JoeSixPat
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Seems to me that pretty much everyone gets so caught up into arguing that THEIR religion is the right one that folks might be overlooking another possibility... namely that there is ONE God who, over time, has presented himself to different peoples and cultures in such a way that they can best relate to Him and his call for what appears to be some very common ground among all religions.
To me this makes sense, and explains a lot of the common themes in religions - while of course some man-made mistakes might best explain the conflicts.
In this sense God is a marketing genius - recognizing that how He appears and appeals to say, Native Americans would necessarilly be somewhat different in how he appeals to Middle Eastern Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, peoples of the Far East, etc...
And of course, although there is one God, each incarnation of religion has invariably taken on a life of its own, sometimes distorted by man to the point of declaring war on another people and their infadel religion.
Just a theory of course, but one that seems like it should be given some serious consideration - and at the very least might give others pause about attempting to tear down the beliefs that others hold, with the thought that we might all actually be on the same team.
To me this makes sense, and explains a lot of the common themes in religions - while of course some man-made mistakes might best explain the conflicts.
In this sense God is a marketing genius - recognizing that how He appears and appeals to say, Native Americans would necessarilly be somewhat different in how he appeals to Middle Eastern Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, peoples of the Far East, etc...
And of course, although there is one God, each incarnation of religion has invariably taken on a life of its own, sometimes distorted by man to the point of declaring war on another people and their infadel religion.
Just a theory of course, but one that seems like it should be given some serious consideration - and at the very least might give others pause about attempting to tear down the beliefs that others hold, with the thought that we might all actually be on the same team.