Why Christianity?

Question

We know there is the existence of a Creator, but it does not indicate what sort of God that the Creator is likely to be. Why, then, should we believe in the Christian God? Why not Allah, the God of Mohammed? Or the gods of Hindus, or of Lao-tsoe, or of any of the other Eastern religious teachers?

Answer 1

God gives us the option of believing in Him or not. How people choose to do that is between them and God.

For me, I choose the Christian God, because I believe He is the most likely to be the true God. In the Old Testament, God is portrayed violently, but in the New Testament through the teachings of Christ, we see that God is really Love. The things which Jesus said just make sense to me. They resonate with me. They provide a complete picture of a God which is like a Father and that is the kind of God I choose to worship. Of course, the Christian God is also in my heart and life, so it would be very difficult to deny Him at this point.

Answer 2

I disagree with "we know there is the existence of a Creator." I don't know this nor does anyone have any meaningful proof. I do agree though that arguing the universe must have one says nothing about which one it would be if any of the ones people have come up with so far. If a creator God existed it might as well be something far different than what religions have created.

Answer 3

Once you accept a creator you have to ask what you're going to do about. Creator knowledge by itself won't lead you to a Christian God, but you should do something about it.
I've researched some religious and spiritual beliefs(no one can possible research them all) and like to divide them into two categories, reasonable and unreasonable.
For example;
It is reasonable for me to believe Hilary Clinton is running for president even though I have never personal met her and heard her say so. I've seen enough newscasts, read enough newspapers, and seen enough media reproductions of her that it would be unreasonable of me not to believe it.
If tomorrow three different people told me the world was flat, it would be unreasonable of me to believe that, even though it was confirmed by other independent sources. The reason is that a great many of other reliable sources contradict them. I've never personally verified that the world is round. I haven’t flown all the way around it or been to space. But enough people have and reported on it, so that it would be foolish of me to believe the three.
This same logic can, and should, be applied to religious and spiritual beliefs. Through my own studies of early church history, the language and cultural settings the Bible and gospels were written in, and study of religions in general, I have concluded that it is reasonable to accept the Bible and the gospels of Jesus as a pretty good representation of what happened. Therefore, I would say it's a reasonable belief. I'd lay out some reasons here but they get pretty technical and overly academic. So do some research yourself and decide if it's reasonable.

Answer 4

This is a right question every Christ believer should ask.Creator God is only Allah.Allah sent prophets and gave them books.Adam,Noha,Abraham,Moses,Jesus and Mohammad were the messengers Allah sent to humans.But Christians believed to messenger Jesus as He is son of God and He is also God.That false belief will take them into hell in eternallife.Unfortunately there is no way out of hell.Many many billions of years staying in hell.This is very terrible.

Answer 5

why christianity or why the christian god?
why not allah
choosing between gods will mean choosing between the books, the bible vs koran etc

the bible is the most extensively studies book of all time and science, history,geography,geogoly etc have proven the data in the bible accurate

not only that, the bible has so many prophecies and countless of them have come to pass

incredible things that could only be known to god can be found in the bible, for example, the earth was considered flat,not round,long time ago, it was only in our recent time that it was proven that the earth is really round, but in the bible, written thousands of years ago, we can read that the earth is round, only the creator can tell such details about his creation

Answer 6

It's like anything else,it's a matter of personal choice. My decision is that Christ is a manifestation of the Supreme Being. Therefore,I am a Catholic. However,I would agree that any religion is better than no religion,so I've always gotten along well with persons of other faiths,particularly Muslims and Bahais.

Answer 7

Because their gods didn't come to earth and die a bloody horrible death on our behalf.Have you ever thought about the similarities of the religions mentioned?What do they have in common?They all worship graven images(idols).The Quran calls jinn's a good thing,but everybody knows what a jinn is.They are demons.Has the red flag raised up for you yet?The prophet Muhammad's remains are still in his tomb.Jesus is no where to be found.Jesus had over five hundred witnesses that saw him after he resurrected bodily in the flesh.Those same witnessing watched him ascend into Heaven.No other gospel can lay claim to that.There is one gospel,and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

Why indeed? Perhaps because Christianity offers (at least on the surface) complete absolution of all sin past, present and future is has become the balm for those who would dispense with personal responsibility.

Answer 9

I believe in the Christian God, because all of the other gods are dead and in the grave but Jesus Christ isn't , His tomb is empty and He is alive and no of the other ones are- How great is that!

Answer 10

I've seen God work in my life...too many extrordinary things to be conincidence and chance. I've been to the cross. Not literally, of course, but experienced through the Word. I believe Jesus died there for me. I just can't say no the Him.