I used to be a Christian and I really did believe in what the Bible says about Jesus and heaven, but now (for about 3 years) I just can't believe anymore.
Here's the question. How can people believe that Christianity is the one true religion when there are hundreds of world religions which also declare that their religion is the right one? It just seems illogical to me since if a person was born in India, they would most likely become a Hindu and think the same thing about Christians that Christians think about Hindus. This goes for lots of countries. And do the people in those countries go to Hell for not being Christians? I just think most Christians believe because they were brought up as little children to believe. I was too. My father is a preacher and a chaplain. I think if people would just be more thoughtfull and not always believe what they are told to believe then religions wouldn't have nearly as many followers. I'm eager to hear some answers. Thank you
2006-09-04 05:12:42 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Does it make sense to you to worship a cow?"
Just as much sense as it makes to worship an invisible man in the sky.
2006-09-04 05:25:39 · update #1
Congrats, you're thinking like a sane and rational person.
Christianity is just like every other religion created by man. There's nothing special about it, it's just a bunch of fairy tales.
In the near future, the Christian god will go the way of Zeus, Apollo, Cupid, etc.... and be laughed at and viewed as stupid. The same goes for the rest of modern religions.
2006-09-04 05:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by Toronto 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever considered the fact that once you get past the social and political aspects of religion, they are all saying basically the same thing?
Confucius wrote, approximately 500 years before Jesus, "Do not do to another what you would not want done to you."
Jesus said the same thing only in reverse.
I think it is far more important to be a spiritual person, someone who feels and operates with a connection to the divine, than being someone who follows a specific doctrine. So go. Be. Develop into the best "saxquiz" (don't know your real name) that you can possibly be. As the old Jewish story goes...
When you meet god, god will not ask you, "Why didn't you become Moses?" No. God will ask, "Why didn't you become saxquiz?"
It's your journey. Keep an open mind and heart and relish in all the wonders around you.
2006-09-04 05:37:59 · answer #2 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is really just evil in disguise.
Religion is responsible for the majority of wars, conflict and murder of innocent life since humanity began. There is considerable evidence to classify religion as evil, and talk of religion (Gods etc) should be banned. Because the records prove over and over again throughout humanity that religion is clearly responsible for crimes against humanity, taking part in any religious activity should also be outlawed and made a criminal offence.
The world would be a much happier and peaceful place if religion ceased to exist. Although there are some decent religious believers and preachers, they are unwittingly spreading evil around our world, and that they should simply keep their beliefs and thoughts to themselves in the best interests of humanity, or suffer the consequences for their actions.
People should consider that the world would be like Heaven if religion ceased to exist, but all the believers and preachers have turned the planet into Hell.
2006-09-04 05:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by Brenda's World 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great question. The thing that turned me around were the accounts given by people with near death experiences (NDEs) and accounts by others who encountered with angels.
Those with near death experiences almost universally say they float, they can see their body and if out of their body long enough they eventually encounter their past dead relatives and there is a life review. This is common to almost all NDEs and is based on this testimony given by thousands of people. There is life after death and it is similar to life here on Earth. Life in this physical body on this Earth appears to be a place to learn lessons. Use the common sense God gave you and don't listen to the crap about "brain deterioration" causing this near death experience. Science doesn't even know if all thoughts originate from the brain or outside of it.
There have also been thousands of accounts of angels appearing right before a car wrecks or other disasters. Angelic accounts seem to point to Christianity and the Muslim religions as being correct on this issue.
Reincarnation is a belief held by Budists and Hindus and not held by Christians or Muslims. Reincarnation appears to be a real phenomenon based on some people being able to recount past lives (proven by historical documention) and speak foreign languages without studying them..
It is possible each religion may be a piece of the puzzle. If life is about lessons, you may just wind up in the area of the world and the physical body that will be your best teacher.
Those who insist on rote teachings and hatred toward another group I believe are interested in controlling people. Don't follow those leaders. Life is definitely about forgiveness.
Even if you can't swallow all of this, the universe had to have been created from something. Who created the first atom? It couldn't have just appeared.
2006-09-04 06:07:27 · answer #4 · answered by Wait a Minute 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a certain amount of truth to your statement that many people just believe what they are taught and put no thought into it. However, you cannot dismiss those religious adherents whose thoughtfulness is precisely what leads them to a particular faith. Many people study and struggle for years to ultimately find their faith.
But the question is, what exactly have they found? Is it anything of substance and merit? Will it afford them the afterlife they seek?
Is christianity right? Is any religion right? I can't tell you anything more than what I believe, but I do believe that any religion that professes to be the one true way must certainly have a means of substantiating its claim. In other words, if they say their god is the one true god and that god wants you to know about him/her/it, then that god would certainly provide a way for you to know for yourself. If not, then you're just taking the word of another person.
Is christianity right? James 1:5 reads "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." Coupled with many other verses in the New Testament, there is a pattern set forth by which a person is told to pray to ask for confirmation that what they are hearing is the truth.
Now I won't say that it is true. That's up to you to find out for yourself. My beliefs one way or the other aren't going to help or condemn you. But no one can say that christianity is the one true faith who has not put it to the test; followed the pattern set forth in scripture and prayed in faith, with real intent, to seek a testimony of it. But similiarly no one can discount it who has not done the same.
That goes for any faith. No one can or should be converted to or steered away from any religion on the strength of another's persuasion.
Good luck in your search.
2006-09-04 05:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by boardintooblivian2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, you have to realize that being christian is not just attending a church every week.
For your question i assume you maybe never really got to know the God of the Bible... you heared about him all your life and you were raised in a christian family but probably you never had your own relationship with God.
I'm a preacher's daughter myself and i used to have those same question you do, but i decided to believe in God not because someone told me to do, but because i took the decision of following Him and putting my faith in Him. Yes, it's true, there are hundreds of religions, the difference is that in none of them some one died to save you and to give you hope.
It would help if you read deuteronomy 4:29 - 3. take care
2006-09-04 05:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by fireangel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Young man, you have to decide what do with Jesus. Was he a mad man or was he God in the flesh? When He said I am the way, the truth and the life, no man can come unto the father but by me. Was He full of crap or was He telling the truth? YOU face the biggest decision of your life. This is not about religions or being tolerant it's about truth. Was Jesus who he said he was or was he a liar?
2006-09-04 05:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by Prophecy+History=TRUTH 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe in Jesus and I am a Christian, however Jesus is a person, NOT a religion...when I accepted Christ, I met a person, NOT a religion...that makes all the difference
2006-09-04 05:15:31 · answer #8 · answered by TxCatLuvr 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree with most of these answers in that it is the relationship with God that matters, not what religion you belong to. By all means, we should learn about other religions and what they believe, but leave it to God to judge whose belief is right.
2006-09-04 05:31:58 · answer #9 · answered by cj_justme 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you notice in the Bible, that there are many pagan religions mentioned. Notice, the similarities between these pagan religions taught today and the pagan religions spoken of in the Bible. Would you consider one those mentioned in the Bible?
2006-09-04 05:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