If the God that we are praying to IS THE ONE AND SAME GOD, why on Earth differentiate ourselves as different? Humanity is one, flowers of different colours in God's own Garden.
All religious leaders KNOW that they are praying and submitting to the same GOD. So they must endeavour to find a common platform to understand why God revealed Religions of different Names along the time-line.
Did they make an effort to find out why there were different sets of teachings along the way?
Mankind is known to be stubborn and also ignorant, despite the Teachings that tell them not to be. They choose to be blind to New Messages that had been revealed in His Holy Books. Religious Knowledge had been misinterpreted by different followers for their own convenience, for reasons known only to themselves, and mostly due to their inability or limited mental capacity. They knew it, but are too proud to admit it. They are lost.
Just like when the Great Religious Leaders ( read : Prophets and Messengers ) announced to the world of God's Revelations, the people, ignorant as they were, opposed Them and even tortured Them and even attempted to kill Them. But when the people realised the authenticity of the Messengers that they began to repent and acknowledge Them. Even so there are still among mankind who do not believe in Them.
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Bahai Faith and all other revealed religions are from One and same God. Of course the different Revelations bring different messages, but there are teachings that would not be changed throughout, ..."the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future”...
Just ponder for a little moment, when you find the time and inspiration, to reflect on God, Religion and Humanity.
If you find the inspiration to acknowledge that we are indeed praying to the ONE AND SAME GOD, that Humanity is indeed one brotherhood, that ALL Revealed Religions come from the ONE SAME GOD, what absolute differences could it be to the names of the Religions?
Substance must always prevail over forms.
We have more significant and important similarities rather than minor differences, if any. The differences could only be in relative terms and most of them are only in insignificantly interpretative manners, and could be overlooked without harm and repercussions.
However, the similarities and convergent meanings and implications of Religions should override all different views that, though limited and short-sighted as they are, we harbour.
GOD is great, and mankind always need His Guidance and Revelations. And we NEED NEW messages from God from time to time. And they ARE available to all of us if we care to look for them and acknowledge them when we come across them.
Najib is the PM of Malaysia. In this office he is to uphold the constitution of Malaysia including to uphold the freedom of religion. In order to do so, he should refrain from making remarks that undermine the constitution. As a private person, he has the right to believe that his religion is supreme. No problem about that. Christians accept no prophets after Christ. That is their belief.
War, suspicion and hatred is what you get when you can't even respect other people's religions. I'm a muslim but if I don't like people from other religions undermine Islam, I would not do the same to them too. UMNO do not like people to come together as that will mean they will lose their power. If they want to talk about people being un-Islamic then they should mirror themselves first. Islam is only used to hold on to their power. Disunity benefits them the most.
Of course each religion would consider themselves better than other religions. Its just natural. If you are Christian, you would believe Chistianity to be the best and if you are Muslim, you would believe Islam to be the best. An Athiest would consider all religion to be equally stupid.
May we see the Light.
All religious leaders KNOW that they are praying and submitting to the same GOD. So they must endeavour to find a common platform to understand why God revealed Religions of different Names along the time-line.
Did they make an effort to find out why there were different sets of teachings along the way?
Mankind is known to be stubborn and also ignorant, despite the Teachings that tell them not to be. They choose to be blind to New Messages that had been revealed in His Holy Books. Religious Knowledge had been misinterpreted by different followers for their own convenience, for reasons known only to themselves, and mostly due to their inability or limited mental capacity. They knew it, but are too proud to admit it. They are lost.
Just like when the Great Religious Leaders ( read : Prophets and Messengers ) announced to the world of God's Revelations, the people, ignorant as they were, opposed Them and even tortured Them and even attempted to kill Them. But when the people realised the authenticity of the Messengers that they began to repent and acknowledge Them. Even so there are still among mankind who do not believe in Them.
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Bahai Faith and all other revealed religions are from One and same God. Of course the different Revelations bring different messages, but there are teachings that would not be changed throughout, ..."the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future”...
Just ponder for a little moment, when you find the time and inspiration, to reflect on God, Religion and Humanity.
If you find the inspiration to acknowledge that we are indeed praying to the ONE AND SAME GOD, that Humanity is indeed one brotherhood, that ALL Revealed Religions come from the ONE SAME GOD, what absolute differences could it be to the names of the Religions?
Substance must always prevail over forms.
We have more significant and important similarities rather than minor differences, if any. The differences could only be in relative terms and most of them are only in insignificantly interpretative manners, and could be overlooked without harm and repercussions.
However, the similarities and convergent meanings and implications of Religions should override all different views that, though limited and short-sighted as they are, we harbour.
GOD is great, and mankind always need His Guidance and Revelations. And we NEED NEW messages from God from time to time. And they ARE available to all of us if we care to look for them and acknowledge them when we come across them.
Najib is the PM of Malaysia. In this office he is to uphold the constitution of Malaysia including to uphold the freedom of religion. In order to do so, he should refrain from making remarks that undermine the constitution. As a private person, he has the right to believe that his religion is supreme. No problem about that. Christians accept no prophets after Christ. That is their belief.
War, suspicion and hatred is what you get when you can't even respect other people's religions. I'm a muslim but if I don't like people from other religions undermine Islam, I would not do the same to them too. UMNO do not like people to come together as that will mean they will lose their power. If they want to talk about people being un-Islamic then they should mirror themselves first. Islam is only used to hold on to their power. Disunity benefits them the most.
Of course each religion would consider themselves better than other religions. Its just natural. If you are Christian, you would believe Chistianity to be the best and if you are Muslim, you would believe Islam to be the best. An Athiest would consider all religion to be equally stupid.
May we see the Light.
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