So many people 'claim' to have the truth, so which is right? I'm a non-believe as personally I believe it is better to be open minded and live your life the way in which you chose, know what's right and what's wrong and you'll be a good and happy person, so why follow a religion?
2006-11-07 05:28:43 · 35 answers · asked by a-z 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I dont think they can be right, especially those that refute the others. I think a spiritual path with no fixed ideas about God, the form he takes, is best. It allows athiests and believers to agree.
2006-11-07 05:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by Older&Wiser 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Great question...
John 14:6 Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Religion is man's way of trying to reach God.
Relationship is God's way of reaching us, through Jesus Christ.
Only the living God seeks you (and everyone else) for a relationship. Only He offers the gift of salvation. A free ticket into Heaven. You won't get there by being a good person or doing good things for some or many people. We all have sinned and fall short of the glory of the living God.
There's only one way to the living God and it's through Jesus Christ.
Can the many, many religions out there have good intentions? Yes, without a doubt.
Can those same religions be wrong and leading their followers down the wrong path? Yes, absolutely!
What path will you choose?
It really is a matter of life and death.
2006-11-07 05:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have a wrong concept towards religions. You might listen to people from different religions declaring they are praying the same God, but in actual fact they are not. Religions can be divided in two categories namely man-made and God's religion. It is rather simple to understand like Buddism , the followers declared Buddha as a God whereas Buddha is human. Christianity and Islam are the only two common God's religions in which God descend commandments to guide us. If I were you , I would choose the God's religion, would you deny that we are the creation of God? What would your father think about you if you refused to listen to his advice, after all the troubles in bringing you up,
without him you will never be borned to this world. It is just the same for the relationship between us and God. But the punishment from God is very severe, God will certainly ignore those who have no faith and disbelieve that God created them. People don't appreciate the benevolence of God towards them.
Life is a trial of God for each of us or a preliminary stage towards
eternity. Our soul will never die. If you were the God, where should you put a person like you described? You will think that this person is not thankful to you after all the trouble you have given life to. Make the research on your own , compare them , you will find the truth.
2006-11-07 06:02:59 · answer #3 · answered by S.K. Chan46 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
History says that The Main Beliefs are all one, but they came in stages, Mousses came with to the Israeli , Jesus came to the Christians and Mohammed came to Muslims.
As the Humans Grownup in mentality and the way of thinking, God updates the religions instructions to meat that with the new prophet, and every new religion should believe in the past religions.
I think the first thing that you have to think about if you want to know which one to follow is to Ask the God himself, all the religions is about believing in a God and then follow the God’s says.
My own advice which helped some people is why you don’t talk to the God himself and ask him. It’s not that strange , if we really thinks that there is a GOD, and he created all this World with all the creatures, then of course he could see us, He could help us, and if we really want to know him, HE WILL HELP US, HE WILL LEAD US, but just if we really really want to know,.
God created everything and wanted the Humans to look around and think if there is someone behind that intelligence of all that creations.
I have had many experiences with friends discussing that and I asked them to do one fair thing regarding of all the religions:
So just Ask him to do that, To Go to His Own place, Look to Up , and Talk to him , Ask the God Twice a Day that he want anything to Prove that there is a God and to lead Him to the Right religion.
If he did that from the bottom of his heart, Believe me he will know, and you’ll be surprised how much peace and bliss he will feel , but The God always want to see that we’re serious , that we’re really want to know him.
It’s easy but just the Serious people will do that and it’s really Works.
The Muslims Quraan Tells that the The God Says “When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way”
2006-11-07 07:02:41 · answer #4 · answered by Hope 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe everything you said, but I do believe in God. I don't go to church and I believe people shouldn't push their religion on others, but I do believe that there is a higher power. I met a man a long time ago that was a preacher, but he was cool. He told me that I didn't have to go to church if I didn't want to, as long as I believed, God would know. Knowing what's right and wrong is very helpful and there should be more people like us in this world, but truth is, there are plenty of terrible people as well. They think it is their way or the highway. Be yourself and don't condemn others for their beliefs.
2006-11-07 05:48:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just as there are physical laws that govern the physical universe, so are there spiritual laws that govern the spiritual universe. We know, for example, that gravity exists. You can choose to not believe in gravity or to never really think about whether or not it exists, or even to believe in something other than gravity, but gravity still affects your life in big ways.
There is something that is true about the spiritual universe. You can choose to not believe or not even think about it or even to make up your own ideas about it. Still what is truth will remain true and will have an effect on your life. Don't you owe it to yourself to discover what the truth is?
Jesus said, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Isn't it worth doing some investigating to see if what he claimed is true? If it is true, your life philosophy is a little lacking.
2006-11-07 05:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by happygirl 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've always wondered that myself. Every single religion thinks they are, without a doubt, the right one. Don't they realize that all the ancient religions believed this as well, and they were mocked and crushed as society progressed? Society is starting to progress again, yet these religions think they are immune. There have been religions that have been in existence far longer than some of the modern ones today, and they still didn't last as people grew more aware of the facts of the world.
2006-11-07 05:33:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The fact is since so many religions have conflicting views, they cannot all be right. However just a you would look to any government's Constitution to see what is expected of its citizens, one would check the basis, or Book a religion claims to go by and see how the religion measures up.Or as said by an ancient teacher, "You can recognize a tree by the fruit it produces."
2006-11-07 05:42:14 · answer #8 · answered by linniepooh 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read Revelation 21:8. also do a web search on fulfilled Bible prophecy, check the dates that it was fulfilled with 100% accuracy and the date it was written, also do a web search on the Bible and archeology and the Bible and History, thru these things the Bible pretty well proves itself to be inspired by God. Some sites in the prophecy part of the Bible will give you the odds of these things being fulfilled with 100% accuracy, and the odds are way, way, way, out there. Plus you aren't saved by being good or your works, Epehsians 2:8,9
2006-11-07 05:47:45 · answer #9 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Being good and happy, although on the list, is not the most important factor.
For those who care what the Bible says, it says King Solomon spent years examining this and that to find out what is important in life.
He is respected even today for his great wisdom.
What did he conclude?
Ecclesiastes 12:13 "The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the [true] God and keep his commandments. For this is the whole [obligation] of man."
Some may disagree, however that does not mean he is wrong.
Find out what God wants and do it ....there is our priority!
2006-11-07 05:42:31 · answer #10 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just because you don't follow a specific religion doesn't mean you're a non-believer. And if you're truly open minded, you can see that the basis of ALL religion are the same. Just viewed and expressed from different directions, but all reaching towards the same destination. God.
2006-11-07 05:41:26 · answer #11 · answered by CJ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