There are new "religions" out there...

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   SparklingJewelposted 8 years ago

   I see a new religion as one that has taken all from the past and found the common threads between them. The whole east meets west concept that east has something to teach west and vis-versa.
   
   There are truths within each religion and philosophy from the past, truths that all concur on. Look for them and see where there is a unity in the diversity.
   
   All cultures have strayed from the concepts of their original belief systems...but there are truths that don't fade because they are the common threads...look for them
   
   the concept of the Christ is one of those concepts.  Wasn't christos a Greek word before the time of Jesus? So what does that word imply? Christ is the mediator between God and humanity...is there not a Christ within each of us...isn't that what Jesus was trying to relay to people, that we could each become the Christ and attain to what He attained in life...His Christhood

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      Mikel G Robertsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      sounds like you read my hub....

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         SparklingJewelposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Don't recall that I have...maybe you have been reading mine???
         
         This is exactly the point...each individual finds truths, the common threads when they genuinely seek them out of love and desire for knowledge and wisdom.
         
         I have been studying and practicing for decades aspects of the original worlds religions...done a lot of reading seeking truth and "meditating" in my own way.
         
         Isn't it wonderful when we can say/see similar things from our own separate places?

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      Jeramiposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         You are "absolutely"  correct in your analogy
      And I believe, when that happens Faith will have gone full circle. ...Brand new again..  but then you know what tha great grand kids are going to do ..?

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      mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Religions need to unite.

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         SparklingJewelposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, they just need to recognize their points of unity and work from there...but the human ego always gets in the way saying my God is better than your God...if they only understood how it is their own perception of God that creates the divisions.

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            mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            True foolish ego is the cause for such divisions.

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            Jeramiposted 8 years agoin reply to this

               It would be a really good thing if all of the religions could find their commonality but I do not see it happening any time soon
                      BECAUSE
               The major portion of scripture pertains to prophesy.
            It appears to me that the end time prophesy has been polluted by personal interpretations.   This also was prophesied.
               The dragon will cast out of its mouth, water as a flood and the earth will swallow it up. Lies coming out of his mouth and the people believed them and taught them to their children.
               Until prophesy is UNINTERPRETATED there will never be unity within any single church, not to mention on any larger scale.
               When our belief system is built upon a corrupted foundation; the entire system will be filled with flaws.
               When a person has been deceived will they be aware of it?
            We need to find the flaws in our own beliefs before we convince others to do the same.
               Then and only then will we may find unity.

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               mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

               These ridiculous fights over whose prophet or religion is greater needs to stop.The prophet will unite all religions., that will be his job.

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                  Jeramiposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                     And what did I say in my coment that you disagree with??

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                     mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                     but I do not see it happening any time soon
                     It will take a lot of time but it will start now.

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                        Jeramiposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                         
                        
                           Unless the people stop believing interpretation of scripture
                        instead of the things actually written; unity will never happen.
                           Untill the God source interveins and takes over the process.

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                           mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

                           Interpretataion is required very often as there is a lot of depth in many scriptural passages.At times one needs to see the truth in scriptures without any interpretations."I tell ye you are all gods" Jesus
                           God is allways at work and the god source will interfere.I think you know it.

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         Mikel G Robertsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Religions are suppose to teach us how to live in peace, not how to kill each other better... (holy lands...whatever)

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            baconmidgetposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            you know i find that i agree with you more than disagree so i will "follow" you now...but in a non stalker way

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      Greenheartposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the writing.
      I would like to make the distinction bewteen what has been known as exoteric and esoteric communications throughout history and in all faiths.The exoteric is public religion and is about ritual and behaviour and social morality,social order.What i am involved with and what i would like to share is the esoteric,what used to be a hidden communication.That has tended to be of a mystical nature and may involve forms of spiritual transmission from a particular individual in a certain time and place.
      These days and for a long time now there is a drive to suppress authentic spirituality in favour or rituals,feeling good and hopefulness.
      In my experience with my teacher,(Adi Da),he has revealed to me so much more than i can fathom with my mind,beyond mind.And yet full of Love.It has always been a communication about what is not-separate and therefore about my own(and therefore everyone's) true nature.
      wishing you much happiness.
      Gavin

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   sneakorocksolidposted 8 years ago

   We should strive to be Christ-like but since we're not Jesus was sent to be our sheppard. Jesus made it quite clear that the way to the father is thru me.

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      Mikel G Robertsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      DAYUNG you are old! 

