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Comparison of religions
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Comparison of religions
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From: porus@ozemail.com.au (Porus H. Havewala)
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 10:03:19 GMT
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From root@oznet07.ozemail.com.au Fri Aug 18 09: 28:27 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: OzEmail Pty Ltd - Australia
Comparison of religions
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Re: Humanity the greatest aspect of any religion
as per Kabir-Das, a great poet-saint of India who said:
Daya (Compassion) is the root of religion,
Pride the root of sin -
Kabir says - do not leave compassion,
While the breath is still in the body.
Great men of India, such as Kabir, Nanak, Gandhiji etc.
have always tried to bring men together, to show that all
religions have always preached the way to God and that it
is senseless to fight one another or deride one another.
In the spirit of these great men, the following chart shows
the similarities between religions found in the world today:
Christianity Hinduism Islam Buddhism Zoroastrianism
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Heaven & Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hell
God/Devil Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(God/satan) (Deva/ (Allah/ (Brahman/ (Mazda/ahriman)
asura) shaitan) mara)
Morality Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
is enjoined
Do the Good
action, think &
speak good Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Prostitution
/Homosexuality
abhorred Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
God is the
Creator of
the Universe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reunion with
God (RE-LEGIOS,
the joining back
into a legion)
is the motive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rebirth No Yes No Yes No
The Coming Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
of the (Jesus) (Kalki) (Mahdi) (Maitreya) (Saoshyos)
Saviour
Final
Judjement Yes - Yes - Yes
Resurrection Yes - Yes - Yes
of the Dead
Millenium of Yes - Yes - Yes
the Saviour
As you see, the religions of the world are almost identical.
We should stop this childish behaviour of beating our own drum
and proclaiming that our religion is the best. God sees the earth
with the Eyes of Equality, not seeing which ladder a man climbs to
meet him, no seeing what path the lost sheep takes to find the
Shepherd so long as it has been found, so long as man has reunited
with the Almighty.
Judge for yourself, you have the power to decide between right
and wrong. Have righteous pride in your own religion, by all
means. But also respect (at a distance) other religions, or
you will fall prey to intolerance and discrimination with all
the attendant evils thereon.
Regards
Porus.
