Hi, I'm a zoroastrian from England and lately I've been getting curious about the other monotheistic religions i.e. judaism, christianity, islam, and mormonism. The reason I only mention monotheistic religions is because I firmly believe there is only one true God, however I'm not sure which religion is God's religion. I suppose I'm just beginning to have doubts about my own religion and I am now willing to branch out to others. So, all who are adherents of the religions listed above, please do respond. I really want to know what makes you believe your religion is God's religion.
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Battle of the monotheistic religions
- Thread starter haltensie
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dust1n
Zindīq
LOL, I certainly hope not. BUT, I do think it will be extremely interesting.. maybe even a little heated. Who will win? I'm thinking about running a bet on another thread. I'm going Mormon.
McBell
Unbound
Same here.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
Judaism does not attempt to convert people. I think you'll find that at large out of the religions you've listed, only Christianity and Islam try to put up an industry of conversion.
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All those who believe this come-on, raise your hand ... :no:
Smoke
Done here.
Seems to me that if you know enough to be sure there is one true god, you ought to be able to tell which is the true religion, too.
BruceDLimber
Well-Known Member
Greetings! 
I fear you missed a major one: the Baha'i Faith is eminently monotheistic as well!
(And this is ignoring for the nonce the fact that IOV all the great religions started out as monotheistic.)
The Baha'i Faith is definitely not exclusivistic (like some other religions)! But in answer to your query, kindly permit me to quote from the Baha'i scriptures:
"There can be no doubt whatever that the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God. The difference between the ordinances under which they abide should be attributed to the varying requirements and exigencies of the age in which they were revealed. All of them, except a few which are the outcome of human perversity, were ordained of God, and are a reflection of His Will and Purpose. Arise and, armed with the power of faith, shatter to pieces the gods of your vain imaginings, the sowers of dissension amongst you. Cleave unto that which draweth you together and uniteth you."
(The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, p. 114;
also Gleanings, CXI, pp. 217-8)
Best!
Bruce
I fear you missed a major one: the Baha'i Faith is eminently monotheistic as well!
(And this is ignoring for the nonce the fact that IOV all the great religions started out as monotheistic.)
The Baha'i Faith is definitely not exclusivistic (like some other religions)! But in answer to your query, kindly permit me to quote from the Baha'i scriptures:
"There can be no doubt whatever that the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God. The difference between the ordinances under which they abide should be attributed to the varying requirements and exigencies of the age in which they were revealed. All of them, except a few which are the outcome of human perversity, were ordained of God, and are a reflection of His Will and Purpose. Arise and, armed with the power of faith, shatter to pieces the gods of your vain imaginings, the sowers of dissension amongst you. Cleave unto that which draweth you together and uniteth you."
(The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, p. 114;
also Gleanings, CXI, pp. 217-8)
Best!
Bruce
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
While Zoroastrianism is an ancient faith practiced by a minority in Iran today, the Baha'i faith came into being during the 19th century in Iran.
that being said, adherents of both faiths are facing discrimination and persecution in Iran.
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Man of Faith
Well-Known Member
You should check out the religion that offers a personal relationship with God. That way you can interract with God and receive confirmation of your faith that way.
JMorris
Democratic Socialist
thanks, but i dont need more people following me around than i already have. and for the last time NO, i will not confirm your faith in me, so stop sticking those creepy letters on my door. atleast, not without a donation first.
Metempsychosis
Reincarnation of 'Anti-religion'
Jollybear
Hey
haltensie
Good question. I would point out the fact that if you assert to know there is ONE God, then you assert to have narrowed down to getting closer to the truth. The truth being that many gods is NOT the truth. Now an assertion does not make something true though, so the question is, how do you know there is only ONE God, that this is the truth and there is not many gods? I agree with you that there is one God, but asserting it, does not make it true. Me or you stating this is not the reason for it being true. Now when you give a question based on your ASSUMPTION of their being one God which is his religion I am assuming you mean what is this one Gods will?. Well I will answer it, but first let me tell you why I believe there is ONE God and not many.
