how can all religions be true?

Question

i hear this from liberals and it doesn't make since to me. if all religions are true then when i die i will go to christian heaven, muslim hell, sease to exsist, reencarnated, and beamed up into a space ship behind the comit hail bob. They can't be all correct. So instead of patronising everybody with this post-modern relativism bull-****, we should debate and communicate our beleifs because only one can be correct.


2+2=4, no other answer is correct.

Answer 1

Right.
One God, One faith, One message.
Christianity is the grafted in part of Judaism.
The Only God there is can be known from the Jewish writings in the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
All else is man-made.

Answer 2

Religion is your personal path... the object trying to be obtained is spiritual enlightenment (heaven, nirvana, etc....). Now, using Path for Religion... and Store for Enlightenment.... you have many paths that will take you to the store, it's up to you to determine which one you want to take. One path is not any better than another, even if it gets you to the store quicker than another path.

And, in some of my recent reading, I've noticed there are some forms of science where the math, 2 + 2 = 4, is NOT correct... though personally I'm not sure of the details... I find it interesting that people use such a base for these types of arguments and claim that is ONLY correct answer. Obviously it isn't... it does depend on what you are looking at.

It's hardly patronizing... this is considered part of debate.

Answer 3

They cannot all be true, but they can all be false. Maybe none of them are correct. Religion is not a math problem. All religions are man-made, as humans needed something to explain what they did not understand, so they invented gods, angels, devils, etc., to explain the good and the bad in this world, what we now know are natural phenomena. An eclipse is not a sign of an angry god, but just the moon moving between the sun and the earth. We know what hurricanes and earthquakes are and why they happen.

Humans also wanted justification for controlling other humans (and non-human animals), so they used their invented religions as justification for wholesale slaughter of nonbelievers and enslavement of those who looked different, were from different tribes, or believed in a different deity. They claimed their "god" condoned their actions.

I think you are misconstruing something. I've never heard anyone say that all religions are true. What you probably heard is the belief that all religious beliefs should be accepted and nobody should experience hatred because of his/her choice of religious belief.

Answer 4

This is a spiritual concept, rather than a religious one. It works on the belief that there are no gods (just spirits), or there is a single god with many aspects (such as the Hindus believe). You can then work on the premise that the path you use to approach the god figure is the one that is right for you. This is the one "true" religion ... for you.

In order to believe this you must accept certain things:
You accept that each person's spiritual path is their own, to walk how they can.
You accept that the religion doesn't matter, only the way that a person lives their life.
You must accept that your own path may not be right for everyone.

Answer 5

Actually, purely from the standpoint of logic, it is more logical that none would be correct, than all. But I believe there is only one correct one. As some have said, Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic or Lord. And if He is truly who He said He is, then only His way is correct, since He said "no one comes to the Father but by Me". It is an unpopular view to many, but since He was the only one who made that claim to be God and give specific instructions about how to get to right with God, I would tend to believe that if God wants to speak to man, this is probably the way He would do it. And He would not leave it in confusion- He would be very politically incorrect in today's society, by saying it's 'My way or no way'. But then, He's God and He has that right. We can't tell Him how to do things.

Answer 6

This is a result of the moral relativism movement, where there is no objective truth. As long as you don't hurt someone, do, say, and believe what makes you feel good. You are looked at favorably more for your "open mind" then your convictions and unwillingness to compromise your beliefs.

Answer 7

Actually, 2+2=5, for extremely large values of 2.

But I agree, not all can be correct, which is why learning about other religions and discussing them (not arguing like a bunch of idiots) is a good idea.

Answer 8

This is what makes such discussion so spiritually dangerous! The Scripture PLAINLY states that there is "ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism. ONE God and Father of all who is above all, through all, and in you all", but then we're told to "Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling". The key is in the truthful interpretation of Scripture, NOT based on personal morality. If there truly is but one way (and I DO believe there is only one way), how did we come up with so many different interpretations?

Answer 9

" I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life; no man can come to the Father except through me". -- Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:6)

" Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved". (Acts 4:12)

Answer 10

Only one answer can be correct? Why can't they all be wrong? Religion could be nothing more than man's imaginative and wishful thinking? Couldn't it?