Convince me that your religion is the true religion?

Question

I'm not into religion, but if I were to choose, which one teaches the true meaning of God?

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Answer 1

THE MEANING OF ISLAM

EVERY religion of the world has been named either after the name of its
founder or after the community and nation in which that religion took its
birth.
For instance, Christianity takes its appellation from the name of its
prophet Jesus Christ; Buddhism from its founder Gautama Buddha ;
Zoroastrianism from its founder Zoroaster ; and Judaism, the religion of
the Jews, from the name of the tribe Judah (of the country of Judea)
wherein it took its birth.
Similar is the case with other religions. But not so with Islam. This
religion enjoys the unique distinction of having no such association with
any particular person
or people. The word 'Islam' does not convey any such relationship—for it
does not belong to any particular person, people, or country.
It is neither the product of any human mind nor is it confined to any
particular community. It is a universal religion and its objective is to
create and cultivate in man
the quality and attitude of Islam.
`Islam', as a matter of fact, is an attributive title. Whosoever possesses

this attribute, may he belong to any race, community, country, or clan, is

a Muslim.
According.to the Qur'an (the Holy Book of the Muslims), among every people

and in all ages there have been good and righteous people who possessed
this attribute—and all of them were and are Muslims.

This automatically brings us to the question what does Islam mean? And who

is a Muslim?

ISLAM—What does it mean

Islam' is an Arabic word and connotes submission, surrender, and
obedience. As a religion, Islam stands for complete submission and
obedience to
Allah —and that is why it is called `ISLAM!
Everyone can see that the universe -we live in is an orderly universe.
There is law and order among all the units that comprise this universe.
Everything is assigned a place in a grand scheme which is working in a
magnificent and superb way. The sun, the moon, the stars and in fact all
the
heavenly bodies are knit together in a splendid system. They follow an
unalterable law and do not make even the slightest deviation from their
ordained course.
The earth rotates on its own axis and in its revolution round the sun
scrupulously follows the path laid down for it. Similarly, everything in
the world, from the little
whirling electron to the mighty nebulae, invariably follows its own laws.
Matter, energy, and life—all obey their laws and grow and change and live
and die in
accordance with those laws. Even in the human world the laws of nature are

quite manifest. Man's birth, growth, and life are all regulated by a set
of biological laws
He derives sustenance from nature in accordance with an unalterable law.
All the organs of his body from the small tissues to the heart and the
brain are governed
by the laws prescribed for them. In short, ours is a law-governed universe

and everything in it is following the course that has been ordained for
it.
This. powerful, all-pervasive law, which governs all that comprises the
universe, from the tiniest specks of dust to the magnificent galaxies in
high heavens,
is the law of God, the Creator and Ruler of the universe. As the entire
creation obeys the law of God, the whole universe, therefore, literally
follows the religion of
Islam—for Islam signifies nothing but obedience and submission to Allah,
the Lord of the universe. The sun, the moon, the earth, and all other
heavenly bodies
are thus 'Muslim'. So is the case with air, water, and heat, stones,
trees, and animals. Everything in the universe is 'Muslim' for it obeys
God by submission to His laws.
Even a man who refuses to believe in God, or offers his worship to someone

other than Allah, has perforce to be a 'Muslim' as far as his bodily
existence is
concerned. For his entire life, from the embryonic stage to the body's
dissolution into dust after death, and every tissue of his muscles and
every limb of his body
follow the course prescribed for each by God's law. His very tongue which,

on account of his ignorance, advocates the denial of God or professes
multiple deities,
is in its very nature a 'Muslim'. His head which he wantonly bows to
others besides Allah is a born Muslim. His heart wherein, through his lack

of true knowledge,
he cherishes love and reverence for others, is 'Muslim' by intuition.
These are all obedient to the Divine Law, and their functions and
movements are governed by
the injunctions of that law alone.This, in short, is the real position of
man and the universe. Let us now examine the problem in a different light.

Man is so constituted
that there are two aspects of his life: two distinct spheres of his
activity. One is the sphere in which he finds himself totally regulated by

the Divine Law.
He cannot budge an inch or move a step away from it. Nor can he evade it
in any way or form. In fact, like other creatures, he is completely caught

in the grip
of the law of nature and is bound to follow it. But there is another
sphere of his activity as well. He has been endowed with reason and
intellect. He has the power
to think and form judgments, to choose and reject, and to adopt and spurn.

