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I'm always weirded out by this because... I mean, from my perspective it's a made up deity anyway, so the idea that they're all worshiping the same one seems a bit needless to me, like nerds trying to reconcile stories from different authors into the same canon.
It's not like they concede that any other deities or metaphisical constructs are more real just because they aren't nominally based on the same entity. These are all exclusive, monotheist religions.
Think of it as fanfic from the same origin that has been lost in time.
Humans are tribal. They need a us and them. Then and now. Look around. It is everywhere.
It demonstrates that they worship the Dogma more than the deity
Simple trick: "If you don't do exactly as our religion says, you're blaspheming god".
30 year war entering the chat.
I fail to understand why, in religion as in politics by the way, differences and disagreements should be a problem. Diversity is a strength!
Because there is a bunch of old books that say so.
You obviously didn't read the Bible, you can't find two pages that agree with each other, and that didn't bother the redactors of the Bible.
Idiots want to dominante I guess. Smart people want to learn. They are not smart.
That's how I view different religions. Each one has one part of a big picture and a bunch of extra fluff. The trouble is that people tend to think that the extra fluff is just as important as the core message, and religions as a organizations encourage it.
I like to compare religions to languages. They are tools to speak about the unspeakable, but they don't necessary oppose each other when they have different doctrines, like French doesn't oppose English when it calls “maison” what English calls “house”.
By definition, God is a reality that exists outside time and space, there's no way our mind can define it. But like you need a language to speak, you need to practice a religion to develop your spirituality, even if you know that your religion is not the only way to develop it. You can also speak more than one language, and you can practice more than one religion, but it's harder.
That's a great way to see it, thanks for sharing.
You're welcome :-)