The Meaning and Purpose of Religion
If God truly exists, and He does, then a true religion must teach what kind of being God is, what His love is like, and so on.
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If God truly exists, and He does, then a true religion must teach what kind of being God is, what His love is like, and so on.
They founded FFWP to realize the kingdom of heaven on earth based on families, since the age for individual salvation had passed.
The purpose of religion is to restore people to their original, unfallen condition, through the providence of salvation.
Christianity follows the absolute God but is divided into numerous denominations.
True Parents made clear that the central being in whom each religion believes is one divinity, God. By this, True Parents founded a movement for religious dialogue and alliance based on God.
True Parents established the International Religious Foundation (IRF) on April 25, 1983.
Ecumenical Initiatives - True Parents LegacyHuman beings live in deep ignorance of matters regarding spiritual reality because our connection of heart with God was severed due to the Fall of our first ancestors.True Parents LegacyAuthors Inter-Religious Federation for World
For scholars, the problem is whether the theory of evolution is correct or the idea that God created everything is correct.
The purpose of religion is to establish the framework of peace for humankind.
Upon True Father's return to Seoul on September 17, 1953, he began looking for ways to carry out his work in that city in earnest.
I have mentioned before that the body represents the earth.
After the First World War, expectations were high that a world of peace would emerge, a world free from war, based on the League of Nations.
Amid division, the time has come to enter a new era, transcending peoples and uniting societies and nations as siblings, according to the viewpoint of Heaven.
Of all God’s attributes, love is the most attractive and compelling.
This section on God as the Creator includes classic accounts of the creation of the universe and the creation of human beings.
The Absolute Being relates to human beings as parent to child.
As creatures, human beings are created with a purpose determined by their Creator.
Nature is sacred; all creatures great and small are endowed with God’s life and a modicum of God’s spirit. This insight, shared by all religious traditions, is the basis of reverence and respect for all living things. In
Invisible to earthly eyes, it is not easily fathomed, yet it is a vital part of our existence and a place to which we will all journey one day.
All religions share certain purposes in common, though with different emphases.
God operates His providence to save humankind through establishing religions; the religions in turn elevate human morality and ethics, leading to the creation of civilizations. Each of the major religions begins with its founder. Father Moon terms these founders “saints,
Passages in this section prescribe the ethic proper to reverence for life.
Passages from diverse scriptures affirm that religions that do not share the faith of that scripture nevertheless contain elements of Truth.
Human beings are meant to be the living temples of God.
Father Moon teaches that through plants and animals, God provided even the earliest humans with sufficient instruction to live a life of love and value.
Jewish and Christian scriptures call God our “heavenly Father”; this insight can be found in most of the world’s faiths.
A human being is a microcosm of the universe, encapsulating in him or herself the essences of all things.
There is a ledger recording every deed and its consequences on the people it affected.
World Scripture takes a universal outlook in emphasizing the common features of all religions; nevertheless, religions also have their unique characteristics and emphases.
Father Moon has the highest respect for Buddhism, a religion that has deeply influenced the culture of his native Korea.
He created us as His beloved children, infinitely precious, even equal to God.
Although human beings are but a part of the natural world, we occupy a unique position as lords of creation.
Conceptions of heaven and hell are found universally among the religions of the world.
The spiritual freedom experienced by people who are released from the fetters of desires and attachments to worldly things is called Liberation (moksha).
Today, with the rapid Westernization of Asia, many are discarding Confucian values and codes; nevertheless, for thousands of years, its moral philosophy has guided family life and molded the conduct of kings with the values of benevolence, righteousness, and propriety.
The conscience is a gleam of the divine within, prompting us to do good deeds and opposing our inclination to do evil.
The biblical image of man’s primordial home is not a wild place, but a Garden.
Yet it is a painful truth that most people live out their lives far away from the original standard of God’s love.