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To: discostu
The nuances of each religion can truly be debated, however the point I have been consistently making is that all religions are diametrically opposed to one another and they all cannot be true. For the atheist, they want to discount God because of the errors and inconsistencies found in the worlds religions. But I maintain that Christianity is logical if you’re willing to look at it with an open mind.
214 posted on 01/03/2002 2:07:13 PM PST by soundsolutions
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To: soundsolutions
not all religions are diametrically opposed to one another. For one thing the religions considered to be the 3 major religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) all start from the same 5 books, the core of these religions is identical, and it's arguable that what Jesus preached was to be a good Jew (a lot of stuff in the Gnostic Gospels about strict adherence to The Law, which is generally thought to be The Law as presented in the Talmud which Christianity did not keep), at least that's how some interpret it.

On the other side of the planet we get a lot of what I call non-exclusionary religions. Hinduism is one example of that because they believe all religions are part of Hinduism. But on a less escoteric level Shintoism (ancestor worship) and Bhudhism (which is really more of a philosophy but people call it a religion) have no rules against following other religions as well. Technically one could be a Hindu-Shinto-Bhudhist and not violate any rules of any of the religions. Strictly speaking (and I'll probably get called a blasphemer for this but I'll say it anyway) since Bhudhism doesn't involve any form of worship but is rather focused on self awareness and analysis (Bhudha is respected as the person who figured out the path to enlightenment but, at least in most sects of Bhudhism, he's not worshipped) you could be a Christian-Bhudhist and not break any of the rules (because no part of Bhudhism involves worship a god other than God and there's no idol worship). Arguably the Benedictine Monks follow a very Bhudhistic path within Christianity (they even dress very similarly to Bhudhist monks) but where Bhudhists meditate Benedictines pray.

I would get into the logical fallacies I think are plain as day in Christianity, but it's early, I'm not all the way awake and I don't think I could do so without getting rude, something I am trying hard not to do.

485 posted on 01/04/2002 6:37:42 AM PST by discostu
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