Religious people...do you think this is true?

Harmony of religions : All true religions lead to the same goal. Revere all great teachers and prophets of all religions, respect their teachings as the same eternal truths adopted to the needs of different peoples at different times.

why do people beleive that they need to possess the truth to succeed with life?

I don't think this is true. Desiring to know the truth, and needing it to succeed are mutually exclusive. But in my opinion, not ever questioning what you believe and letting a lie control your life is a real tragedy.

NO

defiantly not

No.

Nope I don't :P

lol. looks like I am going to agree with you to an extent. (that is if I understand what you mean correctly). I believe all people need to believe in something (not necessarily a spesific religion) and that it doesn't exactly matter how you go about it. I believe that all true religions (which could be a whole other discussion) leads to the same goal in that it gives the people who believe in them a meaning to life, the same way non believers find a different meaning to life by perhaps believing in their own abilities and talents.

What you are talking about is the 60's theme of if it feels good do it reguardless of who it hurts. G-d set laws that are for our protection, my faith requires me to obey all of G-d's laws even the ones I dont understand. Now there are those who go out to find the religion that is right for them, but not for the right G-d. For example Mormons, they liked the idea of G-d but didnt like his rules. So they thought G-d wouldnt mind if we just started making stuff up about him. The point is in order to have G-d there must be perfection, with perfection comes truth. If he did support all versions of G-d then he would support a lie. Which is impossible for G-d.
What you are talking about is Agnostic, no true Christian/Jew could support We dont mean to sound offensive with all of the no answers but our religion forbids us to conform to what we know to be wrong.

no I don't think so, I think all religions mixed together may be getting near to the truth of what we're all about. but singurly, they have it messed up.

no one religion has all the answers. I am spiritualist and that suits me because it allows for more freedom of thought than most religions, but fundamentally, as long as you are doing no harm to anyone else, or trying to enforce your beliefs onto others, then do what conforts you...

but no, I don't think that all religions lead to the same goal, in fact, personally I believe that some have it very wrong. as far as I am concerned, any religion which involves intrusive pressure or sacrifice should be avoided. if there is 'someone up there' then I am sure they would want a person to be kind and loving not dictating and ultimatum'ish (not a word, I know lol!)

That's an utopia idea. It would be nice but it would take out a little free will. Ultimately it would fall apart on its self.

 
More correct is harmony of outcome. It doesn't matter what your religion is. We all will eventually be one with God (if there is a God) or we will simply cease to exist (if there is no God).

No matter what some religions say, I don't think that God can be selective in who gravitates back to Its Oneness.

        Simply a Rose to brighten your day,
        And maybe lessen the cares in your way;
        And also, too, to help you to know,
        That in knowing you, many others grow!

I'm no longer religious, but I believe this is indeed the message Paul (of the new testament) tried to portray. In his view, faithfulness to God is what really mattered. Faith in the resurrection was *a* way of expressing that faith, not *the* way.

You need to qualify what you mean by true religion. Is a true religion one that's right, in which case your statement is a tautology (but nobody can actually tell you if a religion is 'true' or not), or is a true religion one that simply has people who honestly believe in it, or something else?

So they thought G-d wouldnt mind if we just started making stuff up about him.

And how do you know that the god you worship wasn't just made up? Or cnversely, how do you know Joseph Smith just made stuff up, and wasn't a real prophet, and didn't really speak to god?

our religion forbids us to conform to what we know to be wrong

And how do you know they are wrong, and you are right? Did god tell you personally?

arachnid--- kinda like what you said one that simply has people who honestly believe in it

This is what I find to be true.

True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery of God.
~Bishop J.S. Spong

Then you're basically saying don't all religions look alike if you strip them of everything that makes them different?, to which the answer is obviously yes, duh.

The great religions of the world don't adhere to that thinking...however, it's never been lost on me, that they ALL seem to have a prophet...and God is just God...one God, a bunch of prophets...

It would be great if they ever checked the similarities instead of harping on the differences. But that appears to be against human nature.

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Nope I don't believe in that!

Christians worship the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, the Great I Am, of the Holy Bible. We adhere to is principals, we follow its precepts, we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior. We receive the Holy Spirit as the indwelling presence of God in our lives. We reject any and all doctrines outside of this.

why do people beleive that they need to possess the truth to succeed with life? I dont think our simple minds can grasp the truth (if there is such a thing). most religions are based in LOVE ? or some feeling of ecstacy? a way to reach this state... to see the light or be enlightned ultimately I think its about changing your way of thinking about life and therefor improving as a humanBEING.. most people just get stuck in the details.

Desiring to know the truth, and needing it to succeed are mutually exclusive.

Don't you mean not the same thing? They're certainly not mutually exclusive!

Maybe I am using the term incorrectly, but I always thought that it meant that they have nothing to do with each other.