Is the aim of any religion to unite or separate people...?

There is good and bad and the two cannot unite. It is the same with religion, it is not all good and it is not all bad. There is good and bad religion and there are good and bad people that practice any religion. A little rust on an automobile cannot be ignored for if one does it will eventually spread and rust the whole automobile. For a religion to truly unite people it must be kept pure. But by doing that it will keep out a lot of people since most people are dishonest. Look what happens when the police go on strike. Then you really see what kind of people live around us. So the two kind of religions, the good and the bad will continue to separate people until God takes action to remove the bad off the face of the earth. The day is not so far away!

PLease look for analogical way. Infact there is only one earth, one Sun, one Moon. Try look at inner-sight. Candles let say 100 candles. We look at the candle's light not at the candles it self. Agree with you united...not separated One Light, One Sun, One Moon One Earth

Hi chayapathys, I completely agree with you, all religions have good in them and none is superior to another. It is when we get the idea that our religion is the only true one that trouble starts.I have great respect for the Deli Llama who walks a middle ground believing that all religions have enough good if their followers would live the truth it teaches. It is the fundamentalists in all religions that pose the greatest threat. Blessings.

I don't see what good a religion can do for your faith if it does not unite you with others of your faith. Separating us would only demean the purpose religion has for your life.

Yes it is true that no relegion is inferior to other! And the main aim of any relegion is to unite people!! The wrong interpretations of a few people is the reason for the misunderstandings!! No relegion propagates inter-relegion or intra-relegion conflicts! it is the people who create a notion that any relegion persuades its followers to follow and preach only its views or foot steps. Its not true!!

Basically every religion aim is not to separate people,no religion is inferior to other,any religion should aim only to uniting people for their livings with out any type of differences between them to infer them from each other

As sad as this might sound, religion is a business. When you go buy a car, every manufacturer will tell you their car is better. In the drive to attain followers, religion's sales pitch is not unlike the car salesman. However, if you are one who wants only the truth regardless of whether you agree with that truth or not then you better question everything. Check under that hood. Best to go in with eyes open. I sure don't want you getting a lemon.

You have put up a nice question chayapathys. If we look around we see some religions, not all are dividing people rather than uniting them. This however is not the aim of religion. The aim of religion is to take care of the moral of its followers, give them the right kind of disposition and help them to live according to their given nature. Everyone must live according to his given nature that is Dharma and not religion. Religion is the mean to enable man follow his Dharma. Animals live by their instincts and that enable them to live according to their given nature. We as human must live according to our conscious motives. We have only conscience to guide us. Unlike instincts, conscience cannot arise in us as an impulse, jump across the nerve ending and cause us to act. Voice of conscience is feeble. It acts only in advisory capacity; it has no power to enforce obedience. Only those who are able to heed the voice of conscience can live according to Dharma. Those who overhear it live as animals live.

I don't think any religion matters today in this era of globalization. If at all, there is any religion that we should follow, I think it should be the religion of Humanity. We all want to live happily and not get divided on issues that may not seem correct based on some religion. If we, the people decide what is good for us, then no religion can come across it. We want peace in the world, and love and care to prosper.