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Which religion is the one true religion?

Starlight

Starlight

Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
My answer to that qestion:

I don't think a specific religion is one hundred percent true. I do not think one religion is the absolute true religion

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.

A more popular interpretation argues for universalism, the idea that all religions, underneath seeming differences, point to the same Truth. no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all

What is your answer to that question? Which religion is the one true religion according to you?
 
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Kfox

Well-Known Member
Starlight said:
My answer to that qestion:

I don't think a specific religion is one hundred percent true. I do not think one religion is the absolute true religion

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.

A more popular interpretation argues for universalism, the idea that all religions, underneath seeming differences, point to the same Truth. no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all

What is your answer to that question? Which religion is the one true religion according to you?
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Religions often contradict each other. Example; consider Islam vs Christianity. In order for Christianity to be true, Jesus had to have died on the cross, risen from the dead and ascended to heaven. However according to Islam, Jesus could not have died on the cross, if it's proven that he did, Islam would be proven false.
 
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Bthoth

Well-Known Member
Starlight said:
My answer to that qestion:

I don't think a specific religion is one hundred percent true. I do not think one religion is the absolute true religion

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.

A more popular interpretation argues for universalism, the idea that all religions, underneath seeming differences, point to the same Truth. no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all

What is your answer to that question? Which religion is the one true religion according to you?
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You wrote it out, almost perfectly.

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.


As beautifully as you wrote it, I had never seen it conveyed in such a way as it about fits me, perfectly!

I trust that people are capable and that philosophy exposes the very same, that in each system there are underlying truths that are similar across the board.

Thank you

what you did is, help me with understanding WHY I am even on this forum!
 
Starlight

Starlight

Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Kfox said:
Religions often contradict each other. Example; consider Islam vs Christianity. In order for Christianity to be true, Jesus had to have died on the cross, risen from the dead and ascended to heaven. However according to Islam, Jesus could not have died on the cross, if it's proven that he did, Islam would be proven false.
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How it is possible to believe in all religions at the same time?

I believe i have the answer.

Ominists or the perennial philosophy, do not believe one spesific religion (for example Christianity or hinduism is 100% literaly true.). if that was the case then it is not logical.
Omnist or the perennial pholosophy is the belief that no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all. How is that possible?


A popular analogy purporting to illustrate the truth of religious pluralism tells of four blind men who discover an elephant.
Since the men have never encountered an elephant, they grope about, seeking to understand and describe this new phenomenon.
One grasps the trunk and concludes it is a snake.
Another explores one of the elephant's legs and describes it as a tree. A third finds the elephant's tail and announces that it is a rope.
And the fourth blind man, after discovering the elephant's side, concludes that it is, after all, a wall.
Each, in his blindness, is describing the same thing: an elephant. Yet each describes the same thing in a radically different way.

According to religious pluralists this is analogous to the different religions of the world: They are describing the same thing in radically different ways. Thus one should conclude that no individual religion has the whole truth, but truth is found in them all and that all should be viewed as essentially equally valid.
If God is infinite and we are finite it is reasonable to believe that none of us can fully capture His nature.

And what the religions share of belief:

Belief in a higher power/God/Gods, be kind to your neigbour, forgiverness, kindness, morality laws, prophets or holy souls of God, prayers to God, Heaven/hell/reincarnation, that the most important is to serve God and loving each other
 
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Starlight

Starlight

Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Bthoth said:
You wrote it out, almost perfectly.

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.


As beautifully as you wrote it, I had never seen it conveyed in such a way as it about fits me, perfectly!

I trust that people are capable and that philosophy exposes the very same, that in each system there are underlying truths that are similar across the board.

Thank you

what you did is, help me with understanding WHY I am even on this forum!
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I am glad my post helped you so much :blush::heart:
 
LuisDantas

LuisDantas

Aura of atheification
Premium Member
I don't think any religion can be "true" in any meaningful sense unless perhaps at the individual level, and then only to the extent that it is sustained by and cooperative with sincere efforts of the adherent.
 
Gargovic Malkav

Gargovic Malkav

Well-Known Member
Starlight said:
The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.
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Perhaps this is about the One True Religion?
IMO, it's better when people don't try so hard to define it.
 
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Viker

Viker

Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Mine. Yours. Theirs. Whatever religion. Whatever lack of religion. They're all one and they're all true.... even when they're all imperfect and many if not all fail. Even the "made up" and "fanciful". Even the well established widely accepted, the forgotten or the ones to be.

Seriously, I see the phrase "one true religion" and almost nothing but silliness follows there after. I could be wrong. And that could make me correct.
 
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