Which Relgion Would God Select as the Truth, Why?

Question

Let's face it, there are hundreds of different religions, each with different viewpoints, beliefs and interpretations.

Suppose God appeared through a supernatural event, and everyone acknowledge that he was someone coming from a heavenly realm.

Who do you think he'll say has been the current religion that has been adhering to his original teachings, creed and beliefs? (let's bear in mind that there was only 1 ark during Noah's flood).

Please support your answer with a well-thought out answer.

(Any one-liners or frivolous responses, would of course, speak poorly of the responder's religion or beliefs, so I would really appreciate serious responders. Just imagine as if God himself is reading these posts - which I'm sure we all know he's capable of).

Answer 1

Watch South Park....
The scene goes to Hell where there are a lot of people standing around wondering why they are there.... they were good Xians, Jews, Muslims, etc etc...
The caretaker type person of Hell stands up, welcomes everyone to Hell, and then informs everyone that the answer was Morman...

Quite a humerous episode really ...

Answer 2

well, if "god" showed up in the form of a male person, that would negate a great many religions that don't perceive the creator as being a male person as opposed to a source of energy or some sort of other creature or whatever. So i assume we are talking about semitic religions, since those predominantly view god as a "him". However, since religions are formed by men, and therefore the teachings may very well not be divinely inspired, it's difficult to say what "his" original teachings would have been. I do feel that humanity mostly wants to believe that a benevolent force wants us to be kind to each other, take care of each others needs, and the like. But when i look at many of the religions over the last century i still see that in spite of some of the participants trying to do this, others in the same faith stab each other in the back, etc. So is there really a religion that adheres to the concept of being good and helping each other? that's a tough one. I know that based on your point of reference to "god" being male you're likely hoping i'll say Christians, but I don't think i can. besides, since i am pagan and believe that the creator is one deity that has many faces and not all of them are male, and i also believe in the concept that the universe is made of constructive and destructive force and that neither is good or bad, it follows that i may not necessarily even agree with the concept we must always be good to each other. Just what i think, anyway.

Answer 3

Honestly if there is a God he is surely laughing at us. Can't you see we're all lost? The religious just claim they've found truth, they're not sure of it, and thus comes in the concept of faith. The Only difference between the religious and the non-religious is that the non-religious admit they don't know why we're here. Anyone that gives an answer of "Just because" or "That's the way it is" or "God works in mysterious ways" is indirectly admitting "I don't know."

So in reality I think god picking a "best" religion would be like evaluating how much 5 year olds know about trigonometry. One 5 year old says "Purple!" the other says "Cat!" and the other says "Seven!" So who understands trigonometry the most? The kid who said "seven"? Get what I mean? At least that kid may have understood trigonometry had to do with math, so he threw a number up. The point being that I think we're even further from god and reality and truth than that. None of us have a clue, regardless of if we're screaming colors, numbers, or animal names at each other.

Answer 4

This is a difficult question to answer because it involves discussing some principles that the person you are witnessing to may or may not agree with. For example, does he or she agree with you that truth is knowable, that God would attempt to communicate with His people, or that only one religion may be right? Usually, I start by acknowledging the difficulty of coming to an easy answer. However, I tell them that I do have an answer; I am sure it is the right one, because it is an answer based on evidence. What kind of evidence? Prophecy and its fulfillment (see question # 34), Jesus and His miracles, the resurrection of Christ, etc. Then I ask that person if he or she knows of these things happening in other religions.(1) The answer is invariably, "No." Then I point out that they have only happened in Christianity. If any religion were true, Christianity fits the bill.
Religion is whatever you feel is right.
How do you know what you feel is right? Haven't your feelings ever turned out to be wrong? Are you are saying that what you feel determines truth? If so, then you are putting yourself in the place of God, and looking to yourself for what you "feel" is right.
If religion is whatever you feel is right, then that could lead to chaos. What if some people had a religion where they felt stealing was acceptable? And what about lying and cheating? Would you trust someone who believed in a religion that felt it was all right to steal, lie, and cheat?
Hitler felt killing Jews was right. He was wrong. The Bible says that the heart is deceitful and untrustworthy (Jer. 17:9). If you could come to know truth by what you felt, then the Bible, which is the revelation of God, didn't need to be written. But it has been written, and it has revealed that only God is the Source of truth, not your feelings.
I've never known truth to contradict itself. What if someone felt that something was right, and another person felt it was wrong? Would they both be right? If your statement is true, then how could there be a contradiction like that, if feelings determined truth?
All religions are different paths to the same place.
If all religions are different paths to the same place, then why do the paths contradict each other? Does truth contradict itself? Let's review the teachings of just three religions:
Buddhism is pantheistic and says there is no personal God and everyone can reach "godlikeness" on his own. Islam says that Jesus was just a prophet, and not the only way to God. Christianity says that there is a personal God, and that the only way to Him is through Jesus (John 14:6). If these three religions are, as you say, different paths to the same place, then why do they contradict each other? Does truth contradict itself?

Answer 5

The Hindu Religion will be chosen by God. It is the most tolerant religion. It does not try to convert others into its line by force or fraud, or just to increase the number of its followers. It does not obtrude. Even the atheists are also tolerated and accepted in its stream. It gives numerous paths so that people of different mentalities can get to choose one according to their wishes. It does not force anyone to accept a particular path.

Answer 6

.. None of them. Religion has a way of turning people against each other, whether intentional or not. Followers of each religion put themselves on a pedestal as being closer to that God, being those who will achieve salvation, while still saying that their religion believes everyone is equal in God's eyes. In essence, all religions could be the truth, but once they're combined with people, money, power, etc.. it all goes down the drain.

I do believe in a god, but I don't limit my beliefs to any random religion.

Answer 7

Any religion that teaches 1 God, love, peace, honor, and devotion. There will be some people from all legitimate religions in Heaven.

Answer 8

The best way to answer this question, in my humble pinion, is for you to go to the source. Why not ask God directly yourself? Through prayer? But before doing so, study it out in your heart and mind. Be sincere and contribute some effort to the search. Study, ponder pray. If you diligently seek Him, and search, he will provide you with the answers.

Answer 9

It's unfair for god to choose any one religion. If he exists, he gave us free will, to do and believe what ever we want. No one should be punished for not believing, or believing something other than Christianity for instance. This is why he doesn't exist. Fairness. Equality.

Answer 10

This is where true religion takes place.

1Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.