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Mon 12 Mar, 2007 05:23 pm
Just wondering.
Why do you Christians believe in the Bible and not the Koran?
Why do you Muslims believe in the Koran and not the Bible?
Why do you Buddhists believe in neither of these?
So on and so forth.
I'd say because of the differences in the book, each religion is so different yet so similiar, but if they were all the same, what would be the point.
Good question.
Why does people believe fairytales are true? Because they want to. On some subconscious level or other.
But a better question might be...
Why do those who believe in things they cannot satisfactory explain insist on nattering on about it?
There is a little known and rather perverse law that sates the less a person knows about something, the more they wish to opine about it.
Yes, people tend to form their opinions from emotional reaction fairly often, rather than from cold facts. Myself included.
The cerebral cortex is mighty thin compared to the balance of the remaining volume of the brain, .08 to .16 inches in fact.
I reckon its got a lot to do with where you are born and what you're upringing is.
My parents are devout christians, but they've never read the Koran, and if they tried to now, they would probably only disagree with it because they've been conditioned by the christian way of thinking for so long.
I think its a shame.
The Pentacle Queen has it spot on! Born and raised, then some more. Brainwashed to the core.
Quote:Why do you believe what you believe?
Because if we didn't believe it we would
not believe what we believe.
I think Neo is onto something here.
I do not believe what I do not believe.
I can't believe you guys said that . . .
Wow! someone agrees with me on a religon forum.
That has to be a first.
Thank you CI.
I acknowledge what people say if I agree and disagree with any opinion. Your's happen to be spot on!
Cobbler, maybe because the Bible and the Koran tell you only to believe in it and not something else? Another god, for example. (If I am wrong in what those two books say, please correct me, because I am not familiar with neither.)
Why Buddhists believe in neither? Buddhists do not believe in God, so why would they believe the Bible or the Koran?
I remember having read that Buddha even asked his disciples to question what he taught them, not to accept them as truth without checking it out by themselves (i.e. meditate about it, etc.). Even just before his death, he asked them if they had any questions at all to ask them then. The "religious" concepts are different, and I wonder whether Buddhism is a religion if there is no god involved.
I don't know my bible that well, but I'm sure it has a verse that says something like "have no other gods before me." They have almost every base covered, except for all the contradictions and mistakes.
Their science wasn't all that good back then, but the miracles were common occurances.
cello wrote:Cobbler, maybe because the Bible and the Koran tell you only to believe in it and not something else? Another god, for example. (If I am wrong in what those two books say, please correct me, because I am not familiar with neither.)
Why Buddhists believe in neither? Buddhists do not believe in God, so why would they believe the Bible or the Koran?
I remember having read that Buddha even asked his disciples to question what he taught them, not to accept them as truth without checking it out by themselves (i.e. meditate about it, etc.). Even just before his death, he asked them if they had any questions at all to ask them then. The "religious" concepts are different, and I wonder whether Buddhism is a religion if there is no god involved.
No, no, what I'm saying is.. Why do Christians think the Bible is true and not the Koran? Why do Buddhists become Buddhists? All of that.
Oh, I would be interested to hear Christians, Muslims and Buddhists answer the questions from their points of view then.
For my part, I think I answered indirectly by saying Buddhists disciples are expected to question the truth of what Buddha taught as part of their "religious" learning. But why Buddhists become Buddhists, I don't know, for I don't even think that children from Buddhists families are automatically Buddhists, i.e. that they have to practice the "religion" of their parents.
Cobbler wrote:cello wrote:Cobbler, maybe because the Bible and the Koran tell you only to believe in it and not something else? Another god, for example. (If I am wrong in what those two books say, please correct me, because I am not familiar with neither.)
Why Buddhists believe in neither? Buddhists do not believe in God, so why would they believe the Bible or the Koran?
I remember having read that Buddha even asked his disciples to question what he taught them, not to accept them as truth without checking it out by themselves (i.e. meditate about it, etc.). Even just before his death, he asked them if they had any questions at all to ask them then. The "religious" concepts are different, and I wonder whether Buddhism is a religion if there is no god involved.
No, no, what I'm saying is.. Why do Christians think the Bible is true and not the Koran? Why do Buddhists become Buddhists? All of that.
Why do some people believe in Santa Claus? There is no difference.
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