If a religion says that there is one GOD. This means that we are the children of one Almighty. It means A and B are brothers. If A chides and abuses the father of B, does it not mean A is abusing his own father?
Anonymous
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Wrong. First of all, "religion" and "monotheism" are not synonyms. Second of all, monotheism does not necessarily imply that everybody has to be from the same deity, let alone that people have to treat everybody as family.
Shinigami
I understand exactly what you mean. There is only one Father, and we are all children of the spirit. Why are we constantly at each other?
Sometimes, I look at families and how they interact, and I can understand a little about what the family of God is like. My brothers always used to fight with each other, and my parents were just enforcers of the law, and referees. When they (my brothers) fought, it seemed like they fought "all the time". But there were lots of other times when we all got along.
Eventually, they all grew up and moved away. We loved each other more then.
I think God's family is like that too. We all miss God in our lives, because we've grown away from Him. We fight amoung each other in order to gain the favor of God.
It is ok for people to fight one another. We might not like it if we are caught in the middle, but it is a part of our human condition.