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Which Religions Will Die Out?

Kirran

Kirran

ॐ
Premium Member
paarsurrey said:
It is very close to it. If Buddha's actual words would have been there; it would have been even closer. Unfortunately, Buddha did not write anything or dictate anything, just like Jesus.
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I read this as describing the ineffable nothingness that is the substrate to all reality. It in no way claims personhood for whatever it's describing, which is a key feature of the Islamic conception of God.

As for you're claiming that Buddha was teaching Islam and this would be clearer if we had his genuine words, this is a good example of Islam's supremacist aspect at work. It's not enough to tell people that they're following the wrong scriptures and teachers, you have to say they're following their own teachers and scriptures wrong, and you've got it right. This seems pretty arrogant to me.
 
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Awoon

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Kirran said:
Within the next thousand years, which major religious traditions of today (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, whichever others you'd like to talk about) can you see dying out entirely? If any.

Will your own religion die out? I imagine not :)

Other side of the coin, which ones do you think are likely to flourish, grow, spread? What'll be the changes to such religions as they grow? Might they include religions that are currently pretty small, like the Baha'i Faith, the Rastafari movement, Raelianism, Cao Dai?

I'll be interested to hear people's opinions.
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What does religion mean?
 
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Awoon

Well-Known Member
Kirran said:
Difficult question. I won't address it. We all have an idea what it means even if we can't put it into words. Just answer with whatever definition you like.
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My definition is simple..."religion means Balance in one's life."
 
Sundance

Sundance

pursuing the Divine Beloved
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I don't think any religion will die out...for good, especially major world religions. Many will simply plateau, and others will die merely to resurrected. With regards to the ones that adapt and are flexible, like Paganism and New Age Spirituality. Faiths such as these are I believe going to experience growth.
 
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paarsurrey

paarsurrey

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LuisDantas said:
Eh, even if I agreed with your reading of that Dhammapada excerpt (which I do not), I would simply disagree with it then.

It would be a very sorry Buddhist, the one who made a point of having no mind of his own, no opinion of his own on such strictly personal matters as whether there is a God.

I may disagree with the Tathagata. I must, in fact, preserve that capability if I aim to be worth of his teachings. There is no shame in challenging tradition, because it may be wrong and it will become wrong as circumstances change. Religious teachings must be renewed to remain valid.

But really, if you insist on putting things on terms of whether there is a God or not, there is not even a wrong opinion in there. People may believe in God or not. Either way is just as valid as the other, because gods are people's creations.
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I know others could differ with me. I express only what I believe to be truth. I don't have to convince anybody. They could believe whatever they find to be true, no ill-will and no disrespect. One should believe what one feels to be true heart and soul.

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SilverOrb

SilverOrb

Hermaeus Mora knows
I know most but not all religions will fluctuate over time. I think Christianity might change over time along with Judaism. I'm not sure about the others I need to think more on it.
 
12jtartar

12jtartar

Active Member
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LuisDantas said:
Christianity is not dying any time soon in South America, although it is changing a lot - mainly, becoming more protestant and more superficial.
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LuisDantas,
True Christianity will never die out!!! All the Nominal ones of Christendom, who are Christians in name only, will soon be destroyed, along with all other false religions. These who claim to be Christian, actually cause God's name to be Blasphemed, because the things they do are not what God wants, Rom 2:23,24. God, Jehovah God, The Almighty, hates war, hates murder, hates immorality, but especially hates anyone who CLAIMS to be Christian, but acts like a heathen, Titus 1:15,16.
God does not want to destroy anyone, but the time is running out to gain God's favor, by turning to Him, and obeying His commands, 2Pet 3:3-10, 15.
We are very near the time when God will set up a paradise earth, but people who show that they do not love God, love Jesus, and do not love their neighbor, will not be preserved through The Great Tribulation, Armageddon, 2Thes 1:6-9, Rev 7:14, Matt 7:13,14, 20-23, Luke 13:23,24.
The Bible tells us that there is one lord, one God, one faith, Eph 4:3-6. Remember, there was only ONE Ark in Noah's day, there is only one faith that God is blessing today. That faith is the one that truly love each other, and that calls on the NAME of God, Rom 10:13, Acts 15:14,17. All who love life and their creator must find that one faith. It is truly vital!!!
 
Kirran

Kirran

ॐ
Premium Member
12jtartar said:
LuisDantas,
True Christianity will never die out!!! All the Nominal ones of Christendom, who are Christians in name only, will soon be destroyed, along with all other false religions. These who claim to be Christian, actually cause God's name to be Blasphemed, because the things they do are not what God wants, Rom 2:23,24. God, Jehovah God, The Almighty, hates war, hates murder, hates immorality, but especially hates anyone who CLAIMS to be Christian, but acts like a heathen, Titus 1:15,16.
God does not want to destroy anyone, but the time is running out to gain God's favor, by turning to Him, and obeying His commands, 2Pet 3:3-10, 15.
We are very near the time when God will set up a paradise earth, but people who show that they do not love God, love Jesus, and do not love their neighbor, will not be preserved through The Great Tribulation, Armageddon, 2Thes 1:6-9, Rev 7:14, Matt 7:13,14, 20-23, Luke 13:23,24.
The Bible tells us that there is one lord, one God, one faith, Eph 4:3-6. Remember, there was only ONE Ark in Noah's day, there is only one faith that God is blessing today. That faith is the one that truly love each other, and that calls on the NAME of God, Rom 10:13, Acts 15:14,17. All who love life and their creator must find that one faith. It is truly vital!!!
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Yes, all must immediately come to the true faith of Hinduism! Kidding. Why would God feel the need to punish us for not following your interpretation of Christianity?
 
paarsurrey

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
paarsurrey said:
All religions who have following characteristics will die out:
  • Those who don't believe in Word of Revelation from G-d .
  • Those who don't believe in reason to the limit it could lead and where boundary of Revelation to guide humans starts.
The opposite will flourish
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"Die out" doesn't mean that there will remain no follower of them, due to some coercion, but their followers would become fewer day by day.
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) – the Promised Messiah and Imām Mahdī – said in 1905:

“Three centuries from now shall not have passed when those who await the coming of Jesus son of Mary, whether they be Muslims or Christians, shall relinquish altogether this conception. Then shall prevail only one religion over the whole world and there shall be only one religious Leader. I came only to sow the seed which has been planted by my hand. It shall now grow and flourish and there is none who can hinder its growth.”
http://www.alislam.org/books/tadhkiratush shahadatain/wordadvc.html
One may like to read more of his prophecy by accessing the above link.
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LuisDantas

LuisDantas

Aura of atheification
Premium Member
paarsurrey said:
Doesn't one agree that not believing in a Being that exists is superstition?
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I would not call disbelief in a being that exists superstition.

It would be denial if the existence of such a being was well evidenced, ignorance if if were not.

But really... God fits neither situation. God is many things, but "existent" is not one of those. In a way he is beyond existence and alway was.
 
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