Topic: Do you have any idea why the WORLD has so many religions and beliefs? (Read 1623 times)

You are absolutely right about it. Countries with the highest IQ levels (South Korea, Japan, China.etc) are mostly atheist and the people there doesn't give much importance to the western business-minded religions such as Islam and Christianity. On the other hand, the low IQ nations (especially those in the middle-east and sub-Saharan Africa) are usually ultra-religious.

it is the fact that people are really tiny in this world. There are so much more that we can understand and i think that we need a solid foundation  when we face too many difficulties in life. Furthermore, depending on the region that they live in they may have different beliefs.

I think the answer is clear. By nature, human IQ level, a portion of a population will make a story up to feel more secure in their life.

There are so many religions in the world because, there are a lot of people who perceived the same information differently. At the present time it is also a good business.

The same reason for which people are greedy.
They want more, they want to be special and unique. So they each invent their own true faith.

It's all bullshit.

A large portion of the world population no longer believes in the religion in to which they were born. A large percentage has become non-religious, and in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, non-religious people are about to become a majority. Another large portion has converted to a religion, which is different from their parents' religion.

Logically speaking, it is normal for the world to have many beliefs for it is dependent to every person or to the religion that they are belong. They have different understanding and perceptions to their God and books(if they have).

Terrorism was still existing for there are still people who are selfish and always wanted to have the power to control all people. Calamities is a natural. However, there are conspiracy theory states that it is being controlled by a certain machine, HAARP.

we have individual opinions, how one or two things should be according the way we want it and so when other opinions crop up that pose a threat to our opinion we revolt against it. we want to make our own god and serve him the way we are comfortable with whether right or wrong.

because we got different language, culture and beliefs that is why we also got different religion, we inherit most of our beliefs including different religion from our ancestors.

As we are moving towards having only two religions (Islam and Christianity), that diversity is getting lost. Even here in India, I can see before my own eyes how different tribes are losing their culture once they are getting converted to Christianity. The missionaries forbid them to sing their traditional songs and they are not even allowed to do ancestor worship.

because in this world created in different and all created different shapes and different sense of the world is created for man to worship the god.

I think that all diversity because people are different and have different tastes, that's why there are so many things that everyone can choose something suitable for themselves

It is in nature of man to be ordered and to have someone to lead them. Now, it began when no one was there to lead them and there's always that opportunistic person who wants to take advantage of the situation when all hope is lost for having no purpose, no one to follow and no where to go. In the end, that opportunistic person will be successful in making others believe what he or she wants. It happened a lot of time in history.

In my thoughts there is only one God, but mankind influenced by elders and human believes it, and we as a mankind can't forced our beliefs to the other, because every people had it own right.

if I think that religion is based on personal beliefs, so it is not surprising that in this world a variety of religions arise, as long as the aim is good, not threatening salvation, it is still within reasonableness, but if the terrorist problem, I think someone controls it, it is unlikely that the terrorist will have substantial funds, if it is not funded

Not good enough. What about the minority religions? There are forest tribes in Indonesia, who follow their own religion. But they are forced to convert to Islam or Christianity, as the government does not recognize their religion. They can't get national ID cards, if they don't convert. 

Because any religion is only an archetypal projection of a parental image.
And any society has one.

I am indonesian, in my country there are 5 religions that are officially recognized by the government, and in my country, all people are free to choose their religion without any discrimination on the minority.

Religion is guidelines to live, so I think reasonable if many differences guidelines in life.

The world has so many religion and beliefs because man is created with the nature of finding the logical reasoning as to its own existence.

Every religion, I repeat - absolutely any religion is a tool of power over the people based on his faith. So many religions because so many who want to have power.
Natural disasters happen because of human greed, because of the fact that people raped the planet for the sake of their whims and excesses.
Terrorist organizations exist around the world in different countries. To find a hub useless. Terrorist actions are earn and launder a lot of money, so the terrorism will exist as long as greed.
Did you notice that all these three aspects and all countries in the world has one common concept? GREED

I think it's very hard question... Maybe people just need to believe in something, it's easy than just take responsibility for their lives.

