Quick question about religion

[November Rain]

But then worship could be a counter balance to empowerment. Empowerment teaches you your own strength which cannot be derived from a higher being. But self-empowerment can lead to over introspection and obsession over ones own desires, belief in a higher power could teach humility and selflessness. The combination of the two would allow a person to come to terms with how each person is both infinite (empowerment) and insignificant (god worship).

I think i explained that in a kinda coherent manner.

self empowerment the ability to truly free one from external desires. You find empowerment within one's self, you don't find it in exploring desire. Desire is the enemy which needs to be tamed.

ultimate humility comes from self empowerment rather than the humility that comes from depowerment of knowing there's something out there bigger running the shots. kinda like having a weapon and not using it or threatening people with its presence and keeping all knowledge of it to you.

they don't really line up.

again, not all religious beliefs can interact with one another in the minds of an individual since they go about the end result in differnt manners.

some take absolute control, some relinquish it completely. Again i stress you cant ask someone if they believe in all religions and gods if some religions don't have a god structure.

 

[squeekness]

That one might cover it. While look your suggestion ther up on wiki i found...

Omnism is the belief in all religions; those who hold this belief are called omnists (or Omnists). The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) quotes as the term's earliest usage the 1839 long poem "Festus" by English poet Philip J. Bailey: "I am an omnist, and believe in all religions". In recent years, the term has been emerging anew, due to the interest of modern day self-described omnists who have rediscovered and begun to redefine the term.
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Contemporary refinements have modified "belief in all religions" to refer more to an acceptance of the legitimacy of all religions. The OED elaborates that an omnist believes "in a single transcendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people". That is not necessarily the conclusion of those who describe themselves as omnists. Some omnists interpret this to mean that all religions contain varying elements of a common truth, or place omnism in opposition to dogmatism, in that omnists are open to potential truths from all religions. However, as with modern physics, this does not mean that there is a single transcendent purpose or cause that unites. There may indeed be an infinite number of possibilities, or a deeper form of uncertainty in reality. There may be an influence more akin to existentialism in which consciousness is a power or force that helps determine the reality, and yet is not a divine influence.

In this regard, omnism does not appear to be a form of theology, as it neither espouses nor opposes particular beliefs about God. Instead, it affirms the necessity of one arriving at an understanding of reality based on personal experience, engagement, and inquiry, and an acceptance of the validity and legitimacy of the differing understandings of others. In this, there is, however, an implied system of values or ethics.

The actual number of omnists is unknown as there is currently no formal organization.

Thomas Morrows is the first registered priest of Omnism.
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A version of that might make sense as what i was getting at.

AH ha!!!!

Integrational polytheism
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Integrational Polytheism is a form of polytheism in which one believes in the existence of not several, but of all the gods ever described. It has also been known as Eclectic Polytheism or Inclusional Polytheism.

Contents [hide]
1 Brief explanation of core belief
2 History and achievements
3 See also
4 External links



[edit] Brief explanation of core belief
To a follower of this religion, it is impossible to serve, or even to know about, every described god. An Integrational Polytheist can choose which gods to follow, while simply acknowledging the rest. Because Integrational Polytheists believe in all gods, their philosophy requires respect for other beliefs, unless those beliefs stifle or repress another belief. For example, an Integrational Polytheist doesn't need to respect a homophobe's beliefs as those are oppressive towards homosexual people. This is basically the concept of "live and let live". Integrational Polytheists could be said to believe that each religion has equal importance as all others.

Integrational Polytheism allows a person much freedom to make their own beliefs, but there are still a few basic rules to be observed:

Freedom of choice.
Freedom of expression.
Importance of all religions and philosophies.
These three basic rules have a higher priority for Integrational Polytheists than the individual rules of any particular religion.


[edit] History and achievements
Integrational Polytheism was originally named by a Scottish folk singer in 2003, after attending several Christian churches, although the concept of Integrational Polytheism is being arrived at independently by many individuals around the world. It has since then created a doctrine named "The Holy Gobbledybook", mainly created by the initiator of the religion.

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That would seem to cover the bases and has a very nice name too.

I have never heard of either of these. Who says you can't learn anything on a messagebaord?

 

[Spider-Who?]

Well people don`t seem to bat an eyelid when they go about ignoring the "DON`T JUDGE", "DON`T KILL" and "BE GOOD TO OTHERS" aspects of the many religions so why not ignore the "ONLY ONE GOD" bit instead?

Also if a evil man worships one faith resolutely while a noble man worships all religions thereby ignoring the one god elements, does that mean the evil guy goes to heaven and the good guy is doomed? Is that really a fair system? If god is all loving wouldn`t he accept the good man`s choice and let him in anyway?






By saying something like that i`m not gonna cause a ****storm on this forum am i?m lol.

thats a good question, while its merely a variant of the type of question i think most people have concerning God.

It is my belief through study and contemplation that God has set rules in the Bible for those who believe in him to follow. However, God is loving of all people and while desires everyone to come to him in the way he has set out (in my belief: Jesus), he won't shun a genuinely good person for not knowing of Jesus or being brought up in a different religion. (That is not to say he'll accept people who out rightly condem and deny Jesus...). We are all judged by our actions and knowledge/understanding of God, not by simply "who" we pray to.

Does that answer your question?

 

[Gilpesh]