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      SparklingJewelposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      yes, exactly..strive to be Christ-like, for it is only through the Christ that Jesus personified in human form, that we can regain our unity with God :)Do as Jesus did, he showed the way.

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   mintinfoposted 8 years ago

   Too many people are closed minded. They accept things because someone tells them that that is the way to live. They don't take the time to research and ask questions for themselves.
   
   The message of Christ was to live in peace and harmony but mankind is too self centered to accept a higher state of being. "Animosity began thousands of years ago so conflict is not my fault" they say. But instead of working our problems out we build fortresses around what we believe and defend it to the death.

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   SparklingJewelposted 8 years ago

   some people don't need to know anything other than what they have come to believe...  some people need to know more, for whatever reasons... who is to say someone else is wrong, they haven't lived their life, they have lived their own life, hopefully !

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   earnestshubposted 8 years ago

   I agree religions need to ignite!

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      wesleyacarterposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      you have an utter, unflinching hatred of anything faith based, it seems. i could be wrong.

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         earnestshubposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Yes Wesley, your perception may be coloured by your beliefs.
         I don't do hate.

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            B52 Bomberposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            You don`t lie either.

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               earnestshubposted 8 years agoin reply to this

               

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   Ron Montgomeryposted 8 years ago

   

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      earnestshubposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Ron, I told the story without the pictures. Nice addition!

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         SparklingJewelposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Ignite religions...now, what to do with that...oh, I know...some have defined God as a flame, a living flame within ones heart, or mind...a flame that burns brightly on the altar of our heart and expands to encompass all cosmos...I AM a flame(a spark) of the One God Flame, like I AM a drop in the ocean that is God, or as Mark has put it before, I AM a grain of sand on the beach of God...(well he didn't exactly say that   )

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   Bovine Currencyposted 8 years ago

   religions unite
   
   love each other
   
   loL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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   earnestshubposted 8 years ago

   There is little structural difference in meaning between the bible and quoran, both are instruments of control for the very ignorant by choice. The Taliban still has the quoran saying the world is flat, fundy christians live on a 6,000 year old planet! Get over yourselves!

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      Dao Hoaposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      

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   tayomismoposted 8 years ago

   it is not about Religion.. it is about Faith in God.. the almighty one.. in heaven.. the Lord of all LORDS and the King of all Kings which is the father of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

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    Smooth as Silkposted 8 years ago

    I'm sure there is some sort of new religion out there.  It seems like a new pops up every couple weeks.

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    SparklingJewelposted 8 years ago

    I don't think we need any more full blown religious doctrines...just the unity of truths that run through each one...everyone needs something different because of the culture they have lived in...
    
    God's Blessings upon us all!

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       mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       I agree not one more religion but an amalgamation of the current religions is equired.

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          Jeramiposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            I believe that if we are to find any commonality of beliefs   each denomination are going to have to re=examine their own doctrine. Eliminate their own misconceptions and then search the commonalities.  It is there and can will be found.

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             mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

             RELIGIONS
             
             
             
             The entire Buddhist monk's life is but a preparation,
             
             For his Death Point or moment of separation.
             
             
             The Jains have santhara,
             
             Quitting life consciously to join with the paramatma.
             
             
             Hindus go into Samadhi,
             
             Where there is no Congress, Shiv Sena , BJP or Samajwadi.
             
             
             The Christian merges with the Holy Spirit,
             
             Peace, no more desperate.
             
             
             The Sufi mystic to become one,
             
             Dances, twirls, prays, trances to get the job done.
             
             
             Aghora means Illumined with Light,
             
             Longing for Shiva in whom they delight.
             
             
             Shamanism or the Art of Ecstasy,
             
             The ultimate being one with the super entity.
             
             
             There is no need to change your faith,
             
             And on your old religion lay a wreath
             

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    Jeramiposted 8 years ago

    It seems as though people can be saying basically the same things and yet not understand what the other is saying.
    So we continue to THINK that they are disagreeing ??
    
      Could this be what the story of Babble actually referred to??

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       mohitmisraposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       Yes many are hung up on a name, giving more importance to the messenger than the message.
       
       Sorry dont know the story of Babble.

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          Jeramiposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            The thing that I like the most about these forrums is that I do see the commonalities being expressed within the confusion.
            Our perimeter of our beliefs and understanding needs to be a lot more flexible and then we can come out of our cave and see the light.

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    Jeramiposted 8 years ago

    The story of Babble is when God confused the languages because man had begun advance beyond their understanding. Or something like that.

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