Because the world is multicultural. Every nation has its own way, belief and religion.

Religions is man-made. Terrorism and calamities but I think there's someone control all of these.
I believe in God, yes. God created the entire universe,earth, all things in heaven and man. But the real purpose of these why He created these to Glorify Him, but satan destroy all these things that is why God threw satan in the world. I think satan is the one who controlling these world that is why there is many problems and relegions. People made the religions because they are thinking that religions can save them, but it is not. Jesus Christ is the only way to meet God and to have salvation. Science, religions, philosophy and good works can save souls.

The existence of so many religions in this world and the claim that all religions lead to God are clearly confusing to many people, who earnestly seek the truth about God.
Usually they feel desperate for the possibility of whether they can get the absolute truth about the topic.

Finally, they embrace the universalist claim that all religions lead to God.
Moreover, skeptics also use the fact that there are so many religions as proof that man can not know God,
or He does not exist.
Many people do not want to believe in God who demands truth and morality,
so they create gods that do not demand such things.

Religion was invented by man and since there are a lot of people in the universe, its not surprising that there are a lot of religions especially since everyone has their concept of the God that they worship.

Very interesting question.
If you read Bible, book of Genesis, you will understand that in the beginning, in the Garden of evil, we had only one culture, tradition and language.
After human fall, people separated from the God and start to fight.
Conflicts created more divisions, and eventually people started to create own cultures, traditions, faith etc.

My idea is because we have different belief when it come to salvation of everyone. even in time of Jesus Christ there is already many religion and no one say that my religion is bad they always saying my religion is good and right. but according to bible there is no other name under heaven given among men where most be save except Jesus Christ. (acts 4:12) and the book of John 14:6 Jesus said I'am the way the truth and the life, no one can comes through the Father except through me...religion is good but sometimes religion produce only division to the people.

we do have different religions and beliefs because of how big and vast this world is. but one thing is for sure, we are all have one God, we may be calling him in different names but we all have one God.

I believe that what ever the religion we have rïght now is n0t important because god looks for every heart n0t to our different religion.. God is in control in every calamities or what ever.. Always put our trust in god..

Rather than a simple tale, it is a myth invented by some very intelligent people to control the others. With the oriental religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and Shintoism, it is not that evident. But it is much evident in the Semitic religions such as Islam and Christianity.

Because plurality of beliefs and opinions is just another expression of natural human diversity.

 

Religion is a tale. Some people don't like tales of others, so they make their own.

this is an absolute truth...the difference of people generates a difference of religions so that everyone can choose their faith  for himself and their kind of relationship with God

Well as we all may notice, we're not living in the same country or even the same continent. Thr world is a vast diversity of different cultures and races with different origins and beliefs so it's just logical that we don't share one religion.

Very soon, there will be only two (Christianity and Islam). All the other religions are losing followers to these two religions. Even here in India, a lot of Hindus are converting to Christianity and Islam every year. And it is the same everywhere. In Nepal, there were only around 50,000 Christians in 1991. Now the number is close to 1,000,000. More than half of the Indians in Trinidad are now Christian.

These two questions seems quite unrelated.
There so many religion and beliefs because all religion and beliefs are wrong, so whenever you put people in different places they start to evolve wrong religion and beliefs.

Definitely I think that God is one for all religions, that's only every religion is a treatise of the teachings of God in its own way. And that's why we have so many different directions, even Christians.

as long people need faith and hope there will be religion and beliefs.

and its very easy to found a new one.

Because not everybody believes the same thing and when you differ with somebody you generally break off because of that. That is what I think occurred but no I do not think somebody controls religions or set them up this

way it likely was a natural doing somehow.

