all religions are sure they are right......?

Question

can they all be right? if not, what makes you so sure? your book?, when their book says the same thing?

Answer 1

You are right in that not all religions are right, not even among Christendom are they right from one denomination to the next they can't even agree on everything. It's a matter of their not understanding the Scriptures as they do not really have God's Holy Spirit even though they believe they do. Jesus said that you would know who his true disciples were by the fruits they produced, I see a lot of rotten fruit out there. And the fact that they do not like the heathful words but just like to have their ears tickled with what they want to hear.

Answer 2

How do I know which religion is right?
This is a difficult question to answer because it involves discussing some principles that the person you are witnessing to may or may not agree with. For example, does he or she agree with you that truth is knowable, that God would attempt to communicate with His people, or that only one religion may be right? Usually, I start by acknowledging the difficulty of coming to an easy answer. However, I tell them that I do have an answer; I am sure it is the right one, because it is an answer based on evidence. What kind of evidence? Prophecy and its fulfillment (see question # 34), Jesus and His miracles, the resurrection of Christ, etc. Then I ask that person if he or she knows of these things happening in other religions.(1) The answer is invariably, "No." Then I point out that they have only happened in Christianity. If any religion were true, Christianity fits the bill.

What makes you think the Bible is the word of God?
Prophecy. The Old Testament was written before Jesus was ever born. The New Testament was written by the men who knew Jesus, who walked with Him, ate with Him, and learned from Him. In the O.T. there are prophecies concerning His birthplace (Micah 5:1-2), that He would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), that He would be rejected by His own people (Isaiah 53:3), that He would be betrayed by a close friend (Isaiah 41:9), that He would die by having His hands and feet pierced (Psalm 22:16-18), and that He would rise from the dead (Psalm 16:10, 49:15). In the N.T. all these prophecies, and many more, are fulfilled by Jesus. Now, this is the question you must answer: "If the Bible is not inspired from God, then why does it have so many fulfilled prophecies?" How is that possible if the Bible were not from God? Only God knows the future, has power over it, and can look into it to tell us exactly what will happen. In the Bible we have the fingerprints of God: fulfilled prophecy!
Wisdom. The Bible is full of the greatest truths about man and God, sin, and salvation. The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5) is beautiful in its wisdom, humility, and love. The Psalms are incredible poetry of great depth and beauty. The N.T. epistles are great descriptions of love, forgiveness, longsuffering, kindness, etc. (Even if you don't want to become a Christian, studying the truth God has revealed in the Bible will greatly help you in your life.) The aim is not to merely get the person to use the Bible as a guide to good living, but to encourage him to read it. This way, he will at least be reading the Word of God, and be that much closer to conversion, because God's Word will accomplish what He wants it to (Isaiah 55:11).

Answer 3

Narrow mindedness and an inability (or desire), not only think outside the box, to think at all. Obviously they can't all be right and I suspect none of them are. Most religions offer advice for the general good of humanity and a reasonable code of ethics. But religious leader don't follow the rules they set.
All religions need to come together and decide to keep what's good for humanity, and do away with the dogma and mumbo-jumbo. That way (weather there is a God or not) we can all lead a generally good and peaceful life. And prevent having all the silly nonsense as an excuse for war.

The next thing to work on is "political differences" around the world. Surely by the 21st century we must have a good idea of what kind of government works and what doesn't. to maintain a good and prosperous society. Why do we still have crazy people in North Korea, Weird people in Iran, Dictators in Syria, The mafia in Russia, Human rights violation in China, corruption in south America ....on and on . Didn't the world learn anything from WWII when we allowed madmen to progress so far a almost dominate the world.

Beam me up Scotty there is no intelligent life forms down here.

Answer 4

That philosophy is one of those vicious cycle type things. If a religion didn't claim to have all of the answers, then it isn't the right one, is it? Humans want something final. We want The Answer.

The truth is, however, that truth cannot be crystallized into one teaching or another. It is dynamic, living, evolving, and yes, relative to each of us.

Each religion has some truth. It must in order to survive the ages. It must in order to attract followers. When a religion fails to carry truths and values to its followers, it dies.

The problem in the conflict of the religions is the "all or none" syndrome: If you can't take all of a particular religion as true, then none of it must be. We are smarter than this though. We need to use our own God-given discernment, and not just believe blindly. We are entitled to have good sound reasons for believing in what we do. We are entitled to seek them out, and our faith is strengthened and our soul empowered by the answers we find.

Then religion will advance to the level where it will be most beneficial to society, by being most beneficial to the individual.

Answer 5

Yes I have often thought about that myself . . .
I do believe in God and I do believe the Bible is a Holy Book but I too question that especially since GOD HAS NO RELIGION as Ghandi has said.
Or another interesting quote: Religion is what you get when God has left the room. We each need to seek our own truth (as i was told by a minister).

Answer 6

They can't be all right. I had the same question before. I searched and searched, finally I came to the conclusion that Islam is the right way. it's very practical, and valid for all times.
I looked into Judiasm I found it too strict. Christianity too spiritual and out of touch with reality. Islam proved to be the bridge between the two.
I hope this helps. Good Luck.

Answer 7

Each religion is "right" for the person who believes in it. No two holy books say exactly the same things and all have different "rules" of how to conduct yourself morally and so on, so it's whatever makes ya happy and gains you some kind of "liberation" from suffering.

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Answer 8

my book does not say the same thing as their book. my book has somthing different that pretty much is the basis for Christianity. the bible states that jesus is the son of god and the other books dont say that. even if that was the only difference. it would still make their religion wrong and ours right. they dont say the same thing.

Answer 9

They're all wrong. It's impossible that they're all right. Some religions worship one God, others have a Goddess, others worship many Gods, others even have no God at all. But when you look at the fact that none of them have any convincing evidence in their favor, it makes a lot more sense that none of them have it right. They all have valuable teachings, but they all fall short of being the 100% absolute truth that people make them out to be.

Answer 10

Perhaps you need to find your brotherhood in your own heart, not in a book. All religions have a piece of the puzzle for those seeking an answer. If it were not so, they would have long since disappeared.