Two things before you answer -
1) A quote from your religious text of choice does not prove it.
2) Bear in mind that most people are the same religion as their parents (or the exact polar opposite).
2006-09-30 18:04:43 · 35 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Whichever one makes sense to you. However, I think a person's spirituality is far more important than their religious dogma. What's sad is that there are so many people out there without any sense of spirituality who seem to do nothing but put down people who do. I'm not talking about Jesus freaks either, although, if that's what rings your bell, so be it. I'm just talking about normal everyday people who have some sense of a greater being and some reverence for it.
Yes, you are right, most people do follow the religion of their parents since it's what they were raised with. Formally, I am Catholic since my father and his parents were and I was sent to Catholic school. It is my frame of reference, but I've taken that context and come to my own understanding of God. I think it's equally sad when people just blindly follow what's taught to them without ever thinking it through for themselves. On the opposite end, as you mention, to simply deny any religion just as an act of rebellion against what you were taught is again to become devoid of any spirituality.
Either way, I don't think it's right for anyone to claim that they have all the answers and that they follow the one true religion and everyone should follow them or perish in hell. It should never be forced down anyone's throat. A little understanding of where the other person is coming from and some tolerance would go a long way.
2006-09-30 18:21:15 · answer #1 · answered by elk312 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anyone.. Your premise is improperly stated.. You just said If all religions claim are to be right.. then such statement presupposes that they are all right.. then you dont need to wory which one to choose... but I get what your question is coming from...
The point of the matter is every religion claims they are the truth for it is insanity if one says they are heretic and full of errors. If everyone says i am the truth or I am the way or I am the answer.. you will get 6 billion truths .. which one is it then? Lets get back to documents because that proves who is right.. Let me put it this way if I say 2 + 2 = 7 and then I say i am right will you believe me? what then is the basis of your answer? The body of truth! the facts and the science of evidence. If you don't believe in a written document of truth then you should not believe or rely on any instrument of measurement and of judgement.. Religion is not the solution it is the problem and the answer is in the TRUTH.. if you ask me what is the truth .. then I will answer you next time if you do...
2006-09-30 18:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by jsc_ny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not about religion. God is not a religion. When you let go of the selfish truth that you understand and accept, then you will see the only truth. That truth which can only be from God. There is nothing good that comes out a good heart that is not from God.
When you do good expecting to get something from it, then it is not from God.
When you do good, with a good heart, you do it expecting nothing in return.
Which one is the truth?
Obvious isn't it? Yet, you will not follow the truth because it is the human nature to worry only about the "ME" and the heck with every one else. No all are in the same level of selfishness, but we all share the same traits that keep us from accepting the truth since it means giving up what we have learned to treasure and worship.
Pontius Pilate stood right in front of the truth but chose not to see it. For in doing so, he would have to become self-less.
God is not a religion. Notice how most 'religions' share many great values. Yet, when applied and absorbed, they lead to chaos, separation, war, sin. It is us who give those attributes to God's truth just so that it can benefit us.
2006-09-30 18:24:47 · answer #3 · answered by lam_9 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess you just have to do your homework and believe what makes the most sense to you. We don't have any absolute answers when it comes to spirituality---unless you count religious texts, most of which were written by people. You can argue that those people were divinely inspired, and for all intents and purposes, they may have very well been. But that doesn't override the fact that they were still human beings with biases and viewpoints.
Someone else said that she just followed her heart--perhaps that is what is best. There really isn't much else you can do--it doesn't seem that way, anyway.
2006-09-30 18:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion all religion has some truth. The best way to see if your religion is the right religion is to see if it is following the will of God. If that religion is LIVING by the word of God, but no religion is doing that. So many different religions and so many different beliefs, so how does one know what the true religion is? I say none of the religions have the whole truth, because even if they know it they refuse to live by it, because they would rather please themselves than the word of God.
2006-09-30 18:27:36 · answer #5 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brahma Kumaris do not look to make a fuss about that, even with the actuality that they imagine the different faith is a light-weight imitation of theirs, so G isn't ideal. as well, if i'm no longer flawed, the Unification church accepts in simple terms about all and various, repentant or no longer. Christians, through and massive, to no longer evaluate God's church to be restricted to nor meant for a unmarried race -- yet lots of them do imagine that they are chosen or predestined for glory. Islam initially allowed human beings of different religions to pay a sense of suitable and incorrect tax and then left them strictly on my own as long as they did not destroy any regulations or brazenly proselyte. To the finest of my understand-how, in elementary words Judaism and Islam inspire their believers to keep in mind the covenants the Lord made with their ancestors. it type of feels to me that the perfect answer might want to be F.
2016-12-04 02:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes people shuffle through a lot of different religions before they find one that "fits." It's a personal choice, one that can only be made after experiencing what different religions have to offer. A lot of people go through this, which sort of flies in the face of there being "one true religion," doesn't it?!
2006-09-30 18:07:56 · answer #7 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are many paths to the same truth. However, you should choose the path that makes the most sense to you...
I chose Islam because it made the most sense out of all the religions I studied.
2006-09-30 18:08:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
read the bible and interpret it for yourself and find out which one goes along with what you believe in and don't have a discussion with a person of a religion about religion unless you know what you believe in. Because that'll make you gullable and you might change your mind from what you thought, that could be right but you changed it from the right to wrong b/c you didn't really believe it in the first place.
2006-09-30 21:36:09 · answer #9 · answered by Mila 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You choose the one that fits you the best.
All religions claim to be right for them. I don't think many of them really believe they are going to convert the world.
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2006-09-30 18:06:30 · answer #10 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