Why do you think your religion is correct?

Question

There is always so much bashing here of various religions. What makes you think you are inspired? Why do you think your minister knows something more or has any more insight into the gospel than any other minister, priest, bishop, etc...? If your answer is simply that Christ is your King, why do you go to any church? If it really isn't all that important, shouldn't we all just be Catholic? I guess my question is how has our Father in Heaven manifested the truthfulness of what you believe to you and do you think there is any possibility that you might have part of it wrong? Satan is the great deceiver isn't he?

Answer 1

Direct experiences within my teachings has convinced me of the truth within the teachings, not simply believing what another has said about them. Satan has many names and he is here to waylay the soul in order to assure that only those sincere souls who seek God and are truly ready to go home ascend. Yes, he is indeed a great deceiver, but those who sincerely seek truth can transcend his deception in the blink of an eye.

Answer 2

My religion is correct for me because it makes me feel close and connected to God when I go to worship services and when I am out in the world. A "correct" religion is one that does that for an individual, and I don't think every person can be expected to worship and connect to God the same way any more than everyone could be expected to live the exact same way in carbon copy houses all over the world. A house perfect for New England won't work so well in the middle of the Brazilian rain forest, and the same goes for the forms of worship in those places and among individuals in all societies.

Answer 3

Religion is an organized system of belief that generally seeks to understand purpose, meaning, goals, and methods of spiritual things. These spiritual things can be God, people in relation to God, salvation, after life, purpose of life, order of the cosmos, etc.
Thus, religion is not going to get anyone to Heaven.

Our Father in heaven has manifested truth to me from the Bible. As the Bible is about Jesus (Luke 24:27,44; John 5:39; Heb. 10:7). The prophets prophesied about Him (Acts 10:43). The Father bore witness of Him (John 5:37, 8:18). The Holy Spirit bore witness of Him (John 15:26). The works Jesus did bore witness of Him (John 5:36; 10:25). The multitudes bore witness of Him (John 12:17). And, Jesus bore witness of Himself (John 14:6, 18:6).

Christ is King.

Answer 4

I think that every religion has its good and bad sides, you've got to take what you think is the best in what religion you have been taught or have chose to follow. I am a catholic, but there are a lot of things I'm not OK with and that I think should be changed or modernised, but I like the principles and the base of the religion and I try to stick to these.

Answer 5

My religion is the One True Faith - completely right and completely correct. There is no other way - FOR ME.

The portions of your question that are specific to Christianity do not apply to me. I am not a Christian, and I do not believe in Satan. Others are welcome to do so. Since no human being knows whether god even exists, any or all spiritual beliefs are "correct."

It is my sincere belief that God is like a mountain with many paths leading to the summit. All of the paths are different but they all lead to the top.

Consider also that if God is like a mountain, and the religions are all different paths, then you have reached God no matter where you are on the path.

Even Jesus said, "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold."

Answer 6

First responder is on the right track. An intelligent person applies logic to evidence, and accepts nothing on faith under any circumstances whatever: any such acceptance has the possibility of being wrong, which would potentially completely trash one's metaphysics. When you look for the evidence with respect to religion; you find only two things: self-serving texts, which are obviously proof of nothing; and the claims of their perpetrators, which are not independently demonstrably true. Which is why I do science; I can prove that it is correct.

Answer 7

My religion teaches me how to live a life based on experimented truth, in harmony with nature. It does not compel me to accept or reject any thing with out testing by logic and science. It also allows me to be an atheist and still continue in its fold. My religion is the only religion in the world which approves of dissidence and still retains a place of pride in the fold. Just guess, what religion it could be.

Answer 8

I have no religion. Therefore, it is correct. I don't let things that might or might not be true interfere with my life. Its all based on facts, so that i dont have all these questions, insecurities, and doubts about it. It makes my life a hell of a lot easier.

And just for the record, satan kicks ***(and i mean that literaly, look at countries like africa, china, india..etc..) <<<[no i dont worship him, its a joke.]

Answer 9

In mine we don't believe that one religion fits all. So I can only tell you why it is "correct" for me and why I like it.

Asatru gives me what I need. Strength mostly, to face what must be and do what must be done. The Gods set examples, and reveal themselves in strange and wonderful ways.

I like being Asatru because I feel a bond with the Gods that I never got with other faiths, and that is worth more than anything.

I like being Asatru because it rewards people who are academically-inclined. Really and pervasively, not just in theory.

I like being Asatru because its ethos match mine. I can be a reasonably good example of an Asatruar; I would never be anything but a marginal, footnoted, trouble-making member of any other religion. I like hanging around with people who think that an oath is an oath, for example.

I like being Asatru because it validates my inclination to bonk irritating people on the head with a Big (Rhetorical) Hammer. I am blunt; in Asatru, blunt is a good thing. "Frith" and "cooperation" are much more resonant values for me than "niceness" or "harmony".

I like Asatru because it is not a One Way kind of religion. I can disagree strongly with other Asatruars about all sorts of things and we can still be in the same religion together just fine. And I don't have to worry about sorting out all the people outside of Asatru, either.

And I like Asatru because it describes the world (mundane and spiritual) as I experience it. And I get to talk to other people who see it the same way I do. Constant simultaneous translation can be quite draining.

Answer 10

I believe Jesus is my Savior.I pray and try to live an upright life.I guess you would call that spiritial and not so much religion.We all,Christians serve the same God and as long as we do our best I don`t think it really matters about the building we go to or don`t go to as God is every where and our walk with him is 24 hours a day.