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From where I come from, religion is a big deal, a very huge deal. If you are not part of a religion, you are tagged as an infidel. Now there are 2 major religions; Christianity and Islam (there are others oh, but these are the big two like Democrat and Republican or PDP and APC), no offence to either but I have come to observe that both religions are in an unconscious [probably conscious] battle of domination. I do not see a Muslim going around trying to convert the whole world even if there is a ridiculous conception that the Muslims have a secret plan to Islamize the whole country [I call it ridiculous because it is a secular country plus its way too heterogeneous], what I do know is that the Islams do not permit you to come into their territory and preach another religion that isn't theirs.
The Christians on the other hand following the instruction in their Holy Book(Bible) wants to convert the whole world and not only that, I have come to observe also that the Christians view other religion as inferior compared to theirs. In the Christian fold there are a lot of umbrellas and you would be surprised that the only thing they have in common is the Bible but they have very different mandates as different as day and night, bottom line there is no unity in the fold.
This post is not to degrade or upgrade any religion, it is simply to point out that in the habit of naming everything the true Supreme Being has been forgotten, sadly this is a reality not many would accept. These days the name of the religion or church stands first and the word of the church leaders stand more ultimate to the people than the word of the Supreme Being. After all this observation I have come to believe and conclude that religion is man-made not Jesus himself and just like every man-made creation, it is open to full corruption and pollution.
N.B. This post is opened to correction, opinions, criticism and advice.

Ninaperdido

Another interesting facet of religion was pointed out to me by a speaker at a recent Skepticon that I attended: Have you ever noticed how religions over time tend to layer upon one another? For example, let’s start with Judaism, which assumes one god, a place where that god lives (heaven), and a few other basic assumptions on a similar theme. Sure, all unlikely, but still, pretty restrained, considering. Then, along comes Christianity, takes most of the basic assumptions of Judaism, and adds a bunch more of its own–virgin birth, 3+ gods instead of one, expanding the concept of heaven to include a bunch more stuff, the creation of hell, and so on. And then, along comes Mormonism, which takes Christianity and throws in magic rocks(or hats, I forget which), migrations to continents, space ships, the ruling of planets, and on and on.

I think this emphasizes that religion is just a man-made creation, that evolves over time, and changes to adapt to cultures. Exactly what we would expect from a made-up story–it just keeps evolving and diverging.

Ninaperdido:
From where I come from, religion is a big deal, a very huge deal. If you are not part of a religion, you are tagged as an infidel. Now there are 2 major religions; Christianity and Islam (there are others oh, but these are the big two like Democrat and Republican or PDP and APC), no offence to either but I have come to observe that both religions are in an unconscious [probably conscious] battle of domination. I do not see a Muslim going around trying to convert the whole world even if there is a ridiculous conception that the Muslims have a secret plan to Islamize the whole country [I call it ridiculous because it is a secular country plus its way too heterogeneous], what I do know is that the Islams do not permit you to come into their territory and preach another religion that isn't theirs.
The Christians on the other hand following the instruction in their Holy Book(Bible) wants to convert the whole world and not only that, I have come to observe also that the Christians view other religion as inferior compared to theirs. In the Christian fold there are a lot of umbrellas and you would be surprised that the only thing they have in common is the Bible but they have very different mandates as different as day and night, bottom line there is no unity in the fold.
This post is not to degrade or upgrade any religion, it is simply to point out that in the habit of naming everything the true Supreme Being has been forgotten, sadly this is a reality not many would accept. These days the name of the religion or church stands first and the word of the church leaders stand more ultimate to the people than the word of the Supreme Being. After all this observation I have come to believe and conclude that religion is man-made not Jesus himself and just like every man-made creation, it is open to full corruption and pollution.
N.B. This post is opened to correction, opinions, criticism and advice.

The dominant nature of one religion over the other is what we term SPIRITUAL POLITICS. Religion is truly man-made, for GOD Almighty isn't interested in it.

Man made is a word but IN islam is a religion OF GOD. ALLAH SAY! Today I PERFECT YOUR RELIGION FOR YOU ISLAM. Only the HOLY BOOK GOD MENTION SUCH WORD RELIGION.

Yusufmanusman:
Man made is a word but IN islam is a religion OF GOD. ALLAH SAY! Today I PERFECT YOUR RELIGION FOR YOU ISLAM. Only the HOLY BOOK GOD MENTION SUCH WORD RELIGION.

Nonsense

What sort of ignorant, illiterate gibberish is this?

hahn:
Nonsense
What sort of ignorant, illiterate gibberish is this?

lol

OtemAtum:
The dominant nature of one religion over the other is what we term SPIRITUAL POLITICS. Religion is truly man-made, for GOD Almighty isn't interested in it.

