do you study other religions?are you stronge enough?

Question

most people bron and dead with same religion and they dont sure if they make follow right or wrong religion, they trust in what there parents say and may be go to hell trustfully(if parents are wrong)
if you find your religion have too many logical errors do you have stonge power to leave it behand you , and convert to other religion or you will lie to yourslef

Answer 1

Each person is born in a religious environment that is not of his/her own choice. From the very beginning of human existence in this world, they are assigned the religion of their family or the ideology of the state. By the time individuals reach their teens they usually accept the beliefs of their parents or that of their particular society.
However, when some people mature and are exposed to other beliefs and ideologies, they begin to question the validity of their own beliefs. Seekers of truth often reach a point of confusion upon realizing that believers of every religion, sect, ideology and philosophy all claim to have the one and only correct religion or ideology. There are only three possibilities. They are either all correct; all wrong or only one is correct and the rest are wrong. They cannot all be right since all religions are different from each other in their fundamentals. Furthermore, the majority claim that they alone are correct and the rest are wrong. On the other hand, to claim that they are all wrong is to deny that God revealed His will to humankind. This proposition is absurd to those who believe in a Wise Creator. So, which religion is the right one and how can the seeker of truth know it?
In beginning one’s search for which religion is true, one should keep four things in mind: First, God gave us the ability and intellect to make the crucial decision: WHAT IS THE TRUE RELIGION? Second, God, the Most Compassionate, did not leave us to go astray without any guidance. Indeed, He sent us prophets with scriptures to show us the right path. Third, seeking the true religion should be the most important thing in one’s life because the everlasting life to come depends on it. Fourth, one can determine the true path and make a rational and correct decision only if emotions and prejudices, which often blind one to reality, are put aside.

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Where am I coming from, where will I go? What is the meaning and purpose of my life? What is death like? Is it certain that there is life after death? Do Paradise and Hell exist? What is the origin of life? Where is our Creator? What does the Creator demand from us? How can I discern between right and wrong? Where do I find the answers to these questions?…
For ages, people have sought answers to these crucial questions, given serious thought to them and discussed them thoroughly. Yet, contrary to what is generally believed, in all ages, the most reliable answers to these questions have been provided, not by the philosophers, but by the "true religion" which is the revelation of God.
Many religions have attracted adherents throughout the world-Buddhism, shamanism and paganism to name but a few. However, none of these were the revelation of God. Therefore, they were nothing more than a philosophy or a movement. Some, having merely a symbolic or cultural meaning, provided no social or psychological solutions to problems. Those who developed these religions, too, thought over these crucial questions, yet they could never find reliable answers.
Nevertheless, there are some "righteous religions" which have to be evaluated separately from these false religions. The most important feature of righteous religions, which distinguishes them from false religions, is their origin: they all have their roots in revelation. God informs mankind in the Quran about the superiority of the religion of truth over all other religions, philosophies or sociological systems:

It is He Who sent His messenger with guidance and the religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, and God suffices as a witness. (Surat al-Fath: 28)

It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, much as the idolaters may hate it. (Surat as-Saff: 9)

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are the religions which have their roots in revelation. Originally, they were all revealed by God, yet after their respective messengers, Christianity and Judaism were corrupted.
Man made countless distortions in the Old and New Testaments-making additions and deletions-and as the original books disappeared in time, various forged Old Testaments and New Testaments appeared. Meanwhile, the originals were completely forgotten. Hence, followers of these religions deviated from the original divine religion, and founded their beliefs, rituals, worshipping and life styles upon a wholly distorted understanding of religion fabricated by clergy and rabbis. Today, these beliefs and interpretations still persist. Thus, these distorted religions are very far from providing answers to the questions mentioned above.
After the distortion of these religions, God revealed the last divine Book, which will remain unchanged until the Day of Judgment, and He will be the One Who will surely guard it against all distortions:

