Most of the religions are stuck at one person who existed atleast a 1000 years ago. \n\nWhy don't religions progress with time, like medicine, technology, physics, chemistry, math ...\n\nChristians - Jesus - 2000 years - Bible\nMuslims - Muhammed - 1300 years - Koran\nHindus - ?? - 6000 years - Gita\nJews - Abrahim - 4000 years - ?\nBuddhism - Buddhha - ? years - ?\n\n\nDon't you think some principle that these great people knew themselves would change with times?
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Many religions...like Hinduism and Buddhism have embraced science, but also maintain certain traditions (like religious rituals, etc). And there are some western religions that do the same...well denominations or sects of western religions would be a better way of saying it. Some have evolved up to a certain point, and some are retrograding back to earlier times because they believe those times were more 'holy'.\n\nAnd the Baha'i religion (one of the youngest) not only teaches that religions evolve over time (which if you go back and study the histories of religion and what they believed at different time periods you'd see they are evolving...well some of them) and the Baha'i religion even teaches that new religions emerge to meet the demand of religion when other religions are failing to evolve.\n\nI'm a Hindu, though. That is why I know they embrace science so much and yet also keep to certain traditions (some traditions are just cultural and have nothing to do with the religion at all so as a westerner I don't observe them).
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That's a very good point. In the early days of Christian religion, Christians were also required to fast (not eat from sunrise to sunset) in certain times of the year. This is similar to what Muslims do. But Christians have given up this tradition just because the early practioners chose what to carry out and the bible was written a long time after Jesus's death. That's why so many things have been lost or modified. In Islam, the Quran was written at the time the Prophet Muhammed  (sm) was still alive. So, there was no chance of it being changed or modified later.
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If we'd invented God recently he would probably be a bit more tech savvy. Since people are hanging onto the God invented a few thousand years ago he's a little behind the times. Writing on stone tablets was probably cutting edge stuff back then. Funny question!
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Actually religion is much older than science. What the ancients could not explain otherwise was attributed to a creation of a higher power (read God). Scientists are slowly discovering the different facets of this higher power by applying science and technology
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You are kidding right? Jesus, Mohammad, and Moses have shaped the world in such a way that it is completely unfathomable how the world would be without them. The amount of believers alone and how they have gone about their lives differently because of their faith... I mean it's a bit mind-boggling that one couldn't see how these characters have shaped world events.\n\nIt's like one of those things where there are so many things to list you can't even think of one.\n\nHow about the trouble in the middle east over the nation of Israel? The renaissance was inspired so much by Christian themes. The US was founded for a haven of religious tolerance.\n\nMorally, you ask though.  These religions propogate the innate dignity inherent in all human beings. They fortify stances against murder.\n\nI just don't even want to go on. I don't know how you could be convinced if you haven't already.
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I believe there are differences in religions because otherwise we wouldnt have so many problems affeecting mankind today....religion is about serving the grand creator....worship that is pure and is based on the principles from the bible and not mans thinking....religions today do not live by bible principles
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no. the Druids enjoyed knowledge and evolved with it, rather than becoming stagnant like many other religions. Today Druids are still nature loving knowledge seekers.
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I don't know why either. Think about all the people that lived before Christianity. Did millions and millions and millions of people go to Hell then? Christianity didn't exist in order for them to believe in it. Because if that's true, it's a little unfair on God's part. Why wouldn't he have sent Jesus down here earlier then? Same goes for all other current major religions. Why have the only been around the past couple millenimums or so? What about people for hundreds of milleniums before then?\n\nPeople don't like that they "don't know" things. That's my belief. That they feel like there HAS to be an excuse for everything. When there really doesn't HAVE to be. It's called coincidence. Some people can't just accept things for what they are and stop giving them some kind of magnificent purpose. Sliced bread was a good idea, but we don't attribute that to God... so were computers, but that's not God's doing... how about Yahoo Answers? I guess God made that too?
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I think religion today  is a matter of comfort. Being seen, being in a community, comfort for the after-life.\n\nReligion was very useful 1000 years ago to keep people down, to control and earn power.\n\nThis was very brief tho.
