A lot of religions teach that we are all members of one, large human family. Do you believe this? If so, in what way?

I don’t believe in the ontological or (trans-historically) epistemological boundedness of the human as such. At all. So, no. We are all members of one, large seething catastrophic seething mess of process called existence. The presence of any matter in the first place is the catastrophe that we grapple with, from inside. The fact that we should be conscious rather than not is merely an epiphenomenon of this first catastrophe.

It is a colossally complicated question. The only thing that I dare comment on is that some of us are sesquipedalians One can study comp. religions for decades and still be unsure.

We’re all passengers stuck on “space ship earth”. Once you get a little perspective we we’re all in this together. I think it’ll take an alien attack before we all pull together as humans.

The more you travel all over the world the more you realize we’re all the same deep down, just slightly different on the top.

I wouldn’t even care that much about the question whether we are all part of the same family, or all equal or something, in my opinion it’s more important to realize that everybody is worth being treated with respect.

No, since most of the times this means that every religion/family that says this is the “real” or “true” religion/family, and so this just turns into a conflict that actually proves that there isn’t just “one, large family”, or at least, it’s not a really peaceful, conflict-free family

The study of missiology might help you understand how other religions treat this topic. Absolutists or exclusivists consider their faith to be the only true religion and all others need to accept their truths. But there are other missiologies that deal with more ecumenical ideas of religion and a world family. This question will probably be open for debate for years to come.

Even taking network theory and global stakeholder analysis into account, I would have to say no. We just don’t know everybody that well.

I believe it, insofar as it creates a unifying spirit within me. There are as many different ways to look at it as there are human beings. I suspect there is no right or wrong answer, only shades of gray.

Sure, we are all members of a giant, human family. And, like all families, the human family is full of differing opinions, life styles, perceptions, etc. Humanity is almost fractal in its organization. Look at it at any level and you will still see the same flaws and potentials for greatness.

I don’t know about other religions but Hinduism has a concept of the family of all humans -called Vasudhaika Kutumbakam(the world is just one family-world is limited by humankind as the next line says:sarve janow sukhinobhavantu(May all humans live together and enjoy prosperity).A tremendous tolerance for people of other faiths and other communities is part of the Hindu conscious consequently and carries forward the concept of one world,one family.

thier are only two kinds of people here on earth children of God Jn1:12 and children of satan Jn8:44 so my answer is NO.

thier are only two kinds of people here on earth children of God Jn1:12 and children of satan Jn8:44 so my answer is NO.

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@trz – actually, there’s a three kinds of people here on earth: those who can count, and those who can’t.

Though some say there are 10 kinds of people here on earth: those who can do binary and those who can’t.