Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Do I? Instead, it tends to make its adepts feel that they are better than other people because they have secret knowledge that other people don’t have. I have learned nothing from this article which is a shame. Many of these writings are thought to have come directly from a god or goddess, usually as some kind of miraculous revelation. Does Doctrine Matter? Besides magical runes (ancient Germanic alphabet characters) and spells from primitive and ancient sources, they include hymns, prayers, chants, myths, stories about gods and heroes, epics, fables, sacred laws, directions for the conduct of rituals, the original teachings of major religious figures, expositions of these teachings, moral anecdotes, dialogues of seers and sages, and philosophical discussions. Don’t do evil, selfish, and destructive things. This part has me puzzled. Jesus said that people would know we are his followers if we have love for one another (John 13:34–35). Founders of several major religions have been viewed as incarnations of a god. Lying, cheating, stealing, attacking, fighting, and killing—all of these and many other hurtful and deadly things we do to one another arise out of our natural focus on ourselves and our own wellbeing. Usually they are considered to be less powerful than true gods.
I agree with everything that you said, Lee. Scripture, also called sacred scripture, the revered texts, or Holy Writ, of the world’s religions. Thanks so much for your comment. They may become a good and loving person anyway, but it will be no thanks to the particular spiritual path they follow, which tends to distract them from “the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness” (Matthew 23:23). As TeachingValues.com points out, this tenet is expressed in Christianity, Confuscianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, and Zoroastriantism. Sacred words differ from ordinary words in that they are believed either to possess and convey spiritual and magical powers or to be the means through which a divine being or other sacred reality is revealed in phrases and sentences full of power and truth. This continuous thread of correspondences running from one end of the text to the other is unique to the Bible—though Swedenborg says that there was an “ancient Word,” now lost, that was written in a similar correspondential way. There may indeed be an infinite number of possibilities, or a deeper form of uncertainty in reality. 0000001969 00000 n Will Happily Married Couples be Together in Heaven? If you feel very strongly about it, then you would have to move out yourself (again, assuming you don’t own the house). Thanks also for including the (2) charts that show the raw numbers and such.
Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I meant no disrespect to Mormons. I hope that names of the religions will be removed, if not, then the Claim/ Title should be modified to justify writing name of only one religion against each principle. I am hesitant to call the words of Jesus Christ superior, as it would be arrogance to presume the words I study are superior, but I can not shake the feeling that many other religions are lacking compared to the love and grace shown by Jesus during his time here and his new plan for Salvation. And once a particular false doctrine won out over all the other false doctrines (also born from materialistic thinking) vying for supremacy in the church, that doctrine became settled, and people just believed it, even if they didn’t understand it, because that’s what the church taught them. This continued existence is usually thought to take place in a spiritual realm, or possibly a different universe or dimension.
These and the supplements to them composed after 1000 bce—the Brahmanas (commentaries and instruction in ritual), the Aranyakas (forest books of ascetics), and the Upanishads (philosophical treatises)—are considered more sacred than any later writings.
The types of sacred and semisacred texts are, in fact, many and varied. In some religions, ghosts are the spirits of dead people. And some think of themselves as being New Covenant while still really being Old Covenant in practice. 0000076911 00000 n 0000004704 00000 n (Matthew 23:8–10). Anyway, what does it matter. 0000059602 00000 n All should have the chance to experience the glory of God and choose freely. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Anyway, I realize that I am rambling a bit, but I am having trouble to put my concerns into words. I know a person, who used to be a part of a religion like that, but left it behind because in his eyes in encourages inequality and exclusivity.
Don’t even think about doing it!”. It can be thought of as syncretism taken to its logical extreme. The moral and spiritual values are common to all traditions, and the symbols and practices--those rituals and customs that form a way of life within a religion--are what distinguish one tradition from another and give each their charm. I was wondering how you feel about the mormon church in general. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Adherents of some of these religions also believe that an individual can permanently escape the cycle of birth and rebirth by reaching a state of enlightenment or nirvana. 0000023590 00000 n Author, Musician, Interfaith Minister, Chaplain, Public Speaker, Event Producer, Marketing Professional, Husband, Father - Not necessarily in that order.
Its earliest portions, namely the four ancient Vedas (hymns), seem to have been provided by Indo-European families in northwestern India in the 2nd millennium bce. %%EOF They had good intentions, and I believe they tried their best to explain it through our limited english language. Some spirits are helpful to humans, or at least benign, but most are evil and harmful. If you’re interested in learning the spiritual meanings of various people, animals, plants, and so on in the Bible, which would also be their meaning as icons, here is a great book: Dictionary of Correspondences, by George Nicholson. The elite will continue to stoke the flames of religion and gather the masses behind them like sheep. God bless you! Is There a Common Theme in All Religions? If there's any universal truth or common teaching across various religions, it's probably the golden rule: Treat others as you would want to be treated yourself. Heaven, Regeneration, and the Meaning of Life on Earth. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah. But it is evil only for those who can’t think spiritually, and therefore are unable to see the iconography as representative of deeper spiritual realities, and not holy in themselves. Types of sacred literature vary in authority and degree of sacredness.
My problem with religious and spiritual paths that are all about “secret knowledge” is that knowledge by itself does no good whatsoever. Why is it Important to Believe the Right Thing?”), it is what we love and what we do that counts the most in the long run—and especially in eternity.
It doesnt matter what religion you have, the most important thing is what you do. Meanwhile, I believe it is important to get true Christian ideas out into circulation in the world, for people whose minds are searching and are open to a deeper understanding of God and spirit. However, Swedenborg, for his part, makes consent to be essential to marriage.
Long Live Christianity! Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.
As I said, always learning something new! Sorry, if it was rather unspecific. I do not know if he would get into dark stuff (I hope not), but he does have a fascination with esoteric things, the occult, “secret knowledge” and weird beliefs. In his teaching about the Judgment of the Nations, also known as The Sheep and the Goats (in Matthew 25:31-46), he said that as much as we have given our neighbor in need something to eat and drink, clothing, a friendly welcome and invitation, cared for them when they were sick, and visited them in prison, we have done these same things for God. Having sex with a woman without her consent violates that principle, even if a man is married to her. Some Christians believe that a demon can get inside a person's body and gain control of it.
xref All three religions do not share common beliefs after the belief in Moses. That’s why Jesus said: But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all students. 0000002902 00000 n Indeed.
– Wellspring Health and Wellness, The purposes of gods and golden rules | Free Kentucky, http://www.article.stillsolution.com/religion/the-common-beliefs-in-all-religions-that-bind-us-together/, 15 Great Principles Shared By All Religions, Kevy Saw The Light On Forgiving & Forgetting – He Shares It – Along With International Praise Music – Life, As Kevy Michaels, Religion should unite, not divide – Investigative Faith, May 2020 Favorites: Gal meets Glam, Victoria Mag and The French Cooking Academy + an exciting GIVEAWAY! 0000020618 00000 n Followers of some ancient Greek and Roman pagan religions used tattoos to show their devotion to particular gods or goddesses. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. But some religions do not have gods. In your wtiting is this how you would integrate that wtiting? Religions promise an inner peace and harmony despite the vicissitudes of life. Thanks Lee. My suggestion may please be taken in the light of Principle No.15, Thanks.
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