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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel that the Eastern religions - Hinduism, Buddhism. Shintoism etc  - are more individual focussed and more spiritual.  I feel that Western religions - Christianity, Judaism, Islam - is more society focussed and more ritualistic.

I also feel that if you truly believed in  your God and His/Her omnipotence, then trying to convert people to your faith only means that you think that 1) either your God made mistakes in creating them and you have to fix that mistake or 2) your God is powerless to convert them Himself/Herself and needs minions to do it.

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God did not make the mistake of creating them. They are making the mistake of turning from him and following whatever false religion, including no religion. But god does not give up on them!  A lot can happen in one's lifetime. [/quote]

And if it doesn't  - God weeps? but, hey he gave you a chance -and it was your free will to choose eternal punishment.  It sounds so contrived.

[b]OP - are you listening? What do you think of all this?[/b][/quote]

Yes, I have been following the discussion ..... though it is only tangentially related to my OP.

As a Christian my views are very different from the PP who takes a very literal interpretation of some of the teachings of Jesus. My problem with those who take these teachings literally is that they are selective about the parts they want to emphasize. I have had discussions with others who hold a view similar to that of the PP and when I cite a different passage that is just as definitive, they skirt around the issue.

But to come back to my OP, I suspect the PP who has been quite rigid about Jesus being the only path to salvation, was born a Christian and that is the foundation for his belief system. Had he been born a Muslim, he would more than likely have been just as fervent in his views.

Some religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are less doctrinaire than the Abrahamic religions, are much more tolerant and take a broader view of faith. Interestingly neither of those religions seeks to proselytize.

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