especially when different religions disagree?
(With apologies to Wilson Heydt)
2007-06-26 20:58:28 · 9 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Quote scripture/suras/whatever REAL LOUD AND FOR ALL TO HEAR!
Threaten evil infidel heathen heretics that they're going to rot in hell/reincarnate as slugs/whatever.
Keep insisting that your word of god(s) is the true word of god(s) because it says so and it wouldn't say so if it weren't ALL TRUE!
Seriously: Noone in their right mind would go about that at all. If you could actually proove/demonstrate anything, it wouldn't be a religion, because you wouldn't need faith.
2007-06-26 21:14:41 · answer #1 · answered by The Arkady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inevitably, the response to this is going to have to be subjective. Christians would claim that their faith has the power to change lives, but adherents of other faiths may well make the same claim.
One could examine the sacred writings of different faiths and see which one is the most coherent and makes the most sense, but again our cultural and intellectual backgrounds will influence our judgement.
However, the fact that we cannot conclusively demonstrate the truth of one religion does not necessarily mean that all of them are false. It is conceivable that there is one true revelation from God (without prejudging who he might be) and that all other religions are the efforts of men to get to grips with the mysteries and pain that accompanies life on this planet.
2007-06-28 07:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Marline 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like to have that kind of persuasion, but apparently I do not.
God does the convincing. He's the one I point to as having the decision to make as to who has or doesn't have the 'reciever' to understand what He's talking about, and how to know Him.
Have you ever heard of the verse that says, " Many are called, yet few are chosen" ? That's what I am talking about. He decides because He chooses. He does all the choosing. So I can try to persuade any person. But the only people that I might get anywhere with are those whom God picked to understand Him.
2007-06-27 04:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best we can do is to plant a seed. Only God can make it grow.
Jesus told his disiples he would make them fishers of men. How do you fish? Well, you could throw some dynamite in the water and pick up all the dead bodies but the perferred method is to lure the fish with something they think they want to eat.
2007-06-27 04:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by sodajerk50 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
respect others beliefs that they may be right. move to another country to do so. america is tired of idiots who believe they are "correct". Besides you are a SIMPLE PERSON! NO SIMPLE PERSON of the planet can demonstrate correctness! ONLY GOD HIMSELF can demonstrate correctness and he will do so when HE DAMN WELL PLEASES!
2007-06-27 04:03:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is simple.
No genuine god requires worship.
It is a criteria that should make it easy to find the 'true' religion.
2007-06-27 04:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whichever one has the least stupid ideas
2007-06-27 04:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't. All religions are "correct".
2007-06-27 04:19:03 · answer #8 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Um, die for it?
2007-06-27 04:03:28 · answer #9 · answered by Always Curious 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