Do Religions Complement or Contradict? | Episode 1011 | Closer To Truth
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- I would like to believe in God, but conflicting religions trouble me. Religions clash and compete-and that's a problem for those who believe or want to believe. Featuring interviews with John Hick, Yujin Nagasawa, John Behr, Sarah Coakley, and Mahmoud Ayoub.
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Experts?😁Its just religion fantasies. Its not science. You dont need experts to tallk about santa.
@@sahelanthropusbrensis Haha right on my friend. It's like fantasy nerds talking about Lord of the Rings.
Mysticism is the kernel of truth at the heart of all major religions and spiritual traditions.
for me, the first man interviewed got it the best. religions are social constructs, based on thoughts, experiences of people's (saints, prophets, sages, philosophers, shamans) encounters of God, the One, the Real, the Void, the infinite, whatever word wants to use. this experience is of everything and of nothing. it is beyond the dualistic nature of Aristotle's logic. the language one uses after such an experience is going to be influenced by one's culture, bc the experience is inexplicable, you can only attempt to explain something beyond our capacity to comprehend, therefore this explanation has to be artistic, poetic, metaphorical, allegorical, or even insane. even the way one's mind constructs the experience after the experience has to be influenced by how that person sees the world to begin with, ie through the sense of their culture. therefore the religions based on these explanations are bound to be influenced by their various cultures, but the original experience they are talking about is the same type of experience, and the one cause they are talking about is the same cause.
Another point to consider is separating out the notion of "transcendent" from "ultimate". Sometimes, the terms are used as if they were synonymous. In the case of the "ultimate", I'm not sure we'll ever know what we're really talking about. In the case of "transcendent", we can have it mean transcending what we currently know about the material and natural world.
Thank you. I really like the way you present your arguments. You give words and expression to my deep and worrying thoughts
Thank you
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i believe all religions are false, none of them can grasp the complexity of the real, including science. But, maybe the traditions of each religion and the attitudes it creates toward the real is what is really important
If you take all religions and remove their contradictions you are left with one simple message: God needs money.
Good point. So many religions out there to explore and yet they are only arguing with each other thinking that it’s the true way. One way or the other, truth needs to be found.
Regarding the issue of religion, could you please interview Charles Upton?
Probably one of your best episodes Mr. Kuhn. Do we reject summarily, all religious beliefs that disagree? Or do we look for a unifying reality? The only way to do either is to begin by making a claim to have access to a higher enlightened state, just as was done by leaders/prophets of each religion in question. In every case shown in the video, the person being interviewed essentially claimed that there is a higher reality that supersedes much of what is considered mainstream today. The root question seems to be, “Do any human beings have access to this higher reality?” If they did have that access, how could we, the lowly masses even tell if they did? Film flam be damned, I choose not to follow any of them. There is no hope there.
to look for truth is noble,
those who claim to have found truth should be feared
Like the late Ravi Zacharias said "All religions are superficially the same and fundamentally different/contradictory"
My theory is, that because humans are the the only species that don't have a purpose in nature and can reflect about that, we have to make one up. It's always nice to imagine someone, that takes care of me.
Religions are like many other consumer products with different flavors, sizes, colors, odors, tastes, and doctrines. The people choose or are prompted to choose from a limited variety. Or you can mix and match if you have the time, interest, and skill to do so. I'm into mixing and matching what suits me. Sometimes it's harmonious. Other times it's full of conflict. *Ecclesiastes 3:8 A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.* In response to " THE PEOPLE HAVE NO BREAD. " Marie Antoinette is alleged to have said *LET THEM EAT CAKE.* I agree with her. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
People in science often clash and compete as well. Religion isn't the only sphere were people do this. But the scientists don't usually take up arms and try to kill each other over their disagreements and differences. They try to resolve their differences by looking for new evidence and by doing research and experiments.
Religions are often based on some kind of authority and hierarchy. So, it's not just a question of what is true and what isn't. It's a question of whether you are respecting or disrespecting some religious authority. And this is were aggression, killing, and fighting over religious issues comes in. You can be a heretic in science, without being afraid for your life. But if you are a heretic in some religion, then you might be excommunicated and even burned at the stake, the way Europeans used to do it in the Middle Ages.
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A little of Jung could help: The deep patterning in the consciousness, the archetypes, could only be named in mythological language and religious symbolism of which there is a great abundance across the world’s religious cultures.
