Yes, there are many belief systems. Yet only one of the world’s religions, Christianity, possesses all of the following attributes:
1. Other religions revolve around their founder’s teachings, rules, regulations, and rituals. Christianity, however, revolves around a Living Person, the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Christianity is unique because it is based upon historical facts and the revelation of God in the Bible.
3. Christianity is the only religion that offers the Assurance and Security of Salvation
4. It is the only religion that teaches that salvation is a free gift, unmerited by anyone, of god’s grace. There is nothing a person can do to merit salvation, since it is received through faith, apart from works.
5. Other religions were started because of man’s attempt to search for the supernatural, search for the truth, appease their innate sense of sin and guilt, and find favor with his god. But Christianity is the account of God’s search for mankind. "For the Son of Man has come to see and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10; John 10:10). His love for us was the reason He has revealed Himself to us through His Son Jesus and by His grace we are saved (Ephesians 2:8-9).
6. It reveals God as the Triune God - God as the Father, God as the Son, and God as the Spirit
7. Christianity is exclusive in its claims. How is Christianity Exclusive?
A. The God of Christianity is claimed to be the only true God (Jeremiah 10:10; Jude 25).
B. The Bible is claimed to be the Word of God and the only true revelation from God (Isaiah 8:20; Revelation 22:18-19; 2 Timothy 3:16).
Investigation by even the most skeptical will also reveal that there exists NO SINGLE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY that has been shown to prove error, factually or doctrinally, in the Bible. There is lots of speculation and hypotheses, but not a single verifiable fact. If you or anyone should discover one, you will become quite famous. Yet, since recorded history, no one has offered it up and entered their names into the history books. Instead what we have is pseudo-science pandering to the masses, as in the recent John Cameron tomb of Christ debacle.
As a simple experiment, try turning your objective intellect towards the argument that no book, comprising 66 “mini-books”, written over a period of 1500 years by 40 vastly different authors, having an outstanding literary internal consistency and coherency, could be written by mankind alone. Add to that the survival of the book’s ancient manuscripts, numbering in the tens of thousands, over thousands of years and yet these manuscripts remain over 98% textually pure. How this possible, when compared to all the other ancient writings are so few in number? For instance, the Dead Sea Scrolls contain all books of the Old Testament, except Esther, and have been dated to before the time of Christ. Now consider Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Only ten copies written about 1,000 years after the event are in existence. In comparison, there are over 24,000+ New Testament manuscripts, the earliest one dating to within 24 years after Christ. How can we objectively and rationally explain this book, the Bible, especially in light of the claims I have made above?
An honest study of biblical prophecy will compellingly show the divine authorship of the Bible. Further, archeology confirms (or in some cases supports) accounts in the biblical record. No other holy book comes close to the Bible in the amount of evidence supporting its divine authorship.
C. The Biblical way of Salvation is the only way of salvation. There is no other way (John 3:36). No matter how good, religious or sincere a person may be, unless he or she has faith in Jesus they will not be saved. "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
D. Jesus Christ claims to be the only way to God, the only way of salvation and the only way to eternal life in heaven (John 3:16-17). Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).
2007-04-03 11:13:58
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answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6
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Because Man has been programmed to believe in some form of higher power. I never as a Pagan ever denounce others belief. I think that is what keeps us human, were afraid of what or where we go once we die. The God(S) man has created sustain that life is worth nuturing and treating with kindness. I believe their are many many Gods as well as Goddess. You may be correct, who you named may very well be the only one, looking around at the beauty of Mother earth, I personally choose several. As long as you believe, and it makes you a decient human being, then there is no true or real answer to your question.
Many Blessings
Rev. KellySue Thomson, High Priestess
2007-04-03 18:15:57
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answered by gracefulladyks 1
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The one who claimed to be THE way, THE truth and THE life is Jesus. His miracles have proven his divinity. His ressurection is another proof. He has had plenty of eye witnesses. His disciples gave their lives for Him. Jesus changes thousands of lives today...example: check: www.gospelforasia.com.
I personally am a witness to hundreds of transformed lives...I mean really really transformed by Jesus and his Spirit.
Jesus claimed to be God in human form.
This concludes that there is no other God.
2007-04-03 18:20:04
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answered by ghispilon 3
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"It kind of proves that all these gods aren't worth a penny. That's because there is only one living God. God Jehovah, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."
Dang! That's what I call total ignorance and bias.
2007-04-03 18:07:42
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answered by juhsayngul 4
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I recently watched something on the history channel "Exodus DE-coded" If you get a chance to watch it I think you'll enjoy it very much. You may find an answer to your question there.
2007-04-03 18:05:11
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answered by Solo 5
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Man has not created Gods. God is, and man has seen Him many different ways.
2007-04-03 18:02:55
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answered by a_phantoms_rose 7
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buddha isnt a god... people say God is the real God cuz theres simply more followers... if there were more followers of Islam in the world, Allah would be the 'real' god and God wouldnt... catch my flow?
2007-04-03 18:02:32
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answered by nickname 4
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over 2000 is an understatement.
The number is closer to 100,000 than 2,000
I bet the genius below me used spell check wrong and has no clue what "empathy" is.
2007-04-03 18:02:41
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answered by Anonymous
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The Buddha is not a "god", and my choice of underwear, or the lack thereof and their status (or lack thereof) is none of your business.
_()_
2007-04-03 18:11:25
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answered by vinslave 7
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hey .... Allah = God in arabic ....
even arab christians says allah pointing to god .....
stop being a fool
2007-04-03 18:12:48
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answered by Zahran 2
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