Why is Your Religion the "One True" Choice.?

Question

I have noticed that most of the worlds conflicts and issues can be directly traced back to the inability of different religions to tolerate one another. Why is it so important for people of religious faith to feel that they must voice their dislikes while being extremley defensive when their own beliefs are scrutinized? Just wondering.

In response to John 1:1.
Often when someone lacks the insight or the understanding of a question, they will tend to generalize to make it easier to ridicule or discredit while not actually answering the question.
Example:
I said “I have noticed that most of the worlds conflicts and issues can be directly traced back to the inability of different religions to tolerate one another."
John 1:1 generalized that into me meaning WAR, though I said Conflicts and Issues. War is certainly part of that, it is far from all of it. Revolutionary War, Sparked by taxes but the colonies were made up of people who left Europe due to religious persecution.
WW 2 Um... The HOLOCAUST!!
The Cold War.. it was just a slogan dude, not a real WAR.
In Iraq currently is a serious Civil war based totally on religion, not to mention 911, Milosevic trying to wipe out the Serbs, Rwanda, Darfur, Our own US grown, pro life bombers! Conflicts and Issues!
I’d go on but text is limited

How bout:
The inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, The Taliban, All religiously motivated. The fact that our government has been split and elections have been won and lost, based on the manipulation of peoples core beliefs and prejudices. People choose their candidate based on his/her morals and ethics and how close to their own beliefs are. That’s not how its set up. What does a candidates religion have to do with my school taxes, or street maintenance or troop training? Nothing. But well put someone in charge of all that cause that person hates the same people as me, That’s what a "Issue" would be. Its nuts.
My sources are several History books, classes and media, as well as common sense and awareness of what’s going on.

Answer 1

Well because the Bible tells me so...

And please cite for me the references to show that the following wars can be traced back to the "inability of different religions to tolerate one another."

The:
Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
Civil War
Spanish American War
Mexican American War
WW I
WW II
Korean War
Cold War
Viet Nam War
Persian Gulf War
Iraq War(the current war)

and those are just the ones America has been involved.

Let's see there was the:
Hundred Years War
Napoleonic Wars
French Revolution

The point? Check your premise it just could be wrong.

Answer 2

The Bible shows true Christians are to talk to people to show what the true God offers for man. We are to leave the fighting to Jesus and his angels. We are to be peaceable with all people.

This is especially hard when we meet people for whom the old joke applies. "Why did you hit your mule over the head with a 2 x 4? First, you have to get his attention." Having to put on the "new personality" of the fruitages of the spirit helps a great deal, but still.......

The one true religion is worship the way God approves. He is the boss. What we choose is irrelevant in this case. He reveals this in the Bible. (matt. 7: 13, 14, 21 and 1 Cor. 1: 10)

We would know and use His name. (Ps. 83: 18) We would do God's will. (Matt. 24: 14) We would have nothing to do with the "works of the flesh" list and live our lives with the "fruitages of the spirit" found in Galatians 5: 19-23.

Answer 3

Because the more important an issue is, the more people fight about it. Religion and any comprehensive philosophy are the most important question, and thus, it rallies very powerful passions in its defense. This will always lead to war, and everybody has a take on the issue, so any position is capable of war, persecution, and killing (though not all in equal measure).

Answer 4

My religion is the one true choice for me because God has sent me sure knowledge of the fact. However people are not perfect even in the religion I go to. Our faith we believe we are subject to rulers and laws of the country we belong to and that if that country goes to war the right or wrong should and will be put upon the heads of those in power. I think it is just natural for man to defend his beliefs. However I also feel if after much prayer and study you cannot agree with the teaching of the religion you belong to then you should search your heart and find one you can agree on all points of doctrine.

Answer 5

Personally I don't think my religion (I'm NeoPagan) is the "one true" choice. I believe what I believe because it makes sense to me. If it doesn't make sense to someone else, I'm cool with that. The only time I have a problem with someone else's religion is when it tells them to get on my case about converting. I figure, I'm going to respect your religion- I hope you can show me the same courtesy.