Some people need a guide or some object to which a person can put all responsibility. Differences in culture create unique cults for worship.

If all religions lead to the same God, we would no doubt expect them to make efforts to unite humanity and contribute to peace

I think here even the climate can have its effect. People of Africa believe in Gods that sell them thunger and rain, Europenians are just seeking an escape in religion.

The world has many religions and beliefs because people have different mind set , also experiences because of experiences it leads to people to believe in different way. In religion  there are a lot of religions more than a million, this is due to different experienxes, thought and mind set. That are the some reason on why  there's a lot of religions and beliefs in our world.

Its a matter of what ther parents and there older root of there family gave that some times is just a beneficial cause why they going in that relegion but no matter what learn to respect what others religion and beliefs

I think this is all because of their curiousity and longing to fill the void in their heart and answer all their questions in life resulting to their attempt to find God and so form many religious and belief.

I don't think that someone is in control of having beliefs and religions. However, people are naturally curious which leads to their question of existence, thus resulting to different kinds of religions and beliefs. Terrorism happens when they want to imply what they believe to other people. Now, calamities happen because of the change that we brought upon this world.

Religions are created because of humanities needs for an answer for all questions that cannot be solved scientifically. A very cliche question is, Who created us? Where did we come from? This can not be answered scientifically, so I assume that people made different kinds of religion to satisfy their need for an answer. Many people created different kinds of religions not only to answer these questions but also guide people towards their behavior by providing them with beliefs that help maintain unity and peace through each individual in the society.

May be one of the reasons. The ultimate aim of modern religion is to scare you and then extort money from you. Some of my friends are Christians, and I have seen them donating as much as 25% to 30% of their annual income to the churches. If the fear is not there, then who will give that sort of money to these churches?

Lack of education

Because people are strange, like the doors said

Every person has different views on God and on religion. Because of this, the world is divided into many religions so that people can choose what they like.

I have an issue with brainwashing children with either unproven or empirically disproven mythology, so that kind of puts all religions firmly in my "BAD" pile.

Don't even get me started on Joel Osteen. He is such a scum. A few days back, he was asking for donations from hurricane Harvey victims, saying that they should give money to the "god" even if they are homeless and without food and clothes. Normally, I don't have problem with these Christians. But evangelists are a different brand.

Look to Joel Osteen's greed in Texas as exhibit A. It is almost like religion is just a scam to control the populace and separate them from their money and ability to think critically.....

The calamities are natural and no connection to religions. Religions are made to control peoples beliefs. Judging your actions as good or bad. They are just crowdfunding organization that uses its members to get rich fooling them by using the word "hell" and "devil". I am an atheist and these are my opinions toward religions.

People have different beliefs because, and its ultimately, every person is unique. In that you have to consider different environments, and to that social dynamics and to that intelligence. I mean, take Catholicism, there different sects of that religion because their followers interpret these differently eventhough they read the same bible.

I agree with both parts of your argument. I have seen Christian clerics roaming around in Range Rovers and BMWs. Every now and then, they are demolishing the old churches and building new multi-million USD palaces, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time. And regarding the Muslims, they have been practicing demographic Jihad ever since the 7th century. That is how nations such as Kosovo, Bosnia, and Bangladesh became Islamic caliphates.

Why is religions are exist?
- Because a lot of people has to believe things. Like other world, heaven, hell etc. If these people doesn't believe this things, they will be bad obviously.
Why world has so many religions?
- Because world has so many cultures. Can you tell all cultures needs are same, all cultures fears are same? That's why.

Most so called leaders of the Christian Religion are concerned with making money only, members of the Islamic Religion are ever growing because they just keep on having children and they don't even care for them and they become a burden on society.

We have so many religions because of many different cultures and traditions around the world.
Why terrorism?
In fact, terrorism exist since the beginning of humankind, nothing new here.
Terrorism have goal to scare people, to force stronger countries to change policy and accept viewpoint of weaker countries or groups.
It's also act of despair.
We can stop terrorism only if we solve causes of terrorism, not consequences but it's very complex topic.

