SPIRITUAL Philosophies

FAITH - is a complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

BELIEF - is an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.

Currently, there are 12 major religions/philosophies listed in order of the number of participants:

1. Christianity
2. Islam
3. Hinduism
4. Buddhism
5. Judaism
6. Sikhism
7. Taoism
8. Jainism
9. Baha'i
10. Confucianism
11. Shinto
12. Zoroastrianism

Some of these 12 consider their truths to be a philosophy and not a religion.

All of these 12 beliefs or faiths have:

• a creator
• good and evil battles
• a heaven concept
• a creation story
• a crucifixion story
• a resurrection story
• miracles
• disciples
• life after death
• principle by which life is to be lived
• a message of love and brotherhood

Then we have mythologies.  Every single country, even though that country may no longer exist, at one point in time had similar stories, INCLUDING Native Americans.

If all of these stories, concepts, beliefs, faiths, etc., are similar, then how could all of them be wrong except for ONE?

This is what amazes me about Christianity.  The stories in the Bible are not unique, they are just a little different from other stories, but convey the same parables from which we are supposed to learn and improve our lives.

INTERESTINGLY, all of these faiths/philosophies have GOOD/EVIL in a constant battle for dominance.  Does this mean that good and evil and different in each one of these faiths or philosophies or is each one talking about the same good and evil?

I don't remember hearing anyone discuss that.  So, if good and evil are the same, why couldn't each of these gods/God be the same???

Now this one is going to be a bitch to ponder.