There is one God because:
Everything in the universe has a cause, but there has to be a FIRST cause because the universe cannot have an infinite amount of causes, otherwise we would not GET to THIS event in our life now. Science confirms there was a beginning, thus a first cause. There has to be a un causes cause, this is God. Therefore that rules out polytheism, and brings in monotheism one God.
Anyway, how do we determine what this one Gods will (or religion) is? The first is by our moral conscience that speaks to us. God speaks his laws into our conscience. Of course, sometimes our consciences are cloudy, in that case we need them cleansed. There is another way to determine his will, its by the counsel of others (that would include the help from the LOGICAL points of view from others, such as on here). Another way to determine his will is by scrutiny or testing the view that is given, by questioning and arguing against it, if it passes all arguments and questions, then perhaps its Gods will. Another way to determine it is by divine revelation. God directly reveals himself or speaks and tells his will. Another way to determine his will or religion is by his divine revelation to OTHERS, that means ancient scripture. Now of course anybody can say God spoke to me his will, thus HEAR ME, but not EVERYONE can say God spoke to me his will then DIE for that claim. Others can die for what they BELIEVE is the truth, but no one dies for what they KNOW is a lie. This is the case with the biblical authors. Many of them DIED for what they claimed they WITNESSED (opposite of belief).
So, to summarize, we can know what religion is Gods by our moral conscience, by the logical counsel of others, and by honest examination of all views coming in, or by God directly telling us, and by God directly telling others who have DIED for that claim or at least got into allot of trouble for it.
This is what I think.
Good question. I would point out the fact that if you assert to know there is ONE God, then you assert to have narrowed down to getting closer to the truth. The truth being that many gods is NOT the truth. Now an assertion does not make something true though, so the question is, how do you know there is only ONE God, that this is the truth and there is not many gods? I agree with you that there is one God, but asserting it, does not make it true. Me or you stating this is not the reason for it being true. Now when you give a question based on your ASSUMPTION of their being one God which is his religion I am assuming you mean what is this one Gods will?. Well I will answer it, but first let me tell you why I believe there is ONE God and not many.
There is one God because:
Everything in the universe has a cause, but there has to be a FIRST cause because the universe cannot have an infinite amount of causes, otherwise we would not GET to THIS event in our life now. Science confirms there was a beginning, thus a first cause. There has to be a un causes cause, this is God. Therefore that rules out polytheism, and brings in monotheism one God.
Anyway, how do we determine what this one Gods will (or religion) is? The first is by our moral conscience that speaks to us. God speaks his laws into our conscience. Of course, sometimes our consciences are cloudy, in that case we need them cleansed. There is another way to determine his will, its by the counsel of others (that would include the help from the LOGICAL points of view from others, such as on here). Another way to determine his will is by scrutiny or testing the view that is given, by questioning and arguing against it, if it passes all arguments and questions, then perhaps its Gods will. Another way to determine it is by divine revelation. God directly reveals himself or speaks and tells his will. Another way to determine his will or religion is by his divine revelation to OTHERS, that means ancient scripture. Now of course anybody can say God spoke to me his will, thus HEAR ME, but not EVERYONE can say God spoke to me his will then DIE for that claim. Others can die for what they BELIEVE is the truth, but no one dies for what they KNOW is a lie. This is the case with the biblical authors. Many of them DIED for what they claimed they WITNESSED (opposite of belief).
So, to summarize, we can know what religion is Gods by our moral conscience, by the logical counsel of others, and by honest examination of all views coming in, or by God directly telling us, and by God directly telling others who have DIED for that claim or at least got into allot of trouble for it.
This is what I think.
Metempsychosis
Reincarnation of 'Anti-religion'
Why cant god be one and many?
MSizer
MSizer
We don't have to go through the infinite regression thing do we?
If everthing needs a cause, then there can be no begining, because the first cause needs a cause.