Religions and beliefs are man-made so it follows that there will be variance, especially between isolated cultures. Think of how different aesthetics can be.

As for terrorism, it has always been present where cultures clash and some supernatural shennanigans and group think can be used to justify it. Calamities on the other hand is part and parcel of living on Earth. As we say "shit happens".

There are many religion because of different beliefs.  Some thought that this is the right thing and then some thinks that it is wrong.  And that would cause terrorism.  As to calamities, we are not in control of that but only the one who made us.  It is our God.  It is a way of teaching us to correct our wrongs.  That we become too abusive.

There are so many religions and beliefs probably because of location, culture and influence.  I do believe that there's a supreme being out there but I also believe that it is not his fault for any negativity that is happening around us.  Thank you.

The answer is simple, and can be seen even in this thread: the world has so many religions and beliefs because each person has his own opinion about something. Those opinion may be the same with other people but are in contrast with another. Differences in opinion leads a person to go with those people who shares the same ideologies that he/she has, in order to avoid rejection. And thus, a group will be formed. But most of the times, even under the same group, differences divide a group, creating another group. And this goes on and on and poof! It became koko crunch...along with many religions and beliefs.

Wow look at all that text explaining something so simple.

Question: Do you have any idea why the WORLD has so many religions and beliefs?
Answer: because people make shit up.

 there's nothing people control about the calamities this natural dissaster create of god to remain people not obeying the god commands, the terrorism i think the government of each country can control them to enforce the law. about the religions my thinking of this not all reiigion are for god the other use the name of god for the business using church to collect money in the way. sorry if my opinion hurting to the other religion group.

differnt people have different thoughts .. they have different minds and most people are not contented on a single thing ..
in additon why we have so many religions now adays because having new religions and coleagues is the form of business with out taxes to be paid off
im juust statin a fact that i know and saw too many times .. even catholic churches i have a doioubt on them with their catholic school who are intend for the rich kid.. you can checkk that !!!

Religion has long been turned into a profitable business. Of course there are a lot of people want to make money. They will never agree among themselves, so the competition between them sometimes comes to war. They can understand. I don't understand those who believe their fairy tales and gives them money.

I think that the secret government controls religions, sects and terrorism. They said that they are concerned about too many people on the planet and maybe so they want to get rid of people.

I think the best explanation about religions and beliefs is because we are diversified.

Below are the factors to consider in determining our differences:

• Culture
• Location
• History
• Personal Choice

When it comes to terrorism, religion and belief is out of the picture, because the terrorists are basing their actions through their personal agendas which we don't have any idea about. Those people are trying to make a point or wants to really cause commotions and war, which should be not tolerated at all.

When it comes to calamities, these are unforeseen and we all should be ready.

If there's someone in control of terrorism, yes, but for calamities, none except for those caused by human acts.

The existence of so many religions is not a denial of the existence of God. Nor is it a pretext that the truth about God is unclear. On the contrary, the existence of so many religions is a proof of the declaration of human rejection of the one true God. For terrorists there must be control and funding in secret without being exposed by the actor

Some people can easily suppress those evil feelings..

Hay kid do you want to smoke ..
No thanks
Oh go on you little pussy while all the other boys point and say go on you pussy what are you some little girl go on have a few pulls and have some of this smoke..

While they all surround you like a pack of wolves watching your every move and all along you feel like this little mouse with all the cats around asking you to have a pull of this cigarette
And your thinking in your mind if i have a pull they will leave me alone and maybe treat me like one of those cats instead of a mouse ..

So before you know it your smoking cigarettes to play with the cats because you don't want to be a mouse ..
I think they got that idea from the saying are you a man or a mouse ..

