Is it possible for religion to change dramatically without changing its doctrine?

This question is incredibly vague because it is attempting to encompass all different religions into one singular entity, which is rarely done. However, every religion is connected. So, when answering, please try your best to keep this singularity in mind. All thoughts and ideas about this are strongly encouraged so please divulge all that you feel necessary. Please keep an open mind and be respectful.Is it possible for religion to change dramatically without changing its doctrine?i don't think so.....maybe through reinterpreting its doctrine. take the example of treatment towards women and how sections of pauls letters are viewed differently nowadays....but it is a difficult one and if any dramatic change is to take place it would take centuries as practices change.they would still probably maintain continuity with an earlier time and not view the change as dramatic
Is it possible for religion to change dramatically without changing its doctrine?
Just ask a Catholic. Dudes switch it up constantly.
Is it possible for religion to change dramatically without changing its doctrine?
Every religion is connected in the basic fact that all religion is man made. Truth is Jesus Christ.
Every religion is not connected, respectfully speaking is is like saying all fruit cakes taste the same.
The Second Vatican Council changed the definition of %26quot;Church%26quot; to include those who are not in full communion with her. It was a dramatic change of identity without changing any doctrines. Essentially, it ended the need for a %26quot;reformation%26quot; but too many Protestants wish to remain frozen in 16th century Nominalist philosophy.



NOSTRA AETATE states:



1. In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship to non-Christian religions. In her task of promoting unity and love among men, indeed among nations, she considers above all in this declaration what men have in common and what draws them to fellowship.



1. In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship to non-Christian religions. In her task of promoting unity and love among men, indeed among nations, she considers above all in this declaration what men have in common and what draws them to fellowship.



One is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth.(1) One also is their final goal, God. His providence, His manifestations of goodness, His saving design extend to all men,(2) until that time when the elect will be united in the Holy City, the city ablaze with the glory of God, where the nations will walk in His light.(3)



Men expect from the various religions answers to the unsolved riddles of the human condition, which today, even as in former times, deeply stir the hearts of men: What is man? What is the meaning, the aim of our life? What is moral good, what sin? Whence suffering and what purpose does it serve? Which is the road to true happiness? What are death, judgment and retribution after death? What, finally, is that ultimate inexpressible mystery which encompasses our existence: whence do we come, and where are we going?



2. From ancient times down to the present, there is found among various peoples a certain perception of that hidden power which hovers over the course of things and over the events of human history; at times some indeed have come to the recognition of a Supreme Being, or even of a Father. This perception and recognition penetrates their lives with a profound religious sense.



Religions, however, that are bound up with an advanced culture have struggled to answer the same questions by means of more refined concepts and a more developed language. Thus in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek freedom from the anguish of our human condition either through ascetical practices or profound meditation or a flight to God with love and trust. Again, Buddhism, in its various forms, realizes the radical insufficiency of this changeable world; it teaches a way by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, may be able either to acquire the state of perfect liberation, or attain, by their own efforts or through higher help, supreme illumination. Likewise, other religions found everywhere try to counter the restlessness of the human heart, each in its own manner, by proposing %26quot;ways,%26quot; comprising teachings, rules of life, and sacred rites. The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men. Indeed, she proclaims, and ever must proclaim Christ %26quot;the way, the truth, and the life%26quot; (John 14:6), in whom men may find the fullness of religious life, in whom God has reconciled all things to Himself.(4)



The Church, therefore, exhorts her sons, that through dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions, carried out with prudence and love and in witness to the Christian faith and life, they recognize, preserve and promote the good things, spiritual and moral, as well as the socio-cultural values found among these men.
I can easily picture interpretations changing drastically. That would in turn change the church
Yes, because interpretation of doctrine can change.
The Law of Non-Contradiction states that we can all be wrong in the same sense and in the same relationship. But we cannot all be right...only one thing can be right, in the same sense and in the same relationship. There are diametrical difference between religions, i.e., Hinduism is all inclusive, whereas Christianity is exclusive. Religions do change, in terms of doctrine, but Christianity (Which is not a religion) live or dies on its doctrine and precepts. There haven't been doctrinal changes in the Bible for two thousand years. It also is what best reflects reality.
...and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen.



2 - Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.



3 - And it came to pass that the people began to wax strong in wickedness and abominations; and they did not believe that there should be any more signs or wonders given; and Satan did go about, leading away the hearts of the people, tempting them and causing them that they should do great wickedness in the land.
No. Change is for %26quot;New Wine-skins.%26quot;



There are as many religions as there are people. I find that differences in religious systems and beliefs, stem from their individualized Lingo. The preference of one phrase over another, means little to Spirit. %26quot;The Silence%26quot; (Aum or meditation upon the Divine) ties it all back together.



Yes, your %26quot;question%26quot; would seem vague if one is not aware of the Eternal aspect of the equation. This answer may seem just as vague.



All religions are not alike. Some twist truth more than others do. Real truth doesn't come from the minds of man, but from the Eternal Mind, and we are hard pressed to find a mind that is very much attuned with The One Mind, (or YHVH, God, The Great Grandfather...) that's in him and is in easy reach.



This may be an %26quot;open%26quot; forum, but it little describes the minds gathered here. Good luck on respect.