why is it all the earths major religions believe they each hold a sole monopoly on god?
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You are definitely correct.\nTruth is hard to conceive, but almost all of us keep on claiming that we exclusively possess it and want other people to come under our dominion. This is funny, sad, and very very dangerous to the existence of mankind. The longer we behave like retarded beings, the more we will wrongly use toys such as atomic bombs, chemical substances and natural powers to destroy ourselves.\nThere are two solutions:\n1. We contionue with our childish play and will regretfully repent after more serious calamities.\n2. We actively nurture thoughts of love, express speeches of peace and humbly act in serving the betterment of all our brothers and sisters throughout the world.
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Because most people would not agree that we are all the children of *one* God.  They'd say we are all children of different Gods, and that makes some of us superior to others, saying "my God is better than your God."  Don't remember who said it, but there is the quote "Ideologies separate us.  Dreams and anguish bring us together."
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First of all the Bible says that satan is the god of this world.  Why? Because GOD (The Almighty aka Jehovah) is allowing him to rule over earth for a short while.  Why? Because satan made a claim at the very beginning of mans existence challenging Gods sovereighty that had gone unchallenged for billions of billions of years.  With that being said God is just and fair as so as to let satan prove his point.  \n\nWhat you need to understand is that just like there are conterfeit dollar bills there are also conterfeit Christians.  False religion aka false Christians make it hard for honested hearted ones to find true Christians.  \n\nMost people that jump on Yahoo Answers and post religious questions have no Bible based knowledge and reject that knowledge when it is given to them directly from the scriptures.  Study your BIBLE.  Get to know your God.  Preserve your soul alive.
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Well, as with almost all things religious, there's a secular answer and a sacred one too.  The secular answer is manyfold.  I have a friend who is very very very bigoted towards Christianity, but doesn't seem to have a problem with any other type of faith (Judaism, ancient egyptian mythology, norse mythology, etc).  It could be that those who oppose Christianity are frusterated by how much sense it makes (which is admittadly a VERY egocentric argument).  It could also be that since Christians dominate world politics and generally have the most sway in everything, which breeds jealousy from those of other faiths.  It could also be that those who are pegging Christians as scared, desperate, simple, and judgemental are reffering to certain groups of Christians who are, and then overgeneralizing to encompass all of Christianity.\nThe sacred answer:  Satan breeds jealousy in the hearts of mankind.  The father of lies does what he can to slander the truth and breed opposition to it, because he does not want God's children to succeed.  That is, in my mind, one of the the most important aspects to understand when trying to discover why Christianity is so despised by some.
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Each religion believes that their god/spirit is the only one. The better question, however, is: Is there really a god in the first place.
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the religion of the universe
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you kind'a have two seperate thoughts going there but heres my opinion:\n\n1) religious people have long said that animals and really all of creation worship God (or a god or many gods depending on who you ask) in their own way. it doesn't mean building tabernacles, but then again, they don't really have that physical ability or need.\n\n2)the concept of God spoiling the world is, in my opinion a distorted viewpoint. what you're doing is looking at two kids fighting over a doll and then saying it's the dolls fault. it's human nature to fight. if we weren't battling over religion, we'd be battling over land or money or whatever we deem fit.
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My husband and I believe in God and have faith in Jesus, not religion. Both of us have tried different religions throughout our lives but it seems like they all have negative aspects. We feel that we don't have to associate with any particular church or religion to have a relationship with God and we are much happier for it. We also believe that since God created this earth, then God is everywhere, so why should we have to confine our worship to a building or on a particular day?
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There is no country anywhere that live by religion. Every country in the World is "CONTROLLED" BY Religion. \nLaw and Religion are two sides of the same coin. Both exploit and control the people for the same motivations POWER AND MONEY!
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No, not all religions believe we are alone in the universe. The Seventh day Adventists and the LDS churches both believe there are other planets created for men to live on, but both churches also say that they can not reach us, and we can not reach them.
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None.  Everyone believes in a god.  For some it is the god of humanity for others it is the god of sports, for some it is the Divine Being in heaven.
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God does not believe in a Supreme Being (relative to himself) or religion, by definition, God is an atheist.\n\nHumans invent Gods in their own images, so you might say he is within everyone.
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I think all religions want everyone to believe in their religion.
311690
some people believe so they have something to hang on to in time of crisis. other fear when they leave this world, they have no place to go or fear going to hell so they hang on to religion...and others use religion to control and dominate to gain power and wealth of others. in the name of god , many have abuse and many have perish in the name of god....nothing to do with god..just a weapon of mass destruction one use on others.....
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I'm sad that any one religion thinks that theirs is the only one. I think everyone is allowed to believe what they want - whatever works for them.
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I think each religion is a way for people to make sense out of their lives. It's a way to find purpose or meaning for the things they do each day. I don't believe there is any one correct religion. And I doubt that God (howeer God is defined) looks upon earth and decides that he likes some of us better than others simply because of the way he is worshipped. (I'm using "he" only as a convenient word.) In fact, I believe that God does not particularly appreciate it when people use hatred against each other simply because of a difference in religious practice. As Buddha said, "There are many paths to the top of the mountain."
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A good point. Religions are supposedly faith-based, but then tack on requirements to keep that particular label. Even an agnostic has to meet the requirement of believing there is no God, so I guess the answer is no religion meets the parameter of not requiring anything to be a part of it.