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What might be the benefits of studying religious faiths different from your own?
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What might be the benefits of studying religious faiths different from your own?
I was raised in church My family especially that on my maternal side were staunch church goers and I was taught in church and through the Bible pretty much everything I wanted to know about being a Baptist. There came a time in my teens when I decided that I wanted to know what I truly believed and also what other people believed. Even though my father was “agin” it, I told him I wanted to hear what other people believed about their faith and not what Baptist believed about another person’s faith and at that time I began to study other religions diligently. I’m 75 now and it has stood me in good stead. For His glory, God has given me many friends from different religions, Islam, Jewish, Buddhist, Sufi, Hindu spiritualists, those who use all different sorts of items to determine how their life should go and I even have a very good friend who proclaims she is a Druid.
I tell church people that this helps me to befriend and discuss with others with respect and love. I never tell anyone that I don’t know what they believe unless it is something new that I haven’t studied and if so I talk to them and research it as best I can. As Christians we must always be prepared to talk about our faith. The operative word, I think, is “always” and I try to live by that, ask anyone here in my little town. -
It will give an idea of how these religions view God and see their similarity and differences with Christianity.
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Understanding how to relate with those of different faith using concepts that they can relate to.
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The benefits of studying religious will help us understand and see how people see the world.
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Understanding other religions helps me to understand other people. If I understand (even just a little) it makes it easier too talk to people.