Why is your religion the correct one?

Question

Please ask yourself why you are lucky enough to have been raised to believe or have found the "TRUE" religion instead of one of the other 400 "wrong" religions, and then tell me what you come up with. I would appreciate answers that don't include the book your religion comes with. They all have a book. That's just another way of saying, "I believe in this religion." Not WHY. So I'd deeply appreciate hearing WHY your religion is the correct one.


Also, I'd be very interested to hear what you would do if you had been raised to believe in a different religion than your own. Thanks everyone. :)

Answer 1

Why I feel that I'm correct? I have faith. I can not say that God is real(we do not live in the times of Noah, or Abraham where the Lord spoke to them). I have Faith in Him and in my heart He is real.
Just as I can not put my finger on God, No one can tell me that there is no God. (It can not be proven by sight, touch, in either cases)

If I was raised differently, I was raised as a 7th Day Adventist, mixed with Baptist. I'm now just a Believer. I have read on several Religions and decided this is my best course in life

Answer 2

If you're honestly interested in me:

I am a practicing Wiccan.

I used to be a Christian. I moved away slowly as I grew older and I found that I could no longer stomach the massive amount of God-approved rape, genocide, and murder in the Bible. Hell was a problem for me - I could not reconcile a loving God with eternal torment.

After leaving Christianity, I sat down and drew up a list of my beliefs. Topping the list was a belief in the divine nature of my physical surroundings (I am deeply in love with gardening and swimming, no surprise) and a belief in a maternal, loving supernatural companion. Also included was the belief that nothing I do is wrong if I act with a good heart and no evil intentions. After some intense research, I found that Wicca contained all these aspects and I've been happy ever since.

I don't know or even believe that my religion is true. My boyfriend is an atheist and, in my more candid moments, I freely admit that his POV is more likely true than my own (Occam's Razor, and so on). Fortunately, I don't feel the need to be right - I just want to be happy. As I am happy, mission accomplished.

Interestingly, most Wiccans do not proseletyze for this very reason - happiness and saitisfaction are far more important that being "right". Since there is no consequence in Wicca for being wrong (no hell, etc.), it doesn't matter to us if we're right or wrong.

Answer 3

If only one was right then the others should be clearly wrong and not followed. Fundamentally, the message in almost all religions is the same - an exhortation to lead a 'good' life; which many people do without the need for religion.

Most religions have the same basic purpose, only differing in how they see things. In that light, I'd say there is no "correct" one. People invent their own realities.

When a minister can't explain his message without using the common line "One must have faith", so it is the same from every con man. I would seriously have doubts about his religion.

Answer 4

I love what briarrose and Boudica both wrote. My story is very similar to theirs except that I was raised a Baptist. But there was hypocrisy there as well.

Now I follow Deism.

(from wikipedia)
Deists typically reject supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and divine revelation prominent in organized religion, along with holy books and revealed religions that assert the existence of such things. Instead, Deists hold that correct religious beliefs must be founded on human reason and observed features of the natural world, and that these sources reveal the existence of one God or supreme being.

(me)
I beleive that a supreme being (whoever they are) created the universe, wound up the clock and then stepped back. The clock is still ticking, and nature is still running its course.

The beauty of our universe is far too cohesive to have ever evolved in a random manner. If our universe were truely random, the mutations, the natural disasters, the bad things would be happening on a much bigger scale.

Deists also tend to beleive on an individual basis. Its something you must figure out for yourself. And then follow your own path.

Despite my rejection of the revealed religions, I do still accept and try to keep the 2nd through 10th commandments and the golden rule from the bible. But nothing else.

Answer 5

I was born into the "one true religion". Funny, though, it didn't seem to fit me at all. Never felt quite right. Didn't seem to fill a hole that I had spiritually.

I have since found out that the only one true or correct religion for "you" is the one that feels right to you. The one that fills your spiritual needs, that offers you the comfort you are seeking and gives you the feeling of hope when you need it.

