How can you tell a true religion from a false one ?

Question

All the religions that God revealed through His prophets are true.Any discernible corruption in these religions is a result of human interpolation. People had been entrusted with the preservation of these religions, but failed to fully care for this trust. We can mention here a few criteria that can help distinguish a true religion from a false one.
1. Examine the core contents of the religion both in terms of the foundational texts and how they have been transmitted from generation to generaion. See if there is internal consistency in the texts. Do the prescriptions of the religion uplift man or oppress him?
2. Examine the methods of transmission in terms of their reliability and the claims of transmision
3. Look into the life of the founder of the religion (the prophet), if applicable
4. Look into the lives of the disciples of the prophet.
5. Is the religion monotheistic or ploytheistic?
6. Are the religion’s teachings in clear contradiction with knownfacts about the world?

Answer 1

Generally everybody thinks and can find evidence to prove that what they believe is TRUTH and everybody else is gone astray.

Answer 2

The one thing to look for is *logical consistency* - that it does not have any internal contradictions, that it does not contradict any principles of valid philosophy, and that it does not contradict any valid facts of the empirical order|


Notice how I use the word "valid" here|

Something could appear to contradict truth in religion, but that something is only *apparently* true - either being a mistake in logic, a sophistry in philosophy, or something that is apparently true in the empirical order but is not really so|


We do not have to understand everything within the true religion with our rational intellects - there can by mystery - just so long as definite contradictions cannot be demonstrated within it|





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Answer 3

The something to seek for is *logical consistency* - that it does now no longer have any interior contradictions, that it does now no longer contradict any standards of valid philosophy, and that it does now no longer contradict any valid info of the empirical order| be conscious how i exploit the word "valid" stunning right here| something could seem to contradict fact in faith, even nevertheless that in spite of is least confusing *curiously* genuinely - the two being a mistake in good judgment, a sophistry in philosophy, or in spite of that's curiously genuinely interior the empirical order even nevertheless isn't quite so| we don't could desire to comprehend the full element interior the genuinely faith with our rational intellects - there can by secret - basically as long as particular contradictions are no longer waiting to be familiar interior it| ---

Answer 4

The Jewish religion came before Islam.

Answer 5

You already answered your own question. Anyway, Jesus said something about false prophets. "By their fruits you shall know them." I guess that applies not only to prophets and people but also religions.

Answer 6

Here's the way I determine the true from the false.

"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Isaiah 8:20

Answer 7

Not a question.

Besides, your 6th one pretty much eliminates all religions.
On the other hand, the typo in #5 makes that one much more appropriate.

Answer 8

They are ALL false. They are all used to kill and discriminate against the "others"...

The best religion is NO religion!

Answer 9

It seems to me, that any religion that isn't yours, is a false one.
Or- at least that's what they all preach.

So- of the 200,000 religions on the planet. 199,999 are false.

Answer 10

I prefer the simple guidance of the Holy Ghost to discern truth from error, but thanks for the suggestions.