"540 different angles to the truth."

There are many ways to look at any situation. And religion is probably the top of the list of topics. And also politics. And sadly enough religion and politics are the two main topics that cause so many arguments. Then there is the topic of money and love and marriage and the list goes on and on. We all have to live our lives as individuals. Instead of getting into heated arguments about stuff we should just deal with topics as we see fit, not as others think it should be. Maybe people would get along much better then.

I didn't heard of 540 angles of truth. Great research. I just know that there are 360 angle in a circle. Lol. Well i just know that truth is truth. Yes, there may be some angle for saying truth. And rest about religion. All religion has only one goal. Believe the God.

Apparently it is easier for some people to just believe their way is right.

i have read about it somewhere and the scientific facts about 540 angle degree is ideally true and i favor it

I agree with the both of you. There are many truths and even half truths.

maybe there will be 540 different angles to the truth, but still the truth is the only one, right? You maybe live a different way which just like an angle to the truth, but angle doesn't equal to the truth, right?

For me the truth is that good deeds in life will be rewarded during one's lifetime, and beyond. I think up to a point all religions try to teach that, and for me that is what counts. Rather than trying to convince people who God is, God is what you believe God is, much in the same way that a phrase spoken in English translates to the same thing when spoken in another language.

It is of course true that there are perspectives to what is true but that is not to say that all perceptions are equal nor that any thing can be true all the best, urban

Exactly. Just because something is different doesn't make it wrong...in anything. We are all raised in certain beliefs and those beliefs stick with us....and for us they are right.

Hi behen True Path! I dont find this similar for all religions at times as all religions have their own paths and also people interpret their own paths. However, yes, all religions do teach the same - universal love and brotherhood. So I would say that all religions have the same goals and as there are different paths (prescribed by them as well as interpreted as by its followers), so yes, there are different angles and there are many of them. It will never be easy to merely say agree or disagree because many of us are so deeply possessed by out faiths that we would tend to see everything on the same lines of our understanding.

Though there may be infinite ways to the truth, each of us can only take one---usually it's the path our parents-etc. lead us down, but--even if we head-off on a totally different path of our own--the path than anyone takes remains Only One Path. A lot of people get (rightfully) mixed-up there, thinking "Since I can only take one path, there must BE only one path." And that's good, because 'knowing that there are other paths' makes the mind worry too much. And of course 'the more people on the path, the merrier the journey.' And many people have been convinced that the way to get a merrier journey is to convince more people that all their paths lead to destruction (even though all the religions ways leads to exactly the same place).

I've probably mentioned this before, but I think I most agree with the allegory in Lewis's The Last Battle, the last of the Narnia Series as in the book. I haven't seen any of the movies, so I don't know how true they are to the book. I do believe their is only one truth, and it can be seen from an infinite number of angles, since each sees it through his own frame of reference. But even your own faith teaches there can be false Gods. It's all about having God's character right. When you say He is something He isn't, that is blasphemy. Aaron paid dearly for making the golden calf and telling the people it was their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt. All the true prophets made it clear that any god who could be created by man as a graven image was no god at all, and that such gods should not be worshipped or served. I cannot agree that all religions are correct. I can agree that at least in this country we are free to believe any religion or lack of it and let God be he final judge of what is true. I strongly disagree with any religion that seeks to convert with the sword, since belief is a matter of the heart between God and man. Even circumcision and baptism are just outward signs of commitment, and neither one is of value if not later confirmed by an act of the will and the spirit. Inward conversion can never be forced. This is something some religions don't quite get or aren't concerned about. If they can't get you to profess their faith, they judge you with the sword -- if they have the power to do so.

I have a question to you. If all religions are correct and have a right to be, then what about no religion, are atheists correct to you as well? It just got me thinking since god and religion are all "true" and each religion is an angle of the truth according to you, then what is not believing in religion or God?

I agree with your friend. We all have different beliefs but none of them are wrong. People are always going to see things the way they believe they are...I don't really have any one certain belief. One thing that everyone should take into consideration is that if you are happy and you aren't hurting anyone then you should be able to continue on doing what you were doing.