How can someone be so intelligent yet believe that all religions are correct?

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gosuckonone

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I mean let's be honest here, the different religions that exist are far too different to all be right...(well assuming that any of them are actually right to begin with)...
I happen to know somebody who is very intelligent, far smarter than me on so many levels yet this person believes that all religions including Scientology are right. how on earth is this possible?

should I suggest R&S to this person that I'm referring to?
 
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mmmmm6

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he probably believes this because most religions are very similar. "dont do this or you'll go to hell" "do this you go to heaven" "believe in this one god" not all religions are like that but most are.
 
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iKim

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It depends on how literally you translate them
I believe that every religion at its very core has an insightful message, but it gets VERY, VERY screwed up along the way.
 
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colorfulriot

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Maybe they believe that if you look far enough back at all religions, they pretty much come to the same conclusion. Also they can think that people can believe in what they want to, because to them; it's real. There also is a possibility s/he doesn't believe in the whole religion just parts of each one. After all it is there believes the have the right to think what they want to.
 
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MizzyLo

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It's the way a certain individual was raised. People who were raised more liberal and without one particular way of faith can believe in all sorts of things. To the point, every thing and anything is considered correct because it's proven not to be wrong.

If this person is very intellectual, it may be that the person is thinking logically with different aspects that are correct.
 
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riku_ssj4

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it is possible in a way, i definitely see what he is getting at, what you believe is true etc., i think what he is getting at is definitely more philosophical than anything

why don't you try asking him?
 
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RobertR

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It sounds like your friend is a Unitarian Universalist. They generally believe that every religion is simply looking at a single facet of the jewel that is God. So it is true regarding its own facet, and partially true regarding the jewel as a whole.
 
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Paladin

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Perhaps he only meant that all religious viewpoints are equally valid and, as such, should all be respected?

I've often heard it said that all the diverse religions are different paths to the same goal. In a way this is certainly true.
 
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mittenpants39

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What some people believe is not that all religions are 100% correct, but that most of them have some grain of truth to them. For instance, in saying that all religions are correct, your friend might mean that they believe that, since all religions basically believe in a higher power of some kind, that it doesn't really matter what one calls that higher power. Religions also, typically, all teach basic laws of morality. If one interprets religions very loosely, it seems that they could all tell the same story of why we're here and what we should do while we're here, but in different ways.
 
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keira

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They may all be different, but they still all have common underlying themes in them. I think acid really help me see the truth in all religion and how there is no right or wrong. From my perspective they are all based on the human experience. You have to look past all the cultural dogma and look for univerial messages that are being expressed through the myth and symbolism.
 
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RahulA

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i believe in every religion 2.

in almost every religion it says to be good so y choose

the only difference is on the rules.

also in almost every religion there had been proof that it was there.
 
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TheLemurv1e03

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Im pretty smarter than the average lemur... Well I think it is unlikely that all religions can be right, as they disagree so much. However, maybe what he means is God doesnt care what religion you are if you are a good person. Ask him to explain maybe.
 
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