In the details they definitely do contradict each other. Religious fundamentalists, as they're so aptly named, they fixate on the details of religion and often causes conflict because of irreconcilable differences in creed and dogma.
I'd love to see you talk to Gramm Hancock about the time before recorded time, where the vastness of time and gene splicing, created the amnesia to the genetic memory of humanity.
Each religion is a way to get closer to God.
Religion is the perception of knowledge known up to the time of the establishment of the knowledge.
They complement each other esotericly
What is the purpose of life?
Be free, do what you want and have a good time.
Tricky question 😂 i smell presumption
What I understand so far that People or entities who know the reality are very rare, 1 in millions. But they won’t share their knowledge with any body. They walk among us with multiple personalities. Very hard to detect but not impossible.
How do you perceive Religion...what is it to you
Hey Simply Me... I don't even like the word "religion." It seems to me a religion can be almost anything. Of course we have the ancient religions but even then I wonder how they started. Personally I don't think Jesus the Christ even liked the word "religion."
Its all in perception ..personally I believe religion is simply to give us believe in something beyond what we know...have faith in something beyond our wildest dreams...every story written is a personal perception broken down into billions of perception of a faith and a faith that is. Within us that is not to be questioned or taken in any other way then to belueve in possibility ..experience...explore...it is a gift to each of us
How we respect receive and make use ..well that's the beauty its up to you your perception
I have most definitely heard that perception and believe in it ..as every perception..thats what makes it beautiful..not one of us walking the earth lived the talss we focus how we experience and perceive our experience.... is the only true knowledge ..as United we have religion as a creative beauty to show us beyond what we actually know ..through experience..there is no right answer we are sure of ..we shouldn't question everything in life ...it waste time experiencing in order to know
Abrahamic Religion says, the purpose of human beings life is to worship & glorify god ..
One fine day,he thought to create the universe & human Beings & loves to get worshipped by human beings, those who refuse ,he sends them to eternal hell ..
- What's purpose of god's existence by the way?
- What's his purpose behind creating human beings from a rational stand point...
I mean if I create an AI Robot,i wouldn't want it worship me all time ...
That's your human being for ya!
I think first you should varify all the religious scriptures into the philosophical and linguistics test then see which one is more coherent and can be only be written by God.
There are no, 'ultimate conclusions'... life is infinite...
I have read many worldwide mythologies and they do predominantly speak of dramatic cyclic ages of Man so they complement each other. Nuances between religion and mythology aside they talk of the Taurid Stream as the causation. The morphology of the belief over the millennia is immaterial to the recorded massage.
Suggest to meet Ahmed Didar or Dr Kskir Nayek to come closer to trouth. They are expert on all relegions.
Science tells you that matter in some sense does not exist but there is consciousness...
I feel believing in a creator of the universe is one thing and following a religion is another. I feel that religions and the religious gods are human creations and cannot be the creator of the universe.
If one religion of Nature, universe, become compliment, other religions are contradict.
dont u need to prove god exists b4 caring about religion
Well, when different religions claim contradictory facts about the world not their gods, are they really willing to give them up? And do not ask these apologists, meta iinterpreters who seem to have no stake but the actual practitioners of the god and see how well they can all get along. Especially try to find out if people should contribute money and labor to competing religions. Religions are tax excempt and criticism-averse businesses.
You could consider a possibility that let us say that there are gods out there somewhere. But that all the various superstitions on this planet all have been just meaningless dead ends.
RLK does a great job. But I would like to ask him this: Do you dismiss Physics because quantum physics conflicts with other aspects and schools of physics? Do you think Psychology must be bunk because of deep disagreements between Freud and Jung? This is almost as illogical as denouncing baseball because the Yankees compete with the Red Sox (haha). My point: Religions compete, but what they're talking about may well have a central core of common truth (just as all physicists probably agree that one plus one is two). And yes, religions do indeed to appear to us to contradict each other. But why can't more than one religion be true, even if religions appear to us humans to contradict each other (contradictions might just be defects of our minds, not of reality, philosophies, or religions)? Some of my comments are tongue-in-cheek but I hope RLK gets the point.
My religiin, which I invented, contradicts all the popular religions.
I worship a Goddess named Marilyn who loves only me.
She has no other worshippers, so I get her full attention.
Actually Plato certainly would have agreed. Christianity is the completion of Platonism.
Their is no proof either way that one religion is true and the other is untrue.Their are about 9000 religious beliefs in our world. Religions is full of imperfections and plain right false and it does not necessarily point towards GOD, it only has its own point of view. Well , whether,it is true or not, all is up in the air.
