Why and When did other Religion begin?

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I'd like to kno, 1- Where did they get the idea of another religion? The culture, ways, and things.

2- When did other religions begin?

3- Why did they make other religions?

I know it's Satan's doing for causing this sort of group but how and why?

-- JoeKP (joekinplaya@orangeday.net), January 08, 2005

Answers

Are you talking before or after Christianity? Do you consider Judaism as "another religion"?

-- Andy S ("ask3332004@yahoo.com"), January 08, 2005.

I'd like to kno,

1- Where did they get the idea of another religion? The culture, ways, and things.

This queayion is vert compelce, and will take volumes to answer. in short, many ways. recognistion of Universal truth, cultural setting, rational exploration, an in sem instnces revelation, een from God. A compeltxe mix of other facotd, nonetheles smotivated byt eh natural desire for mre in life and to seek God, a tianted and corrupt deisre in our fsllen state thta noenthelsss still calsl to us.

2- When did other religions begin?

depends ont he Rel;igion. islam in the 600's AD, bahi int he 19th century, wicca in the 1950's...ect...

3- Why did they make other religions?

As above, this is a compelce issue. many did so to orginise there lives. man is innately rleigioys and needs ot make sence of his world, so constriucting a world veiw becomes priority. Sicne reigion s not byt advanced Philosophy applied ot the ral world with rituals added, one can say they made it to bette themselves, enable ndertsanding of the word aroudn them, and to eek a way to live.<>

I know it's Satan's doing for causing this sort of group but how and why?

How do you know this?

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), January 08, 2005.


before i know there were jewish, christian, and things liek that. how do i know that it is satan's doing to make these religion? such as the god called "Alah" for afghanistans have no similarities to the Lord except that they are the god of the religion. i believe that the word religion should not be used because religion is what seperated us more than race. many people switch from christianity to atheist, catholic to jewish, lutheran christians to muslim, things like that. God wanted us to be in hisfamily. to be a family we should be united so well that no one could ever break the bond of a single one of us. religion seperates us no matter what. i have jewish friends but then i dont exactly talk to them about jesus much as i would to people in mychurch. right now i have to go but ill post more things.

-- JoeKP (joekinplaya@orangeday.net), January 09, 2005.

before i know there were jewish, christian, and things liek that. how do i know that it is satan's doing to make these religion?

WELL FOR STARTERS, MAYBE LEARN WHAT THE OTHER RLEIIONS ARE...

such as the god called "Alah" for afghanistans have no similarities to the Lord except that they are the god of the religion.

Allah is the god of Islam, and the WORD allah simley means god. Christaisn in aphganistan call God allah as they speak aramic. Likewise, all naitosm that speak armaic call God allah, even if Jewish Or Chrisain because this is thearamic word ofr God. and Mohammad, who decene from Ishmael, was a beeliver int eh god of Abraham.

We may disagree on soem poitns abotu him, but t is the same God. Liekewise, there are similarities, regardless of what you may have been elad to beleive.

i believe that the word religion should not be used because religion is what seperated us more than race.

No, it doesnt, thi argumen relaly dosnt work> religion never seperates anyone. what seperates some people as they use religion is there own need for ocntrole, which is Psycological, and occures in things that are NOT religious...

many people switch from christianity to atheist, catholic to jewish, lutheran christians to muslim, things like that.

So?

God wanted us to be in hisfamily. to be a family we should be united so well that no one could ever break the bond of a single one of us.

agreed, btu even in families there is no abslute Uniformity and there are disagreances and diversity.

One of the main reasons my familyw as so abusive to me was that they wanted UNIFORMITY and NOT diversity and did NOT allow me to be myself, nsisting I be as they wanted. this is Unhealthy.so let it be here, with disagreeance in the family of God not beign disunity.

religion seperates us no matter what.

Yet on this baord alone we all seem pretty United, even though disparagous, and for the most part get on OK...

i have Mormon, Catholic, athiest, Protestant, Cruch of christ, Buddhist, Hindu., and pother types of frends who get on with me just fine. religion dosnt seem to be much a barier...

i have jewish friends but then i dont exactly talk to them about jesus much as i would to people in mychurch.

One of my closest firends is Jewish. I even speak hebrew. i never let that stop me lol...

right now i have to go but ill post more things.

