anti- religion, but not anti- faith Options

[deplorable]

i am strongly against religion - it has currupted beliefs.

throughout the years, it is known religious leaders have altered the bible and other religious texts to suit their own need and to insure power over the people; who is to know what is true and what is absolutely fiction

but i am not anti-faith, for my faith in god is strong.

[xKatt]

But then religion divided, now we have Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism. When in fact, from my understanding, all these religions were as one. But humans had the audacity to divide it even more, making "sect" or sections of a religion. Only because their current religion didn't fit their life styles.

FALSE.

Islam, Judaism and Christianity are in the same family, but Buddhism and Hinduism originated independently.

These are some of the notes from the class I'm taking right now.

Hinduism:
- earliest evidence dates back as far as 3000 BCE
- no founder, single teacher, nor prophets
- not a single unified religion
- universal soul or God called Brahman
- Expressions of their God: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
- existence is a cycle of birth, death and rebirth, governed by Karma
- sacred writings: the Vedas and the Upanishads
- holy city: Varanasi

Buddhism:
- 2,500 years old
- founded by Siddartha Gautama (born 580 BCE) in India
- path to Enlightenment is practice of morality, meditation and wisdom
- atheistic, tolerant toward different beliefs
- change always possible
- all life is interconnected, compassion is natural and important
- no holy cities
- no holy texts

There's a lot more, of course, but those are just the highlights. They have absolutely no connection with any of the references in the Bible.