Islam is great.

If some religion's views differ or are opposite than how can both be right it's either one or the other. Therefore NOT all religions are the same.

Originally posted by daniel58
If some religion's views differ or are opposite than how can both be right it's either one or the other. Therefore NOT all religions are the same.

Well, they can all be right for each different person. They can also all be wrong. Or, yes, one could be right.

But what Herodotus was pointing out is the futility of dishonoring another person's customs/values/religion simply because you were born into different ways of thinking.

Intellectual debate, and the use of reason in the quest to find whatever truth one can is to be highly prized. (Not the use of superficial reason to attempt to prove a pre-prepared argument.)

I was reffering to the personal attacks and generalised, moronic statements that have pervaded particularly this thread, and also most other spirituality threads here at our little community. 🙂

Originally posted by daniel58
If some religion's views differ or are opposite than how can both be right it's either one or the other. Therefore NOT all religions are the same.

You see a green apple and I see a red apple, still we are both right when we claim to see an apple.

Originally posted by HumeA
Well, they can all be right for each different person. They can also all be wrong. Or, yes, one could be right.

But what Herodotus was pointing out is the futility of dishonoring another person's customs/values/religion simply because you were born into different ways of thinking.

Intellectual debate, and the use of reason in the quest to find wh ...[text shortened]... icularly this thread, and also most other spirituality threads here at our little community. 🙂

I resonate with your statement. This forum can often be counter-productive. "sigh*"
Doesn't mean we shouldn't try though...
Seems like there are people living on this planet that are a thousand years apart.

Originally posted by HumeA
Please feel free to ignore me and carry on your bickering, but I do find it slightly disturbing (although mainly amusing) that hundreds of years before the formation of two of the three Judeo-centric religions, Herodotus was able to understand that every man thinks his own culture and religion are the best. Further than that, he saw that it is not only futile, but also petty to attack another man's ancestral values, and yet here you all are.

Enjoy.

Stop it. You're getting in the way of our irrational argument.