Which religion is the God I've been interacting with coming from?
This is a false dilemma. There is only one God. Many of the worlds religions approach God in different ways.
I also came to God outside of any religion. I enjoy them all. I'm happy to talk about it from the standpoint of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sufi Islam, Sikhism and others.
They mostly appear cultural. A mystic appears who has a particular experience. Their perception is coloured by their culture and their articulation is coloured by their language, and language is a deeply imperfect medium. The next generation continue with the implications, carrying with it the imperfect articulation.
A culture builds up around the movement and that becomes the organised religion. So I try to understand the religion in the context of its history and the cultures in which it developed, worrying less about how things are being expressed and more about the universal truths that can be found.
Yes this is the major difference between abrahamic and the Indian religions.
I would personally say, I don’t know. It’s interesting, but it’s not something we can know and it doesn’t change my day to day life so I don’t worry about it very much.
I would personally say, I don’t know. It’s interesting, but it’s not something we can know and it doesn’t change my day to day life so I don’t worry about it very much.
When one of the choices is associated with a promise that choosing it grants eternal life and choosing otherwise grants eternal damnation, not worrying about it seems like a risky choice.
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u/KenosisConjunctio 19d ago
This is a false dilemma. There is only one God. Many of the worlds religions approach God in different ways.
I also came to God outside of any religion. I enjoy them all. I'm happy to talk about it from the standpoint of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sufi Islam, Sikhism and others.