Most people who believe in a certain religion, won't actually say that their religion is better than yours, however, there's not a doubt in my mind that at one point in their life, they actually thought it.I have so many people in my friend list who does argument always that their religion is better than any of the religion why this is like this?Just the actual thought of somebody thinking that their religion is better than yours, probably separates them from their own religious beliefs. I can't think of one religion that doesn't imply that their religion is the only way to salvation or to the promised land.No religion gives u permission to do violence but it is almost rived regularly on the name of religion.Once this thought becomes dominant in your mind, and you actually believe that your religion truly is better than all others and it is the only way to salvation or to the promised land, you're probably in too deep. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this simple statement or been able to read it on someone else's face like a glaring red beacon flashing over an airportst of the people in my family too deoes not know the history of their religion to.oo ,in spite of thisype about u t they worship sculptures and argue faltu type about religions.If you don't believe that some people think that their religion is better than others, I would like to challenge you to put it to a test. Simply ask someone if they are thinking about switching over to a different religion.
You're rarely going to hear someone tell you that they are, you're probably going to see a puzzled look on their face, providing you with the answer, without even opening up their mouths. There's a good chance that these people will tell you," No, they have never even thought about joining another religion." The problem is, they've probably never even spent the time to think about whether their religion is right or wrong.
I can't tell you how many people, that I meet on a regular basis, believe that their religious views are right and all others are now wrong. I can however tell you, that most of these people haven't took the time to study the origins of their beliefs thoroughly.
How can you judge another religion, when you don't really understand your own? If you have studied early hinduaism, like I have, there's a good chance that you won't ever again go around telling someone or even thinking it silently to your self, that your religion is actually better than someone else's.
the greatness of any religion is in the fact that , is it able to embrace pluralism ,what is its orientation towards followers of other religions , are they mere infidels in the eye of that particular religion? mutual tolerance is the greatest virtue of religions. if some religion is intolerant towards others then i would call it mere propagandists not religion....... as far as i have understood different religions there are only few religions which can accept the existence of other religions. Christians have their own ''divine theory' propaganda according to which followers of other religions are sinners and if they want to become divine then they have to convert themself. .Islam considers followers of other religions as kafirs(one who has no believe). there are section of people in every religion who are fundamentalists and their fundamentalism is detrimental to world peace.I am not saying Hinduism is the greatest religion of the world but i am just saying that religions which have originated from india(hinduism,buddhism,sikkhism,jainism) are more liberal and they happily support existence of other religions simultaneously - essence of pluralism.
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