Faith and Respect

Among adherents to any religion, there are troublemakers. Though they might claim to be religious, they take doctrines that are intended to overcome lust, hatred, and bewilderment and instead mix them with their won afflictive emotions and misuse religion, making hard - and -fast distinctions between US and THEM, stirring up trouble. It seems to me that when adherents to a religion to this, it is not reasonable to say that this is the fault of religion.

Since faith and respect are different, respect for other religions does not mean we must have faith in their doctrines. I have met some Christians who take interest in certain Buddhist practices, study them, and even practice them. They take particular interest in certain Buddhist methods for achieving one-pointed meditative concentrations as well as how to increase love, compassion, and patience. Since these practices are common to Christianity and Buddhism, I express my admiration for what they are doing.

What is God’s perspective? Love for everyone, helping others, altruism. For instance, Islam puts tremendous emphasis on helping others, especially the poor. The ninety nine names of Allah, such as The Most Merciful, The Peace and Blessing, and The Loving and Kind One, revolve around love and sympathy. No religion describes a supreme being that is forever angry, always ferocious. no religion calls for its followers to be belligerent and to harm other people.