Good Evening/Day to you.
There are some nagging thoughts that I have finally decided to write down and ask about. I will accept any and all answers/comments.
As my title suggests, my biggest wonder is what is the truth beneath it all? We as a people come from vastly different religious backgrounds and beliefs, and many of us have beliefs that contradict each other completely. This has resulted throughout history in some ofd the most saddest and terrible episodes of humanity. The invasion and genocide of the Canaanites, The persecution of the early Christians, the wars against the pagan peoples in all corners of the world, the crusades, the inquisition, and now the current Jihad against the West, perputated by radical Imams who are twisting their own faith for benefit.
We are essentially allowing differences in beliefs, something that in reality means very little, to make us hate and wish harm on one another. We are seeing people with different beliefs as inhuman and beneath us. You could say that religious beliefs are bringing out the worst in us all, though that is often not the case.
I am a lover of history, so I have researched and studied these atrocities with a interest, and we are also witnessing this in our current world. It truly breaks my heart to see humanity killing each other over petty things.
But as to the point of this, I have noticed a similar theme that courses through all religions. The Abrahamic faiths, Buddhism, Confucianism, Many pagan religions, Hinduism, and many others. And whenever you study these religions, there always seems to be the underlying rule. "Do to others what you would have them do to you."
My thought is that, would you say that there is a sort of primal connection between all religions, despite all the dogma, rules, and other beliefs that we heap on it? That this one rule is, in reality, the one rule to follow?
Now, personally, I think that that is the truth in it's most basic form. That whatever power forged us made within us this one simple rule, and we have heaped upon it all these extra rules such as "follow this particular religion", or "Believe in this man or burn in Hell". Why does our religious preferences mean anything in the long run? As a matter of fact, why does our belief matter at all? If we follow this one rule, would everything else not fall into place? In this life and the next?
I think so. Because in the end Love wins. It always will.
There are some nagging thoughts that I have finally decided to write down and ask about. I will accept any and all answers/comments.
As my title suggests, my biggest wonder is what is the truth beneath it all? We as a people come from vastly different religious backgrounds and beliefs, and many of us have beliefs that contradict each other completely. This has resulted throughout history in some ofd the most saddest and terrible episodes of humanity. The invasion and genocide of the Canaanites, The persecution of the early Christians, the wars against the pagan peoples in all corners of the world, the crusades, the inquisition, and now the current Jihad against the West, perputated by radical Imams who are twisting their own faith for benefit.
We are essentially allowing differences in beliefs, something that in reality means very little, to make us hate and wish harm on one another. We are seeing people with different beliefs as inhuman and beneath us. You could say that religious beliefs are bringing out the worst in us all, though that is often not the case.
I am a lover of history, so I have researched and studied these atrocities with a interest, and we are also witnessing this in our current world. It truly breaks my heart to see humanity killing each other over petty things.
But as to the point of this, I have noticed a similar theme that courses through all religions. The Abrahamic faiths, Buddhism, Confucianism, Many pagan religions, Hinduism, and many others. And whenever you study these religions, there always seems to be the underlying rule. "Do to others what you would have them do to you."
My thought is that, would you say that there is a sort of primal connection between all religions, despite all the dogma, rules, and other beliefs that we heap on it? That this one rule is, in reality, the one rule to follow?
Now, personally, I think that that is the truth in it's most basic form. That whatever power forged us made within us this one simple rule, and we have heaped upon it all these extra rules such as "follow this particular religion", or "Believe in this man or burn in Hell". Why does our religious preferences mean anything in the long run? As a matter of fact, why does our belief matter at all? If we follow this one rule, would everything else not fall into place? In this life and the next?
I think so. Because in the end Love wins. It always will.