Finally, If their is a GOD, one thing is true ,is that all the world religions are wrong in one way or the other.
Do we only have 1 life?
Depends on what you believe
Maybe or maybe not it depends on many things to get a comprehensive answer and can you trust that answer
Maybe or maybe not it depends 😂 it’s turtles 🐢 all the way down
Graewulfe Be optimistic at least the information of your existence will continue to exist in the universe untill heat death of the universe or something
information is conserved at the end right but i dont get the part where your could be compiled again by random rearrangement well that also depends on whether the universe is cyclic or not well thats one of the implications we get from physicalist account 😂
Graewulfe silly in the sense that its impossible even metaphysically ?? if cyclic universe module becomes the standard and overthrow the big bang one
Wouldn’t that give us the implications that might be possible
Or believe in the Goddess or the Gods..Yes they do conflict .. the only thing they have in common is imaginative tales set in ink on paper. apparently if you write it down and enough people believe it you have some sort of truth you can call a religion, because you believe it true. Most never pause to look and see and realise all they really have are imaginative inkstains on paper. The notion that a god\gods need a book to have his\her\their will known and obeyed is a very hilarious notion when you think about it.
Ten blind men, feeling the various parts of an elephant, come to very different conclusions about its nature.
I would suggest that you receive the Eucharist and see what happens. Go to confession first. I will also recommend that you study the science of Eucharist that have actually presented human DNA and it. And study the Shroud of Turin.
How is the title of this video even a question? Religions do not say anything so complicated as to be confused whether they're saying the same thing. They're saying opposite things. Hence why either none of them are true, or, only one is true. And because there are none which do not contradict even themselves, this makes the solution become apparent.
Well I once took some time to explore religion by comparing several different beliefs and found many similarities between several different religions as well as greek mythology. In some cases simply ignoring names and certain definitions was nearly enough to make 2 largely different belief systems seem almost identical.
@@gizmogremlin1872 there's similarities only because they borrow from one another, and it's not enough for the true stories to o be kind of similar, they have to be identical in every way. That's what it means to be true. And when we're talking about something as profound as "Origin of the universe" religions give themselves zero room for error given their claims.
And it isn't that they're just off by a little bit, their truth claims are usually not in the ball park.
@@doodelay
Yes they burrow from eachother... so the biblical tails and such are obviously altered here and there. Despite some religion saying "no the word of god cannot be altered"
If you are going to take every little alteration into account and read everything as is then either you have to just accept it and either choose to believe or not.
Anyway there were deeper similarities I found and I'm not going to try to convince anyone one way or another was just pointing something out. You would really have to search for yourself if you are interested, there would be far to much detail to go over for a comment section.
I still remain largely... non religious myself although after years of scattered research I did find some points of interest.
She gave her address to a total stranger...????
Why do we need religions? Why can't every Woman, Man, and child have an inner relationship with whatever they perceive to be their supreme being, or no relationship if they don't believe? If someone considers their "God" to be a pint of beer, or a tree, that's fine, keep it to yourself, and worship, pray, and praise that deity in the privacy of your own inner mind.
if all the religions closed tomoro would god go out of business.
Nope. The door to God's business would have the sign: "Religions are closed but we are open. You are welcome to come in and browse. You don't have to buy anything. In fact, we don't sell anything. Our business is love and friendship."
@@johnbrzykcy3076 so god doesnt need relgion
@@douglasmccannpiano I don't think God even likes "religion." It depends on how you define religion. It seems like society though "needs" religion. I'm not sure why.... maybe the idea of religion brings comfort or maybe fear. God is a God of love. What do you think?
@@johnbrzykcy3076 the idea of a god reveals our thinking limitation to cause and effect.... and if so, y believe god is loving nature isnt and neither is humanity... though we have the capacity to be so....
2-I have not watched this video yet.
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Totally 😳 as I grow up and experience all... I began to think that.... and this is why I am agnostic religion equal business and money 🥺
Abrahamic Religion says, the purpose of human beings life is to worship & glorify god ..
One fine day,he thought to create the universe & human Beings & loves to get worshipped by human beings, those who refuse ,he sends them to eternal hell ..
- What's purpose of god's existence by the way?
- What's his purpose behind creating human beings from a rational stand point...
I mean if I create an AI Robot,i wouldn't want it worship me all time ...
There are thousands of gods and thousands of different myths of thousands of different religions with thousands of different sects with millions of different doctrines, so I’d say no, and you are all wrong.
