Too many religions out there - either only one of them is right , or all of them are wrong. Right?

Question

There is no third option.

Answer 1

Christianity is the only right one.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." -- John 14:6

Answer 2

Yes. Exactly. I couldn't agree with you more. I can't stand that post modern/realitivist view of life. There can only be only one truth out there. 1+1 always equals 2 not 5! ugh. So yes, thank you. Actually, Jesus Christ claimed to be "THE truth, THE way, THE light, and that NO ONE get's to heaven without Him". I think a claim like that deserves some serious investigation. Either Jesus was who he said he was or he was a crazy man. There can't be any other choice really. And with all the prophesy about Christ it makes one wonder...definitely good to do some research,eh?

Answer 3

While it's become popular in these modern cosmopolitcan times to pay lip service to religious tolerance by saying that all religions contain within them a grain of truth, this statement requires focusing only on the less controversal elements of each religion.

Most religions include commands no to kill people or not to kill people in a close enough tribal relationship. But people already rarely murder others for reasons other than self defense. This particular command is not really a religious precept. It's built into human culture anyway, so it makes sense that it would show up in different religions (which are all made by *people*).

The tone of the claim that all religions have some truth to them is that no religions is objectionable, but most religions contain patently ridiculous statements alongside their milder (and occasionally misguided) ethical proclamations. Nearly all of them require believing in magic or gods or prophets, and those that don't tend to make other kinds of half-baked metaphysical claims.

No religion escapes this, unless you count some of the modern parody religions, where the adherents are self-aware and don't really believe in flying spaghetti monsters or invisible pink unicorns.

All religions are, ultimately, false in, since all religions include false statements, especially when they talk about deities.

Answer 4

Yes there is.
To each its own.
I recently read an article about a linguistic exercise of translating the Bible into Klingon
There's no words in Klingon for mercy, peace or lamb or camel so in order to preserve the essence more accessible concepts had to be substituted.
All religions are valid to the culture they came from and to the extent that they transmit universal truisms about how best to live your life and get along in your environment. Religions evolved in certain locations to transmit the learned wisdom of those who survived there in the past. The first reaction of native people to Christian missionaries was basically "We have a belief system that meets our day to needs. Why should we adapt yours?"

Answer 5

Christians worship the one, true God. If you want to call Christianity a religion, that's up to you; but practicing, born-again, Christians consider it more a way of life and a personal relation with their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our God is the same God of the Jews; but many of them still fail to recognize that Jesus is the promised Messiah! However, I have known many Jews who *have* accept Jesus as God, the Son, and the Messiah! Some call themselves, "Completed Jews" or "Messianic Jews" - other
Jews come to accept Him as Messiah, daily, and more shall do so, in future! In fact, as the Bible states, and I've quoted before, ". . . at the Name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10,11 (NIV) Unfortunately, for some it will be too late - hopefully *not* for you who read this!

All other religions, including Islam, are false!

Answer 6

I know it's been said many times, but religion is just a crutch, like alcohol, for those who need "something else" in their sad, pathetic, pointless lives. Being, living and making a difference in the world in a positive way is not good enough for most. They need to feel "superior", "chosen" if you will by a "superior" entity. No matter how much "religion" you have, we all die and rot. Don't waste your time [and your life] bowing down to some imaginary character, get out and make a positive difference in the world [and then pull off the deathbed conversion, just in case - LOL!].

Answer 7

Have you heard the story of the three blind men and the elephant? The first, holding the trunk, thinks its a long senewy animal like a snake. The second man, feeling the leg, thinks its a tree. The third man, holding its tail, thinks its a donkey.
Understand that, and you'll understand. We are all as blind men when we try to understand God.

Answer 8

That is not true.

The Chinese, who have worked harder than Westerners on getting along with one another, view every religion as a 'candle in the darkness' meaning that each one sheds a little light.

They have lots of religions, but don't use them as an excuse to fight each other.

Answer 9

Hello. The logic principle you are applying is the following:

In a group of several mutually contradictory proposition, at most one of them can be right.

Therefore, the simple answer to your question is: yes! you are correct!

If two religions are essentially different regarding some point of disagreement, then those two religions cannot both be right in their entirety. It could be that both of them are correct in what they agree (or both of them could be wrong on what they agree as well).

So, several religions may be partially right. But only one may be (or zero may be) ENTIRELY right.

That is the complete answer of your stated question. Now for the answer to your implied question: the Catholic Church is the only church which is entirely right: it is the only Church which is guaranteed by Jesus Christ Himself (the One begotten Son of God) not to err irrevocably on matters of faith and morals (as a whole). As it says in the Scriptures: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it; I give you the keys to the Kingdom; whatever you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven; whatever you loose on Earth, shall be loosed on Heaven."

Answer 10

The third option is that there is some amount of truth to all of them, but most religions have altered faith to suit man's needs.

Answer 11

Pretty much one of them is right.
I'm not gonna throw out any names, but...
A lot of religions have at least some knowledge of the truth, but only one has all the knowledge. If you get what I'm saying.
A lot of churches have a lot of stuff right. Just not all of it right.