Expert: Harbhajan Singh - 1/28/2006

Question
why does God allow so much  pain in the world? and hate? you said in your expertise that there is only one, and all religions take us to the same place. but what about the idea of absolute truth? Mormonism teaches that there are many gods in existence and that you can become a god.  Christianity teaches that there is only one God and you cannot become a god.  Islam teaches that Jesus is not God in flesh where Christianity does.  Jesus cannot be both God and not God at the same time.  Some religions teach that we reincarnate while others do not.  Some teach there is a hell and others do not. They cannot all be true.one religion believes that we came from aliens.If they cannot all be true, it cannot be true that all religions lead to God.   it means that some religions are, at the very least, false in their claims to reveal the true God (or gods).i guess what im tryin to say is truth does not contradict itself.how can there be so many different religions that lead to the same place at the end?  If God exists, He will not institute mutually exclusive and contradictory religions in an attempt to get people to believe in Him.wouldnt it then be reasonable to believe that there can be an absolute spiritual truth and that not all systems can be true regardless of whether or not they claim to be true.  There must be more than a mere claim. if you could help me out with that, that be awsome. HIGGY  

Answer
just as our earthly father is one but we see him differently in our childhood, youth, middle age and old age similarly, god is one but we see him differently as our culture grows. and accordingly, interpret him differently.

just as we need two apparently competing feet (competing in moving ahead of each other) to move ahead, similarly, the scheme of things of evolution needs good and evil, pleasure and pain, love and hate to move ahead. it is the way things can evolve.

thank you.