What makes your religion is right?

Your religion might not be right for everyone but it should be right for you and that's all that matters.

It's more correct to say that either one belief system is right or none are, than to say they are all the same.

Many types of Paganism could be considered the same path in as much as they have many compatible beliefs under a different pantheon.

Many religions have conflicting beliefs. Christians believe to get to heaven you must confess to Jesus, other religions do not. Buddhists don't believe in a god or a heaven and follow an inner path. Muslims and Jews as well as some others have strict rules on what can and cannot be eaten, other religions have no diet restrictions. Many religions bow down before their gods while Asatruar would never submit their free will to a god.

Monotheistic religions generally believe that their god will condemn anyone who worships other gods while polytheistic religions worship many at once.

Religions are all alike in the sense that they look to higher powers. Outside of that most religious belief systems are incompatible with one another, therefor they are not the same thing in another language. Also because of the differences in belief in the nature of reality, afterlife, salvation, and codes of conduct, it is clear that all religions are not paths up the same mountain.

Religions are not all the same thing. Their are many kinds of religion for one thing. There are three eras of religion characterized by extreme differences. There are different doctrines and beliefs even in the same religion. Hinduism has a belief that there are many ways to a good afterlife, while many western religions only believe in one thing allowing for a good afterlife. Voodoo, a mix of African religions and Christianity believes in a very different afterlife than Australian Aborigines. Heaven is described a thousand different ways. Hell is described in just as many.

Though many religions have similar codes of conduct, and on the surface seem to teach similar things, they are as different as the culture they belong to.

The person right after me said it a whole lot better.

I'm inclined to agree to a point. The Abrahamic religions are all very similar, since they are all based originally on ancient Judaism. Buddhism, on the other hand, it utterly without a deity. Other religions, particularly in the Far East, have fundamentally different bases.

There are a few recurring themes, though: Be good to your immediate neighbors, foreigners are not as good, different religions are wrong, and (often but not always) variations on the "Golden Rule". The existence of a deity or deities to fear or worship is optional.

Look at the work of Joseph Cambell or Ken WIlber - scholars of all religions who looked for the overlaps - the places where they agree vs. where they do not.

Ultimately, one place they all agree on is that we are all in this together. Yes, while the institutions of religion work to keep us seperate - the spiritual wisdom of their scriptures tend to point out that what one does affects all of us to some degree eventually. "Love your neighbor as yourself", "Make me one with everything", "All [people] are ... equal", "What goes around, comes around.", etc. Even science shows that everything is linked in a universe of common laws and a lattice of cause and effect.

Love, compassion, empathy, jusitice and civilization itself are all dependent - to some degree or another - on the idea that we matter to each other, that we have an effect on the whole and that we are part of something bigger than ourselves.

This is where you are mistaken. All religions are in the same language. It is much easier to find when you meld them together into one. The language is love.

Put Buddha and Jesus side by side. One Atheist and one Theist. Think about where they agree, and then try to count how many points they disagree on.

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I'm not saying mine is right, I've gotten sick and tired of people fighting over it. Just because Atheism is good for me, doesn't mean it is with everyone.

I do however like exploring religions, I find it fascinating. My favorite is Hinduism and their idea of Reincarnation.

i dont believe that ONLY my religion is right.

there are many paths to the top of a mountain.

I love going to my church, but Jesus is the only One that is right.

because i believe in one single God and do not associate anything with him such as a son or any partners.