There Is No God!, Says The Fool.psalm 14:1

[goodlife]

So why is there so many different religions?.

[maggiebee]

Probably for the same reason there are so many races and cultures.

[spathiphyllum]

all religions are simply different perspectives of the same one. If they knew this how embarrassed they'd be lol don't tell them, it's funny watching them argue about it.

[rowanwitch]

Mankind needs reasons for things , science and knowledge have not kept pace with the questions so for many the answer is blame a higher power. I suspect humanity is still at the enquiring child stage, and will one day outgrow the need for imaginary friends

[Old_Geezer]

The fool was probably just repeating what they heard a wise person say.

Why so many cuisines, why so many musical genres, etc. ?

[Arksided]

I am here.

Chortling on the inside

[naomi24]

Hello Goodlife. Long time no see.

Which of the 2500 plus gods listed in the Encyclopedia of Gods I have on my shelf are you talking about? There are others, of course – Hinduism claims millions – but that complicates matters so we’ll ignore those.

[KARL]

There can be as many as everyone's imagination allows - the limitation being conformism and then also disbelief.

[goodlife]

maggiebee-If you examine the Bible. Very often there is a kernel of historical fact, a person, or an event that has later been exaggerated or distorted to form the myth. One of these historical facts is the Bible’s record of creation.

[goodlife]

Old_Geezer-True that why stick to the Bible. Whom do you think of as truly wise? Perhaps your parents, an aged man, or maybe a college professor? Your view of who is wise may be influenced by your background and circumstances. However, God’s servants are primarily interested in his viewpoint, (James. 3:13)

[naomi24]

Goodlife, //One of these historical facts is the Bible’s record of creation. //

Not so - but you'll ignore reality just as you ignore me or anyone else who meets your claims with evidence that indicates otherwise.

[goodlife]

Rowanwitch- Yes I heard that opinion? Many people hold the view that all religions offer equally valid ways of finding God and understanding the meaning of life. Similarly widespread is the belief that there is good and bad in every religion and that no single faith has a monopoly on truth or can make the claim that it is the only way to God. (1 Cor. 1:10)

[goodlife]

Naomi-If you examining further the field of Bible prophecies there are meaningful terms that are commonly used. Some of these terms follow. A type is an image or representation of something that will come to pass at some future time. The antitype is the reality of the thing which the type represents. The type may properly be called a shadow; the antitype, the reality. Dramatic episodes and experiences serve as types, a study of which will give a person a reasonable facsimile or picture of the reality, and therefore they are called prophetic pictures. A type is also a pattern that serves as a guide in understanding the reality, and it may keep on being performed till the reality occurs, like a shadow that extends down to the shadow-casting substance.

[naomi24]

If you want to be educated in the ways of the Jehovah's Witnesses folks, don't bother to search google for the dubious wisdom of The Watchtower - just read Goodlife's pronouncements. He's here only to preach.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1952286

[naomi24]

Odd that after lengthy absences both goodlife and idiosyncrasy have returned here on the same day.

[mibn2cweus]

And if the fool says, "There is no God!", how does that then make it any less true? I'll take into consideration the word of a fool over that of a lier, conman or cheat any day.

[nailit]

//Odd that after lengthy absences both goodlife and idiosyncrasy have returned here on the same day//
Its almost as if.....

[Ellipsis]

> So why is there so many different religions?

The fact that there are so many religions, originating in different parts of the world, demonstrates mankind's primitive need for a God being fulfilled by lots of different, unique man-invented Gods, rather than a single actual God.

[Old_Geezer]

The truly wise don't place their faith in unproven tales in preference to conjecture backed up by real evidence. They learn from life experience and can thus give wise counsel rather than merely repeat the myths and quotes taught them. Being interested in something that may not exist and has never given a proven opinion is not the wisest choice.

[nailit]

Spath @ 11:32
//all religions are simply different perspectives of the same one//

No they are not.
Compare a Christian belief in a divine creator that incarnated as a human to save his creation with a Buddhist belief that there is no God and man must work out his own Karma. Then compare both of them with a LaVeyan Satanist belief that they are both wrong and there is no Karma to work out and no incarnate God to appease. Then compare THEM to...(name the religion)!!!
And on it goes. All religions are not different perspectives of the same thing at all.

[naomi24]

nailit, we shouldn't indulge them really, nailit. I suspect they're using the AnswerBank to score Brownie points with their church. Beats knocking on doors and meeting opposition face to face.