how far out of date are religious ideas and interpretations?
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the religious ideas and interpretations are outdated due to globalisation and more interaction among the world population.
547787
This is very true. Most modern religious folks are not willing to step outside of their normal perspective on things. I find it a little sad that so many people refuse to think for themselves.
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I don't know, but let me use this space to say that they are making even less sense than usual today, which I didn't think was humanly possible. If there was a God, the first thing I would say is, "Lord, save me from your followers!"
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I dont think they can be right, especially those that refute the others.  I think a spiritual path with no fixed ideas about God, the form he takes, is best.  It allows athiests and believers to agree.
548000
yes, I am intersted. I also have to remember that other writings outside of the Bible aren't always true. If what those "early Christians" wrote doesn't match up Biblically, than I have to choose to reject it. not to say that you can't learn things about the time period and culture from these writings.
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PBS did a series and a book a few years ago on The Day the Universe Changed, as i remember it had to do mostly with landmark historical events and scientific discoveries. I think that you would say that the spiritual evolution of mankind is more of a continuum.  Judaism would look at the giving of the law to Moses as a key event; Christians look to the life, death, and resurrection of Christ; Muslims to the life of Muhammad and the Koran. Maybe the next step is trying to understand how this all plays out in everyday life, learning what lessons we need to learn, taking them to heart, applying them to ourselves, learn how to 'pull for' and not 'push against.' I remember the title of a book from years ago, One Hundred Years of Solitude,  that races condemned to one hundred years of solitude do not get a second opportunity on earth.
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It's not a weird notion.  There is no evidence of a lot of things that transpired during the times of Christ.   Sure the Bible talks about it and is the ONLY accepted history of that time.   I'm inclined to think that the apostles did run with their interpretation of Christ's teachings.   I'm not so sure it was to create an alternate Jewish religion, but an alternate politically correct on of the time.   Jesus didn't come to Earth to have people worship him as God.  That was furthest from his teachings.  His teachings were to show people the way to the Father through his teachings.  Even the perverstion of "The only way to heaven is through Christ."   It simply means that to get to heaven is to be like Christ and follow his teachings.   It does not mean to worship him as God.   Never has, never did, never will.
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You are looking at a statement made in "Cosmogony and Prophecy" from 1881, and expecting it to make any sense in light of what we know now?\n\nWhere have you been for the past 125 years?  Mars?
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That is a very narrow view of "religion". Many religious groups, and their beliefs, do not fit your description.
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Isn't it comical seeing people trying to explain spiritual matters when they are not guided in the least by a living prophet or modern scripture.\n\nI have a firm, unshakeable knowledge that the Lord restored His kingdom to the earth in 1830 when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized.  It contains the priesthood of Jesus Christ, restored by John the Baptist in 1829 and Peter, James and John, that same year.  It has modern prophets who can communicate the mind, the will, and the voice of the Lord to this generation.  It has a second witness for Jesus Christ--The Book of Mormon.  While most religions contain some truth and some good things, they lack much of what was lost between the death of Christ and the apostles and the raising up of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the early 19th century.
846754
What else is there left to belief in if there is no religion?
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It is supposed to be more than 2000 years.\nSee reference article.
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I have been reading about that as of late and find it interesting.  plausible. The bible has seen a lot gone through a lot in that i mean translations.  It also stands that some books were purposely left out.  With that in mind I don't feel it proves with out a shadow of a doubt that its true.  However it does leave enough room for the thought and probability.
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FIFTY twenty-five? Not twenty twenty-five?\n\nWell, assuming human civilization even still exists, I think there would be very, very, very radical changes by then. Christianity and Islam will be long forgotten; they will probably even be considered mythology. A lot of the East Asian belief systems will endure, though. Buddhism will stick around, and Hinduism as well. Religions will steer away from holy texts and churches and places of worship, and there will be more of a focus on one's personal spirituality. There may even come a time when the majority of people don't believe in any deities at all, because there will be more of an emphasis on spirituality instead of a "sky daddy" parent figure who rewards you or punishes you.
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It's, indeed, hard to grasp something as ambiguous.\nSo many religions have this "End of all things" theme, so it's confusing.\nThat's why I just stopped caring, and started living realistically, and reading books that make sense, i.e. Darwinism.
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The Earth is 4,570,000,000 years old, approximately; though many Creationists think it to be only 6000 "without proof otherwise" they are wrong: we have proven it using gravitational measurements of other planets, measurements of solar brightness over time, radioactive dating, continental drift, and many other factors. If you want to  force religion on people, don't do it in a SCIENCE forum! You will only cause heated debates and great offense from both sides.
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Yes I believe it has gone to far.  I remember saying it when I was in school (I am 32 now) and there was nothing wrong with it then or now.  It dosn't say WHICH god so it shouldn't be an issue.  Most people have their own gods.  Is only the athiests that have a problem.  They say the division between church and state but once again it dosnt say what type of church so why does it matter.