What is your religion and why?

Question

My brother and I were just talking about all the kinds of religions in the world and we were wondering why people believe what they believe. How do you know that what you believe is true? How many true gods are there in your opinion? What religion do you think we are?

Answer 1

Christian. Because I believe in the love and mercy of the one true God and in salvation of my eternal soul thru His Son, Jesus.

Answer 2

I am a Roman Catholic. It is the largest religion in the world not because it is the most popular, it is hated by many people. It is the largest because divine providence has made it that way.

My father is Italian and my mother Irish which is one reason I was blessed to know the Catholic Church. Consider the following:

Jesus Christ only lived 33 years, never went more than 30 miles from his home, never wrote a book, never was on tv, never made a cd or any multimedia source and YET

-- Jesus Christ has influenced the world more than any person;

-- Jesus Christ's existence separates history (ad or bc);

-- Jesus Christ has more books written about him than any person in history;

-- Jesus Christ is the Ruler of the largest religion in the world;

-- Jesus Christ had 11 apostles and numerous martyrs die excruciating deaths believing in the Messiah, the Son of God;

-- Jesus Christ as the promised messiah fulfilled over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament. Just fulfilling 50 makes the odds of doing so 10X135 power, an astronomical number. No human being or religious leader's existence was fortold with such clarity, never fulfilled so many prophesies about them, not even Moses, Muhammad (pbuh), Buddha, Confuscious or anyone!

In short, Jesus Christ has accomplished things NO OTHER HUMAN BEING HAS DONE in the entire history of mankind. If anyone thinks Jesus Christ is JUST A GOOD TEACHER they are very unrealistic by making such a huge understatement.

Answer 3

I don't have a religion. Maybe I'm a bit too young to be cynical, but I think it's all a waste of time. I disagree with quite a lot of the Bible, and I'm not particularly interested in other religions - but I do know a bit about Islam, because it's fun to prove my racist dad wrong whenever he goes off on one about Muslims.

Religion causes too much suffering to make any sense - how many wars have been fought in the name of this or that god? How many bigots have used the bible to justify their stupidity? How many people have died for a god that may or may not exist?

Some religions - the more peaceful ones, like Buddhism - I don't have problems with. They actually sound like good ideas. It's the ones that can't even agree amongst themselves that get to me.

I'm a scientist. I do not like just having faith in things - I need proof first. I can't understand why anyone would just believe in something off the basis of a book - it's like believing in Harry Potter to me.

I also have a natural aversion to anyone who puts Capital Letters at the start of certain Words. But I'm blaming that on reading too much Terry Pratchett. It does make you look silly, though.

Answer 4

"I don't know if it really happened, but i know that it's the truth"
-common Native American Story starter

Who knows if their religion is right or true. all we can do is believe. I'm a Methodist Christian. I believe in God, Jesus was his holy son, the ten commandments, MOST of the bible (not all parts), homosexuality, abortion, and stem cell research. Everybody is unique in their beliefs because nobody thinks the same. I don't believe people when they say that their religion is perfect or they don't disagree with their religion at all. I question my religion all the time. What is religion if you don't wonder?

Answer 5

When I was younger I was baptized Catholic. Although I never really felt all that connected to the religion. Now that I am grown and can make my own decisions, I haven't decided on religion. Sometimes I think it is completely unnecessary. If I claimed to be Christian, I couldn't see myself believing that my Muslim family members would go to hell because we believe in a different God. Especially if they are good people and do not do anything that we would consider a "sin". Same with my buddist friends, etc. I believe there is a God, but I can't pin point God to one certain religion. So, I guess that means I don't have one.

Answer 6

Let's just say I believe in...

1. Buddhism - because its teachings are spiritually enlightening and liberating. Study it and see for yourself. No God. It's about personal liberation from earthly bondage.

2. Hinduism - it's the most ancient religion in the world and thus contains a lot of authentic spiritual teachings. 3 Gods - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

3. Taoism - authentic wise teachings that either you understand it or you don't. There's no half-way. No God. Personal wisdom and enlightenment.

4. Zen - the same reason with Taoism. No God. Wisdom and enlightenment.

I don't need to question their truth. Why? Because what they teach is spiritually good. For example, if they teach us to do good and be helpful, will we waste the time and question why we should do good and be helpful? I don't think so.

I think the "religion" you believe in is "free thinker religion".

BTW, I loooove mice because they are cute and intelligent all the way.

Answer 7

My family and I do not practice a religion, but rather spirituality. We go to Unity and believe that the spirit of God lives within each person and that "Our thoughts are prayers, and we are always praying." We also believe that heaven and hell are states of consciousness, not geographical locations. We make our own heaven or hell here and now by our thoughts, words, and deeds.

The why part is because Unity strives to reach out to all who seek support and spiritual growth free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical disability, or sexual orientation. We feel at home there.

Answer 8

I can't guess your religion based off of a few sentences... and something tells me you're not too sure, either--that, or you're amazingly open-minded. Most religions don't like to entertain conversations with other faiths in order to see whose viewpoints make the most sense; in fact, if you study history, you'll see many bloody wars based off of religious intolerance, with several conflicts continuing to this day. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say you're agnostic. Agnostics entertain the possibility that there is a divine creator, but have their doubts.

I myself am Atheist, which means that I beleive there is no God. I beleive in scientific discovery, which not only offers explainations, but proof set within a peer-reviewed environment. While we don't yet have proof of life's origins, we'll admit that--rather than blanket over this fact with myth and dogma; there's nothing wrong with saying, "I don't know." It gives one a direction to venture into--not to be afraid of facing.

If someone beleives differently and it uplifts them... makes them strive to be better people... I applaud that. It's the usage of religion to justify judgment and hatred I think Man as a species can do without--and I don't think any God of Love would be flattered by it!

Just my two cents, and I beleive I owe you change.

Answer 9

There is only one true God, and the reason i know that is because the Bible says so. I believe in the Bible because there is visual evidence that what it says actually did exist and describes a lot of the things that we live through today and a lot of science that was stated in the Bible, yet was not discovered until years ago. The Bible also states that the true religion is the one that guides itself by the Bible which is God's word.

Answer 10

Hindu.

1. the principle that there is only ONE God and all spiritual paths merge.
2. the holy trinity - Brahma,Vishnu & Shiva are the three sublime aspects of the ONE God.
3. the Vedic scriptures predates all other literature by many millinea.Given the current world scenarios one cannot help but highlight one of the most salient teachings viz.
" faith in God gives meaning and purpose to Human Life and the brotherhood of man transcends the soverenity of nations and economic justice can best be won by FREE men through free enterprise....."

Answer 11

I am Muslim and I believe that there is one God, and he is so great that he cannot ever be compared to any man put on this earth, no matter how good. I believe that Jesus was a prophet, yes, but not God or a son of God. I believe what I believe because this is how I was brought up, but as I got older I started doing research and looked into other religions. I feel much better knowing that what I believe in makes sense - that God cannot be compared to man, as he has done more than any human being could ever do. He is the reason we are here ... not the mans reason.