To me, it simply means there is a God. To some, it's an excuse to live an aimless (or materialistic) life.
@@RustedFaith That is absurd. Mumbling prayers has never stopped anyone from living a materialistic, aimliess life. That is a false dichotomy that ignores the reality of corrupt, greedy clergy living in luxury for thousands of years.
Religion is secound stage.
What if it's all a load of crap?
"We" are all prisoners born of "God's" conception, therefore "God" has yet to be born.
Try and think of what happens in the split-second an egg becomes fertilized., now imagine on a god-scale from within higher intra-dimensional levels that "we", along with nature/physical reality, are the byproduct of that process unfolding.
So there's no reason whatsoever to fear or worship., THAT which "we" all are already a part of.
The Shiva Linga is the precursor of the Holy Trinity in describing what is taking place across intra-dimensional levels of existence of a singular being's metamorphosis into..., a God?
Just as the physical universes experience multiple crunches and expansions like a heartbeat., this being "we" are all part of, will eventually reach a stage in its progress where it will withdraw into itself all of the knowledge or data acquired through experiences from those separate individual consciousnesses whose Souls were able to make it through and beyond the life stages of Mineral, Vegetable and Animal.
That's all "we" are., packets of information whose ego-identity becomes sacrificed upon subsumption into the One.
For those seeking..,
Do any of you know what you're really asking for in attaining ultimate liberation?
If you enjoy inhabiting a human or any other form capable of expressing your individual character and Will., you're not ready for mergence.
With that said., Who are my parents?
How long can you do this show and still ignore the transcendent experience? I wonder what you all think the word "liturgy" means. ...? And prophets are just special?
There are hundreds of thousands of gods each vying for his number of human followers, amidst their fights and wars only a few remained successful at the game so it is all fine for them except for humans that there are many religions, for each god made sure his flock was his own and all other flocks were strangers and as good as meat.
Humans are good natured well meaning innocent creatures on their own, gods and their pet peeves and internal enmities gave rise to racism and wars and all matter of what humans have known as evil. It has always been known there are many gods, even within the same religion there are many gods working as soldiers and guards to whom humans named angels, in truth it was difficult to tell them apart when they the god in charge and his armies usually know as angels at times dressed the same uniforms.
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There is conflict and contradictions within the Christian Church. That why there are about 40,000 Christian denominations globally. The there are the rest of the religions.
If God wants to reveal himself Himself.. why doesn't He just fucking do it?
All religions are man-made. Buddhism is the least destructive major religion and Islam is the most destructive major religion. Live and let live.
40,000 plus denominations in Christianity alone and counting, and how does God expect someone to know who his mouthpiece is?
We should read and study it for ourselves so no one can lie to us.
@@TheWorldTeacher think outside the box.
@andrew gallovich Let Jesus Christ be Truth and every man a liar.
@andrew gallovich "for all have sinned and come short of glory of God." I'm just saying we should read it for ourselves. That's all.
God is the Logos.
Due to time and circumstances of course there are going to be differences of expression of religion, but the universal law of cause and effect ( Karma ) and Dharma ( our intrinsic nature of service ) are common to all religions.
Nothing makes sense.
Either religion or not.
The question is why these three major religions started.
What was happening before and why then and now?
Who made humans and those who made humans? This goes to infinity.
And where the universe is located!
What is the intention!
Metaphysician philosopher
I would suggest that in your quest for truth you explore other regions and cultures. No doubt that Cambridge, Harvard and the likes are very respected. But they are part of the same western culture, regardless of their beliefs and knowledge. Have you ever though of talking to people that claim to be mediums? That they talk to spirits? That the "see" beyond our world, our life? Will you challenge them with direct questions? Why some believe in ghosts? What about the near-death experiences?
Miracle is actually Quantum Secrets in its Knowledge.
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Abrahamic religions tell you a story and want you to accept it (faith).
If they have power, then convert, be killed, or pay additional tax etc ...
Indic religions are based on your experience and have various tools for you to use in this endeavour: the 4 yogas including meditation
Man can choose to believe in a personal god. So can an animal. So can an AI. So can an alien.
Perhaps they do so because without god they feel alone. The ONE and only.
God is alone. The wave function of the universe is alone.
Man, animal, AI, alien... are they ndividuals or are they THE ONE. Perhaps THEY at dawn invented life.
