My religions superior to yours....My religion is right and yours is wrong....?

Question

However...all religions have well versed, studied theologians who interpret the same exact scripture differently....so, who is right and who is wrong.

Serious question, and please no canned, Sunday School response about he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God...

I want a specific answer...why is your religion and your scholars correct in their interpretations...and the other religions are not?

Answer 1

My religion is right because the bible tells me that "goddidit"


lol

Answer 2

I've learned that there will be no consensus, agreement, or sense that will come of questions pertaining to christianity. The bible people are lost in their own translations and feel as if they don't need proof that their view is correct, it just is.

Earlier I asked who Joseph's father was, since the bible traces Jesus' lineage to David through Joseph, with no mention of Mary in Matthew 1 and Luke 3. There are women mentioned in the lines, just not Mary. I'm sure you can guess the results. Somehow, these lineages mean Mary, not Joseph. There is no biblical support for this, just apologetic conjecture.

For the rest of the day, I'll just answer questions honestly, and pose questions I know they have no answer to that belittle their faith. I'm trolling today. Tomorrow, I may be nice again, but today, I'm trolling. Patrone07 is the only one who has come close to answering your question. I don't count because I have no religion.

Answer 3

Anyone who spends time and money searching, reading, discussing and finding way to prove their belief would normally carry the feeling of trust and confidence for what they know as right and the others as wrong.
No religion will ever admit that what they know is wrong unless someone is able to prove them wrong which would never happen among Christians.
Search actually for what you think is the right thing to do with your life and do not bother to look for the right religion. What is important is the footprints you may leave behind as good and worth following the footsteps you have taken along your journey.

Answer 4

The way I see it it is simple. Do I believe in God? Yes. Do I wish to serve him? Yes. Do I believe in the Bible? Yes.

Because of these things I became a Witness. This I feel is correct and right for me. If someone does not answer yes to the above queries than being a Witness is not for them, which is there God given right.

Answer 5

It has been proven that some religious concepts are teachings of opinions. Some facts have been so messed up that entire religions are based on errors.
People swear by things they heard preached and are incorrect.
We try to follow Jesus teachings, and educate those who are truly interested. Do what you will with education, but at least KNOW the truth.

Answer 6

Protestantism. Low cost, great benefits. Be a Christian by saying the two prayers. No need to carry around a prayer rug or face Mecca. No repetition of the rosary. Veneration of dead people optional but not required.

Answer 7

The religion that relies on revelation from God for their interpretation.

Answer 8

"religion is Spiritual fraud"; "religion is the Worse invention of humanity" - Jesus Christ, Buddha and any one else with Spiritual intelligence.

atheists = all the people in religion = all the ignorant fundamentalists = all the cults/superstitions...

That said, Here's the Solution for religion:

Create a private, personal, direct, divine Relationship with Our Creator and save your Soul from religion.

Love and Believe in Our Creator;
Love and Believe in Yourself.

Only with Our Creator's Love and Peace will we be Truly Free!

Without God, there is No Love; Without religion, there are No Wars!

Answer 9

Typical Fundie Muslim and Christian rhetoric.

Don't bother wracking your brain and sanity looking for a sane answer from them. You won't have it. Only more circular reasoning/"logic".

Furthermore, keep in mind this. Why bother trying to teach a cat Mandarin? The cat will just look at you like you are insane and you'll frustrate yourself in the end. The cat is made to meow, so let him meow.

Answer 10

Actually, many scholars of many religions are not well versed in their religions, which is part of where the problem arises. Now, all religious people are wrong. I am a Christian. Christianity is not a religion, so if you want to understand it, you cannot approach it from that point of view. It would be like studying an elephant while using a textbook on whales.

So, how do I know Christians are right, with the minor areas where we will disagree with one another (most people are not and never have been Christian)?

First, understand that the Bible is a very important source of evidence in itself. If you scrutinise it (it has taken me years and I am still busy), you will find that it is historically accurate (archaeology and sciences have at times doubted some events that it describes but have eventually found evidence of such events). Ask many archaeologists about the usefulness of the Bible as an archaelogical tool and about its accuracy thus far from an historical point of view.

Compare the design of the temple in the Old Testament to the book of Genesis. An entire book has been written about this. The parallels are many and would not have been obvious to the people who physically recorded the earliest books of the Bible. These parallels are repeated in many ways in the death of Jesus. There are prophecies about Him too from the book of Genesis and in almost every other book in the Old Testament to Revelation. It is very difficult to predict so many things and be right on all counts, especially things like crucifixion being used. At the time many prophecies were written about His death, crucifixion did not exist as a punishment. The Romans brought that in centuries later. In the Bible, there are also prophecies about the rise and fall of several empires, which were chosen as landmarks in human history. They were predicted in the correct order. The last empire of the world would be a revived Roman Empire, which would be more a federation or confederation. It is not clear at this time, but it is likely that the European Union may be what the writer saw. Certainly, the rise of Russia as a military power was foretold and the destruction and recreation of the state of Israel was foretold. The violence between Israel and the Islamic world was foretold too. Some people even speculate that the United States is mentioned in the Bible. I am not too sure though.

There are many detailed parallels between the festivals of the ancient Hebrews and the history of the world and the church. At the least, one must conclude that someone or something had a lot of foresight or a great deal of intelligence to leave a book with so much detail and so much evidence to show it is credible and to be taken seriously.