So one day it was cigarettes alcohol < man or mouse
The next day robbing cars< man or mouse
The next day weed The next day coke < man or mouse
And if in the USA i can imagine GUNS < man or mouse

And then lets rob a home for our drugs while we rob a car as a get away while drunk on coke
while smoking s spliff..

Now i ask you this question if a poor woman on her own with no support what does she do with her children if no playstation or computer?..

She lets them play on the streets and who is on the streets THE CATS  ..

Now do you see kids with bomb vest on and the older guy saying this is how you do it and he has no bomb vest on.. < A CAT

So you see with my universal income the mums and dads don't have to feed the children to the cats..
Because in the end that child will end up playing with a mouse because he got turned into a cat..

How well with a universal income we can feed our children to a gym a boxing club music club computer clubs and keep them off the street were the cats can feed on mice ..

Much nicer a placid mouse that a rough cat ..

So in life do people have a choice?

For religious stuffs , human beings are perfectly talented to use their imagination properly. For that reason, Ancient people created all the religious beliefs wit their beautiful mindset or else there is no holly stuff like god , angels etc. in reality. For second question, People have tendency to be an evil one. Some people can easily suppress those evil feelings but others cannot. Due to this, there is horrible stuff called terrorism on earth. For the last question , of course there are horrible powers to control ongoing evil stuff on earth.

Religion what was it good for?..

In the olden days you could go to a church and they would teach you to read helping you get a better
job..
Or you was starving to death and you could knock on the church door and the priest would feed you..

But all for a price you ether had to believe in their faith because if you didn't after them feeding you next time you knock on the priest door he would say BUZZ OFF you devil child or many years ago for not believing in god would result in DEATH ..
Now i am sure many would just say yes i am a believer saves you getting killed ..
so forced to believe basically ..

Now in this day and age we have food banks and we have the internet to check and learn all we want
to learn ..

And now in the 21st century with the internet it's easy to make a living on the internet with cryptocurrency because many new starters offer people to do stuff for crypto and then that can be converted to cash..

So now the internet is our god because it can help us in so many ways ..

Ask it for help and you will see many ways how you can make money with a bit of time and effort..

Give your time and effort to a vicar and they will stick their fingers up your butt hole
and still have the cheek to ask for the Sunday donation in church while he as 2 fingers up your butt hole .. 

It's called 2 fingers up your holy spirit and thank the lord..

Religion is for olden day thinkers who cannot think because you wouldn't need a manual to do your thinking if you could..

God said
so if god said then you never thought of it ..
So you do no thinking because your god does it for you..

Life is life, it's not the babies fault..

Life is life i wonder if he says the same when he buys his wife a diamond ring or makes loads of money off oil ?..

Jacob Rees-Mogg is earning millions from his investment company ...
www.independent.co.uk › News › UK › UK Politics
20 Aug 2017 - Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative backbencher reportedly ... is thought to have been been paid at least £4m from an investment firm during ..

Do you want some LOGIC?..

He believes what his BIBLE tells him so he hates abortion and by the way would he have 6 children
if his wife was on CRACK or would he get rid of some?..

Now his belief stems from his religion FACT he is a Catholic now he pointed out the abortion bit of his manual god said blah blah blah don't have an abortion basically ..

BUT isn't it funny that being a poor man in gods eyes are the true love of god..
And one of the biggest points about religion is LOOKING AFTER THE POOR..

Go and ask jacob reese mogg for a loan ..
Yes so much for his religion ..

And also jacob you put a plug in your wife you have had enough greedy man..
This UK doesn't just belong to your SPERM..

And the fact you put a CAP on 2 children only get credits now ..

When your 6 children have plenty of CREDITS ..

And on a last note for people to think about..

If a woman has the right to say she doesn't want that baby even if the man she had it with wants it
the woman can get rid of that child..

Now if a man doen't want to know the baby if a woman chooses to have that baby even though the man didn't want it a man still has to pay for it by law..

Crazy don't you think but a tricky answer?..