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I'm sorry but as a scholar of philosophy of religion I should say that Mr Nagasawa is absolutely wrong when claiming that Hinduism believes that there are MANY gods, Buddhism believes there is NO god, while Christianity believes in only ONE god. In (so-called) Hinduism, there is one absolute, non-dual and ineffable reality that is beyond all dichotomies, all anthropocentric concepts, ideas and mental constructions which they refer to it in language as 'Parabrahman'. And the only way for humans to approach that is via negative theology or apophatic way, hence they have the ancient practice of "Neti Neti" (literally not this not that).
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On the other hand, Buddhism has many branches and schools of thought. Based on which school we are talking about the concept of ultimate varies. Generally speaking and at the risk of oversimplification, northern schools (look up Rangtong-Shentong) such as Vajrayana (Dzogchen, Kalachakra, etc...) fundamentally speaking, believe in an ineffable ultimate reality which cannot be put into language, while others believe in the emptiness of all phenomena including the concept of an ultimate.
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And regarding Christianity, we need to make this clear that which school of christianity we are talking about? Are we talking about the Catholicism? Or we are talking about many branches of Orthodox Christianity? Or maybe we are talking about many Gnostic branches throughout the centuries? For example, some Gnostic schools believed in kind of a monistic ultimate reality that even transcends the God (demiurge) of Abrahamic religions. While some others believed in a dualistic worldview (e.g. Manichaeism).
Overall, it can be said that most if not all religions of the world have two sides, one exoteric side which deals with the superficiality of such traditions, and the esoteric side which deals with the profound philosophies and crucial questions. Fundamentally speaking, almost all esoteric sides of all religions believe in a monistic, ultimate and non-dual reality that cannot be put into language and is fully transcendent from our perception of world; while at the same time is also immanent in the same reality, as all phenomena are nothing but the projections/manifestations of the same ultimate reality and there is no separation between the ultimate and its phenomenons.
I should say, that is very unfortunate for a scholar of religion to be this narrow minded and shallow when it comes to dealing with such intricate, profound and complex matters.
The question everyone should ask himself is, "why do I believe"? the answer is, "simply because you were indoctrinated to believe". If no one taught you to believe you wouldn't believe. Belief, is not a natural need like eating, going to the bathroom, cloth yourself, cut your hair and nails.
Belief, lessons, traditions, are taught to us. Unless you realize you are not you but lessons influenced into you, you will live a life of others rather than yours, and never found out, you were never you.
@@js8270 and to add to that; over five major world religions, over a thousand other religions. Each sect believes theirs is the only true belief/faith - all the others are the infidels, the unbelievers. Mankind does not have a single standardized universal life manual. The number of manuals is staggering - each contradicting the other!
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NO.
OK. Let's move on.
Cool. How do you know?
@@Ali124hdkflc I don't think Allah (wing) is ready for this jelly ;) (imaginary friends, just like fairies)
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It is funny, Robert Lawrence Kuhn having problem with accepting Hindus version of God.
But he forgot altogether, his own version of "God" is "God has got a son" who is also divine.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn having problem accepting 30 million "Gods", but he does not have a problem accepting "three Gods, The father, the Son and lesser God holyGhost.
Thank God I am a Muslim.
Thank myself that I am an atheist.
@@jeffamos9854 With all due respect your position.
I thought of sharing these videos posted by few Americans,
this video from former Jewish American, who asked God to guide him to the correct religion that is accepted by God, please watch this it was a miracle in the broad daylight how God guided him to Islam, th-cam.com/video/3Y8Tr8-bSx4/w-d-xo.html
It was similar miracle reported by a U.S corporal in marine went to Afghanistan, but God had different plan for this corporal and God converted him to Islam, it was a miracle in the broad daylight, how God guides to whom HE wills, th-cam.com/video/1ogm2ILpy9s/w-d-xo.html It was indeed miracle in the broad daylight, which turned him to Islam, feel free to watch and learn.
