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Do you think all religious are equal?

Some Atheists claim that all religions or religious philosophies are the same since they are equally false. I assert that them being equally false is irrelevant. Ideologies and belief systems embed particular values and ideas who have different consequences on human behavior. Consequences on the human behavior is what really matters as this is how it truly affects society. Not all religions are equal because they represent different religious philosophies and set of rules in the same way that godless ideologies such as marxism or capitalism are.

Do you believe that all religions are equal? What do you mean by it? This issue underlines the Christianity vs. Islam debate. Please defend your case here.

Chris90045 5 Sep 29
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There is no single answer to the specific question. One may say that they are on an equal footing in that they promote belief in place of thoughtful, critical investigation. That is a valid answer.

In agreement with your posit, one can also say that they are not because of differing dogma, belief systems, actions, etc. This too is a valid answer.

What the question appears to be asking is whether there is a difference between religions that is qualitative. The answer to this would be in the affirmative. What each does to and how each affects society as a whole is readily subject to a qualitative value. On a scale with the least harmful at the bottom and the most dangerous at the top, Jainism would be 0 on the scale and radical Islam would be a 10. Everything else would fall somewhere on the scale between those values. I hasten to point out that all the Abrahamic religions would be crowding the upper end of the scale.

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They are all equal inasmuch as they are all untrue ... Some are more dangerous than others at various points in history .

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If it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, behaves like a duck.. then it must be a duck.

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Currently the Islamic religion appears to be the most violent religion , although the Christian religion, some will argue, is just as violent. The nontheistic religions Buddhism, Confucianism, Satanism (TST of Detroit) seem to be the least violent, although the Buddhists of India have been in conflict with Hindus and Muslims.

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All religions have the same innate ability to cause harm to society - and some are better at it than others. But just because one is not CURRENTLY as destructive as another does not make it any less false - and it is the falseness of all religions that make them equal.

Right!

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I would put christians at the bottom of my list.

I don't mind religions such as Islam, Buddhism, etc

I think that ancient cultures and Native American deities are very interesting.

I can identify parts of myself with Wicca and Pagan religions.

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All religions are 100% equal. Many religions have killed in the name of their god.and have been horrible to their fellow man just because it's part of their religon

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I believe that all religions are incorrect in the same way, in that they espouse an idea for which there is no valid evidence, and attempt to make claims about the world then back them up, instead of using the evidence to then come to conclusions.

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As I heard a Methodist once say. " As long as we can agree that the Baptist are more wrong than the Methodists, we can get along."

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May be..
I would give a different perspective on this.
An athiest is at a higher level where he/she see all other religion below him. So all are same to him.
how could be one religion better than the other if one descended from the other??

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We can say one religion is worser than the other by the virtues of fellow people

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yes they are equally crap and fairy tales written by men to dominate woman

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All just different fairytales.

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Yes. They are all equally man-made.

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No.

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No, and these big box churches are created to do one thing:
Make lots of money. Also, some are to advance a political agenda.

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nah. There have been faiths where people built up large piles of feces and prayed to it. You can't say that is equal to say the the teaching of buddha.

@powder I cited Buddhism as an example.

@powder you say this but the lifestyle he laid out for his monks didnt allow them to work except if they faced starvation. They were supposed to depend on people noticing that they needed something and give it to them. Outright begging was frowned on but so was earning money.

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In one respect they are all very similar. There's something wrong with you, only this will fix it.
I hold that religion is antihuman, it preys on this odd self loathing our species seems burdened with.

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I’d have to say that some are more harmful than others are.

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Not equal. Some are tame, some are extreme. All equally false though.

If you believe it or not, when the end comes we all will be held accountable .

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Oh no to all religions being "equal"... in terms of... perceived value? Content validity, utility? Smith's magic rocks and his illiterate reading of gold plates... lost... that resulted in Mormonism? Compared w/ the mainstay Abrahamic faiths that have d/evolved to present time? I REALLY prefer (personal preference of course) Buddhism and if you count it as a religion, Taoism, over flavours of superstitious gods, invisible friends... nebulous heavens types. How 'bout this last bit and Viking versions where if you like wine, women and dance, you get your fill forever in Nirvana?! Much better/mas mejor that twinking harps and gazing on some olde guys face. Heck; give me that good ole time animism over the hypocrites of churches, synagogues, worship houses anytime.

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Well. I think this discussion has an internal issue. Religions are not like some tea cups that you can measure their capacity to each other.
I think each religion; as part of the culture; emerged based on some needs in a society. Each one has some good perceptive toward some social issues. if a society will be more completed, its religion should answer more completed issues.

Maya Level 3 Dec 28, 2017
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No they are not.

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Big no ( there are different norms governing all religions )

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