Similarities Between Religions

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Why is it asinine? But to answer you, yes, from the Christian viewpoint. But my point still stands that not all religions can be valid.

Maybe its Christianity, maybe its Islam, maybe its Buddhism, I don't know. But they all can't be correct.

maybe. but if there is a god, maybe he's taken pity on the other beliefs and created a heaven specific to there belief, if they've been true to their belief structure. chew on that 1

Originally posted by chickenlover98
but if there is a god, maybe he's taken pity on the other beliefs and created a heaven specific to there belief, if they've been true to their belief structure.

Yeah, it's called Hell.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Yeah, it's called Hell.

thats a new one, hell is now heaven. you try saying that seriously to anyone religiousand they'll laugh at you/hit you

Can you think of a religion that has an alternate Heaven for disbelievers?

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Can you think of a religion that has an alternate Heaven for disbelievers?

no, but if your god truly "loves" all of his creations then wouldnt there be. o wait, your god isnt compassionate, he's just an *******

Originally posted by chickenlover98
no, but if your god truly "loves" all of his creations then wouldnt there be. o wait, your god isnt compassionate, he's just an *******

I think compassion has its limits. When people constantly spread the word of God, and others stubbornly ignore it, or treat it like a lie or the rantings of a crazy man, I don't think God takes too kindly to that. It reminds me of the old addage "You can't help those who don't want to be helped".

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Can you think of a religion that has an alternate Heaven for disbelievers?

and unfortunately, the real religion, would be mormonism. after being punished for 1000 years that is

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I think compassion has its limits. When people constantly spread the word of God, and others stubbornly ignore it, or treat it like a lie or the rantings of a crazy man, I don't think God takes too kindly to that. It reminds me of the old addage "You can't help those who don't want to be helped".

well, eternal love kinda is.......eternal

Originally posted by chickenlover98
well, eternal love kinda is.......eternal

Who know's...

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Who know's...

Chuck Norris

Originally posted by chickenlover98
and unfortunately, the real religion, would be mormonism. after being punished for 1000 years that is

What? It's not that old.

Originally posted by chickenlover98
Chuck Norris

Got killed by Bruce Lee in Return of the Dragon.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Got killed by Bruce Lee in Return of the Dragon.

and then bruce lee died from having his brain swell 😆 he got WTFPWNED by painkillers

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
What? It's not that old.

thats what the mormon doctrine says

Originally posted by chickenlover98
and then bruce lee died from having his brain swell 😆 he got WTFPWNED by painkillers

That's bull. He was killed, and it was blamed on pills in the same way as Marylin Monroe.

Originally posted by chickenlover98
thats what the mormon doctrine says

That's what it says. Mormon scripture also says that Native Americans are descended from Israelites, which is factually untrue.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
That's bull. He was killed, and it was blamed on pills in the same way as Marylin Monroe.

That's what it says. Mormon scripture also says that Native Americans are descended from Israelites, which is factually untrue.

i never said it was true. you asked for an example of a religion where the non believers got to go to heaven. WALLAH!

Lol, you guys know more about my religion then most! Just to specify though, it is true (as far as I can tell) that the native Americans are genetically from Russia, not Jerusalem. It is also true that popular Mormon belief believes them to be from Jerusalem, not Russia. Of course I'm going to dodge this little point with technical details...I'll let you decide whether technical details matter!

Popular belief has nothin to do with it though. Here is how you tell whether it is actually Mormon doctrine:
[list=a]
[*]You find it in the Book of Mormon
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/bm/contents
[*]You find it in the Doctrine and Covenants
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/contents
[*]It is specified to be official (not personal) church beliefs by the quorum of the twelve or the president of the church
[/list=a]

I'll admit though, in this case, you happen to be correct. I'll even give you the reference for you. The book of Mormon does imply that the residents of the American continent that Europe meets after Columbus' expedition include the descendants of Lehi.

1 Nephi 13: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/13 (hate to break it to you, but verses 4-7 probably doesn't refer to the Catholic church!).

If you read the prophesy, there is nothing to specify whether the Gentiles are European or Asian or anything else. So while science disproves popular Mormon theory, it really doesn't contradict the Book of Mormon (yeah, I know it comes darn close).

Just a little more about science too: the natives of North/South America are genetically three different cultures (one for the Aztec, one for the Incas, and at least one other), but I don't know which one except that some of them migrated from Russia.

Oh, plus one culture for whoever pre-dated the Incas, I just remembered.

I always feel like I'm cheating when I bring up little technical details like this though. 😮

Originally posted by Quark_666
Lol, you guys know more about my religion then most! Just to specify though, it is true (as far as I can tell) that the native Americans are genetically from Russia, not Jerusalem. It is also true that popular Mormon belief believes them to be from Jerusalem, not Russia. Of course I'm going to dodge this little point with technical details...I'll let you decide whether technical details matter!

Popular belief has nothin to do with it though. Here is how you tell whether it is actually Mormon doctrine:
[list=a]
[*]You find it in the Book of Mormon
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/bm/contents
[*]You find it in the Doctrine and Covenants
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/contents
[*]It is specified to be official (not personal) church beliefs by the quorum of the twelve or the president of the church
[/list=a]

I'll admit though, in this case, you happen to be correct. I'll even give you the reference for you. The book of Mormon does imply that the residents of the American continent that Europe meets after Columbus' expedition include the descendants of Lehi.

1 Nephi 13: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/13 (hate to break it to you, but verses 4-7 probably doesn't refer to the Catholic church!).

If you read the prophesy, there is nothing to specify whether the Gentiles are European or Asian or anything else. So while science disproves popular Mormon theory, it really doesn't contradict the Book of Mormon (yeah, I know it comes darn close).

Just a little more about science too: the natives of North/South America are genetically three different cultures (one for the Aztec, one for the Incas, and at least one other), but I don't know which one except that some of them migrated from Russia.

So if you know that American Indians come from East Asia and not Israel, why do you still adhere to the religion?

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Why is it asinine? But to answer you, yes, from the Christian viewpoint. But my point still stands that not all religions can be valid.

Maybe its Christianity, maybe its Islam, maybe its Buddhism, I don't know. But they all can't be correct.

I called them asinine because you did, just with different wording (I think you called them a joke).

And yeah, I agree, they can't all be right. In fact, with the infinitely more choices available outside of man-made religions, I'd say that the actual truth lies outsides ANY of them.