Below is video posted by a French sister, who suffered 5 years of depression and mental health problems, she was hospitalized and was kept on medications, but all gone in five minutes of Islamic prayer, it was a miracle in the broad day light, th-cam.com/video/FvTz091fW5I/w-d-xo.html
Here is another video posted by an American sister, who suffered life long depression and darkness at heart she felt, to get rid of it, she studied all religions you can think of, but nothing fit right, nothing feel right, until she came to Islam, the life long depression is gone, it was a miracle in the broad day light, th-cam.com/video/6sHCXhaZQ9k/w-d-xo.html
One-eye blind American asked God to restore his sight in exchange for seeking out for the true God, it was a miracle in the broad daylight God restored his sight, in spite of the fact hospital doctors insisted on removing his eye which went complete blind, th-cam.com/video/T5u9L0MAQuo/w-d-xo.html
There is something significant in the two videos I posted above for you to watch, both were former "enemies" who hated Islam/Muslims one of them is a U.S corporal in marine-core in U.S military and other one is a Jewish American, as you know the conflict in Palestine, between Arabs and Jews. So both were Muslim "enemies" but they turned to God in whole sincerity and God return to them. Beside, self taught Islam to themselves there was no middle-man involved and the videos were created by themselves and posted on youtube by themselves, that is significant as to the advertisement that you mentioned of. I suppose, they accepted Islam, as Islam convinced them, their own personal encounter with God, without third-person coming into picture, between a man and God. Likewise people in other videos, one of them is multi millionaire i.e. Mélanie Georgiades, who converted to Islam. People have to have 100 percent sincerity to establish a relationship with the Creator, if one turn to God in whole sincerity then God did return to them, all based on one's sincerity. God will not change one's state, unless until one change it for themselves.
@@rizwanrafeek3811 Hey there... I don't know much about Islam ( or Muslim) but I do agree with your statement "People have to have 100 percent sincerity to establish a relationship with the Creator."
@@johnbrzykcy3076 Please read the Quran translation, translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, also known as Yusuf Ali.
Quran is literal spoken words of God, please handle with respect.
" but conflicting religions trouble me. Religions clash and compete-and that's a problem for those who believe or want to believe. "
that's a strawman argument and nothing else - an escape goat...
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If you study history & archaeology and find the roots of most religions you will see that Jesus is the only one who claims and did rise from the dead and is still alive in heaven at the right hand of God.🙏👑😍
I’m sorry, you’ll have to explain that statement to me “Jesus claims and did rise”. Where is the evidence that he did any rise?
People claim that he rose, but there was no verified evidence for that.
Archaeology and history show that the biblical stories are re-hashes of much older stories.
did you say "still alive in heaven at the right hand of God"
Is he god or is he someone who is at the right hand of God?
Do Religions Complement or Contradict? I would say both are true. From my limited knowledge, Christianity and it's bible contain a great deal of contradictions within themselves. There seems to be much blindness, assumptions and indoctrination going on in this world. It makes me a bit sad to live in a world so divided.
@Stefano Portoghesi Jesus brought three great gifts to his people, unification of all tribes, victory over enemies and reconciliation their with God, this is why he's special, not because of his super human powers.
I see more common ground among religions than contradictions
God is 1 but, each religion calls with different names
All apparent contradictions are like translation errors. Like translating poetry, which looses out on the spirit
I thought you being an Indian you would know better. Obviously you know that Hinduism doesn't dictate one God. There are many gods which different people worship in Hinduism. I do have respect for the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata and rishi munis of the past, and I also have studied Sanskrit. But these are just stories which can't be proven. There hasn't been anyone with irrefutable evidence to prove god exists. But what we do have is science. The phone you hold, the internet you use, the car you drive, so all of these are possible because of different people working together, researching and working in the field of science. If you can prove someone wrong, and the peers can correlate to it, the previous theory becomes obsolete and we progress further. There is no other way of going to Mars. God isn't gonna magically teleport us there, we will get there through science. Don't be naive and think critically.
@@SahilP2648 thinking critically is good but, what is a thought? Is it physical? Is it energy? Does it weakly interact with matter?
The answer is very unexpected. Thoughts are pure energy that originates from consciousness. When we trace the source of thoughts, we reach perfect stillness/ oneness. That's God state.
All religions do one thing. Finding god life here. It has its ways but goals are one.
The proverb 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing' expresses the idea that a small amount of knowledge can mislead people into thinking that they are more expert than they really are, which can lead to mistakes being made The sight of the hoi-polloi having views on higher matters wasn't welcomed by those who had been classically schooled - hence 'a little learning is a dangerous thing'. MANY of us seem to think that by teaching every human being to read and write, we shall solve our human problems; but this idea has proved to be false. The so-called educated are not peace-loving, integrated people, and they too are responsible for the confusion and misery of the world.The right kind of education means the awakening of intelligence, the fostering of an integrated life, and only such education can create a new culture and a peaceful world; but to bring about this new kind of education, we must make a fresh start on an entirely different basis. We would like to believe in God, but conflicting religions should not trouble us. Religions clash and compete-and that's a thriving challenges for those who believe or want to believe. The awakening of intelligence is the only thing we know is right and a novel culture and a peaceful religion is a must to eradicate all fake religions. Consequences human to face the challenges that require efforts of learning, unlearning and relearning. Little learning of higher matters is dangerous (a novel proverb).
