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| manadude2 |
 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:19 am Post subject: Is there a link between the worlds religions? |
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Is there a link between them all?
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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I believe there is. Different religions focus on different areas of the unknown. Buddhism focuses on spiritualism and karma, Hindhuism focuses on reincarnation and the circle of life, and Christianity focuses on doing directly what God asks, to do His will.
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| prasit |
| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:49 am Post subject: |
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I think there are historical links. Judaism branched to Christianism and Islam. Buddhism was born in the country of Hinduism, but it teachings are the opposite. Zen and Shinto seem to stem from Buddhism.
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| Youssef |
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the 3 major religions evolved from eachother. each new one accepts the previous ones gospel but with a "catch".
Judaism -> christianity -> islam |
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| sunshinewarrior |
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| Youssef wrote: |
the 3 major religions evolved from eachother. each new one accepts the previous ones gospel but with a "catch".
Judaism -> christianity -> islam |
Correction.
The three monotheistic religions best known in the West evolved from each other.
Hinduism.
Buddhism.
Jainism.
Sikhism.
Taoism.
Shinto.
Confucianism.
etc.
are major religions that are not connected in this way. |
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| mitchellmckain |
| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| sunshinewarrio wrote: |
| Youssef wrote: |
the 3 major religions evolved from eachother. each new one accepts the previous ones gospel but with a "catch".
Judaism -> christianity -> islam |
Correction.
The three monotheistic religions best known in the West evolved from each other.
Hinduism.
Buddhism.
Jainism.
Sikhism.
Taoism.
Shinto.
Confucianism.
etc.
are major religions that are not connected in this way. |
Jainism can be considered a sect of Hinduism
Hinduism & Jainism -> Buddhism
Sikhism is so much more recent that a syncretistic inheritance from the other major religions particularly Hinduism, Jainism and Islam is unavoidable. The Bahai Faith is another such syncretistic development which is even more recent.
Confucianism lacks so many features of a religion that its classification as such is rather doubtful.
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| Wolf |
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They're linked by the search for explanation and guidance. The rest is trifles.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Is there a link between the worlds religions? |
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| manadude2 wrote: |
| Is there a link between them all? |
Yes. They all draw parallels back to the early sun worshipers who used the signs of the zodiac and movement of the cosmos to create stories, which over many centuries evolved into the doctrines and beliefs held today. |
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| ishmaelblues |
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| there are links between different religions |
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| Wolf |
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| ishmaelblues wrote: |
| there are links between different religions |
Wow, see it here first, folks. A new all-time low in the forums. A post with neither a capital, a period, or a point...
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| daytonturner |
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I find Ishmaelblues' thought equally as profound as the evolutionary contention: there a links between different animals.
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| sunshinewarrior |
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| mitchellmckain wrote: |
| sunshinewarrio wrote: |
| Youssef wrote: |
the 3 major religions evolved from eachother. each new one accepts the previous ones gospel but with a "catch".
Judaism -> christianity -> islam |
Correction.
The three monotheistic religions best known in the West evolved from each other.
Hinduism.
Buddhism.
Jainism.
Sikhism.
Taoism.
Shinto.
Confucianism.
etc.
are major religions that are not connected in this way. |
Jainism can be considered a sect of Hinduism
Hinduism & Jainism -> Buddhism
Sikhism is so much more recent that a syncretistic inheritance from the other major religions particularly Hinduism, Jainism and Islam is unavoidable. The Bahai Faith is another such syncretistic development which is even more recent.
Confucianism lacks so many features of a religion that its classification as such is rather doubtful. |
Missed the point of my post to Youssef - it is entirely insular to think of Judaism, Christianity and Islam as "The 3 great religions".
Instead oyu may have perpetuated the idea that only the religions well known in the West have any credibility, all the others are just derivations of each other. |
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| mitchellmckain |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| sunshinewarrio wrote: |
Missed the point of my post to Youssef - it is entirely insular to think of Judaism, Christianity and Islam as "The 3 great religions".
Instead oyu may have perpetuated the idea that only the religions well known in the West have any credibility, all the others are just derivations of each other. |
Indeed, if considering the 3 "greatest" religions, Judaism would not be one of them. The third would have to be Buddhism, I think.
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| Wolf |
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Question: What makes a religion "great"?
Is it population numbers?
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| mitchellmckain |
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| Wolf wrote: |
Question: What makes a religion "great"?
Is it population numbers? |
Since they all define greatness in their own way, I think the only objective way to evalute this is to think of them as living organism and then in addition to population numbers it would be growth and adaptability. Survival in the face of adversity, certainly makes a impressive testimony to the greatness of Judaism - but is that the greatness of the religion or the greatness of the people? When it comes to religion I think the biggest and most obvious measure has to do with how people vote with their feet.
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