Jews, Muslims, and Christians? Rating Options

[Mikeplyts]

Who's right?



I was studying this today and got interested in it but I'm just wondering, whose land is it? Who do Christians "support" the most? Does the Bible have any relation to the Muslim or Jewish "Book"? (Sorry, forgot their names).

[Uronacid]

this was nor am i going to view my religion as superior.

In this sentence you imply that you believe in a religion. If you believe in a religion then there is a "right" answer. Your own. If you believe your religion is not superior, is "wrong", and is man made then why do you practice it at all? Just food for thought.

Anyway, I'm a Christian. I believe my religion is "right". Why? For various reasons, but ultimately because I believe in it. I don't try and convince people to become a christian. Religion isn't a product and doesn't need to be sold. It's something that people need to discover on their own.

[-DressYourEyelid...]

In this sentence you imply that you believe in a religion. If you believe in a religion then there is a "right" answer. Your own. If you believe your religion is not superior, is "wrong", and is man made then why do you practice it at all? Just food for thought.

sorry, i didn't exactly word that right. i meant that all religions are imperfect.

i practice a religion even with the knowledge that it is most likely wrong because it it best suits my lifestyle, ethics and conscience.

[kryogenix]

sorry, i didn't exactly word that right. i meant that all religions are imperfect.

i practice a religion even with the knowledge that it is most likely wrong because it it best suits my lifestyle, ethics and conscience.

That's incredibly stupid.

Why follow something that you claim to know is not the absolute truth? You're basically saying you're living a lie. You are an adherent out of convenience, not because you believe.

[-DressYourEyelid...]

That's incredibly stupid.

Why follow something that you claim to know is not the absolute truth? You're basically saying you're living a lie. You are an adherent out of convenience, not because you believe.

because i'm not a pompous ***hole who is naive and closed minded enough to believe that every religion other than my own will give anyone practicing so a one way ticket to damnation.

and religion is all about convenience. faith is not. they're different things entirely.

[kryogenix]

because i'm not a pompous ***hole who is naive and closed minded enough to believe that every religion other than my own will give anyone practicing so a one way ticket to damnation.

No, but you're foolish enough to believe that you're open minded when you hold religious beliefs that are mutually exclusive to other religious beliefs. By accepting one belief as absolute truth, you are rejecting any contradictory beliefs.

Or are you saying that you believe that no one is right? Then what's the point of religion at all?

and religion is all about convenience. faith is not. they're different things entirely.

Tell that to these people. I'm sure being burned on crosses and being fed to lions was their idea of holding beliefs out of convenience.

[mipadi]

Tell that to these people. I'm sure being burned on crosses and being fed to lions was their idea of holding beliefs out of convenience.

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/4987/th...martyrslast.jpg

Historical context. In all fairness, that was from a completely different time, when people thought about religion in a completely different way. As Nietzsche said, "Gott ist tot. Und wir haben ihn getötet."

[kryogenix]

Historical context. In all fairness, that was from a completely different time, when people thought about religion in a completely different way. As Nietzsche said, "Gott ist tot. Und wir haben ihn getötet."

Still, there are many practices I wouldn't call convenient. Praying to Mecca every afternoon, keeping kosher, hauling your ass early in the morning to wherever your place of worship is, etc. Anything with self denial isn't something I'd consider being done out of convenience. Maybe if you were a fatty and decided to convert to Hinduism to lose weight or something.