Sacred scriptures

[revelation]

The basic message of all sacred scriptures is the same. What is different is how human beings have been interpreting them. There is nothing wrong with having different interpretations. What doesn't benefit us is seperating ourselves over these differences, making each other wrong because of these differences, and killing each other because of these differences. This is what we are now doing, and for quite some time. We cannot seem to agree within a particular group of us, much less between groups, about what a particular book says and what it means, and we use these disagreements as justifications for slaughter. There are many holy writings and sacred scriptures, and we seem to act as if there is only one. It is your sacred scripture that is really scared. All the rest are poor substitutes at best, and blasphemies at worst. Not only is there one sacred scripture, there is also only one way to interpret that scripture: your way. This spiritual arrogance is what has caused you your greatest sorrow as a species. You have suffered more and caused other people to suffer more over your ideas about god than over ideas about anything else in human experience. We have turned the source of our greatest joy into the source of our greatest pain. NO?

[spammylou]

what the hell are you talking about

[WaldoMcFroog]

Ah, the 'There's only one way of life, and that's yer own, yer own, yer own' argument as also advanced by the Levellers. Do you also like a bit of crusty music, Mr Revelation?

[El D]

I don't find any joy in any of the written scriptures or the notion that there is a god. The very idea of 'sacred' texts is ridiculous - everything should be open to ridicule. Hindus think cows are sacred as defined in their texts. . .

[oxeyedaisy]

i have never read such a load of nonsense in all my life..how dare you preach to us..we are all human beings with our own minds and beliefs..i dont force my beliefs on anyone else and certainly give very little time to anyone that dares to try to convert me..

[Cetti]

My first thought was to agree with spammylou as I couldn't make head nor tail of  revelation's post,  but after reading it twice I think I now understand his/her point.

 Millions have suffered and died in the name of religion believing theirs to be the right one. Yes?

[Little Lady]

I think this is what Revelation seemsto be getting at Cetti