Quote Originally Posted by Nerq View Post
Basically the details of what constitutes an existant God, are important. The word you verbally choose to use, isn't. Right on JoannaB.

I didn't quite understand what you mean about we can't have peace until everyone can accept we have many names for God. Are you talking about names? Or belief systems? Because belief systems can cancel each other out and cause conflict with one another. But names can't.
I actually believe it is a bit of both, names and belief systems. I believe that since we are human beings and not Gods and thus fallible and not all knowing, I think there is some truth to different religions' beliefs - Christians are not necessarily more right than Muslims, even though I am a Christian that is what I believe. I believe that while there are actually absolute values but because of different people's and circumstances they may appear relative, and while I do believe there is one God, but I think God may not necessarily judge us based on our religious denomination but rather how good a person we are and part of that good I think/hope is greater tolerance. I once took a Philosophy of Eastern Religions class in college, taught by a Romanian Orthodox professor whose favorite word was Namaste and who tried to teach us common themes throughout different religious practices and to instill in us awe and respect for different beliefs. one of our fellow students recounted that she had travelled to China and visited a Buddhist temple thee, where the monks upon finding out that she and her husband had no religion, first tried to convert them to Buddhism but as that did not work, the Buddhist monks tried to convert this American couple to Christianity! why? because they believed that any religion was better than no religion.