We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption). (Surat al-Hijr: 9)
For 14 centuries, the Quran has remained unchanged, and free from corruption. Every single letter of the original hand-written copies of the Quran has a one-to-one relation to the current copies we have today. In every corner of the world, people read the very same Quran, which proves that the Quran is kept under the special protection of God.
Throughout history, God communicated His messages, either by His messengers or His books. The Prophet Adam (as), the first man God created on earth, was assigned the same duty by God. In other words, the first people who appeared on earth were fully aware of the existence of God. Then followed many other messengers and books all throughout world history. This fact is recounted in the Quran:

Mankind was once a single community. Then God sent out prophets bringing good news and giving warning, and with them He sent down the Book with the truth to decide between people regarding their differences… (Surat al-Baqara: 213)

As is also stressed in the above-mentioned verse, God communicates His messages to man through His messengers and Books. Messengers always warn their people against the Day of Judgment and an eternal Hell, while they also give them the good tidings of an eternal bliss-Paradise. God, the One Who created man, is also the One Who surely knows the proper conditions in which man would feel most comfortable in this world. That is why the life style and moral values God demands from His servants shape a comfortable life on earth, as well as in the hereafter. In brief, by the mercy of God, religion is the system enabling man to attain an ideally structured life, both psychologically and sociologically.
Although bringing different commandments according to the different environments and conditions of the time they were revealed in, divine religions present to man essentially the same beliefs and moral examples. All divine religions convey fundamental facts about the existence of God. They explain the attributes of God, the purpose in the creation of man and all other living beings, how to be a decent servant of God, the ideal attitude and behaviour praised by God, the way to distinguish between right and wrong, good and bad, how to conduct one's life to earn God's approval and how to attain Paradise.
From this standpoint, the truly righteous religion in the sight of God is Islam. The basis of all religions revealed to man since the time of Prophet Adam (as), is Islam, which means "submission to God." This fact is stressed as follows:

The religion with God is Islam... (Surah Al 'Imran: 19)

Although righteous religions were attributed to their individual messengers and accordingly called "Judaism" and "Christianity," the religions brought by these messengers were all the same righteous religion. In other words, in their time, they were all an Islam;

…He has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the observance of your faith-the religion of your father, Ibrahim. In this, as in former scriptures, He has given you the name of Muslims… (Surat al-Hajj: 78)
Those who received divine books (Christians and Jews), before the Quran was revealed, were actually Muslims. This fact is related in the Quran in the words of those who had true faith among the Christians and Jews:

Those to whom We gave the Book before this believe in it. When it is recited to them, they say, "We believe in it; it is the truth from our Lord. We were already Muslims long before it came. (Surat al-Qasas: 52-53)

God rids Christians and Jews of their erroneous beliefs about this issue in the Quran, correcting them thus:

Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but a man of pure natural belief-a Muslim. He was not one of the idolaters. (Surah Al 'Imran: 67)

When we refer to the Quran again, we see that, all through the ages, every prophet communicated the same fundamental system of worship and beliefs. In the Quran, it is said about:

- The Prophet Zakarriya (as) that the angels called out to him "while he was standing in prayer" (Surah Al 'Imran: 39)

- The Prophet Shu'ayb (as) that his people called out to him saying, "Shu'ayb, do your prayers instruct you that we should renounce the gods our fathers worshipped or stop doing whatever we want to with our wealth? You are clearly forbearing, and rightly-guided!" (Surah Hud: 87)

- The Prophet Isma'il (as) that "He used to enjoin upon his people worship (to do salat) and almsgiving (zakat) and his Lord was pleased with him." (Surah Maryam (MARY): 55)

- The Prophets Ishaq (as) and Ya'qub (as) that God "enjoined on them prayer (salat) and charity (zakat) and they worshipped none but Ourself." (Surat al-Anbiya': 73)

- The Prophet Musa (as) and his brother that God revealed His will to them, saying "...make your houses places of worship and conduct prayers (establish salat)…" (Surah Yunus: 87)

- The Prophet 'Isa (JESUS) (as) that he said: "He(God) has made me blessed wherever I go, and directed me to be steadfast in prayer (salat) and give alms (zakat) to the poor as long as I shall live." (Surah Maryam: 31)

