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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Here's the thing that doesn't let me accept that in my logical mind when it comes to religion "shopping" so to speak. If it's possible to "choose" your religion than in a way you're acknowledging that there isn't a real truth. Because if you say there is a real truth then you risk "picking" the wrong religion. If there is no real truth, or an ultimate truth that all religions touch on in some ways, then it doesn't really matter what religion you pick anyway so why bother.
And no, I haven't visited any place because I don't feel that I would be doing so in a sense of honest earnestness at this point.
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See, a Priest during my RCIA classes said it this way... He drew concentric circles on the board with a dot in the middle. He said that dot is where all religions are trying to be.. "One with God". He drew dots all around within the concentric circles and said that the organized religions were represented by those dots. He said each would like to believe that they are closest to the dot, but nobody really knows for sure which dot is closest to the truth but the only thing that really mattered was that the center point was the goal. This fit with the way I had always thought about organized religions so I was happy to hear him say that.
In "Embraced by the Light" by Betty Eadie, she suggests that different religions and denominations exist to meet different needs at different points in time.
There can be many roads to reach the end point and people need to take the road that works best for them. There is no one answer.
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