Peace, Salaam, Shalom. A radical, fundamentalist perspective - Matthew Cooke

[ItsjustMe]

A radical, fundamentalist perspective. The holy lands of this world are places and also metaphors.

[Mosby]

1. There are enormous differences in theology

Between Christians, Muslims and Jews.

[haele]

2. Heck, there's enormous differences of theology within each sect.

Sunni and Shia Muslims, reform and ultra- Orthodox Jews, and the myriad of sects and cults that affiliate with or call themselves Christian.
Not counting the cults, err..., sects(?) that mix various elements of the Abramaic theologies and toss in other religions or personal philosophies that may identify with one of the big three Monotheistic religions as "the base".

They all quibble and fight over whose image of Gawd is the One True Gawd.

On edit - and to admit one's particular theology might be wrong means one is Apostate, and inconceivably wrong to believe in a False God.

Haele

[Ron Green]

3. I wouldn't characterize them as "enormous differences in theology."

But rather, as fear-driven differences in interpretation. Theologically, as the video explains, the Abrahamic religions are quite similar. Ego-based tribal concerns have, over the years, grown into serious sectarian barriers, just as various posters in this thread will find obstacles to what’s being proposed in the OP.

Can’t we, as a world community, look at the benefit of the larger truth and grow past the “yeah, but...” concerns we’ve always had?

[Mosby]

6. Christians have this trinity thing.

Father, son, holy ghost. That's not what Jews and Muslims believe. Same with end times theology and salvation.

[Ron Green]

7. Yes, the Trinity addresses the "head, heart, hands" issue

and there are certainly other and different ways of expressing human life on this earth and beyond. However I believe that the fundamental truth of all the great religions should, can, and must provide for peace, not war, among people.

[maxsolomon]

4. They all believe in the same God.

Abrahamic Monotheisms don't look all that different to me.

[Mosby]

5. There is nothing in Islam or Judaism about the Trinity

And the notion of salvation and eschatology are completely different with all three religions.

So their conceptualization of God is very different.

[maxsolomon]

9. But also not completely different.

Variations on a theme.

[Hortensis]

8. Great message. It won't happen in this RW-tormented era.

All around the planet, the world's biggest and most numerous troublemakers, hard-core conservatives, are making especially big trouble. Good people need to survive it to a time when they can prevail and do what only they can do, have done before, and will do.