- The Prophet Luqman (as) that he addressed his son thus: "My son, be steadfast in prayer (salat) and forbid what is wrong…" (Surah Luqman: 17) and "My son, serve no other deity besides God, for idolatry is a terrible wrong." (Surah Luqman:13)
- Maryam (MARY) (as) that God commanded her thus:"Maryam, obey your Lord, prostrate yourself and bow down with the worshippers." (Surah Al 'Imran: 43)

These are examples of a few fundamental ways of worshipping and tenets of faith, and they can be further extended since essentially the same righteous religion was revealed to all prophets. The basic and immutable features of this righteous religion are repeated in the following verse:

They were ordered to worship only God, making their religion sincerely His as people of pure, natural belief, and to attend to their prayers (salat) and give alms (zakat)-that is surely the correct religion. (Surat al-Bayyina: 5)

Consequently, the religion with God is Islam. This incontrovertible fact is related in the Quran:

If anyone desires anything other than Islam as a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be among the losers. (Surah Al 'Imran: 85)

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http://www.islam-guide.com/islam-guide.pdf
http://www.muslimconverts.com

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Answer 2

First of all, try to proofread a bit, please.

I like to study all religions on my own. I consider myself very spiritual and, being an intelligent human being, I don't feel the need for the guidance of someone else's ideas.

I spent my primary years in The Church of Christ, my high school years in the Luthern Church, and my early adult years in the Baptist and Methodist Churches. I learned in each situation that there are good Christians and fake Christians. I read about the Gnostics, Muslums, and Catholics. I am in awe of the literature, relics, and 'secrets' the Catholics supposedly have hidden. I think that anything which broadens your mind with challenges and new perspectives only can increase your faith. After all, there should be no competition among churches when the prize we seek is promised to all of us.

Answer 3

I studied Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Paganism, Atheism, Gnosticism, Judaism, Shamanism, Islam and Christianity (all major denominations), just to name a few. I finally settled on the one that made the most sense (and no, it was not the religion that I started out with).

Answer 4

A lot of suppositions there friend. I am in the religion I was raised in, but I was born again into that religion as we all must be.

I have also studied extensively on the college and graduate levels, the religions of the world or world beliefs. There are things about different religions that I did incorporate into my worship and personal relationship with God, but I did not change religions. It has nothing to do with lying to myself as I have full faith in the path I have chosen. Have you lied to yourself in order to continue to believe in your parental religion?
GBY

Answer 5

I find no logical error in the belief that God created angels, that one of them rebelled against God and took 1/3 of the angels in heaven with him, that God created the universe and that man was formed out of the dust of the earth and that God breathed life into him and made a woman for a helpmeet to him, and that the angel that fell tempted the woman and caused man to sin. I find no logical error in the belief that God sent his son, born of a virgin to die on a cross to pay the penalty for sin, which is separation from God. I find no logical error in the belief that what God did for me and for whosoever will believe that Jesus Christ died for their sin and that he arose from the grave means that he's coming back to take them to a place far beyond what this world can ever be since the fall. I find no logical error at all that would persuade man to deny that God is.

Answer 6

I am 18 years old and grew up with very limited Religious life. I tried varies different Protestant faiths then decided to convert to Judaism. While speaking with a Rabbi I realized it wasn't for me. I then took catachism classes and became a Catholic. I think it is important for everyone to educate themselves about other religions.

Answer 7

Well, I went to a Catholic high school and we HAD to learn about other religions, learn about them, not encourage them. Yes, we do get quite a well rounded education in a parochial school and.... in the end, I chose the Catholic religion. A great choice for me and now my kids go there.

Answer 8

Yes, I try to study other religions and keep an open mind. The only reason we think we are right is because of faith.

Answer 9

I already did make a change. I have read the Bible and some of the Koran (it is really hard to read). I have read a few of the supposed scientific arguments for religion and laughed.

Answer 10

Yes, I did leave mormonism...and I love to hear what others believe. How can someone be threatened by something that "might" be the truth? Truth is independent. It doesn't matter what a person "believes", that will not change the truth. We should never be threatened to listen to and assess what others have to say.

Answer 11

I have studied many, many religions my entire life. I have come to know the one true God. He is the only true God. By learning about religions and views we find our spiritual walk.