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Man’s situation does not compare with that of the Creator, who does not reside within our solar system and who is not affected by its various cycles and orbits. Of God, who is from time indefinite to time indefinite, the psalmist says: “For a thousand years are in your eyes but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch during the night.” (Ps 90:2, 4) Correspondingly, the apostle Peter writes that “one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.” (2Pe 3:8)\n\n For man, a 1,000-year period represents some 365,242 individual time units of day and night, but to the Creator it can be just one unbroken time period in which he begins the carrying out of some purposeful activity and brings it on to its successful conclusion, much as a man begins a task in the morning and concludes it by the day’s end.\n\nJehovah is the Originator of our universe in which time, space, motion, mass, and energy have all been proved to be inescapably interrelated. He controls them all according to his purpose, and in dealing with his creatures on earth he makes definite time appointments for his own actions toward them, right down to the “day and hour.” (Mt 24:36; Ga 4:4) He keeps such appointments with the utmost punctuality.\n\nIn the first century, there were some who apparently felt that God should have fulfilled his promises sooner. They had become so impatient that they even considered God to be slow or late. On this account, the apostle Peter had to remind them that God’s view of time is quite different from ours. \n According to his way of figuring time, an 80-year-old person has lived only about two hours, and all of mankind’s history has lasted only about six days. When we look at things from this perspective, it becomes easier for us to understand God’s way of dealing with us.\n\nUnlike humans, God does not feel pressured to do things as if time were running out for him. As the “King of eternity,” he has a marvelous overview and can determine when in the stream of time his actions will do the most good for all involved.
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You may have created a new oxymoron.  Evolved religion.  Religious fanatics tend to be UNBENDING in their beliefs.  I just can't see the major religions getting together and coming up with something that they all can worship and still cover all their basic needs.
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You guys need to get your facts straight.The 1000 yr reign and most of revelations has already been fulfilled this is the time that Satan is loosed for a season. 24th chapter of Matthew Jesus was talking to Peter,James,John and Andrew and he said this generation will not pass till all these things be fulfilled. This generation is not that generation.
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All of the great religions were brought for peace, including Islam. It is the misunderstandings of their followers that lead to war in the name of religion. The processes which cause a reevaluation of people's prejudices are speeding up lately due to the shrinking of the world with rapid communication (such as the internet) and lots of travel and migration. So, I think all religions, including Islam, are going to come to terms with one another, and it won't take as long as it did in the past. Of course, that doesn't mean it won't be a bit rocky along the way!
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there were many Religions before Muhammad including the Jewish religion , 560 yrs after Jesus  Muhammad was born during those times people in Arabia had many idols 300 to be exact one for every day. there were also Christians and Jews in Arabia. The City of Mecca housed these Gods and the people from all around would come and visit their God. at the age of 40 Muhammad started preaching The one God religion in Arabic called Islam and the word for God in Arabic is Allah the name Allah is like the word Adonai, God,Yahweh, Elli,Elohim, Jah, these names are not and can not be mistaken for anything but the one unseen God. As he preached some accepted some didn't, some agreed some didn't the main reason why the people of Mecca disagreed with him was because of economics see as long as Mecca has idols that people could see then they would come and visit their idols and spend money in Mecca. when the people heard about this one God and a God you couldn't see they were worried and upset at the potential loss of revenue. so they fought him. many  Jews and Christians remained in their religions and still supported Muhammad many also changed religions and followed him. and a small amount fought him. but under his rule the Jews and the christians were never forced to change religions they were free to practice their religion. and that is why we still have one of the oldest forms of christanity being practiced is today in egypt and Arabia called Coptic christians in fact Muhammad married a Coptic christian woman name Mary.
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no it isn't fair. and it wasn't fair 10,000 years ago when they said the same for far older religions. and it won't be fair 10,000 years from now. the world isn't a fair place. deal with it.
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you already answered your own question.  not as long as religious zealots roam the Earth!!
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That time will never come because the two faiths seem to be different in their emphases. one preaches tolerance and peace, one says peace but  seem to encourage violence in defence of faith. Things could still change though!if people would understand the that there's only one God, that human Beings are too small to defend God. God  defends man and not man fighting for God.Further more, you can be fighting for God by killing His creatures-His precious children and think God would be Happy. It boils down to knowledge!Not going to school!Again, people who are involved in preaching religions should mind their ulterances! we keep hearing 'no religion preaches violence' and everyday we see religious people planting bombs in places of worship in the name of God!If we say we are peaceful religion let us see it in practice not only in principle!There's hope that some day, someone will understand that we are all one in God's sight and that human blood is very sacred!