Catholic's and Protestants you better listen up!!

[adelore]

Just my two cents:

A country that allows Abortion, takes Gods Word out of the Schools, (no prayer before games, graduations, before meals, and the list goes on) has law-suites against anything to do with God, the Ten Commandments, the Nativity on Courthouse lawns, ect…Now that’s a country in Trouble! (Years ago as these things first started to happened, my Dad, who is 83, now, told me our country was taking a bad turn. A Country who doesn’t put God first is in real trouble.)

Does it matter what “Church” the “Christian” belongs to? No, not when it comes to the above things.

If Christians would Vote like Chistians and put the values back into their voting…then just maybe we’d have better Law Makers/Gov. Officals running this Government and a lot of these things wouldn’t have happened and wouldn’t contiune to happen.

So if we all take a good look in the mirror and look at ourselves (as a whole) did/do we put God first in our voting? Or has Money, Material things, good jobs, insurance, that kind of thing swaed our voting…thinking of course that since “we” go to church, read our Bibles, ect. that how we vote doesn’t matter? The proof is in the way our country is going that Many Chirstians, (of every faith) did just that, “we” as a nation didn’t vote for God first.

The trouble isn’t the Muslems…it’s Us!!!

Solution?: Put God back into our Votes First. Second, Get all the things that have happened back. Yep that means All Chirstians need to go to bat for No Abortion, get the Bible and Prayer back in All Schools and fight the stupid law suites.

A Government without God…is a Government and Country that is going down…

 

[Light1111]

I choose to see it as ‘there is only one path to God- through the Son’. Just my opinion.
I can’t get into great debates because I am not educated on all religions.

I also think most Religions believe that only theirs are doing ‘the right thing’.

Actually, that is not the case. In the Hindu faith, they state openly that theirs is but one path to God, and adherents of other faiths also garner His approval by worshiping Him from their own unique perspective. They go so far as to believe that all faith traditions are the same, as they all meet up with God in the end. It is a difference of language and culture that separate the religions, in their view–nothing more. Hindus have no history of proselytizing. If one wishes to convert to Hindu (as I posted elsewhere in this forum), they may do so if it is their sincere desire; but a Hindu priest will first inform the initiate that conversion is unnecessary, as one can believe as a Hindu believes and yet remain within their own faith tradition.

Judaism, likewise, offers this viewpoint. If an initiate seeks out a Rabbi, stating a desire to convert, the Rabbi will turn the initiate away. If he returns, again the Rabbi will turn him away. If he returns a third time, thus illustrating a true commitment to conversion, then the Rabbi will speak with him and consider the request. But even at the time of that third meeting, the Rabbi will inform the initiate that Judaism offers nothing other religions cannot offer, and conversion is unnecessary. Judaism has no history of missionary work whatsoever (meaning, work that attempts to convert others to their faith), as it is a crucial part of their faith, that all religions and paths to God have their own intrinsic value and meaning and there is no need to convert. The only ‘Missionary’ work Judaism has ever undertaken, is within their own ranks. There exist synagogues where Jews who only practice minimally may go, and be encouraged by Orthodox Jews to adopt some of the practices they undertake – such as keeping Kosher. The purpose is to further develop in spirituality, as the true meaning of such ritual is embedded in the soul, advancing one closer to God. Such rituals are not meant to be undertaken merely because of tradition.

In the Bah’ai faith, again, no missionary work has ever been undertaken, and an initiate is responsible to describe in detail why he feels the need to convert. Again, this is because the Bah’ai faith honors other traditions to the point of feeling that conversion to their faith in particular is unnecessary.

Many other faith paths, such as Buddhism, does not see a conflict between believing and practicing as they do, and yet simultaneously considering oneself to be of a different faith. When a Christian or a Jew attempts to convert to Buddhism, they are informed that they can remain “Christian” or “Jewish” – that conversion is unnecessary – but if they would like direction in so far as meditation and other inward spiritual endeavors, they may seek it at a Buddhist temple. The main stress here would be, can you release the ego? In a way, it is similar to the belief in the 7 Deadly Sins – for “pride” and “envy” cannot exist once one releases the ego. The endeavor, in the end, brings one closer to the Source (if not referred to directly as God). It would indeed further one’s spiritual progress in virtually any religious tradition to undertake such a practice.

In Sikhism, there is no open proselytizing, but a serious convert may be accepted into the faith.

The list is long, but the truth is, very few faiths believe theirs to be the only way, and condemn other belief systems as meeting God’s disapproval. And the list is even smaller, for the faiths that believe that following any other system merits a trip straight to hell at the time of death. I am actually particularly surprised that some sects of Christianity believe that all other worshipers will go straight to hell – including those who worship within diverging sects of Christianity. After all, aren’t all Christians faithful to Christ?

This is actually an area where Christianity and Islam agree. Muslems also believe that their path is the only path to God – they believe that all humans are born Muslem. If a person is raised within Christianity, and converts to the nation of Islam, then they view that as a return to the person’s original faith, in which he was simply not brought up (perhaps through no fault of his own). If a Muslem converts to another faith, this is considered apostasy, and it is strictly forbidden. Muslems believe that such converts meet God’s disapproval and have committed a grave sin.

It’s always a surprise to find areas where Christianity and the Islamic faith share root ideas! Indeed, they are among the two very few religions who view their specific faiths in these terms.

If anyone else knows of any other faith traditions that believe their way is the only way, I’d be very interested in learning more about it! Please share!

Peace to you,
Light1111