So much of what you posted is bullshit...
You completely diregard Buddist and/or Jain views, as well as many other religions predominant in the world.
All religions are based from the very beginning of basic belief, such as life after death or the belief of one or many gods, in which there is one ‘creator god’. Some old religions have recorded the creation of all gods from one higher being or entity, and the other gods and all life are branched from this one being.
In all religion there is always one higher god than all others and it is the sole creator god. Through belief, terms and shapes of God have overshadowed the basic branch of the first religions. Through time, however, these terms and shapes have changed and moved. Along with these changes, new religious practices were formed and believed.
Ahem.
In respect, all creator gods are essentially the exact same thing, just under the terms and beliefs of different religions put them seperate as their own 'creator god'. Despite all the names and looks, it is exactly the same thing.
All religions believe in a hell and heaven, just like i said in their own terms. Christians view hell as a pit of dead souls and fire and demons, and the Devil on his grand throne. Catholics view a little differently, but it is essentially the same thing. Same with Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and most other religions. What you guys don't understand is what I have been trying to say this entire time. Heaven is your own salvation, no one else’s. Hell is your worst fear, no one else’s. No matter what you believe, your heaven is your true faith, and your hell is your worst fear.
Catholicism is a sect of Christianity and Hindus and Buddhists state that there is no hell. Only levels of suffering for being a bad person. Purgatory.
Atheists might not believe in anything, but they are their own religion. They have a hell and heaven, just no God or Devil. That is what separates Atheism from organized religion (others anyway). Atheists believe in reincarnation (or a few anyway) but no god to do it. That is their heaven; to be reincarnated into e new body and life. If they fear death and nothing after death, that is their hell. Death. Blackness. Dieing.
Atheists do not beleive in the concept of superior beings. Why would this designate infinite sects of after life then?
All religions are in their own way connected and the same. Over time and through people they have all morphed into their own 'separate' group. Really, it is not true that a religion is any different than another. Over time, the shape and look of the God(s) or deities, the ways to worship, the views of the people, its all been morphed from every other religion, and a base of one. Neanderthals realized this. They had no organized religion but through their sites we have found they buried their dead, which is an indication of some sort of afterlife.
All religions are connected in the fact that they are religions.
Most religions are connected because they try to mass convert.
One of the first major religions of the world was Roman Catholicism. Their beliefs and practices were not that different than that of modern day Catholicism. But they are different in their own way. They believed in the basic vision of Hell and Heaven. The judgment after death decides where you go, etc, etc. Your deeds and time in your life are evaluated by God and he decided your life after death.
The first major religion was Polythesism. And Greek/Roman gods. Not to mention things that happened in the Americas and across the continent. Hell, Hinduism, Buddhism and the like were far before Catholicism.
Judaism and the religions Christianity and Catholicism have been disputing the beliefs of God and Jesus and many other things, i.e. the bible (just an example) for thousands of years. Question is why? Why would three religions based from the first basic beliefs and one event fight? They all nearly believe the same thing, the same God, the same event, but they don’t care. They don’t care because they do not see the similarities between each other. They only see the differences and that is all they care about, how to rag on the people who believe differently. They don’t realize even to this day that the ‘creator god’ of every religion is the same God in its own aspect, and yet, no one knows where this great being came from. Where DID God hail from? This is what challenges religion the most and what has prompted Atheism the most as well. The answer lies in the simplest thing we could find to explain it. The Big Bang.
Judaisim, Christianity and Islam.
Each one has a different story, and although they are very similar, they vary. Atheism didn't begin because of the Big Bang.
Since the Big Bang theory, the major religions have stated that ‘God created the singularity that began the universe’ and left it at that. This was a great accomplishment for believers in God. An explanation no one could ever possibly take away from them. I believe differently, in my own way, respectfully. In my research and experience and beliefs I believe I have found my own personal answer to the question ‘Where did God come from?’ well, I believe God was the darkness before the light. God was everything before the singularity, but the singularity was God’s doing. ‘The Spark of Life’ some like to call it, was God creating life indeed.
If the infinite is already infinite, why would the infinite have to form something, when they can inifnitely place an infinite number of things?
Since I am probably one of the only ones who believe that some of you probably think I’m a bloody idiot. The religions will judge people who believe differently from them and will stick to their mass beliefs. But that is just it. People who go to church, synagogue, masque, or any other religious mass just do not believe in what they want. They are all allowing their priest, pasture, prophet, pope, or whoever it is teach them what THEY believe. And what the pasture believes is what the leader believes. It’s a long chain of forced believing. And if you don’t believe what I say, ‘God will punish you and condemn you to Hell.’ NO, NO, NO! People must believe what they want to believe, not what someone else does. If they choose and wish to believe someone else’s beliefs that is their poor miserable choice.
A Pasture is where cattle graze.
People believe in things because it unites them. Unity for the win.
