Do you believe that fundamentally, all religions are the same? Why or why not?

[BCRanger10]

Do you believe that at their core, all religions are ultimately the same? Why or why not?

[jshm2]

LoL it's the wrong question you're asking.

All languages are not "the same," but they have similar roots and a common purpose. Being able to speak one, does not mean you "speak" all, nor does it bar you from understanding another.

Seems you're too basic to grasp any better, for now.

[BCRanger10]

Um... what?

[WindAtMyBack]

No, they are very different. That's especially true of religion that have a deity vs religions without a deity.

There are even some big differences between Christian sects.

[sage2021]

No they aren't or we wouldn't have so many different one's.

[strateguy632]

Nope, each has a different PRIMARY goal not just "be a nice person" which is taught in all of them. But yeh atheists do not bother to see what each one is about and say that. In fact whatever muslims did dawkins blames all abrahamic religions

[Sal_Monella]

How is Dawkins in any way relevant?

[DryGermanGuy]

Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam...) are.

[BCRanger10]

Why do you think so?

[DryGermanGuy]

You have the one god, the group of prophets, the rule set, heaven and hell, the canonical texts…

[BCRanger10]

There is some overlap, yes. But Judaism does not believe in Jesus Christ. Plus, modern Judaism is more concerned with behavior and action, whereas Christianity (Catholicism in particular) is concerned with action, but also is concerned with the heart and the internal dispositions of the individual; see the Sermon on The Mount.

Islam rejects the Holy Trinity, which is a core component of Christianity. They also reject Jesus Christ. Sure, they acknowledge him as a prophet, but not as the Son of God. They also do not believe that Mary was immaculately conceived. And they believe that the Koran... Qu'Ran... whatever is just an updated Bible; whereas Christianity (again, Catholicism in particular) believes the Bible to be the completion of public revelation. One of Paul's letters states that even if an angel from Heaven should preach another gospel, it should be anathema. With Islam, that is particularly the case, since they somehow believe that an angel wrestled with their false prophet and compelled him to recite their satire piece.

[DryGermanGuy]

You’re far deeper into the details than me! The last four generations of my family haven’t been religious at all.

[exitseven]

No I had a cousin that was recruited into the Unification Church. It was more a cult than a religion. It was pretty amazing how he was brainwashed

[Sal_Monella]

Most religions extol virtues and morals. Islam is the religion of hatred, death and conquest.

[Anonymous]

Yes. They are all contrived by humans, and all serve the same purpose.

[contentious]

Nope.

[Ariesman81]

Flagrant?

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Nope.