, urge maybe, but never co-erce
darkendless
Guardian of Asgaard
Religion is not truth, its mythical superstition. There is no God and Jesus was a carpenter.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Like many, you have a problem specifically with Christianity. You should not tar all religions with the same brush.
Saying there is no God is just as silly as saying there is God.
darkendless
Guardian of Asgaard
Well abrahamic religions. Im pretty sure Jesus and Mohammed were very similiar. They both claimed divinity and united a lot of people. Either way, the fact that billions have worshipped them means nothing. Jesus was as divine as my aunt.
I have evidence (well lack of evidence) for my view. I can't see a God, i have never seen God, so until proven otherwise, there is no God.