no love without knowing first.so do we have to learn all about other religions so there's no prejudice?
608507
you should read the bible for your self and decide whats right for you. as for me i choose the way of truth! i don't like religion i just follow God and seek for the plan that he has for my life personally. a personal relationship with him is great, you should try it! if its your first time reading the bible i suggest starting with the book of john in the new testament. Good Luck! God Bless<><
670715
No, we do not.  It's the Middle-Eastern conflict that aroused this notion.  The Quran teaches us to respect all religions.  Jews, Christians, and Muslims are considered "people of the book," which is a good thing.
24950
No. "Believing" in a religion because you were raised to isn't really believing, it is more of just following tradition- and SOOOO many people do that just because of what it is. There is usually no belief involved, just walking a walk because that's what's always been done.  That is a lot easier than actually having to know/study/learn what something is and believing.   :-)
891647
Faith in Jesus without bible is a good idea, but then what do you believe?\n\nBeing good, turn the other cheek, etc?\nWhat about gay people, athiests, single mothers, black people, etc, without the bible and the church how will you grow a healthy hate for these people?\n\nhttp://flushaholybook.com
283419
I was never brought up with any religious presence in my life, and I'm perfectly happy in love! I'm not preaching either way. Religion is wonderful for some people, a source of inspiration and security. Sometimes others can find freedom and moral without God, based only on their own judgment. \n\nIt's entirely up to the person.
473084
I never criticize other religions. I think it's insulting to do that. I don't even discuss my religion unless someone asks about it. I believe that people have the right to practice any religion as long as they are not hurting others by doing so. I also believe that too many "religious" people are intolerant of what others believe.
709605
Yes, it should. We study human psychology, emotion, behavior, and physiology, so why not religion? Religion shouldn't be exempt from study and criticism. Far as I'm concerned, we already criticize each other's religions as it is, so why not do so academically? The way I see it, religion could probably tell us a LOT about human psychology, especially that of people in ancient times.\n\nThere's also the possibility of historical data that can be taken from religion, too. After all, if not for religion, we probably wouldn't have found the mythical city of Troy, we wouldn't have gone hunting for things like the Holy Grail, lots of archaological discoveries that we probably wouldn't have hunted for had it not been so important to religion. Things that were hinted at in religious texts were sometimes greatly expanded on once such a discovery has been made.\n\nThe only way we can truly understand religion or anything else is by investigating, studying, and criticizing it until we discover the truth. After all, a lot of religions claim to be about "the truth", so why stop criticism just because something's holy? The truth'll never be found if we don't search for it.
286175
I truly believe we should all make our own decisions on what we believe.  Take all the information and come to your own conclusion.  Keep researching and learning.  No one has all the answers or there won't be questions.  If something feels right to you - it is right to you - and that is most important.  The bottomline, regardless of all the extra fluff people add, is love God, love one another.  If we all practiced this the world would be a better place.  Good luck finding you peace!  Take Care and always ask!
1010342
I have learned a lot from other religions.  The similarities show what could potentially be universal truth.  The differences show what is probably just subjective.
531562
If there was any truth behind Christianity (or any other religion for that matter) then it would be reasonable to assume that we would all be able to discern it, so we would all have the same beliefs.  Since there are in fact hundreds or thousands of different beliefs, there's no reason to suppose there is any underlying truth in any of it, including 'Jesus'.  So, the answer is 'No'.
270593
I do think that having a deeper understanding to the believes of "The Other" whether Muslim or of any other faith is Important. Dialogue helps clear out points that are not understood and will show that in truth we have more things in common than differences, it helps us realize that we are all human beings in the end... Yes dialogue and harmony will bring peace to the world because it will make us know that there are no stereotypes, that a whole Faith and culture can't be judged by a small group's actions and that all Faiths have more common grounds but we just focus on the differences.
753074
No.  I ask the questions to which I want to know the answer.  I ask them once.  My questions have nothing to do with my own faith/religion or lack thereof.  They mostly have to do with my ignorance of other religions.
448141
Christians will tell you that he is beyond description and muslims will tell you that nothing is like God and Jews will tell you that he doesn`t have sex so he doesn`t need genere.Athesist will make fun of you for askign a question about something that doesn`t exists, and other religions will name all the males and females they worship.\nGod is love, but he doesn`t have a genere..hmm.so platonic..I will tell you its one heck of a good question dude:)
404985
There is no way we can. Some people refer to faith, knowledge is not faith. Faith is a belief, just like I believe chocolate tastes nice. \nSo in the end.. there is no way to 'know'.
627637
Of course -\n\n- but it's not a universal or a constant.\nAt every moment, each individual has to discover or define their own right way.\n\nThat disagrees with all religions, but that's because all religions are wrong: they're mostly the result of one person trying to improse his own "right way" on other people.
1060711
Nope.  That whole "thou shalt have no other gods before me" thing is kind of out the window.  Not that I ever had any spiritual experiences in Christianity anyway.
846046
I personally think that we are afraid of differences of religions because we may be shown that what we have believed all along is not correct!   My mother was old school with her attitude that if such and such religion was good enough for her parents, it was good enough for her, and lots of folks are like that. They don't WANT to hear or learn about anything different, because then they might have to rethink everything they know and believe!  It's just easier for some to go with the flow rather than learn something new that may change everything!