In a few sentences, what is your religion and why do you believe in it?

Answer 1

Being Hindu I get to enjoy it's festivals and traditions. There a some strong attraction towards the Gods. There is always a feel of satisfaction when I chant prayers, aartis, bhajans, mantras when I'm depressed. Try chanting 'Om' for few seconds in a clam position and you will be stress free.

Answer 2

BAHA'I

The great aim of the Bahá'í Faith is to bring unity to the world without uniformity. Bahá'u'lláh urges everyone to recognise that all people are equals, and should aim to live as one people, yet encourages them to value and celebrate ethnic and cultural diversity. He wants the world to become one country and yet no-one is asked to stop being proud of their country or taking part in their own traditions. He calls for religious unity but it is far less clear how this is to be achieved and what will happen to the great religious traditions if all the world became Bahá'í.

There is a fear amongst many non-Bahá'ís, and an expectation amongst many Bahá'ís, that religious unity will be achieved by everyone abandoning their own religion and becoming a Bahá'í. This is unity but it may lead to a lack of diversity. If everyone were to become a Bahá'í, would it mean there be no more church services, no more Buddhist chants, or puja offered to Shiva? Would there be no more Christmas, Divali or Passover? Is a world where there are only obligatory prayers, nineteen day feasts and annual fasts really what Bahá'u'lláh is offering mankind? Is this unity in diversity or merely uniformity?

This paper is an attempt to begin to answer these questions and to see if there is a way that the Bahá'í Faith could bring about religious unity whilst retaining a colourful and enriching variety of religious expression. The first part of this task is to analyse the problem. Before exploring the question of how to unite the religions, the existing relationship between them must be addressed.

Answer 3

Religion as an organization is wrong. Religion is sick, twisted, corrupt... people need to have faith. Saying that you areChristian, Catholic, Jewish, etc is not going to get you into heaven or even make you a better person. What you are taught from the podium is only the opinion of the minister, not actual truth. Read the bible for yourself (or whatever religious text you use). Form your own opinion of what the teachings are.

It took me many years to come to this point. I believe there is a God and I believe that God takes care of me and helps me but only if I help and take care of myself. I harm none, I take responsibility for my actions. That is all I can do, try to live my life the best way that I know how. And if "harm none" is to simple then so be it. At least it's a good guideline to remember. Helps keep me in check.

Answer 4

I have been a Christian for the last 4 years now. Beforehand I spent quite a bit of time arguing with others about the Bibles credibility etc. since this was what all Christianity is based upon. Then someone challenged me to look deeper into it. I did and became a Christian. Obviously there is some stuff that seems impossible and unlikely but that is where faith comes in. But there is also clearly some undeniable truths. Also once I became open to look into the Bible and not just glance and pan it, the Lord began to speak to me. I believe he was trying that all the time, I was just fighting it.

Bottom Line: I believe it because I feel it.

Answer 5

New Baha'i
Bahá'í faith, a world religion with followers in 235 countries and territories,

Although its forerunner, the Babi movement, had its roots in Shi'ah (ISLAM) Iran, the Bahá'í faith is independent rather than a sect of another religion, and derives its inspiration from its own sacred scriptures.

These consist primarily of the writings of the founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-92), who Bahá'ís believe is the Messenger of God to our age, the most recent in a line stretching back beyond recorded time and including Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Christ and Muhammad.

The central teaching of Bahá'u'lláh is that mankind is one human race, and that the age for the unification of this race in a global society has arrived.

Among the principles of justice on which it is based are equality of the sexes, the right of all people to education and economic opportunity, the abolition of all forms of prejudice and the need for the establishment of a democratic world government with its own peacekeeping force.

Bahá'ís believe that all great religions of the past have been stages in the progressive revelation of what Bahá'u'lláh called "the changeless Faith of God." God himself is unknowable.

From age to age he reveals himself through his messengers, whose lives and teachings reflect the Divine qualities. These successive revelations provide the chief impulse in the civilizing of human nature and the evolution of human society. Other messengers will follow Bahá'u'lláh so long as the universe exists, but the challenge of the next thousand years will be to realize Bahá'u'lláh's vision of world unity.

Answer 6

I believe Jesus is the Christ, Redeemer, Creator and Friend. Just check out the laws of thermodynamics for proof God exists. Rule #2 - No EFFECT is greater than its CAUSE...so there must be an all encompassing force outside of time and space to create such a thing. Read "The Biblical Basis of Modern Science"....not a Scientologist doctrine.

Answer 7

I am an agnostic, studying to be an atheist. I enjoy reading and studying Buddhism. I have read a lot, thought a lot, and cannot believe in a personal, loving thing out there in space that is going to make bargains with me. I think it's silly to imagine a powerful thing that gave me a brain, needs my worship and will torture me forever for not believing in unprovable myths. The more I know, the less I believe.

Answer 8

I am Baha'i :)

The Baha'i Faith is the youngest of the world’s independent monotheistic religions. Founded in Iran in 1844, it now has more than 5 million adherents in 236 countries and territories. Baha'is come from nearly every national, ethnic and religious background, making the Baha'i Faith the second-most widespread religion in the world.

Baha'is view all the world's major religions as a part of a single, progressive process through which God reveals His will to humanity. The Founder of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), is recognized as the most recent in a line of Divine Messengers that stretches back beyond recorded time and includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad. The central theme of Baha'u'llah's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for humanity’s unification into one global society. While reaffirming the core ethical principles common to all religions, Baha'u'llah also revealed new laws and teachings to lay the foundations of a global civilization. “A new life,” Baha'u'llah declares, “is, in this age, stirring within all the peoples of the earth.”

The worldwide Baha'i community, composed of people from virtually every racial, ethnic and religious background, is working to give practical expression to Baha'u'llah’s vision of world unity. We invite you to learn more about the Baha'i Faith and benefit from the spirtual and practical insights found in the Revelation of Baha'u'llah, God's message for humanity in this day.

Answer 9

I am a Muslim and I believe in it because:
- Quran is still there in its original language and no alteration exist.
- Quran is full of scientific knowledge that day after day proofs literally.
- It is a balance between spritual duites and encouragement to work hard.
- Respects the others and have a clean history for about 1000 year of civilization the west used to captalize on.
- Speak the heart and mind and all answers exist.

Answer 10

Jehovah's witness.

The reason that I now believe (at one time I believe like most southern baptist, that JW were false) is that I had questions about my mom (she was dieing with cancer), And my preacher gave me the most off the wall answers, did not even pick up the bible!

Well, one day a JW came by and I said ah ha, I will make her out to be a phony! And every question I had she went to the bible an answered them! I was amazed! And I accepted a bible study. There is a lot more to this story, but you wanted it short! If you want to know more about us, visit http://watchtower.org


loj

Answer 11

christian.

because i was originally taught it, but i left it.

i have been shot, hit with a roadside bomb (ied) and hit with the schrapnel from an incoming rocket that ripped through my cheek and busted two teeth, and still have full use of my body.

mostly, though, it is because i have spent many many hours in study. not just biblical study, but archeology and history to prove the historical figure of Jesus (at least as a man) and the existence of ruins of the areas such as jerico and now, perhaps sodom and gamora.

if we can trace back the basis for the stories in the bible, then perhaps within my lifetime we can prove God's existence beyond a shadow of a doubt.

and besides, the only primoridal ooze that my ancestor climbed out of was the chemistry set that God used. he is an expert at DNA, you know. :)

-eagle