“Christians often ask why God does not speak to them, as he is believed to have done in former days .... We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefiy through dreams and visions. The Buddhist discards the world of unconscious fantasies as useless illusions; the Christian puts his Church and his Bible between himself and his unconscious; and the rational intellectual does not yet know that his consciousness is not his total psyche .... But if a theologian really believes in God, by what authority does he suggest that God is unable to speak through dreams?”
C. G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
Religions are of men, not of God.
Why do religions clash and compete, can't all man and woman be like Jesus?
What do you perceive that Jesus was like?
@@johnbrzykcy3076 Well, he wasn't a woman, that's for sure. Or was he, perhaps he was a hermaphrodite, that would explain his attitude towards woman and company of devoted man.
Just joking, my point is, nobody can be as Jesus, there can be no reconciliation among various religious traditions because such humans doesn't exist and never will. All we have is conscious mind, if spiritual experiences can't bind all human kind, nothing can.
@@TheWorldTeacher No what, how do you know what was under Jesus's skirt?
@@TheWorldTeacher I'm not a slave to anybody, but please mind my question, can woman be like Jesus and if not, how can man have common religion with woman?
@@TheWorldTeacher Maybe try again, copy paste something else because those are not the question your mind is trained for and you must come up with reasonable resolution yourself.
It's not presumption, not all people are born perfect and we don't ask others about certain intimate details.
Hinduism emphasizes on liberation and salvation. Follow any God or religion, ultimate aim is to realise truth and attain salvation.
Lawrence complains at the outset that the abundance of religions troubles him. This is a common argument many atheists leverage as some kind of evidence of the implausibility of theism. The claim is that it is unlikely that only 1 of them is true and all the others false. Hence, the whole lot loses credibility. But let's think for a moment. Would these skeptics similarly object to fact that there are almost always a multiplicity of scientific theories presuming to prove some physical phenomenon. Ultimately, it is usually 1 of these theories that winds up being correct. Would you say that all theories are invalid because of the multiplicity of theories competing for validation? Of course no - well, why not treat the fact of the diversity of religions in the same manner? True scholarship always consists in our evaluating many theories or claims, all competing for validation - and ultimately a choice is made to select one that is considered the best. We then hold that theory until either a defeater is found for it, or a better theory is proposed. Standard procedure in our intellectual development. In fact - the almost universal existence of religious systems, itself, is evidence in support of the legitimacy of religion. What is decisive here, is not how these various religions differ, but what they share in common - which usually, is an all powerful G-d, Who is the source and locus of all truths, including morality, etc...
@Lourak613 Just to correct you as you used the word theory out of context - a theory is the highest form of proof in science. It's not a hunch or uncertainty. Alternating Current Theory, Theory of Relativity, Theory of tides, etc are all established facts. Once a theory has been established there's no furthar need to debate it as it is an agreed upon by the scientific community.
@@Testequip Thanks for responding to my comment! Well - even if what you say is true, I don't see the relevance to my comment. In point of fact, however, I believe that the idea you present is demonstrably false. Quoting now from Wikipedia: "The strength of a scientific theory is related to the diversity of phenomena it can explain and its simplicity. As additional scientific evidence is gathered, a scientific theory may be modified and ultimately rejected if it cannot be made to fit the new findings; in such circumstances, a more accurate theory is then required". It is common knowledge that many "theories" formerly held, have ultimately been superseded by new theories that have greater explanatory power and/or scope. You will find the same to have been the case with religions throughout history. Many of the ancient religions are currently out of favor, and currently, there are relatively few that have won favor with the world's population. Perhaps, with time, there will be fewer still. Perhaps?
