Christians? When You ask Non-Believers why they don't believe in the bible or God? Why don't you?

Question

Believe in the Quran? Or the Bagavagita? or Other gods Like Zeus, Thor, Ra, Wotan, Baal, Ect. ? Do you ever think that for the reasons you don't believe in other Gods or other Holy books is the exact reasons why people don't believe in yours? And please the idea that "your" god is the right one is just a matter of Opinion. Not actual fact. Do you ever try looking at it from a non biased Point of view?

Answer 1

If you are told from birth that you must believe in X and everyone around you believes in X and there is this book Y that explains X and the book is absolutely true then it's hard to be objective.

It doesn't matter if you are talking Jesus/Jehovah and the bible, Allah and the koran, Zeus and the Iliad, or Mao and the Little Red Book. It takes intellectual courage and intellectual honesty to step back from any belief structure and consider it from a non-biased point of view. There is a reason that christians are so often identified with sheep in the bible.

Answer 2

There has been a lot of times when I thought my faith(apostolic) wasn't ethical. I was questioning my faith from EVERY angle. But I never really thought about looking in God's word to get my answers. I'm not a biased person, I won't bully or ridicule or condemn you to hell if they don't believe the same way. That's not what a Christian does, a Christian that judges might need to pick up a Bible and talk with a Pastor. I don't question my God because he's answered WAY too many prayers of mine lol. I won't be ignorant enough to ignore that. He's been too good to me. Sorry if I was way off topic lol.

Answer 3

Well, obviously the short answer is the same for all those questions (Quran, ra, etc.,). Because I think they are wrong. This would be the same answer I would expect from an atheist if I asked them why they do not believe in God. So, you are correct. I don't believe in other gods for the exact reason that people who practice other religions don't believe the God of the bible.

Perhaps when someone asks that question they are looking for a specific reason. Again, I think that is fair. One might regect islam for one specific reason and wicca for another when attempting to choose from the "salad bar" of modern faith. Or, both might be regected because you chose a faith, like Christianity, that has as part of its fundamental doctrine that all other religions are false.

Answer 4

I began as what nowadays is called a "New Ager". I believed in reinarnation, ghosts, ouija, dowsing, consulting spiritists and spiritualists about what the dead advised, hypnosis into previous lives, Nostradamus, that UFO's were from other planets, and other things. And the only religion I WOULDN'T consider was Christianity. I joined the Royal Navy in 1981, and was, as New Age allows virtually anything, heavily into booze, sex and porn. The change came when a friend in the Navy became a Christian, and I spent about 16 months trying to show him how stupidly superstitious he was. Instead, I became a Christian myself. And rest assured, the Bible gives ample evidence of its uniqueness.
"Come now, let us REASON together, says the LORD.. (Isaiah 1;18); there are other verses like this in both Testaments, showing God expects us to ask questions, and not simply accept it on trust. But this isn't the main evidence. That is contained in the prophecies the Bible contains. Prophecies that no other religious or "fortune telling" or "prophetic voice" can match.
I) The prophecies that the Messiah would be rejected by the Israelites, killed, and be raised (Psalm 22; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Dan. 9:26. there are about 60 specific prophecies relating to the life of Jesus from lineage, conception, birth, death and resurrection in the Old Testament)
II) The Prophecies that the Jews would be scattered through all nations and persecuted like no other people, (Lev. 26:14-39), yet never be wiped out (Jer. 4:27; 5:18; 30:11; 31:31-40) and be regathered to Israel while still unbelieving in Jesus (Ezek. 37:1-39:29)
III) The prophecies that Israel, after this regathering, would be hated by all the surrounding nations who would seek to destroy them, especially in the final seven years before Christ's return, when anti-Christ (Daniel's "the prince that shall come") attempts to destroy all Jews at the Battle of Armageddon (a place in Israel) (Ps. 83; Ezek. Chapters 38 & 39; Dan.9:26,27)
IV) The prophecies that Israel would not recognise Jesus as the Messiah until He returns in glory at the battle of Armageddon (Ezek. 38 & 39; Zechariah 12:1-13:6; Revelation, particularly Chptrs 16-19).
There are other examples of these prophecies being fulfilled before our very eyes today, as well as those that show God does indeed declare "the end from the [very] beginning" (Is. 46:10). No other so-called "god" can match the accuracy of biblical prophecy: no other so-called "holy book" can point to a god who transcends human limitations. Allah lies in order to damn those he doesn't like, and he is incapable of loving without creating something to love, whereas the Triune God of the Bible is complete in and of Himself, and made the world, and man, to share that love, not to be the sole object of it.
My advice to everyone is, "O taste and see that the LORD is good." (Ps. 34:8).

Answer 5

I don't know where you're meeting your Christians. Are you hanging out with 7th Day Adventists or something? I've been a student of comparative religion both formally and informally since I was about 12 when a Muslim family moved in up the street. I've had friends from many different religions and I know both the Gita and the Quran fairly well. Also the writings of Baha'ullah and Krishnamurti. Most middle-class Christians are fairly interested in other faiths. I think your perceptions are distorted by the media,which obviously considers evangelicals good copy. Touch base with reality,bubba.

Answer 6

They can't do it. It is better to go on believing what you were brainwashed to believe because opening up your mind to alternatives would be thinking for yourself and they are not supposed to do that. Blind belief! You do not question the great book written by some 40 different authors, err I mean GOD!

By the way, the guy a few comments below said he doesn't believe in the God of the Quran. The God of the Torrah, Quran and Bible is the same God!

Answer 7

I have. So have many others...

Einstein believed in the Alpha and the Omega, God of Moses and Abraham.

The writer of Ben-hur like yourself believed that Bible was a fairy tale. After carefully reading the Bible, he ended up writing Ben-hur.

Lately Lee Strobel the writer for the Chicago Tribune in a conversation with his friend couldn't believe his intellectual friend was actually a christian. He said that he was genuinely surprised how such an educated friend of his could believe in something "like the tooth fairy."

However after thorough investigation, he came to understand and then wondered why anyone wouldn't after everything was looked at. Lee Strobel then wrote "The Case for Christ"

Although many say "just read the Bible" maybe if you read
"The case for Christ" first then before you take on a huge commitment maybe you're willing to take a small crawl before you take the leap.

Answer 8

I think everyone has different reasons for believing in the God(s) or Goddess(s) that they believe in and not in others. I'm sure my reasons would vary from your reasons for not believing the Christian God was the one and only truth.
I think questioning others about why they believe what they believe will hopefully lead to some kind of understanding between two people and possibly two faiths.

BTW: I'm a Pagan=)

Answer 9

Good question.
I think the word you're looking for is Chauvinism.
In essence; biased devotion to any group, attitude, or cause.
Narrow mindedness, a blinkered attitude, fear of the unknown.
Need I go on?
Christians Don't Want to see that other people might actually be enjoying their lives, or their relationships with their various Gods.
It's a case of 'If I can't be happy, why should you?'.
But I expect you knew that already.

Answer 10

Hello Question… :)

I have researched the Quran..When dating a man who was Buddhist, I did go their meetings (SGI)..also I attended a Jewish Synagogue and I did even look into Wicca..

I was very intrigued in school with the Zeus (divine king of the gods)...Thor (Norse god of thunder)...Aphrodite (the goddess of Love)..

Though my favorite was Ra..(Egyptian god of the Sun & heaven)..

None of the above could take away my heartache, pain, nor my hatred and anger I had for those that did not hold to my non-beliefs..


I want my life reflects my beliefs..that is why I choose Jesus.. :)


In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)