"Spiritual Politics" tell me more

hopefulLandlord:
"Spiritual Politics" tell me more

Okay, the word 'god' itself doesn't have to mean a creator, rather, it is means something or someone or anything that is worshipped or is believed to answer one's requests. The first beings resulting from the big bang were capable of making living beings like themselves for the purpose of those beings to worship them and work for them. The era(world) of those first beings are gone in the 3D worlds but they can still rule the minds of we later beings by the words they wrote down which are their philosophies.
Where the spiritual politics come in is that many of these first beings are still interested in ruling our world and some other worlds even though they are not present and cannot be present bodily. They still want their own philosophies to reign supreme in our own minds. But it isn't all of these first beings who are interested in gaining the minds of the earth dwellers. Now what they do is to come in contact with a human being who fell deep into trance, give them their own philosophy and declare themselves as the creator of the world. Mazda located Zoroaster and declared himself as the creator of the world. Yahweh came reincarnated as Moses and wrote his philosophies. Then he declared himself as the creator of the world. Faulkin located Eusebius and then a space of trinity was created. Allah located Moh Ahmad and declared himself as the creator. Vishnu located Bhagaveda and declared himself as the creator of the world. Moloch located Mephimus and declared himself as the creator. Olorun located Ajagun and he also said Olorun created the earth. It goes on and on like that in this our own natural world of homo sapiens, such that whichever of the beings locate a human being, he would declare himself or herself as the creator of the earth.

So in all these things, whoever is the scribe/writer would declare the god who revealed those things to him as the creator of the world and people will abandon their former god for the new one. This is what I call spiritual politics, ruling our world through scrolls and books. Our world homosapien which began some thousands of years back doesn't have supernatural things so much embedded in it. It was meant to be a very natural world, but the stories from the past worlds of the dinosaurs, the gods, the dragons etc brought into it has made it seem as if indeed all the gods actually came into it within 6000 years back whereas all the first beings actually left it millions of years back during the period of the homo erectuses, yet they continue to rule our own minds by their words.

OtemAtum:
Okay, the word 'god' itself doesn't have to mean a creator, rather, it is means something or someone or anything that is worshipped or is believed to answer one's requests. The first beings resulting from the big bang were capable of making living beings like themselves for the purpose of those beings to worship them and work for them. The era(world) of those first beings are gone in the 3D worlds but they can still rule the minds of we later beings by the words they wrote down which are their philosophies.
Where the spiritual politics come in is that many of these first beings are still interested in ruling our world and some other worlds even though they are not present and cannot be present bodily. They still want their own philosophies to reign supreme in our own minds. But it isn't all of these first beings who are interested in gaining the minds of the earth dwellers. Now what they do is to come in contact with a human being who fell deep into trance, give them their own philosophy and declare themselves as the creator of the world. Mazda located Zoroaster and declared himself as the creator of the world. Yahweh came reincarnated as Moses and wrote his philosophies. Then he declared himself as the creator of the world. Faulkin located Eusebius and then a space of trinity was created. Allah located Moh Ahmad and declared himself as the creator. Vishnu located Bhagaveda and declared himself as the creator of the world. Moloch located Mephimus and declared himself as the creator. Olorun located Ajagun and he also said Olorun created the earth. It goes on and on like that in this our own natural world of homo sapiens, such that whichever of the beings locate a human being, he would declare himself or herself as the creator of the earth.

So in all these things, whoever is the scribe/writer would declare the god who revealed those things to him as the creator of the world and people will abandon their former god for the new one. This is what I call spiritual politics, ruling our world through scrolls and books. Our world homosapien which began some thousands of years back doesn't have supernatural things so much embedded in it. It was meant to be a very natural world, but the stories from the past worlds of the dinosaurs, the gods, the dragons etc brought into it has made it seem as if indeed all the gods actually came into it within 6000 years back whereas all the first beings actually left it millions of years back during the period of the homo erectuses, yet they continue to rule our own minds by their words.

interesting

OP said that xtians believe their religion to be superior but which religion doesn't think it is better than the others?

mmsen:
OP said that xtians believe their religion to be superior but which religion doesn't think it is better than the others?

true but Christianity has this superiority complex

hopefulLandlord:
true but Christianity has this superiority complex

And Islam and Judaism do not?

The Jews call themselves the chosen people.

Islam justifies taxing non-Muslims for not being Muslims. Justifies enslaving, raping and killing people who are not Muslims.

How is that any different from how xtians feel?

mmsen:
And Islam and Judaism do not?

The Jews call themselves the chosen people.

Islam justifies taxing non-Muslims for not being Muslims. Justifies enslaving, raping and killing people who are not Muslims.

How is that any different from how xtians feel?

fair enough