01-05-2009, 03:31 PM
I like how you mention your "childhood religion". :-) It's almost like a "starter marriage". 
While this isn't true for everyone, of course, I'm guessing that those who take the time to look at a majority of the positive religions out there will see one common thread: that we are here to find a way to reunite with God, Goddess, Source, Inifinite Creator, Allah, Prime Mover, Krishna, Odin, etc.
But it is wisdom, observation, and/or experience that helps someone see that one religion is no better than another, that each religion is just another color of a rainbow. Because when the colors are overlapped together to make white, all of the parts again equal the whole, and that whole is Love, or the God/Source that was being sought.
It's just difficult to see how many people are still getting caught up in fear-based teachings such that they dedicate themselves to a religion for the sake of not being cast into Hell. That's where I wish we, as a society, could be a little more knowledgeable. Wouldn't we then not have Holy Wars, for example?
But it also wisdom that says, "Hey, the Holy Wars are karmic bonds working themselves out. Just be patient! The days of understanding are nigh."
C'mon, don't you think like that?
..kidding
While this isn't true for everyone, of course, I'm guessing that those who take the time to look at a majority of the positive religions out there will see one common thread: that we are here to find a way to reunite with God, Goddess, Source, Inifinite Creator, Allah, Prime Mover, Krishna, Odin, etc.
But it is wisdom, observation, and/or experience that helps someone see that one religion is no better than another, that each religion is just another color of a rainbow. Because when the colors are overlapped together to make white, all of the parts again equal the whole, and that whole is Love, or the God/Source that was being sought.
It's just difficult to see how many people are still getting caught up in fear-based teachings such that they dedicate themselves to a religion for the sake of not being cast into Hell. That's where I wish we, as a society, could be a little more knowledgeable. Wouldn't we then not have Holy Wars, for example?
But it also wisdom that says, "Hey, the Holy Wars are karmic bonds working themselves out. Just be patient! The days of understanding are nigh."
C'mon, don't you think like that?
..kidding