If there were a true religion, wouldn't it stand to reason that its followers would in general be better off..

Question

than everyone else? Wouldn't they tend to live longer and not suffer as much because of prayer and favoritism of their lord? I'm just saying...

Answer 1

If there were a true Christian, wouldn't it stand to reason that they would in general be more loving and caring? then everyone else. Wouldn't they tend to preach understanding and follow the example Jesus Christ set in the ancient days because he said to love one another and lift each other up? I'm just saying, there are no true Christians posting questions like this one.

Answer 2

It may be. It may be, though, that spiritual development has more to do with the individual's response to 'the world or the universe' rather than expecting the universe to act differently for them. Spiritual development may be associated with 'acceptance' and a tendency 'to be rather than to do'. This may lead to contentment and happiness. Many believe that life in the physical body is transient and that we are spiritual beings with eternal life, length of life in a single lifetime would be an ineffective measure of being 'better off' if one believed one had eternal life.

Answer 3

true religion is you and your personal relationship with the divine; finding what it is you are made for and what is your true purpose. I dont follow organized religion because it dosnt make sence for the divine to only give the true relgion to a select few people in an area... make sence? so... if you follow true spirituality, u will fin yourself better off.

Answer 4

There is a true religion and it is Christianity that is under attack from satan 24/7 and in this spiritual battle there will be many casualties as in a normal war.

Answer 5

Well, that's the whole problem, isn't it? Eeeeeeverybody who belongs to a particular religion, claims that his IS the "one true religion" and everybody else is wrong. They're all alike.. . they all hate each other. Dang, they even get praying before ball games, asking "God" to bless their game and help them to win. Yep, Every "religion" under the sun is the "true religion" to the people who belong to it. So where do we find a Referee? LOL

Answer 6

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth!

Answer 7

You'd think so. Guess that means there is no "true" religion.

Answer 8

Ya, their nations would be more like Italy and Ireland.

Answer 9

No cuz Satan will still attack our lives for fun count on that...education makes ppl make more money not religion

Answer 10

I think that's a really good question. Yes and no, at least from the Biblical point of view. But living longer and not suffering as much or getting riches isn't the main point.

As an example, Jeremiah preached in the wilderness for 20 years, converted no one, was shunned and chased away and eventually killed by those he was trying to save by being put in a tree log and sawed in half. Only after he died did the people he was trying to save realize he was right. This is what we get from Jeremiah though: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.   You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah's rewards would come later.

There are more Christian martyrs today than there were in 100 AD in the days of the Roman Empire. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports that over 150,000 Christians are martyred every year (26 million in the 20th century).

In the last week of October, in Poso Indonesia, three Christian high school girls were beheaded. Yarny Sambual, Tresa Murangke and Alfina were martyred because of their faith. Two others were attacked as well but survived. The survivors also had their throats slit by Muslim extremists.

Also in the last week of October, in the town of Paiko, a Nigerian cattleman named Sardauna Sashi was severely beaten for days and almost killed because he became a Christian and joined the First Baptist Church. His life was only saved because he was rescued by a Christian lawyer and a pastor. He became a Christian after he heard the sounds of a Baptist wedding and was invited in as a wedding guest. “I am happy that my wife, too, has accepted Jesus Christ as her savior and Lord.” he said. “I no longer do things that are bad. I love Jesus, and I will serve him for the rest of my life.” He says he will never recant. “Even though I have had to face difficulties almost on a daily basis, I will never renounce my Christian faith, even if it means I have to die. I also pray that my relatives who have also converted will not be intimidated into going back to Islam.” He lost his job caring for cattle because of his faith and death threats against him continue. The town Muslims will never relent in their efforts to kill Sashi the Reverend said.

Also in the last week of October, a family of four Iranian converts to Christianity has received a last-minute reprieve from forcible deportation back to Iran by Turkish authorities. The exceptional turnaround was attributed to direct U.S. intervention in their case. Zivar Khademian and her three adult children – Hossein, Kazem and Fatemeh Moini – faced an October 20 deadline to leave Turkey or be sent back to Iran, where they faced probable arrest and the death sentence for accepting Christ.

This is a passage from dc Talk’s book Jesus Freaks:

“We Die With Gratitude”

Chiu-Chin-Hsiu and Ho-Hsiu-Tzu
Jiangxi, Mainland China
During the Red Guard Era, 1966-69

The two Christian girls waited in the Chinese prison yard for the announced execution. A fellow prisoner who watched the scene from his prison cell described their faces as pale but beautiful beyond belief; infinitely sad but sweet. Humanly speaking, they were fearful. But Chiu-Chin-Hsiu and Ho-Hsiu-Tzu had decided to submit to death without renouncing their faith.
Flanked by renegade guards, the executioner came with a revolver in his hand. It was their own pastor! He had been sentenced to die with the two girls. But, as on many other occasions in Church history, the persecutors worked on him, tempting him. They promised to release him if he would shoot the girls. He accepted.
The girls whispered to each other, then bowed respectfully before their pastor. One of them said, “Before you shoot us, we wish to thank you heartily for what you have meant to us. You baptized us, you taught us the ways of eternal life, you gave us holy communion with the same hand in which you now hold the gun.
“You also taught us that Christians are sometimes weak and commit terrible sins, but they can be forgiven again. When you regret what you are about to do to us, do not despair like Judas, but repent like Peter. God bless you, and remember that our last thought was not one of indignation against your failure. Everyone passes through hours of darkness.
“May God reward you for all the good you have done to us. We die with gratitude.”
They bowed again.
The pastor’s heart was hardened. He shot the girls.
Afterwards he was shot by the Communists.

What does a Jesus Freak do when betrayed by someone close to them? They show them God’s love.


“Love [God’s love in us]…takes no account of the evil done to it- pays no attention to a suffered wrong…Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances and it endures everything [without weakening].”
-Paul the Apostle, martyred in Rome, 65 AD (1 Corinthians 13: 5, 7 AMP)