thesometimesaint Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 34 minutes ago, Tacenda said: Funny, how even in the Bible, God is like a multi personality. To me it's authors making up junk, to get their way, or to justify their ways. Or maybe it is just some mortals understanding of what God said that is schizophrenic.
The Nehor Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 8 hours ago, Thinking said: Perhaps different cultural leaders created religion and the gods that go with them in order to control the people. I am sure it has happened but I suspect it is more likely a combination of natural psychedelics, remnants of the gospel, and those imaginative shaman types that have that weird brain type. You see it today in people who still believe the earth is flat or that the Illuminati has mind control satellites. Honestly if I lived in a different culture I might have been one of those shamans. 2 hours ago, Tacenda said: Funny, how even in the Bible, God is like a multi personality. To me it's authors making up junk, to get their way, or to justify their ways. There is some of this in the bible but one thing I like about God is he disagrees with me. This reassures me that I am not creating him in my image.
Walden Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 15 hours ago, VideoGameJunkie said: It just seems odd how different cultures have different gods and beliefs. Like the Indian Hindus have their god, the Asians their's, etc. It seems religion is just like a culture thing to them. That's because religious truth is relative to perspective and is generally a product of one's geography, social status, cultural and community influences, etc. Religion is not just a cultural thing "to them," it is generally a cultural thing to everyone. 2
Maidservant Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 Because this life is so bewilderingly painful and out of control, that we need something, anything to be our Answer.
Zakuska Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) On 1/19/2016 at 8:30 PM, VideoGameJunkie said: I forgot to mention the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I have to laugh every time I go to my kids school... They go to AISU... which is a charter school which inherited the 49th street Galaria as a campus. The first year for art class they had the kids paint a mural on the cafateria wall. Right there in the center of the mural is a spagetti monster. I've spotted him on stickers on the backs of cars on the freeway too. Edited January 20, 2016 by Zakuska
thesometimesaint Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Zakuska said: 1 hour ago, Zakuska said: I have to laugh every time I go to my kids school... They go to AISU... which is a charter school which inherited the 49th street Galaria as a campus. The first year for art class they had the kids paint a mural on the cafateria wall. Right there in the center of the mural is a spagetti monster. I've spotted him on stickers on the backs of cars on the freeway too. I have to laugh every time I go to my kids school... They go to AISU... which is a charter school which inherited the 49th street Galaria as a campus. The first year for art class they had the kids paint a mural on the cafateria wall. Right there in the center of the mural is a spagetti monster. I've spotted him on stickers on the backs of cars on the freeway too. That can't be God. There is no Parmigiano-Reggiano.
deli_llama Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 On January 19, 2016 at 4:57 PM, VideoGameJunkie said: Christians worship God, while Hindus worship an elephant Ganesha, Buddhists believe in Buddha, there's also Krishna, and an assortment of other gods throughout religion and history. Just look at the Greeks with all their gods. So where did these all come from if we are to believe the story of Adam and Eve and their descendants and Noah's descendants populating the world. Where did these other religious figures originate and how could people believe in them so powerfully like we believe in Heavenly Father and Jesus? Believing in false gods just seems like a dangerous path to live. 2 Nephi 31:3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding. In my experience the Lord really does reach out to us as we are, and teaches us as we are. I have been working with an indigenous Asian population for a while now, and the more I reach to understand their culture and beliefs, the more I am finding that the scripture I pasted here is true. You might find this interesting, it is a very complete world religions tree. It was put together by The 40 Foundation and Funk & Consulting: http://the40.org/world-religions-tree.html On January 19, 2016 at 6:37 PM, VideoGameJunkie said: It just seems odd how different cultures have different gods and beliefs. Like the Indian Hindus have their god, the Asians their's, etc. It seems religion is just like a culture thing to them. Just trying to politely toss this out there—Hinduism is complex and in general Hindus maintain a belief in several, if not thousands (in some cases), gods. Asia is a geographic location, in which you will find a sampling of every major world religion and belief system. From shamanism to Islam, and everything between those two. Several traditions maintain a belief in no god, but are not atheism. I am sure you were being lax in your communication and typing; just in case though, the way you spoke would be counter-productive if you ever have an opportunity to interact and talk religion or belief with someone from the region. 1
Stroopwafel Posted January 22, 2016 Posted January 22, 2016 On 2016-01-19 at 7:57 PM, VideoGameJunkie said: Christians worship God, while Hindus worship an elephant Ganesha, Buddhists believe in Buddha, there's also Krishna, and an assortment of other gods throughout religion and history. Just look at the Greeks with all their gods. So where did these all come from if we are to believe the story of Adam and Eve and their descendants and Noah's descendants populating the world. Where did these other religious figures originate and how could people believe in them so powerfully like we believe in Heavenly Father and Jesus? Believing in false gods just seems like a dangerous path to live. Since you're asking these questions, I assume you are not familiar with the findings of religious studies. You should take a look at this wikipedia article on comparative religion. Dig a little bit there and in other articles (history of religion, religious studies), and you'll likely find very what you're looking for. As to the idea that all religions are some derivatives, and corruption of an original, pure religious practice introduced by a common ancestor (Adam) roughly around 4,000 b.c., although it is LDS doctrine, from what I've seen so far, the material that came down to us from history do not support this conclusion imo. Interestingly, however, this "doctrine" isn't peculiar to LDS. See for instance the idea of perennial philosophy, "which views each of the world’s religious traditions as sharing a single, universal truth on which foundation all religious knowledge and doctrine has grown." Interesting, eh? Good reading! 1
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