Regardless of your faith man has been around far longer, was man lost for all that time till your religion showed up?
2007-01-11 04:29:22 · 15 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My faith is right for ME and that's all that I concern myself with. Everyone else is entitled to worship, or not, in their own way so long as their beliefs do not infringe on the rights of others.
2007-01-11 04:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My faith is right for ME. I don't need to justify it to anyone. Nor do I preach or attempt to convert anyone. I don't care how old my faith is, and it's an immaterial question. As civilization evolves, so does the way people worship. The newest religions should be the cutting edge. The old ones, well, tried and true I guess. Or old and tired.
2007-01-11 13:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus as the Messiah is the promise and the continuation of the True God of Israel as promised by all of the Prophets.
He himself stated: "I AM the way, the truth, and life. No man comes to the Father but by me.
I am the door.
If you believe not that I AM HE, you shall die in your sin."
He proclaimed to be the only way and that all others were thieves and liers.
He appeared to Abraham.
Not anything that is a new faith, but a fulfilment.
2007-01-11 12:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by Sirius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even a cursory study of comparative religion will show you that the world's main religions share more in common than the details that separate them.
I was "raised" a Lutheran; but nothing about that theology really rules my life, my thinking, etc.
If more people would really "internalize" their religion and let their words and actions be kinder to one another, the world would be a better place.
All over Yahoo Answers, there are people who would (or do) profess to be Christian, yet they post things that are absolutely abominable.
2007-01-11 13:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
"Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve." Qur'an 2:62
"Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians, whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does good-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve." Qur'an 5:69
"Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associate (others with Allah)-- surely Allah will decide between them on the day of resurrection; surely Allah is a witness over all things." Qur'an 22:17
2007-01-11 13:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
But as a Jew don't you believe your faith has been around since the dawn of humanity?
I guess that is how people get around it. They make humanity's existence shorter.
2007-01-11 12:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naw, the Buddha just took a logical look at things and came to different conclusions. It doesn't make me disrespect older religions though. What works for me isn't necessarily what works for everybody else.
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2007-01-11 12:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As Catholic we believe that the one Church, the Catholic Church, has 100% fullness of the truth. We believe other faiths have truths such prodestants, buddihts, muslims ex. but not the fullness of truth. We justify our faith by Jesus Christ himself who is the founder of the Church as we see in the Gospels. The Church has been in existance for 2000 years and will always withstand the test of time for Jesus said "the gates of hell will not prevail against it." I hope this helps.
2007-01-11 12:38:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
you can believe in a person and not in a socalled believe-system. the word believe-system is contradictory in itself. a certain believe has nothing to do with reason and theology.
it is an expression of love and surrender to someone very special to you. and that´s it.
anyone can believe in anyone. there is no right or wrong in that sense. one should not believe in somebody to get back anything for that believe in response. so if anyone says, i believe in jesus, because he´s the redeemer, that is perfectly wrong. do not do this, please!
2007-01-11 12:38:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope man wasn't lost all this time. He got lost though, especially after the death of the apostles, just as the Bible said would happen.
2007-01-11 12:32:36 · answer #10 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