Can you try to make a mor coherent poitn nex ttime?

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), January 09, 2005.


Actually, religion unites. Religions themselves may be divided, but the faithful of a particular religion are united in their beliefs.

The alternative to no religion is millions of personal religions and no real unity.

-- Andy S ("ask3332004@yahoo.com"), January 09, 2005.



bnei zonot!

-- sdqa (sdqa@sdqa.com), January 09, 2005.

i dont want to sound offensive but i want to know how they make us more united?? is it the fact that we try to spread more about our religion to others?

-- JoeKP (joekinplaya@orangeday.net), January 09, 2005.

"Religion" is attempt to return to God. The problem is that each religion has its own understandings and beliefs that differ from one another. Inevitably, each religion will have its flavor of moral codes. Moral codes aren't exactly a bad thing.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), January 09, 2005.


JoeKP,

I agree with rod. Religion is a means to find and live the Truth. God is Truth. God is love. Not every religion has the truth. Some have pieces. There is only one Truth. If a person doesn't believe that Christianity is the Truth, then why be a Christian? Jesus told us to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Isn't that a call for the unity of man in Christ? Without a common set of beliefs to live by, humanity can never be unified. Were we all to believe, love, and live all of Christ's teachings, we would be truly unified. Of course, humans being what we are: proud, boastful, and arrogant, it won't happen until Christ comes again in glory.

-- Andy S ("ask3332004@yahoo.com"), January 10, 2005.


Whatever these other religions are they are just that "religions"

Catholicism is a faith, not a religion. We speak always about the Catholic faith.

-- TC (Treadmill234@south.com), January 10, 2005.



You can't be serious TC.

Christianity is the faith. True Christianity is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Roman Catholicism is pure religion!

-- (faith01@myway.com), January 10, 2005.


Ok, seriously....

I was referring to religion as being those groups of Christians and non-Christians. Yes, we then could subdivide Christianity into Catholicism and non-Catholicism. We could then take the non-Catholic denominations into further subdivisions. There are also those cults to consider.

"Tip-toe through the tulips......"

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), January 10, 2005.


I hate to nitpick, but what is the difference between religion and a faith? Isn't a religion a set of beliefs (i.e., faith) regarding what is Truth? I'm not understanding why religion is a derogatory term. I guess I always equated someone's religion with their faith.

-- Andy S ("ask3332004@yahoo.com"), January 10, 2005.

Actually true religion, according to Jesus, is "visiting orphans and widows in their distress," something that the Church has aspired to do through its countless hospitals and orphanages created by his monks and nuns and laypeople all through the ages.

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Faith, Just because you never had a relationship with Christ during your placement in the Church just means that you weren't paying attention to the liturgy that you presented yourself to probably countless times. You didn't see the portraits of the Stations of the Cross. You didn't internalize the words of the Creed spoken at every mass. You didn't actualize the liturgy in your every day life. You didn't celebrate His birth at Christmas during Advent. You didn't walk the Via Delarosa at Lent. You didn't realize the grace of forgiveness in the sacrament of reconciliation. You didn't partake of the Lord most intimately in Holy Eucharist. You didn't understand the sacrifice of those whom the Church has deemed "Saints" by their acts of charity and self-less giving and how they are the Communion of Saints that are as close to us as the air we breath.

I have to say that the Word of Faith churches I was part of were full of people like you Faith, ex-Catholics who didn't know their faith to begin with, and now unfortunately have become part of the biggest racket in Christianity -- the so-called Health and Wealth gospel. Every T.V. preacher prancing around on his "stage" pines away for the ex-Catholic that will hopefully pad his pocket. Ex-Catholics are being FLEECED spiritually and materially by every new guru off the heretic train.

You think that you are safe holding to your "Bible only" criteria, but you have demonstrated over and over again that you are a danger to yourself and others by your flawed mis-interpretations of scripture, and reading into them mystical meanings that aren't there. And like so many others I know, you will do anything, say anything, believe anything . . . as long as it ain't Catholic!

Gail

-- Gail (Rothfarms@socket.net), January 10, 2005.


James 1:27 (KJV)
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

NIV
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

DR
Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.

Seems that the Bible is ok with religion.

-- Emily ("jesusfollower7@yahoo.com"), January 11, 2005.



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