religious people.. a question?

Question

ok there a guy, he was born christian, raised christian, believes it with all his heart, would even die for his beliefs. ok another dude born muslim, raised muslim, believes it all way, would even die for it. what makes one right and one wrong? can either really be right? ... and any "because the bible says so" answers dont count.

Answer 1

Ok, don't listen to any of those people who are bashing Islam. It truely is a religion of peace, and their responses only show that they are ignorant on Islam AND have taken no consideration into comparative studies. If you really delve into the parallels in the three prominent Mid East faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), you'd find that their dogma is essentially the same. Sure, Judaism denounces Christ as the Messiah and Christianity denounces the Qu'ran, but all three faiths follow the same basic teachings when stripped to the essential. God is love, love others as they have loved you, that's how you get to heaven.

Neither is right or wrong. They are the same. But both take too much pride in eachother to see that.

Answer 2

In order to answer your question you must understand a few things about religion.
People are born into their religion,how much they believe in it ,is a direct result of how their parents enforce that religion and how different choices along their lives afected their perception of right and wrong.
So , the manner in wich a person decides to act on religious beliefs is highly based on society ,therefore the level of education and culture within that society is decisive in influencing the nature and character of a person.(we are where we live)
Therefore, both religions are wrong and both are right,it's all a matter of perception.Just because a man believes in something it doesn't make it right to others .Imagine what happens if one of these religions is true .. Then half of the World will have a chance to go to Heaven and the other Half will go straight down into Hell.
A thousand years ago Christians believed that taking the lives of muslims was a way to serve their God,because it was God's will to kill the heratics,and Muslims believed they had to fight a Jihad against the Christians. They were both wrong and right in their own way, and the situation hasn't changed 'till this day.
People die every day, it doesn't matter where they think they'll go afterwards, they'll get there nontheless.I like the idea that there is no life after death,why would I like to spend eternity concious ? And do what? Live an afterlife of serenity and peace or suffer in the depths of Hell?The first I don't like because the there is nothing to live for in Heaven.. as for the second.. I think it's obvious why I don't like that one.What would you do if you went to Heaven?You would receive a reward for all the good you have done in your life and what would you do with it ? go to Hell just to show off to your some of your former friends?Live an eternity in peace and quite? To what end ?
At least living has it;s purpose.. There is no purpose in death.. In my opinion the wisest of the Earth's religions is Budism ,at least they teach respect for all life. since all life is a reincarcanations of their ancestors .. And in a from a biogical,and pshycal standpoint they are right. The food you eat today is bound to have atoms from somebody's ancestors.. Think about it.

Answer 3

It depends on the purpose and what they are doing. Is the Muslim going to go blow himself up and kill a bunch of innocent civilians for his religions and beliefs, or is this Christian a crusader who is going to go eat a village of Muslims? (yes, the crusaders were cannibals and literally did that). I think religion and beliefs are a major part of society and that they are good in ways some may be false, which I don't agree with, but it is their choice. If it is just a guy not doing anyone else harm, I would not worry about it much. (but watch the Muslim guy he's most likely not to safe)

Answer 4

The answer isn't a religious one. It's actually quite simple. The thing that makes one right is if his god exists. If one person grows up believing that 1+1 is 2 and another one grows up believing that 1+1 is yellow, it's obvious that one is correct and one is wrong no matter how sincere their beliefs.

Be sure to keep in mind that both could be wrong though. People have plenty of other god candidates, or no god at all.

Answer 5

No one religion is right for all people, that's why so many exist. We are all attracted to the belief system where we can be nurtured for our particular place in time. Just as a third grader cannot succeed in a fifth grade environment, a tenth grader cannot flourish in a twelfth grade environment. Yet they will both graduate. All paths lead to the same destination. Some are shortcuts, some are long and winding roads, but they will all take us to the kingdom of heaven eventually.

Answer 6

It's not what men in the Bible said, it's what Jesus said and asks. Jesus is asking you today, Who do you say that I am?
That’s the main question,-------- the one which will determine your eternal soul’s destination.

You know, He was not a good man or a teacher as many grudgingly speak of Him.
He was one of three things.
1.He was a lunatic, a madman, suffering from delusions of grandeur; or
2.He was a liar, a deceiver trying to pass himself off as something he was not, or,
3.He is Lord of all Life, and He holds all Life in His hands now and forever.
There are no other possibilities—Because He made His three great claims: “I am God, I will raise the dead, and I will be the final judge.”
Accept Jesus as Saviour, or suffer the consequences of sin forever.

Answer 7

What's the preoccupation with right and wrong, do you think this life is a test and you need to believe and do the right things to pass? If that was the case everybody on earth would fail the test. We pass the test by the grace of God not by what we believe or do. The only real qualification we need is the ability to accept the grace that is offered and that is where most will stumble.

Answer 8

Thank you for your question. I have pondered over it myself for a while. i believe that every human being has an innate sense called a fitrah. we made a covenent with God before we were born.. pronouncing that He is our only Lord and we will worship Him. But humans forgot this message and prophets were sent. their messages were distorted later by mankind (hence christianity and judaism) but we believe that Islam is the last religion that cannot be changed (although we still have groups who do.. i.e extremist shi'ites & sunnis, the nation of islam). However, the reason that it is difficult to change it is beacuse of the Qur'aan. It has not at all been changed. lies have not been added etc.

When a human being sees the message of islam they recognise it to be the truth (and if they are truly searching for the truth God will indeed guide them). This is the reason for the vast number of converts in the West. BUT... those who do not recognise it... they do not recognise it beacuse they do not wish to accept the truth and as silly as that sounds it is true. you could perform miracles in front of their eyes but they would remain veiled.

As for your issue about a child growing up as perhaps a Jew.. as a child he/ she would not be strong enough to think about the innaccuracies of their religion and would not have the power to counter the teachings of his parents and it is therefore not expected of a child. we believe that every child is born muslim but taught otherwise by parents. The thing that you are wrong about is that you assume that I have not looked at other religions. One would be a fool to assume that my although there are hundreds of people in the world claiming that they know the truth but ill just stick to my claim. I made a decision in my life. am i following this religion because my parents did? or am i following it because i myself have chosen it? becasue there can only be one truth and you have to have an open mind. and i studied various religions. i chose to eventually drop the religions which clearly did not worship a single God as it made absolutely no sense to me and among them were Buddhism, Hinduism and even Christianity [ 3 Gods cannot be one... no matter the various explanations.. its juts not possible]... and eventually i was left with Islam after thorough filtering. It made the most sense to me. i was sure that i had the truth in front of me and every day as i learn more and more about it.. the truth becomes clearer and clearer.

Answer 9

No. neither of them would be right unless they could prove otherwise.

The world would be a better place if everyone was agnostic and accepted that any religion MAY be right or wrong, but that there's no way of knowing the truth.

EDIT: In fairness to christians - the crusades were a helluva a long time ago, so those who quoted them, GET OVER IT! your kind just look for any excuse to bash the western civilisations, whose freedoms you happily use & abuse!

Answer 10

In my humble view no one is truly 110% right. Maybe they are right in intention but other than that no. i like a religion that accepts others religions instead of saying "we are right, they are wrong" We're only humans, there's only so much we can know and do. I am a Torah person but when I speak to someone of another religion, I really don't feel any "I'm right" contempt, I just don't think about it.