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“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world” - C. S. Lewis
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all religion lead to heaven
Those who voted yes, and dovors ooi...
I'm sad to say that you guys probably need to read more, or learn more.
The thing that is interesting, is a religion is defined by worship of a more superior being, but since this is the case, then yes, all religions lead to god.
Most unfortunately, society also brands things like Buddhism or Jainism as religions, hence the definition of religion itself has changed.
So, using the society standards, not all religions lead to god.
Religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, all do not lead to god.
Yes, they do have gods in their myths and beliefs, but gods to them are not important.
In Hinduism, the objective of a practitioner is to Union, or Nirvana.
This does not lead to God, because although the concept is one of Union with Bhrama, but Nirvana itself is not a place, rather, a state of being
In Buddhism, the objective of a practitioner is to become a Buddha. Happiness and compassion is the cause of becoming a Buddha.
In Buddhism, gods, too are not happy. Just like Jehovah said in the Old Testament, that Jehovah is himself, a jealous god. Jealousy cannot coexist with happiness. So, Buddhists stay as far away as gods or demi-gods as possible.
Taoism has a concept not dissimilar to modern nihilism. The mother of everything is nothing (this concept is also echoed in Buddhism, called emptiness)
So, in short, it is VERY WRONG to have this poll, which shows the ignorance itself. It itself displays a lack of understanding of others, and a blatant excuse not to as well.
Addition :
Oh yeah.. just so you know.. He isn't the ONLY god...
There are contemporaries of Jehovah too...
Rebirths then stops and this can be considered as 'heaven' in Buddhism.
This is kinda erroneous in a sense that, once you are liberated (i.e stop rebirths), it's just a state, not a place.
Buddhism also does not seek to convert people of different faiths, as we believe that as long as that person is leading a good life, he is also automatically entitled to his good karma.
Interesting...
Buddhism should therefore be seen as a way of life, and not a religion
You should know that the muslims think Islam is a way of life (they have to pray 5 times a day), and the Christians too think that christianity is a way of life. The thing is people are so willing to detach their religion from all the dogmatic name callings such as the word "religion", while they themselves are still acting dogmatic.
Goody, Opinions galore! :D
Keep 'em coming. I will post a continuation to this entry soon. ;)
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