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Originally Posted by GameMaster
All religions are based off Christianity. The only reason there are other religions is because certain people wanted more than just salvation and peace, they wanted glory, and so they took all the principles and basic beliefs of Christianity, altered names and events, and made up a new name for their self promoting religion.
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Uh, yeah, that is interesting, and I totally disagree with it. Do you know what the two oldest religons in the world are? The number one oldest religon is Judaism, the second is Hinduism. If you compare the two, they are completely different. For one thing, Hinduism is Polytheistic, and Judaism is Monotheistic. In Hinduism you have the trinity, which is The Creator (Brahma), The Preserver (Vishnu), and The Destroyer (Shiva). And then you have minor gods that control all aspects of nature, for example, Genesha is the Hindu god of wisdom and good fortune, and it has the head of an elephant. In Judaism, you have one almighty, and he is God, I believe the Hebrew pronunciation is Jawei.
In Hinduism you dont even have a heaven. In Hinduism each follower is trying to reach "Nirvana". Nirvana is not heaven, folks, Nirvana is a state of not existing. The sole purpose of Hinduist is to live a perfect life, in which they will not want any wordly goods and do good deeds, and if they are successful, they will pass to a state of not existing, and be able to exit the cycle of birth and rebirth, and be part of the Brahma. And if they fail? They will die and be reborn in another body, human or animal. After you have lived a good life, you will pass onto a higher form, the highest being a Priest, the lowest being insects and worms. In Judaism, you have one chance, and thats it, you either do it right and go to Heaven (Salvation) or you do it wrong and your damned to Hell (Damnation).
These religons are so different that its not even funny how incorrect you are. Now, if your talking about Judaism, Islam, and Chirstianity, than you are slighty more correct. Each of these religons is derived from the God of Abraham. They have few but important differences, but they are in no way derived from Chirstianity. How can they be? Judaism was first, how can the first religon be derived from Christianity, if Christianity didnt exist at the time?
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My religion is none! I'm an Aetheist. I believe that religion is just a manifestation of human insecurities. *pushes buttons*
I think that religion causes too many problems. And to this day I don't understand why christians try to spread their religion! Christianity is like a plague! You don't see Taoist people going around saying "Become a taoist or you're screwed!"
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I dont understand why anyone would be Aetheist. If you would pick a religon, read its religous teachings, have faith and believe in the mercy of its God, then when you die, you have a chance. You have a chance for something better. If you were wrong, and the religon was a much of lies and crap, than what happens? You lay in the ground and rot. With the path you have chosen, thats all you have. Thats the only thing you have to look forward too, you dont even have a chance.