And sometimes it may not be a religion or a spirituality. A simple philosophy or a personal belief may fill all the needs a person may have. And that will be correct for that person.

When you find a religion, or spirituality that does this, you probably have found the correct one for you. And at that point, you realize... what everyone else thinks doesn't really matter. They will find their own "correct" - on their own.

Answer 6

Seems like part of the problem is that everybody keeps trying to 'find' a religion. There is no purpose or worth in a religion an all. There is however, purpose in finding, serving and worshiping God. If religion gives you a structre in which to do that, then fine. So the real question that you might be asking is what God is the right one, and what religion is best structred to worship that God?
The answer to this would require a trip to many grave sites. There is only one man who has ever lived, died, and rose again. Of all the grace sites in the world, there is only one that is empty, and that is the tomb where Jesus Christ was laid.
Don't search for a religion, search for God

Answer 7

I don't know why I was lucky enough to be raised Catholic Christian. It's quite humbling.

I believe that Catholic Christianity is the right one, because Christ Is the Only One Who Is believed to have been Born Of a Virgin & Raised Physically from the Dead. Yes, I've heard all the claims that "there were other 'virgin births' in other mythologies, & other resurrections as well, but, in fact, that's not the case.

You see, those other 'virgin birth'stories were just stories of mortal women becoming impregnated by gods(through sexual intercourse). In fact, there are also a couple of myths were the goddesses conceive with mortal men.

Likewise, the "other resurrection stories" don't quite ring out either.

Moses was just a Prophet. Muhammed is only believed to be a prophet. Buddha never claimed divinity.

Why am I Catholic as opposed to Protestant? Because Christ Appointed St. Peter to be His Rock in the Gospel according to St. Matthew, chapter 16. The Papacy is traced all the way back to St. Peter.

As to what if I was raised in another religion: I might be just as faithful to that other religion as I am to the one that I have now. Whether I would convert to Christianity or remain with the other religion, would all depend on what I was taught about that other religion, were I raised in another one.

Answer 8

Well, I was raised Catholic. When I was younger, I was a jittery child, but I always *thought* that what I was taught was right for me. Until I started to feel like I was faking it. I started hating going to church, because to me everything sounded hypocritical. Don't do this, don't do that, and then its over, and you go home, and you do this and you do that and no one really cared.

In middle school I did a research paper, and I chose Wicca of all things. Afterwards, I realized that it still interested me. The more I learned about it, the more I realized it felt right. Kind of like when you try on clothing, and you find the *perfect* sweater or dress or pair of jeans.

I don't really think there is a "True" religion, one that is perfect for EVERY HUMAN BEING and they MUST CONVERT OR DIE AND GO TO HELL ZOMG!

I think its more as long as you feel like it suits you, theres nothing wrong with it. Each path will eventually lead to the same place, and I firmly believe that.

Like there are 6 different ways to get to my parents house from where I live. Each one will get me there in due time. Just relax and drive.

Answer 9

That is an ecumenical matter. :) Seriously I don't think anyone knows for sure if their right or wrong, but ultimately it comes down to faith. I assume your right and wrong refers to the Christian belief that they are the right and one true religion. This belief comes from their "book." I am sorry for mentioning the book, but it is the source of their faith. They believe that the book- the Bible, is divine rather than human in origin. Without that core belief you cannot call yourself a Christian. Ulitimately I think having a belief in something greater and more powerful than ones self is what is important.

Your last question cannot be answered. How would you know? Its unknowable.

Answer 10

Very interesting question! I'd like to see what people say, too.

A religion is only true if it is right for you as an individual. Religion is something personal, in my opinion. People should not tell others that their religion is the true religion and that they should convert. If you find that you are at peace in your chosen religion, than it is the true religion for you! It's what you feel in your own mind and heart. No one can tell you what the true religion is, you have to find it for yourself.

My grandparents are Anglican, Protestant and Catholic. My parents let me find my own religion, one that's right for me. I don't follow any organised religion. It's mostly politics within any organised religion, anyway. I just follow what I believe is right for me without imposing my beliefs on others.