Always still the woman has the right to choose though it is her body after all..
JACOB as a man has he got the right to say anything about what a woman should do with her  body?..

And another thing if someone is a die hard religious person are you telling me he wont add his views into his politics? you bet your asses he will..

Now in the bible for Catholics it says you shouldn't do what?..

Yes 100s of things which this man will impose a few of his beliefs onto us all..

Like if you been raped    tuff look at that babies face because it looks the same as the guy who raped you ..
And i am sure that woman would love to bring it up..Might get 1 or 2 but not many most would want shut of that child because everyday it would be a reminder of the suffering that you went through and everyday ..

Religious views in politics should be BANNED ..
And the way you stand there in a frock like a child in a play ..

Well grow up or buzz off and keep your faith at home..

Yes... there are so many religions and sects in the world. But the diversity is declining day by day. The business minded religions such as Islam and Christianity are poaching on the smaller religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Animism, and Taoism. May be after a hundred years or so, there will be only two religions remaining in this world.

What's wrong in being against abortion?
Life starts at inception

If we believe life shouldn't be stopped, it's a valid statement no matter how the inception was made
Life is life, it's not the babies fault
I like the stand Ben Shapiro takes on this one

To the UK politicians if you say your into religion and you are a strong believer then it would be unlikely you will win any election because we know religious freaks are no good..

To judgemental in 21st century British politics..

Like jacob reese mog i liked him till he opened his mouth about religion
then i hated him ..

Well this is one of his views and what's not to hate about this idea?..

Jacob Rees-Mogg says he's against abortion – including in rape and ...
metro.co.uk › UK › Jacob Rees-Mogg
2 days ago - Colourful Tory backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has revealed he is opposed to abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest.

You DOUGHNUT ^^ threw his job in the bin ..

Oh and to the BBC you had a black vicar woman on the news today saying we should have faith in our politics  ..What fairy tales mind you your all liars anyways..

But this black woman vicar wants faith put in our politics ..
Ask her do we kill chickens at the doors of Westminster too ..
I mean you could use some VOODOO black MAGIC same thing..

But why always someone who is not white who comes to the UK and pushes Fairy tales on our people..

Islam Christians voodoo ..
You see we British are white natives and we are sick of your BROWN and BLACK Voodoo
bullshit..
Always a chicken always cutting something for gods..

Well we white natives of the UK have hade enough of FAIRY TALES because we are to smart
for BLACK MAGIC..
So fuck off back to the JUNGLE with your voodoo and fuck off back to the desert with your backward nutcase fairy tales..

We the UK are ATHEIST so get it in your heads..
Do you think we are stupid enough to believe in FATHER CHRISTMAS when we are 20 years old..

Well the same goes for your SHITTY RELIGIONS you crazy dudes..

No more VOODOO black magic praying on carpets and what not we are real not make believe..

SCIENCE FACT LOGIC . which religion holds none ..

So how can we have fairy tales in politics because politics is life and death..
To serious to be adding fairy tales

So to the BBC piss off with your fairy tales no one will ever rule if they show religion because they are judgemental not good for the 21st century ..

Yes i judge religion because it's BULLSHIT fairy tales for CHILDREN that adults still want to use in everyday life ..

A long time ago all the humans lived in Africa and they believed in demons and ghosts, as they spread around earth and developed different societies their beliefs started to change and each developed their own set of beliefs, language and with time even a race.
Get 20!people around you, seperate them in 4 groups and ship them off to different islands, think they'll have the same culture they had together previously?
Things change in different circumstances.

Terrorism exists because it is justified by the Quran and the invasion of the American army, some people believe it and justify it as it is justified in their holy scripture.

Calamities, urghh, they just happen, because we live in a world filled with them, it even has very few of those considering others whose calamities prevent life from even starting.

Do you have any idea why the WORLD has so many religions and beliefs?

Why there are terrorism and calamities?  Do you think there is someone in control of all these?