How do you know "your" religion is correct?

Question

This question is for any religion - How do you know yours is correct? You're only the religion you are is because you were told to believe so by someone else. You were brought up to believe in in what others told you to believe in. The majority of people HAVEN'T had contact with their God(s), and if they believe so, then their minds have been influenced from others, telling them they have experienced their "god" in their life. 2000 years from now, there will be new religions, based off earlier religions. Will Christianity be considered the "mythologic" religion as the Greek/Roman gods and goddesses are now considered? No one will truely know what is true and what is false, they only have faith.

Answer 1

If you have doubts, then it's not. If you believe just because someone told you or you read it some where, you're a fool. People should use their minds and hearts to search for truth whether or not that truth is found in an established religion -- mine is not.

Answer 2

There is no 100% right or wrong religion. All of them have some truth and some falseness. I do believe that our current religions will be termed as mythology in the future. Something else will come along to take their place, just as it has always done. This is not such a bad thing. Change is necessary for growth. A religion only flourishes as long as the people who believe in it do or until holy wars are fought and someone loses. The winner always picks the religion that will be practiced in that culture. The losers always believed in the false gods of mythology.

Answer 3

While there is some overlap amongst major religions (be good, treat people nicely, etc.), they do differ in the following ways: Nature of God; Nature of Man; Sin; Salvation; and Final destiny. These are crucial differences.

The Law of Non-contridiction says that two different things can not both be true at the same time in the same way. Therefore, all religions cannot possibly be valid because they disagree on the issues I listed. Only one religion can have the truth about my list of differences.

Faith is important, but one can certainly pick from the major religions without it. Only one religion is supported by modern archeology, over 5,000 partial and complete Greek copies of the original writings of the authors (99.1% of which are identical and the rest involve no doctrinal issues), support by authors not part of the religion (historians and political figures), and hundreds of fulfilled prophecies predicted hundreds of years before their fulfillment.

Maybe you will find that religion after doing your homework.

And for the person who mentioned that there have been many prophets, one of which was Mohammed. God made it easy to recognize who was speaking for Him (a prophet). Prophets could perform miracles. Guess how many miracles the Koran and history record that Mohammed performed?

Zero!

Answer 4

You're right, no one can know. I was taught for many years by the Catholic church that while other religions should be respected for "containing certain truths," our religions was the right one. As a child, I obviously blindly accepted this for some time.

But as I've grown, I've realized that that's not entirely true. In fact, I think the best way to do God's will (God is whom I consider the Intelligent Designer, so to speak) is to have strength of character, and be a part of something that seems right to you. For example, I think that since my family raised me in my religion, and I have grown in my faith through love, not force, this is the religion I fit into best. It is the one I expect to hold onto during my life -- but that's not to say that I don't respect or consider all other religions just as equal.

To each his own, I say. Even atheism I can understand -- religion might just not be "their thing" and that's ok. As long as they measure up as been a good person (universal values -- love, honesty, respect, etc.) overall in their life, I think they deserve just as much credit as those *with* a religion.

As for all other religions, I heard a very interesting theory once. In my faith, the Intelligent Designer/divine being is known as God the Holy Trinity -- He has three parts to Him, as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (just as easily as my mom is a mother, a daughter, and a sister all in one). Now the theory that I heard suggests that all the religions of the world can be grouped into three basic categories: religions of the book (Christianity - Bible, Islam - Quran), religions of silence (Buddhism - meditation), and religions of spirits (Hinduism, paganism, and Native American beliefs - animism and multiple gods). From my perspective, God is known to each of these categories in different ways. The religions of the book know well of God the Son -- a messenger sent from God to speak upon His earthly dominion. The religions of silence seem to connect with God the Father through intense meditation that dwells upon the inner self (from my perspective, this is called the "soul," and it is the most direct connection a person can find within themselves to God). The religions of spirits seem closest to God the Holy Spirit -- the divine presence of God that exists within all beings.

So if a religion were ever to be completely "correct," I think it would have to incorporate everything that can be obtained from *all* religions around the world.

As for Christianity's future, there have been many scientific studies conducted upon some Biblical stories -- I wonder, will it really disappear so soon as an acceptable belief amongst people? We are actually a fairly youthful religion. Hinduism could be as old as 6000 years, and Judaism 4000 years. Neither seem in danger of extinction, so why would Christianity? You could be right though -- perhaps it will become forgotten.

Answer 5

Notice that you get the usual responses about "faith". As in, I don't believe in my religion, I believe in my "faith". Unfortunately, these folks, as is typical, don't think very far into the issue.

Your "faith" is a creation of your religion... part and parcel. You wouldn't need faith in your god, if your religion hadn't told you you needed it.

If you say "I can feel God in my heart " and so forth... then that's great. So if I don't feel God in my heart, and have no desire to.... how is that wrong?

Oh, I'm going to hell? Is that the problem? Well, then, we would be back to religion again, wouldn't we? Does your "heart" tell you that because I don't believe in God, I'm going to hell? Does your "heart" tell you that homosexuals are evil? Does your "heart" tell you that stem-cell research is evil?

No... religion tells you this. And you believe it, because your religious leaders tell you to. Why should you believe them? Because if you don't, then you don't have faith...

Surely... SURELY... at least a few of you can see how ridiculous this circular logic is. Surely by now you are getting the tiniest shred of doubt, in the back of your mind, that says... "Hey, wait a minute... maybe they really have locked up my thoughts... Maybe I really AM a slave to this circular logic, that has enslaved my parents, my grandparents, and the human race as a whole for thousands of years...."

You see, it's a riddle, folks. It's one of the greatest riddles ever invented. Because it's designed in such a way, that the answer to the riddle... is to attempt to solve it. But it tricks you into not attempting to solve it....

Think it over.

Answer 6

I challenge you to read the Book of Mormon. Ask God in prayer if it is true, if you really want to know. You will gain a testimony of the divinity and the truthfulness. The spirit will swell in you and you will want to cry because it is so wonderful! That's how I KNOW my religion is the only true and correct one on the earth. And I do say I KNOW, not just believe. When I was sealed to my husband for time and all eternity, the spirit bore witness to me that it was everlasting! What a wonderful blessing! No one told me these things were true, I had to find out for myself. I love the gospel!!

Answer 7

If you are so sure of what you say and are not trying to do the exact same thing you are accusing others of having gained their beliefs by. Specifically, trying to get others to believe something just because this is what someone (you) are telling them to believe. Why do you care? Why are you asking a question you claim you don't want to hear the answers to? I mean, get a life NIMROD!

Answer 8

Oh so many religions. I am a Christain no religious sect . I was reborn in 1974 when I gave my life to jesus who died for my sins, was raised from the dead on the third day which I confesed with my mouth & washed clean with the blood of my lord & savior Jesus Christ. The grace I felt can't be explained.
Praise the Lord.

Answer 9

Nowhere in the Bible is their a quotation by Jesus that says, you must worship this way, you must call yourself this name. Even when he gave us a way to pray which many call the lords prayer, he did not say that we had to pray that way. Unlike other religions whose god spells everything out for them, so while many are consumed with their dogma as being the only correct way to behave, God is fluid or he wouldn't be great.

Answer 10

Guess you'll find out when you die. And if we're worm food it won't matter. So hey why worry? If you believe in nothing that's your thing dude. Just let others believe what they wish, have the faith to get through life and not need to prove it to you, because nothing they say will change your mind anyway, so why ask.