Just an observation (Religion)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Sunday, November 28, 2010, 05:23 (4892 days ago) @ satyansh

Namaste my Sikh/Hindu(?) brother! -> No offense intended. Just get amused man. couldn't control myself. had to let it out.
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> I was reading your posts. Just find the concept of abrahamic God quite novice. you know when you read the abrahamic god and this is coming from a guy from a completely different religious background as you guys know by now.
> -As I'm a bit behind here in posts, I'll take you at your word. -> At times when we discuss the abrahamic faiths amongst us eastern religion followers a lot of my friends who dont have knowledge of abrahamic faiths even to my basic levels find it so hard to actually fathom that some religions could actually have these kinds of emphasis on God itself. And then when I explain to them in detail their reaction is one of shock and than the evergreen lines
> " You're lying man they can't think like that" or " It's just not possible". Because for us God isn't the center or basis of our life and when we see others being so obsessed with god we actually find it a bit amusing. people are actually fighting over who's god is better. I thought god did not have a caller ID. he wouldn't know that the person calling him was a Hindu/Muslim/Christian etc etc. Wouldn't everyone be the same for god. but I see abrahamic faiths monopolizing god itself.-You get that because you were raised in India (judging by your name.) Hinduism is notoriously tolerant; this is not a bad thing in my book. But we of the west are but inheritors of our religious path, which once Paul came (Disciple of Christ) religion became rather black and white, and therefore very bland in appeal. And there is much less to separate Christianity and Islam than there is either to Judaism... at least in terms of fervor.-It is no lie, the genealogy of Christianity in the west (though Islam is considered "eastern" by nearly all western thinkers) is one predicated purely on faith; God being at the absolute center; and that not even being a good person can save you; you must believe that Christ died for your sins! At least in America... most people believe that if you're a good person you'll "go to heaven." Similarly, if you deny Muhammad's words, you will equally perish in eternal fire; though make this distinction: Eternal hell does not exist in Judaism. Only in Christianity and Islam. To date, I cannot find a logical basis for either Christianity or Islam...

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"