@@lourak613 It does have relevance as I mentioned; Theory of Evolution, Theory of Tides, etc, They are well established facts. The body of scientists in a particular field all agree to the theory as the evidence is overwhelming. Yes, I agree, if something comes along to shatter that theory then it will be modified to suit new evidence albeit I cant think of one - maybe you know of theories that have been proven wrong due to new evidence. Arguments from Ignorance has a nasty way of creeping into a discussion/argument i.e. something is true because it hasn't been proven false. An example would be someone says that there is a God because it hasn't been proven to not exist (although you cant prove a negative), or something is false until its been proven true e.g. Ancient Astronaut hypothesis
@@Testequip Thanks again for responding. Briefly, let me give you, as you requested, a list of just 10 disproved long held scientific theories - though, this is not at all related to the substance of my original comment:
1- Fleischmann-Pons’s Nuclear Fusion
2- Phrenology
3- The Blank Slate
4- Luminiferous Aether
5- Einstein’s Static (or Stationary) Universe
6- Martian Canals
7- Phlogiston Theory
8- The Expanding or Growing Earth
9- Discovery of the Planet Vulcan
10- Spontaneous (or Equivocal) Generation
But to the point (and this will have to be my last response): I made a very simple and limited claim in my original comment. Here it is again: As there exist, at any given time, many proposed theories which purport to explain some physical phenomenon - it is almost always the case that most of those theories are ultimately proven wrong - and one of these theories is then upheld, by a substantial number of scientists, as the best. This inevitable state of affairs, never causes scientists to therefore claim that this is some kind of proof for all of these competing theories being wrong, misconceived, or illegitimate in some way. There is no reason, in my view, that the same criterion of analysis should not hold in evaluating the multiplicity of religions that exist contemporaneously at any given time. The mere fact of each religion being incompatible with another, is not a basis to disqualify every one of these religions. One may, in fact, be true. In other words, there is no escape from the need to do the hard work of evaluating the claims of each religion, on its own terms - and then you make your decision as to which seems the best. And even if this process takes an extremely long time, there is still no basis to just throw them all out. That's the whole point.
@@lourak613 I'm afraid these aren't scientific theories. A theory is the highest form of proof. I also came across these so called theories on the internet and the word theory is used as a synonym - it's out of context. These are/were hypothesis and or proposed models. Once a hypothesis or proposed model has been formulated it needs to be tested and there has to be an overwhelmingly huge amount of evidence to support this model/hypothesis before it becomes a theory. An example would be Bohrs model of the atom. It took a long time before it could be proven with experiments. Another would be the God particle hypothesis.
A model is proposed based on certain criteria and only after numerous exhaustive tests that confirms its veracity - only then can it be classified as a theory. In science the word theory is not used until utmost certainty.
Martian canals was just a hypothesis. We had to send a rover to Mars to confirm watery canals. There is some evidence coming to light about Mars having flowing water in its distant past but there's not enough evidence yet. There is still a lot of work to be done before reaching the status of a theory.
The word theory is often incorrectly used in everyday language.
There is only one God, and only one way to God, through Jesus Christ , everything else is Religion and Man-made. God has revealed himself in two ways, by what he has created so it is without excuse, and through his word, The Bible.
Hey Rune... I like your comments.
@@johnbrzykcy3076 Thank you. John
@Morbius Lol
@Morbius Really intelligent answer, the Best you could Come up with. 🤔
Abrahamic God is outside the system. Indic God(s) or absence thereof is/are within the system...
See Mandukya Upanishad....
Indic religions accept karma and reincarnation....
he's wrong again: only direct experience of divine is crucial, not religions and all their verbal/written "thruths". Knowing stuff about truth dont mean NOTHING if you dont experience it directly. But to do that it takes years, even decades
The Judeo Christian God is the only faith based on the absolute and the probability of one. Prophesies (foretold) years in advance and fulfilled to the letter. All in all.
@D L Luke lol. 🙂 Keep the insults coming. I can see that I have your number. 🙃
Don't fret Mr. Luke at one time I thought just like you. The clock is ticking. We're running out of time...
1Corinthians 1:10- now I urge you, Brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you should all speak in agreement and there should be no divisions among you, but that you may be completely United in the same mind and in the same line of thought
If there is a god I would think god would send a memo and everyone would be on the same page
@@jeffamos9854 I understand what you are saying. It confuses me too. But... God did send a "memo" in the person of Jesus the Christ. We have to take time to "read the memo" and allow the "memo" to talk to us.
Mahmoud Ayoub plainly wrong, his idea is direct contradiction to Islam and the Quran.
Quran 4:82 What, do they not ponder the Koran? If it had been from other than God surely they would have found in it much inconsistency.
Quran 3:85 Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him; in the next world he shall be among the losers.
Quran 33:40 Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets; God has knowledge of everything.
Quran 5:3 ... I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above-mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is OftForgiving, Most Merciful.