Is religious fundamental a stumbling block? Means is following fundamental a wrong practice or is backward mentality in context with growth and advancement of modernworld? And if yes then why and if not then why not? Mainly i believe it all depends on what your religion teaches. If it teaches the wrong obviously it will be a block but if not then it wont. So simple as that. But most of the people doesn't agree that their religion teaches the wrong. So how to give them a common platform? Please reply.

"Give me that ol' time religion..."

Yeah, there is a problem with it. It does not ask of us to gain an understanding of why it espouses the 'thou shalt's and 'thou shalt not's. Many of them in fact tell us to just shut up and believe. Belonging to a religion because your parents belonged, because their parents belonged, is just covering your ears, closing your eyes and singing 'lalalalala' until the potential for spiritual revelation goes away. As for a common ground... that's difficult. Even among all the groups that claim to be christian, which church a person claims allegiance to is often the cause of a broken marriage, family feuds and much worse. But I think the question is thread worthy. "What do you, personally, believe?" I think I'll go start that thread... *pause* ...done. Maybe that will get you, and me, some understanding of religious commonalities.