How To Choose the right religion?

Question

http://board.acmlm.org/thread.php?id=9340
Religious people continue to entertain me with their "logic".
Read the post and make comments accordingly,please don't say things like: "I know jesus is real cause the bible says so" or quote bible versus or threaten me with hell.Read the posts on the page linked above and tell me how can you assert that your religion is correct and that others are damned, please read all the posts or you wont really know how to respond.
BASIC QUESTION WHY IS YOUR RELIGION CORRECT AND OTHERS WRONG,AND HOW DO YOU KNOW ITS CORRECT?

Answer 1

I think neither my or anybody elses religion is the correct one.
For me living life in ethical,moral,and positive way is true religion.
e.g. kindness,helping,compassion,love,having a pure heart,contributing positive things in the society at large etc etc

Answer 2

My "religion" is correct for *me*. It answers all of the questions that I have *now*. It is the one that I can extract the most value from in my particular place in time. This is true for all people and their choice of religion. One will always be attracted to the belief system from which they can extract the most value. Everyone is where they are supposed to be. All religions have value and will eventually lead to the same destination. Hence, no one religion is the only correct one and no religion is wrong.

How do you choose? Seek sincerely. You will resonate with the one that is right for you. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

Answer 3

You can’t go around asking Christians to be logical, because all your going to get back is frustration. Look, it isn’t going to happen. No matter what you do, when you throw logic at them they are going to throw 3 – 6 word catch phrases back at you because how can you argue with a catch phrase?

EX:
“Choose Jesus Christ....that is all.”

WTF can you say to that? You got to give them credit for that.

Some of them couldn’t even be bothered to read the posts.

I’m just saying that if you are expect6ing something different, you are going to be disappointed.

Answer 4

You don't choose a religion, you choose a relationship. read the bible ask Jesus into your heart. Tell him to lead you in the way he wants you to go. Be faithful to him and he will never leave you or forsake you. he will also never steer you to the wrong religion.

Answer 5

Judaism makes the most sense to me! I constantly have these feelings that their holy books weren't changed in any way, that when they write out a new one it's been the same since the day it came out! I wouldn't say my religion is the only correct one!

Answer 6

I belive all religions are true, and it is because I belive all religions brings peace and love to all people. I am a theravada buddhism, I don't belive my religion is most correct or better than others, nooffence but I also don't belive that there is a religion that is better than others or have more correct reasons. You believe what ever you want to believe and if I were you I wouldn't care what religion will I become because as long as I belive there is peace and never sees others with hate, I will see that there is no differences among religions when they are all teaching us to love one and another and never to see each other in hate.

Answer 7

finding the right religion is never easy. my suggestion is to do some research on many different religions to find one that appeals to you. it shouldnt be an instant desision but one that takes time and soul searching. i follow the philosophy "there is no correct religion, only the search for knowledge"

Answer 8

basicly the bible has about 8000 prophecies (fullfills the jewish torah) to back it up, the bible is 1/3 prophetic. this is a department that other religions lack. 1500 years to write with 40 authors 3 languages YET it flows cohesively and has one them of Jesus Christ throughtout>

Answer 9

It is man's ego speaking when he says his religion is right and correct and rejects all others. That is like saying that only flying to a destination is the only right way telling people that it is wrong to drive, ride a bike, take a boat or ride a horse. Everyone is not going to have the same mental affinity for the same type of path. God gives us plenty of choices to find our way to Him that best fits with our emotional temperment and mental affinity. All of these different religions are just different roads to the same destination, one is not better or superior to others. God loves all of us equally regardless of our beliefs and choices. Only man would think of such questions and thoughts.

I did not consciously go seeking which religion to practice. I grew up Christian and it wasn't the right path for me. I walked my own path, doing my own thing, minding my own business always reading about spirituality and a little bit about religion. The more I read about the teachings from Hinduism, the more I became hungrier for it. I just could not get enough of it. I fell in love with Hinduism. I became passionate about it. It was when my teacher Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi "Amma" came into my life when I was ready to start learning from Her, that I started seriously apply many of the spiritual principles and teachings in Hinduism into my life.

Hinduism accepts all faiths as valid paths towards God. It never looks down on other religious beliefs. It teaches that religions are just these different rivers leading to the same ocean. I never think nor tell people what they should believe in. I have total respect for one's beliefs. I mean we don't argue about the modes of transportation we all take do we? Do we put down on others who chose to take a train instead of a plane, do we? So why must we do that towards others when it comes to religious beliefs? I mean we have wars on these differences. Isn't that ridiculous!? The world is full of all kinds of differences such as food, languages, style of dress, music, and so on! And yet we fight over something that is so personal. Religion is based on the principles of love, service, truth, tolerance, peace, etc. and yet, we argue which religion is correct. This is hypocracy!

You know your religion is correct for you when you fall in love with it, with your form of worship. It is the love that you feel for your Master such as Jesus, Krishna, Mohammed, Amma, Buddha, etc. that becomes the vehicle carrying you to God. The love you cultivate in your heart from your religious practices propell you towards God like an express train. It should be a path that you're passionate about, that has brought greater peace, love and joy into your life. It brings out the best in you. This is how one knows it is the correct path/religion for them.

Answer 10

The power of reason that we all possess.

A LIFE with true meaning—how satisfying that can be! And especially if it holds promise of a secure and happy future. Can we personally choose such a way of life? There is sound reason for believing that we can. It is essential, however, to make that choice without delay. For one thing, our human life-span covers at most only a few decades, and it holds many uncertainties.

The question is, then, who can tell us just what will make our life really meaningful? Who can point us to a way that will result in no regrets, one that definitely assures a happy, secure future? Logically, should it not be the One who made mankind? Certainly our Creator knows the way of life that is best for us. And he reveals this to us in his inspired Word. But he does not force us to adopt it. Rather, he warmly appeals to people of all races to make a wise choice.

Centuries ago, he began using devoted, unselfish men and women to make this appeal. His own example in generously providing all that is needed for life adds force to his entreaty. God is truly interested in us—all of us—and is ready to help us. This was made clear in these inspired words of the apostle Paul directed to people in ancient Athens:

“The God that made the world and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples, neither is he attended to by human hands as if he needed anything, because he himself gives to all persons life and breath and all things. And he made out of one man every nation of men . . . for them to seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us. For by him we have life and move and exist, even as certain ones of the poets among you have said, ‘For we are also his progeny.’”—Acts 17:24-28.

As the “offspring” of our Creator, what choice do we all face? The continuing words of the inspired address point to it, saying:
“Seeing, therefore, that we are the progeny of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and contrivance of man. True, God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. Because he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and he has furnished a guarantee to all men in that he has resurrected him from the dead.” (Acts 17:29-31)

In harmony with this, there basically are just two choices: People can choose to turn to the Most High and submit to his will; or they can choose to continue living a life that ignores him and his guidelines for happy living.