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Originally Posted by Antithesis  I was at home yesterday, and I came up with a pretty good analogy.
New York City is New York City. Nothing more, nothing less. Whether you get there by train, car, bust, taxi, or boat, it's still the city. You can drive there so many ways: up from New Jersey, south from the suburbs, or west from Long Island. Sure, some roads are more dangerous than others, but as long as you drive safely, you have little reason to worry. And if you stop to get gas or eat, who cares? It doesn't matter as long as you get back on the road when you're done. Any way you go, you're still ending up in New York City.
What I'm trying to say is that there's no one true way to practice religion. In the end, provided you're not overzealous or corrupt and try to twist your beliefs, pretty much each path ultimately requires good actions. Everyone is allowed to deviate a little and differ in their approach, because the results are the same. |
Ahh, the old "all roads lead to Rome" theory hu. I was thinking of this awhile back. So I tryed to use that same line of thinking, but using other senerios. Lets say you wanted to become a Doctor. All roads surly dont lead to rome then. There is much you have to do. Nor do all roads lead to becoming a crack head. There had to have been somethings in ones life that had to go terribly wrong for that to have happened. Besides, if you take a big step back, do all roads really lead to NY city? One wrong turn and you can find yourself North bound going in the opposite direction you wanted to go. Especialy if you've never been there before. Forgive me for using scripture, (I know how its unwelcome here) but the one that comes to mind is "Wide is the path to hell, many will go that way, and narrow is the gate to heaven and few will find it" |