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The problem I am having with this is let's take India and Africa as examples. They are converting to Christianity as a very rapid rate. These people are abandoning everything they have been taught all of their lives, all of their traditions and rituals go out the window and they give everything...

Good point.

Oh yes, that's another can of worms, Jews and Christians. I think if there is one God and he lays out explicit rules we are to live by then every human of every faith should follow his teachings and according to the way in which he commands it. If we do otherwise then.....

All humans are disobedient at one time or another but in my opinion, if my God explicitly lays out rules for me to follow then I have to follow those rules and when I should go off track then I ask for forgiveness and get back in line and strive not to sin again. Bottom line here is I am not...

Then one can argue that if they not following the Jewish God's commandments which "he" told them to do then this means they are either disobeying him or not worshipping him at all.

Yes but the bible very clearly states that you need to follow the 10 commandments to abide in the Jewish God so if you are not doing so then which God are you abiding in?

I had spoken to a Hindu philosopher a while back and had asked him this question. If Hindus don't live by the 10 commandments of the bible, would you agree then that they are not praying to the Jewish God? His was response was "Yes". What's you guys take on this please, for any religion that...

This goes back to original question. Remember that some folks believe in their own God.

I get it. What is confusing for me though is that iit seems only the Jews have concrete proof of God's miracles so why would other religions believe in a God they have no solid proof of?

Yes, I was one of those people when I started my spiritual walk, until one day when discussing Christianity with a Native American, he said "what about the Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims e.t.c, don't they count"? I never forgot those words and that started me seeing all religions from a different view.

Yes that would make sense, the Rabbi did not have an answer to that question.

That's some story :). I think the ultimate issue for me is I had promised my mom before becoming born again that I would to whatever ritual will be needed whenever she passes. She said this would need to be done so she can get the proper send off into wherever she has to go. I don't know what I...

For the kids of parents of different religions you run into issues that's very hard to deal with. As one example, I had this Rabbi I used to discuss with and had asked him one day about the consequences of part-taking in my my mom's Hindu prayers ceremonies and rituals. Rabbi said as a Christian...

I myself am more Messianic so I put a lot of stock in both the Gospel and the OT and I am having more than enough struggles just dealing with or rather balancing both so belonging to and practicing 2 or more different religions is not something I would do or encourage.

Yes guys, I can see the purpose of images. In my mind I vision God as being a man with grey hair and long beard, don't know why exactly but as you've stated some of us need an image to identify with. Ok so next issue for me, I know people who say they belong to multiple religions, for example...