He is free to adopt whatever course of life he chooses. He can embrace any

faith,
adopt any way of life and formulate his living according to whatever
ideologies he likes. He may prepare his own code of conduct or accept one
formulated by others.
He has been bestowed with free-will and can chalk out his own course of
behaviour. In this latter aspect, he, unlike the other creatures, bas been

given freedom
of thought, choice, and action.Both these aspects distinctly co-exist in
man's life.In the first he, like all other creatures, is a born Muslim,
invariably obeys the injunctions
of God, and is bound to remain so. As far as the second aspect is
concerned, he is free to become or not to become a Muslim. Here he has
been given the freedom
of choice—and it is the way a person exercises this freedom which divides
mankind into two groups: believers and nonbelievers. An individual who
chooses
to acknowledge his Creator, accepts Him as his real Master, honestly and
scrupulously submits to His laws and injunctions andfollows the code He
has revealed
unto man for his individual and social life, thereby becomes a perfect
Muslim. He has, so to say, achieved completeness in his Islam by
consciously. deciding to
obey God in the domain in which he was endowed with freedom and choice.
Now his entire life has become one of submission to God and there is no
conflict in his
personality. He is a perfect Muslim and his Islam is complete—for this
submission of his entire self to the will of Allah is Islam and nothing
but Islam.

He has now consciously submitted to Him Whom he had already been
unconsciously obeying, He has now willingly offered obedience to the
Master whom he
already owed obedience unintentionally. His knowledge is now real for he
has acknowledged the Being Who endowed him with the power to learn and to
know.
Now his reason and judgment are set on an even keel—for he has rightly
decided to obey the Being Who bestowed upon him the faculty of thinking
and judging.. His tongue also is truthful for it expresses with conviction

its confession
of the Lord Who gave it the faculty of speech. Now the whole of his
existence is an embodiment of truth for, in all spheres of life, he
voluntarily as well as involuntarily
obeys the laws of the same One God—the Lord of the universe. Now he is at
peace with the whole universe for he worships Him Whom the whole universe
worships.
Such a man is God's vicegerent on earth. The whole world is for him and he is for God.

Answer 2

If you believe that any one "religion" is the true religion you need to study the Bible. Jesus if the rock upon which the Church is built. The church is where God's people come together to share their faith and to followship in worship in the risen Lord. Religion was created by man in order to control, it is more political then faithful. If you attend a church then it is a means of followship. Some churches doctrine is messed up and others are closer then others. If you ask what the true faith is than it is faith in the risen Christ and the salvation that is a free gift of the risen Lord to those who believe. Remember that the Jews are God's chosen people to fulfill his promise of salvation Through Jesus.

Answer 3

I hope you will need more than a random Yahoo answer to be convinced one religion or another is true. You really need to study various doctrines and pray to God to know which one is true.

Best wishes

Answer 4

This is a VERY hard question to answer. It could not be answered in this short forum. This is the best answer. If you are interested in religion first you need to read and find out what the bible teaches. There is a lot of false religion out there but if you read and study the bible you will find out what the bible requires of us and what we need to do to find salvation.

Answer 5

Watch the South Park episode on which religion is the one true religion and which one made it into heaven when it was judgment day. Will answer all your questions.

Answer 6

I am Jewish and Jews don't usually "convince" non-Jews to become Jewish.Jews don't belive that everyone should be Jewish. It's a person's choice. So i probably won't try to convince you. There is a good website where you can find out a lot of information about Judaism and ask a rabbi questions. www.askmoses.com

Answer 7

There are 3 true religions Islam, Christianity and Judaism. you should select what its right for you no one can convince you on which one to choose read about them and decide on one, for me its Islam.

Answer 8

No one can really convince you to pick one over another. Really, you have to search and dig and see which one is true. After that I think it would be easy to see which one is really true. I can tell you why I'm a christian, but it alone will not convince anyone.

Answer 9

Christianity.

Answer 10

Nope.
Sorry.
Go to Wikipedia.com and read the article on:
Pascal's Wager

I am a Pascalian Christian. Pascal wasn't a prophet or a holy man. He was a mathematician.

Answer 11

If you were to search and research, Christianity is the one backed up with the most evidence, go for that one.