A lot of miracles in the Bible have also been explained scientifically and have been proven to have taken place even if the word 'miracle' is never used. There are so many of these that have been shown to have happened that it again brings into question some people's views that it is all coincidence or that there is not someone or something with greater power behind this.

Many people also forget that all communication takes place in a context. This goes to for the Bible. Some of the things that might horrify us today become less horrific when we understand why they were said, done or temporarily permitted. One major mistake people make when reading the Old Testament is to assume that the ancient Hebrews were a very civilised people. They were very barbaric together with many of the ancient peoples, which is a major reason they were dealt with so severely when they did something wrong. I have dealt with people like that in this century and the only thing, regrettably, that sometimes works is for violence to be used to control them. It is not pleasant for them and not pleasant for the people forced into those positions. The first step, however, is always reasoning and pleading, which is what the God of the Bible does. Many people forget that. They also see only a violent being without understanding the context and without seeing all the really good things He says and does in the same Old Testament. The God of the Bible laughs, cries, becomes angry, kills (but does not murder), forgives, saves, is tempted and even gives His life. As human beings, we can actually relate well to His feelings. He is not a flat character the way gods of most religions are portrayed. This seems to suggest that either the many authors of the Bible were in cahoots from one generation to the next to present Him in the same consistent three dimensional manner, or that He really exists. It is actually a strength that many people wrote different books in the Bible, not a weakness, because the consistency shows that there is no conspiracy theory or religion involved. Let me quickly clarify something at this point: I should say that God's word is consistent. The Bible certainly contains God's word but parts of it are not God's word. This is another mistake people make: they assume that every verse in the Bible shows what Christianity is or is not about. Often the Bible deliberately holds up the lives of human beings, all the good they did and all the evil they did, to show people to this day how to live. So, if someone committed an act of evil, even if they said it was in God's name, does not mean God sanctioned it. Many things in the Bible are simply the feelings of people and not of God but we are shown these things so we can relate and learn and understand that God understands us and has done so for centuries. No other religious text I have seen contains so many stories about people that are typical of human behaviour and that can be explained psychologically, physiologically and/or scientifically. The stories are simply not made up, otherwise they would be flawed. Although these stories do not prove the existence of God or on their own prove that Christians are right, they lend a lot of credibility to the Bible.

You will find too in the resurrection stories of Jesus that a lot of strange and radical occurrences took place that no self-respecting Jew at the time would have written. In fact, people would have been and were put to death for many of those things. Crucifixion was terribly shameful, yet the first Christians held it up proudly. The fact that women were the first to see a risen Jesus has credibility because the disciples did not believe them. Those days, women were not seen as being trustworthy or mentally as capable as men. The fact that the disciples were at first scared and scattered and went back to doing what they had before they met Jesus showed their fear and their dashed hopes. Yet, a while later, they became bold even though they knew they could be stoned or crucified as many of them would be. They saw these things every day and knew exactly what it was about. What brought about such a change? Something must have happened. It certainly was not some kind of mass hallucination. That is not a logical explanation. They certainly did not make things up for fun; they knew what would happen to them. They could easily have lived out the rest of their lives without any trouble.

Also understand how radical the teachings of God are in the Bible. Most religions do not have the same radical teachings. The God of the Bible preached equality of men and women from the beginning. Don't make the same interpretation mistake religious people and some Christians do. In Genesis, God did not punish Eve and make her subject to Adam. He was telling her that Adam would oppress her because he blamed her for what had happened. He basically had an external locus of control. The God of the Bible preached against racism from the start. How many people were allowed to join the Israelites? Were you only allowed to be an Israelite by birth? No, you could be an Israelite simply by doing what God wanted.

The God of the Bible is radical in His teachings about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. No other religion has this. They basically all simply say someone should not set out to hurt someone else. Compare the two philosophies and see which will help to heal the human race and to fix our problems. The God of the Bible never judges by external appearances and often deliberately chose the weak and the helpless to become great. How many gods of other religions turn the average person into great heroes and leaders. The ancient Hebrews were a small, conquered nation. They could do nothing to help themselves. How on earth did they become this terrifying force to be reckoned with, especially when they were so barbaric, disorganised and divided?

The God of the Bible speaks to people on terms they can understand, which is why He describes creation as taking seven days, which is why He refers in one place to the four corners of the earth, which is why He explains a story using a pair of underpants so that Jeremiah will understand, which is why He often uses parables (analogies) for people to understand, and so on. The God of the Bible does not teach that people automatically suffer for their sin or that if they have some ailment or terminal illness or disability that they have sinned. This is logical. In how many religions are the gods always responsible for ailments inflicted on people who commit sins? In Christianity, the only sins really are hurting people (and there are many direct and indirect ways to do this) and not striving to reach your full potential. If someone loves God, these things ultimately follow.

These are only some of the reasons Christianity is credible.

Answer 11

with Christianity, we have to study which denomination is closest to the source (apostles), and that would be Roman Catholicism, which has existed since the time of Christ.


Ignatius In his Letter to the Smyrnaeans he wrote: "Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church "[A.D. 107]

He was a direct disciple of the apostle of St. John, the evangelist.