A spiritual realm is more obedient than a temporal one. In a spiritual realm, people obey the Supreme Being through his priests; in a temporal realm people don't obey wholeheartedly as they distrust their corrupt officials.
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There is nothing behind the curtains of religions, people put there whatever their imaginations can fathom
Theology is like assuming that there is a black cat in a dark room where in fact there is no black cat, and endeavoring to study the cat's properties and how it may have evolved from its ancestors.
God has not yet revealed himself to no one in no unclear terms. Religions are attempts to find him on that level they are all equal
Anyone can write a holy book, if he feels god is calling him to do so
One man's faith is considered idolatry by another
Each mind conceives god in its own way. There may be as many variation of the god figure as there are people in the world
What is needed is not that a religion be true, meaning that what it claims exist beyond the ink it is written with in a holy book. That is hard to prove. What is important is that a religion be a good system to help us mere mortal deal with our short and troubled life in the universe. Whether what we hope for in the afterlife materializes or not is not important, what is important is that we believe it will materialize and that gives us hope.
The eyes of god are upon you, I mean the eyes of society. We are prisoners of societies in which we live
No one knows what god thinks of anything. He only knows and no one can claim to penetrate into his mysteries. Those who do that are liars and must be avoided at all costs
All religions are "revealed" and "inspired". After all nothing happens without the "will" of god.
Much terror in religion is not the will of god, it is created by power hungry clerics who thirst for absolute power and claim it for god. God does not seek power, he is already powerful.
Can really anybody put his hand on his heart and profess to know beyond doubt what happens on the other side of this life?
Apologetics=faith is weak, lets defend it
Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity.
Give me something to worship whatever._ Cries the human soul
Why do religious believers hate unbelievers? The feel threatened by them, they feel besieged by them. Religions consider themselves as separate tribes in their own rights and feel like unbelievers will one day overrun their strongholds
Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam, Why doesn't the Ayatollahs convert to Buddhism, Why isn't Buddhism swept away? Religious leaders know that all religions are equal; they know that no one of them has the monopoly to the knowledge of God. They know that each religion is trying to find the hidden God and that no one religion can claim to have found him beyond doubt. That's why they remain where they are and respect each other.