Through Judaism, Catholicism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, and Mormons, many other smaller branches have been made. Thousands even. Through these, the look of God and religion and the way to believe has been further changed and distorted. If all the people went back to the origin of it all, they would see that God and Hell and Heaven were just that. God was God, not Buddha or Allah or the Catholic God or the Christian God, it was just the simple God of life and creation. Their Hell and Heaven was basic, too. Heaven was just a place for good souls to rest and enjoy the afterlife and Hell was just a place for bad souls to finish out their punishment for bad deeds in the mortal life. No matter what there is a Hell and Heaven. Thing is, everyone has their own personal Hell and Heaven. But what about the ‘neutral state’?
Hindus and Buddhists have no Hell. An infinite paradise and/or englightenment may be included as Heaven, but still. Buddha is also not considered a God. Thats like calling IP or Moose Gods because they "unite us" by operating the site.
A term that is not possible in apparent means (death)and brought up by O)MasterJohnny is the ‘neutral state’. The neutral state in death is impossible because life is that neutral state. Everything starts at this point of time and that neutral state is an opportunity for experience. The figurative ‘0’. In death your time for experience is over and you can one of two ways; up or down. Into the negative or into the positive. Your ‘neutral state’ experience decides that judgment. With death comes the closure of your life time, of course. Although reincarnation is believed by some religions, it is an illusion. One example is the caste system of Hinduism. They may reincarnate, but they really don’t. Their neutral state is many life times long to them and the ultimate escape from their neutral state is ‘nirvana’, or their heaven. If they cannot accomplish this ‘nirvana’ they go into a mind of hell. They are punished with the lowest caste system. Karma is a big part of this religion and the more life times it takes to reach nirvana the less Karma you are considered to have.
If heaven is inifnite paradise
And hell is infinite suffering.
The null will be a void of nothing. The feeling of zero. A cold embrace of death.
If you believe you will just die and rot, then that is your Heaven. Peace in death, and forever quiet in darkness and solitude. Your Hell would be anything but. Everyone’s Hell and Heaven is over looked by the one true God, the first God. Your judgment is your own and no one can make you believe anything you don’t want to.
I'm going to ask Syphon if he will "Enjoy" rotting in the ground.
The fights and differences between all religions have blinded them for real answers and questions. The similarities are always what matters more. Peace comes from agreement and understanding, and forgiveness. So lets look at the similarities of major religions. They all believe in a higher entity that is the sole ‘creator god’, right? They have beliefs and commandments, guidelines for what to believe and how. They have scribes that take their god’s words of guidance to make a holy book, full of great teachings, no? They all have a beginning event, too, that started the belief of that particular religion. They all have holidays or important events that are holy or preserved forever, i.e. the crucifixion of Jesus. So much more similarities come from these religions. If we all respected these similarities, along with the differences, there would be so much more peace and cooperation in the world. Yeah there would be arguments between different believers, which is normal. But the religions themselves could see the true face of God and Heaven and Hell, and God’s true teachings to mankind.
Not all have creator gods.
Not all have beliefs and/or commandments.
Not all have holy books of scriptures.
If we all respected them, the world would not be exciting. War develops technology which in turn advances man kind.
Religions cannot see the face of anything. People may claim to have seen a God, but how can you trust them? Maybe it is true, maybe they DID see one. But where is the proof?
But looking at the differences religions have more to them than one would see at first glance. Complicated rituals or holidays, beliefs that would need and require a deep and true faith to your god, etc. Atheists choose not to believe because most are either ignorant to be able to see a higher being then mankind, or humans in general. Even themselves, which is pitiful and selfish. Some might not have enough views of true faith and religion. Others may just not have the energy to believe, or just can’t grasp the thought of religion and one great God that created everything around them. Because of some reasons, a lot of Atheists are narcissists. Its not hard to believe and connect yourself with God, and something so simple.
You really are one to convert people aren't you?
Athiests do not believe because they do not see a reason to believe. Religions have become so fucked up that it is impossible to abide by thier rules. Some religions are still normal, do not get me wrong, but others are completely ridiculous.
Science has facts to back up its claims, and usually they are correct.
Religion has tales that back up their claims, but do you know the validity?
With so many different views and thoughts of God and religion out there, the look and explanations have changed drastically. Different gods exist to some religions such as Hinduism, possibly each being apart of the true creator god. But with all the religions out there, and all the beliefs and theories floating around, how do you know what to believe? My answer is follow your own path to seek faith and religious enlightenment. It is a journey no one can you help you on but God. Believe what you want, what you believe is true, and if that path is Atheism or something else no one can make you think differently. Your Heaven is your own sanctuary with God, and your Hell is your own doing.
You are a Christian trying to sway people over to your side. Heaven is your own personal bliss which cannot be affected. Hell is your own personal doom which cannot be affected.
With faith and your beliefs you will never let yourself down and your hold on reality and life will never let go. Your life will be peaceful and friendly, unless of course you are in the middle of war, despair, grief, stress, or something else that’s bad, but that is where God will help you along the path out of that hole. Your religion is yours.
Athiesm is a non-prophet organization.
I'm treating you the way I view a biased paper. You can go on and comment mine, I won't mind. Critiquing my work is actual very positive for myself.
Syphon and Nerdy, I needz j00 bax.
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