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originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
It's the thing I came up with, but you know how it is, if you believe in your religion, everyone else is wrong.
With the Abrahamic faiths, we share some common background - a dysfunctional family.
originally posted by: gb540
originally posted by: Chalcedony
On a side note does anyone think the pope is the false prophet? I have heard that before.
Francis is clearly an anti-Pope. Whether he’s more than that will be seen.
(Should have chosen Burke instead but that’s IMO.)
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Chalcedony
There are over 4,000 recognized religions in the world.
The most commonly practiced religions are, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
So why did they leave out Buddhism and Hinduism?
Maybe they just aren't violent enough to make the club.
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The part Christendom played in both world wars led to a severe loss of prestige. As the Concise Dictionary of the Christian World Mission explains: “Non-Christians had before their eyes . . . the evident fact that nations with a thousand years of Christian teaching behind them had failed to control their passions and had set the whole world ablaze for the satisfaction of less than admirable ambitions.”
Of course, religiously motivated wars are nothing new. But in contrast with the past when nations of different religions warred with one another, the 20th century has increasingly found nations of the same religion locked in bitter conflict. The god of nationalism has clearly been able to manipulate the gods of religion. Thus, during World War II, while Catholics and Protestants in Great Britain and the United States were killing Catholics and Protestants in Italy and Germany, Buddhists in Japan were doing the same to their Buddhist brothers in southeast Asia.
Nevertheless, in view of its own bloodstained clothing, Christendom cannot self-righteously shake its finger at others. By advocating, supporting, and at times electing imperfect human governments, professed Christians and non-Christians alike must share responsibility for the blood these governments have shed.
But what kind of religion would put government above God and offer its own members as political sacrifices on the altar of the god of war?
“They Kept Spilling Innocent Blood”
Those words, said of apostate Israel centuries ago, apply to all false religions and to those of Christendom in particular. (Psalm 106:38) ...
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What Is False Religion?
Are you distressed about crimes committed in the name of religion? Do the warfare, terrorism, and corruption perpetrated by those who claim to serve God offend your sense of justice? Why does religion seem to be at the root of so many problems?
The fault lies, not with all religion, but with false religion. A widely respected religious figure, Jesus Christ, indicated that false religion produces bad works, just as a “rotten tree produces worthless fruit.” (Matthew 7:15-17) What fruit does false religion yield?
False Religion . . .
◼ MEDDLES IN WAR AND POLITICS: “Across Asia and beyond,” says the journal Asiaweek, “power-hungry leaders are cynically manipulating people’s religious sentiments for their own needs.” As a result, the journal warns: “The world threatens to sink into madness.” A prominent religious leader in the United States declared: “You’ve got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops.” His solution? “Blow them all away in the name of the Lord.” By contrast, the Bible says: “If anyone makes the statement: ‘I love God,’ and yet is hating his brother, he is a liar.” (1 John 4:20) Jesus even said: “Continue to love your enemies.” (Matthew 5:44) How many religions can you think of whose members engage in war?
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How to Identify True Religion
What good fruit should true religion produce?—Matthew 7:17.
True Religion . . .
◼ PRACTICES LOVE: True worshippers are “no part of the world,” are not divided by race or culture, and display ‘love among themselves.’ (John 13:35; 17:16; Acts 10:34, 35) Rather than killing one another, they are willing to die for one another.—1 John 3:16.
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