tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post2790713034453821255..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Let's Talk about ReligionMrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-51618118807876251292015-01-31T09:08:32.757-06:002015-01-31T09:08:32.757-06:00Unlike Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who belie...Unlike Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who believe that their religion is the only correct way, Hinduism is very open to religious diversity. That is why we are called Hindus, not a subdivision like Protestant or Roman-Catholic. Hinduism meets agnosticism to a point. One basic Hindu principle is that every religion is correct, because as long as you're praying to a God you're praying to Brahman. It is our belief that how you pray doesn't matter, as long as you do so. It's interesting for me to see such a strict religion as Christianity and for everyone to question it, especially for others to get mad that people question it. One huge thing about Christianity, from what I understand, is that if you are not praying the right way then you go to hell. That's just bizarre to me. Historically Christians have just been trying to convert everyone and reign the dominant religion over the other sects, and I just don't get it. Why couldn't let people pray how they wanted to?Sri Korrapatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958284116060050787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-80390599718990978152015-01-30T22:58:07.718-06:002015-01-30T22:58:07.718-06:00I once had a priest tell me that questioning your ...I once had a priest tell me that questioning your faith is not just beneficial to your development of a strong religious identity, it's <i>essential</i>. Now, the Catholic Church has never been known for it's leniency (alright, please disregard Mr. Tetzel and Leo X for a moment). As a person who has a passion for science, I make no attempt at rejecting a scientific discovery on religious grounds, however contradictory that discovery may be to my religion. This kind of thinking retards legitimate progress: there's no way to reject something that scientists today have proven with valid techniques. So, I usually try and reconcile any discovery/law of this nature with my religious beliefs.<br /> Though probably moderately blasphemous, I go through thought processes like: "Okay, God created the Earth and man in seven days. Yet we have a very accurate notion of how long the universe has existed for 13.7billion years, 4.55 billion of which the Earth has existed, and about 6 million of which humans have walked upright on Earth. So, I take the Bang-Crunch theory and assert via faith that God created the mass of the universe in a very intricate way, so that man would develop eventually. If the universe always cycles through Bangs and Crunches, then there had to be an initial Big Bang, which I can claim all I want (as there really is no way to do it scientifically) that God initiated."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309498850348015832noreply@blogger.com