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Originally posted by Parabola
I have been raised in a religous family but I myself do not believe in god. I also am willing to admit god does indeed exists but I just find it all a little hard to believe.
There has always been one thing that has really bothered my about the whole religion thing. How do you know you have the right religion? If you do have the right religion then where did the other ones come from? Say Christianity is the path to salvatino and Jesus died for all of our sins. If that is the case then where did the other religions come from. I'm sure there are tons of history to Muslim, Hindu, Buddist and all kinds of other religions but they are not right. Where did these religions come from? If they aren't the one true religion and yet millions of people belive in it then how do you know for sure that what you believe in is true. Some one must have made them all up since god didn't have anything to do with it. If someone can make up a religion and get millions of people to belive in it then how can you be sure your religion wasn't just made up by someone?
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So anyway, back to the origional thread-
All religions are the creation of men, period. This is undeniable. People wrote the books, came up with the concept, and have revised them all thru the centuries.
All religions are now interpreted by people who were not around during the drafting period of the origional document or belief, and therefor are further revising thru interpretation.
All religions will be the correct path for some people, but not for all. There is nothing "wrong " with this, it is human nature.
All religions will have fervent followers who feel the need to convert the rest in order to "save "them , or for whatever reasoning they have.
Most religions are harmless to society as a whole ,and in fact serve great purpose in creating ethical guidelines for the masses to follow, often running courses parallel to each other.
Most religions need to be revised as time goes by in order to adapt to changes in the world-view.This creates new forms of the origional and allows for religious evolution, thus keeping the religion alive.
No religion can claim to be unchanged from the text written by its creator entity. Things are forgotten, changed, misinterpreted, or purposefully reworded to reflect current or past leadership values.
No human being can rightfully claim to know the mind of "god", and expect to be unchallenged. No religion can expect anything more.
All this being stated, we come to the unfortunate reality of your situation. There is no creature of this earth who can guide you to the "right" spiritual path ........other than yourself.