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YART: Why are modern religions more valid than old ones?

ConstipatedVigilante

ConstipatedVigilante

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I've been thinking about this lately. Old-world religions like those of the Greeks, the Romans, the Egyptians, etc. are all dismissed as myth and folklore, so how is modern religion any different? Why are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, etc. all considered to be legitimate bodies of faith while those of the past are dismissed? It just seems like selective logic to me - "Oh, those people were uneducated pagans. But I got the right god, don't worry!"

Add to this the fact that all of the religions of the world are based on the writings of long-dead men who thought that the earth was flat. How can the religious possibly proclaim that their faith is true and valid, while simultaneously condemning the others as baseless?

Maybe it's because nobody worships the "old" religions anymore, so they must not be the right ones. But don't worry, we'll find the keeper! 🙄
 
I've often wondered this myself. Their explanations for things seem just as plausible as anything else out there these days. /shrug

KT
 
Greek and Roman mythology weren't really religions... They were more of a way to explain why things were the way they were. You didn't pray to Zeus for everlasting life or a ticket to heaven.

Religions tend to deal with what happens to you after you die and thus dictate your behavior while you're alive.
 
They aren't. All religions go through a transitional stage, and modern religion will be seen as quaint and archaic one day too. Hopefully there won't be anything to replace it with, unless by some miracle some sort of god figure actually reveals itself, and at least gives plausibility to belief. If that were to happen, it would likely be some kind of alien just trolling us :^D
 
If you just accept it as truth, it's much easier to deal with it.


Oh, and we don't "need" new religions anymore, Science does a great job at explaining the unknown
 
Modern religions learned from the past, they kept most of the BS, but incorporate their own version of "gotchas" that would keep brainwashed idiots tied to said religions. Without the "gotchas", modern religions are just mythologies.

Also, they've learned how to revise their versions of text to fit with the ever learning society. Always trying to "interpret" facts to fit with their tales instead admitting that their tales are just BS.
 
I believe in what the Dalai Llama says: if any part of his religion has been disproved by science, he doesn't believe in that part of his religion.
 
Each person creates deities to suit themselves. When we die, our gods die with us. Old religions are less valid because their creators are more dead.
 
Religion has to keep evolving in order to keep its tenets beyond the reach of real knowledge.




punjabiplaya said:
I believe in what the Dalai Llama says: if any part of his religion has been disproved by science, he doesn't believe in that part of his religion.
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Wouldn't surprise me.
I do find Buddhism to be one of the more acceptable and reasonable religions. It seems to prefer an attitude of "question everything," and "find happiness, even if you don't use the teachings of Buddhism to get there." Not so much of the "you're doomed to suffer forever if you don't believe like us," or "we'll kill you if you don't agree with us."
 
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the followers of modern gods killed off/conquered the civilizations that flollwed the older, ancient gods.

/thread.
 
The ancient religions left out one little part in their doctrine: if you go disagree, you die. I'm sure that in their waning days, they thought "shit, why didn't we think of adding that into the rules?"

On top of that, most of the newer religions incorporated an afterlife into things. So, not only are you screwed in this lifetime, but you're screwed for all eternity if you disobey.
 
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Thor > Jesus

Everyone knows this.
 
The next modern religion will probably be based off Kurzweil's concept of the singularity. We are the architechs of our heaven, and our evolution seems to direct us towards to god.
 
modern monotheistic religions don't want to explain everyday physics with mythologic stories.
A god throwing lightings? no way
they do explain stuff about the creation of the world and human species.
That's what people in the future will think about when they say that our religions are archaic and to be dismissed.
We have mythologic stuff.
Just wait the advancement of knowdelge and religions will have to be upgraded too.
 
They are not.

Stop listening to people who say they are. They are not more valid. They are all incorrect.

There is no god. :awe:
 
Jeff7 said:
Religion has to keep evolving in order to keep its tenets beyond the reach of real knowledge.





Wouldn't surprise me.
I do find Buddhism to be one of the more acceptable and reasonable religions. It seems to prefer an attitude of "question everything," and "find happiness, even if you don't use the teachings of Buddhism to get there." Not so much of the "you're doomed to suffer forever if you don't believe like us," or "we'll kill you if you don't agree with us."
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basically. the ancient Vedic texts are actually pretty good. Funny thing, both of these predate Christianity and Islam--I think the ancient Vedas pre-date Judaism?

these remain modern and very large religions. I think the ancient Brahmins still have the most approximate, most valid interpretation of a God figure: "that without sound, without vision--merely attempting to speak about this God is to not understand what it is."

Acceptance of this god is not meant to dictate the life that you live, the decisions that you make, but a finer understanding of the realm beyond human thought. It is neither one nor many, because these are limits imposed on something limitless. etc. Belief in this God is likewise unnecessary to live a happy, moral life. It is merely a way to seek a different understanding, appreciation of a force outside of nature, unbound by human thought.
 
much of ancient religion was used to explain natural phenomena that we can now predict, or at the very least understand, with science (ie, thunder, lightning, fire, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, etc.)

i would not be surprised if something similar happened with modern religions going into the future, but since they seem more abstract (in the sense that they do not necessarily attempt to explain physical phenomena) we'll just have to wait and see.
 
schneiderguy said:
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Thor > Jesus

Everyone knows this.
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The God Emperor > Thor




The most powerful man ever born, doesn't want to be called a God because he thinks religion isn't needed, wants to foster science resarch and diplomacy, has a giant sword and fist, gives his life to kill the greatest threat to mankind yet. Join the Imperial Cult.
 
tenshodo13 said:
The God Emperor > Thor




The most powerful man ever born, doesn't want to be called a God because he thinks religion isn't needed, wants to foster science resarch and diplomacy, has a giant sword and fist, gives his life to kill the greatest threat to mankind yet. Join the Imperial Cult.
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That picture has it all. Recessed lighting in the staircase and ceiling, eastlake brass work on the walls, everything. What's with the pelts? Fur is dead. Also, those lights in the back wall are shining straight into the lidless eye. Probably royally pissing the god off.
 
tenshodo13 said:
The God Emperor > Thor




The most powerful man ever born, doesn't want to be called a God because he thinks religion isn't needed, wants to foster science resarch and diplomacy, has a giant sword and fist, gives his life to kill the greatest threat to mankind yet. Join the Imperial Cult.
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God Emperor > God Emperor

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Can't be killed, rules the known universe, can see everything including the past and future, and kills your puny emperor in about 2 seconds.
 
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