Answer 6

What religion? Oh, you mean my spiritual path? Nothing makes mine right, which is why I try to keep an open mind about others beliefs.

Answer 7

The Bible does not agree with the modern view that there are many acceptable ways to worship God. Ephesians 4:5 says there is “one Lord, one faith.” Jesus stated: “Narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it. . . . Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will.”—Matt. 7:13, 14, 21; see also 1 Corinthians 1:10.

Repeatedly the Scriptures refer to the body of true Christian teachings as “the truth,” and Christianity is spoken of as “the way of the truth.” (1 Tim. 3:15; 2 John 1; 2 Pet. 2:2) Because Jehovah’s Witnesses base all of their beliefs, their standards for conduct, and organizational procedures on the Bible, their faith in the Bible itself as God’s Word gives them the conviction that what they have is indeed the truth. So their position is not egotistical but demonstrates their confidence that the Bible is the right standard against which to measure one’s religion. Their beliefs and practices are not new but are a restoration of first-century Christianity. They are not self-centered but are eager to share their beliefs with others.

According to the Bible, the line of witnesses of Jehovah reaches back to faithful Abel. Hebrews 11:4–12:1 says: “By faith Abel offered God a sacrifice of greater worth than Cain . . . By faith Noah, after being given divine warning of things not yet beheld, showed godly fear . . . By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed in going out into a place he was destined to receive as an inheritance . . . By faith Moses, when grown up, refused to be called the son of the daughter of Pharaoh, choosing to be ill-treated with the people of God rather than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin . . . So, then, because we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”

With reference to Jesus Christ, the Bible states: “These are the things that the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God.” Of whom was he a witness? He himself said that he made his Father’s name manifest. He was the foremost witness of his father [Jehovah].—Ex. 6:3; Psalms 83:18; Rev. 3:14; John 17:6.

Interestingly, some of the Jews asked whether the activity of Jesus Christ represented “a new teaching.” (Mark 1:27) Later, some Greeks thought the apostle Paul was introducing a “new teaching.” (Acts 17:19, 20) It was new to the ears of those who were hearing it, but the important thing was that it was the truth, in full harmony with God’s Word.

A Massachusetts newspaper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, explains that Jehovah’s Witnesses’ “strict interpretation of the Bible forbids many activities others take for granted . . . , all in an effort to follow the example of first-century Christians and the word of the Bible.”

The Encyclopedia of Religion agrees that “all that they believe is based on the Bible. They ‘proof text’ (that is, supply a biblical citation to support) almost every statement of faith, taking for granted the authority of the Bible, which entirely supplants tradition.”

The book Religion in America states: “The group has never wavered from its focus on Bible study, and its teachings are supported by an elaborate system of references to scripture.”

The Italian newspaper Il Corriere di Trieste observed: “Jehovah’s Witnesses should be admired for their firmness and coherence. Contrary to other religions, their oneness as a people prevents them from praying to the same God, in the name of the same Christ, to bless two opposing sides of a conflict, or from mixing politics with religion to serve the interests of Heads of State or political parties.” (Note how this harmonizes with 1 John chapter 3, verses 10 to 12; see also John 13:35)

In the Italian church magazine Andare alle genti a Roman Catholic nun wrote the following about Jehovah’s Witnesses: “They are worthy of our admiration for the way they refuse any form of violence and without rebelling put up with the many trials inflicted on them because of their beliefs . . . How different the world would be if we all woke up one morning firmly decided not to take up arms again, whatever the cost or the reason, just like Jehovah’s Witnesses!”

According to Dr. Azikiwe, the governor-general of Nigeria in 1960, said: “(Mr. & Mrs. Brown), they have added greatly to the spiritual upbuilding of our people in Nigeria . . . If all the religious denominations were like Jehovah’s Witnesses, we would have no murders, burglaries, delinquencies, prisoners and atomic bombs. Doors would not be locked day in and day out.”

Answer 8

Well it all goes directly to this saying: "You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything".

Answer 9

Mine is only true for me. It's how I connect with Spirit.

Answer 10

It isn't the one true choice. I'm not religious.