Quote (ScionCapital @ 15 Oct 2024 04:45)
You're entire response is so nonsensical i'm not even sure what you are attempting to convey. I did not say they would be considered Christian.. i was saying the opposite. Most Christians do not consider mormons to be Christians.. catholics view protestants as heretical. Viewing a subsect of baptists catholics would see that faith as heretical. I don't know how you can possibly draw the inference that I was saying that they are all christian given the differences I outlined. Perhaps you need to work on your reading comprehension my good fellow.
Also, fk u.
There's a reason all of them are under the umbrella of "Abrahamic faiths" because the core of their beliefs are rooted THERE and no where else.
You are wrong that "Christians" see Mormons and Catholics as "heretical". They do not. They are much closer with them then they are to Muslims/Jews. They are all talking about the same "Abrahamic God" they just use different stories/symbolism to explain their beliefs.
I've met and talked with Jehovas Witnesses, Mormons, Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims through the philosophical organization I am a part of. They are all essentially saying the same thing in different ways.
This is why there is a stark contrast between the Abrahamic faiths and all other faiths.
Buddhist, Hindus, Sikhs, Daoist, and other Eastern philosophies all incorporate "Atheism/Agnosticism" but would call you an idiot to your face for "stopping" at "Atheism/Agnosticism" it shows that you are lazy and won't go further through some methodology to come to an absolute answer. Saying "Ya I think there's a creative force but idk breh" is lazy. Saying "Ya there is no God and I'm sure of it because I can't see it" is also lazy. How do I know that? Because I had atheistic tendencies and I was raised Catholic so I spent years studying all faiths/religions/philosophies/methodologies to find the inner-truth that is present across all religions/faiths. They are all much more similar then you think. If you read their major texts you'd know that.
Your poll was a little off right from the get-go because you confused religion/philosophy and there's nothing wrong with that. Because I corrected you you got so triggered no idea why.
is right in the sense that you haven't read much into scripture and that's fine too some people get lost in the scripture(hence all the different denominations of the Abrahamic faiths).
I was raised Catholic and studied every religion in your list so that wouldn't necessarily make me "Spiritual". I don't do ritual worship. I stopped reading scripture. I would never say I'm a spiritual person even after intensely studying what people consider "spiritual". I used pure logic to overcome a lot of the fallacies intrinsic within my own faith. I had atheistic/agnostic tendencies so I decided to look into how other cultures viewed Jesus Christ. Not surprisingly the Eastern philosophies see him as one of the greatest teachers to ever live. Hindus would say he's "god incarnate" and a reflection of what beings should strive for in this life.
"God" "god" means different things to different people across different cultures dating back thousands of years.
People who say they are "spiritual" aren't "religious". People who say I'm an atheist/agnostic aren't "religious".
My family is all Christian/Catholic and to me they are lazy. My Grandma thought I was worshipping the devil when I went to study Hinduism and other Eastern philosophy. You as a human being aren't seeing the full "image of God" unless you study ALL religions/faiths. Do you need too? Of course not. Give your life to Christ. Give your life to Allah. Give your life to Ramakrishna. It's all the same. Just don't think a person who studied multiple faiths and made correlations between all "scripture" to confine themselves to one religion.
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