well dont quote me on my spelling and punctuation we all know it sucks (lets not go there)


me and a friend were talking about this site and things posted on it then we got into an interesting conversation we all believe in something be it higher forces be it god buddah and so forth but all is taught through biblical writings there writings are all different in some way or another by this i mean written in the understanding of person writing them but all point towards that same goal what if those differences are the key to the underlying message given to us by those higher forces the key to understanding our existance and who we really are basicly everything and has been put this way so when we no longer fight as countrys and unite as an entire world and no longer waste time with greed and wars and evil doings so to speak and when we are able to be truely enlightened will it reveal itself to us???.

just a thought tell me what you think....

The problem I always find with this theory is the assumption that the goals of religions and religious texts and teachings are all the same.

I think this is far from the truth. A societies culture influences what it thinks to be important and how it achieves that thing. Thus the religions that are born out of different cultures have generally got quite different goals.

This is most glaring when comparing the Abrahimic religions to the religions of less advanced cultures such as the Aboriginals of Australia. The goals are far different. The goal of the abrahimic religions is generally to attain heaven, to live according to the principles of the Bible or Koran or Torah or what not and by doing so be accepted into heaven by your god. The goals of other religions are quite different and may not deal with any real future existance.

They may be more devoted to insuring future generations survival then anything else.

The second point is that many religions do not acknowledge the existance of higher forces. There are many who's sole purpose seems the betterment of the self.

Lastly the only way to stop what is regarded as evil doings is to create a universal morality system, which would require everyone to think the same, and the like. I don't think such a thing is possible but if it were I put it that it would be far more "evil" then anything that has come before.

WanderingGypsy

This is most glaring when comparing the Abrahimic religions to the religions of less advanced cultures such as the Aboriginals of Australia. The goals are far different. The goal of the abrahimic religions is generally to attain heaven, to live according to the principles of the Bible or Koran or Torah or what not and by doing so be accepted into heaven by your god. The goals of other religions are quite different and may not deal with any real future existance.

They may be more devoted to insuring future generations survival then anything else.

^^right i no what your getting at but there is an underlying goal for all beliefs and religions and that is that those beliefs and religions must live through the next generations and so on and in doing so believing that there must be a next generation to pass the knowledge to in the first place so a basic need for survival becomes a belief

But this is not true. Particularly in the case of western religions who often predict an end of days, or apocaplypse.

Many beliefs, such as the Japanese suicide cults are quite the opposite. There are beliefs whos sole purpose is the end of their own lives and others. And these beliefs are no less valid then any other.

There are many religions that are about the idolisation of the self.