What is the best Religion?

[Hadayatullah Hubsch]

Deism. But it hurts to feel that God does not care about us.

Who told you He does not care about you?

 

[Hadayatullah Hubsch]

Does anybody really think God has a favorite Religion?
That would present a very low opinion of God.

Best religion shows maturity of mankind. Religion also need an evolution as do other things.All religions are from God but it took time for religion to reach a stage where all religions were combined into one and that is Islam.

 

[Kirran]

Have you ever opened Bible?
Also Where does this idea come from that people of different places should have different religions?
How can you bring unity and peace in the World?

Yes, I have opened the Bible.

I don't see what's wrong with different people having different religions, if those religions advocate tolerance. In my family we have Hindus, Christians and atheists, and there is unity and peace. Many countries with multiple religions get along fine. It's only a problem if you try and push one religion on others.

 

[Hadayatullah Hubsch]

This is the most important question for anyone to ask. We have to get past the idea that we can walk into a spiritual supermarket and choose a religion that suits us. It is equally ridiculous to choose some parts of some religions because we happen to like them. To choose the wrong religion would be eternally devastating. I have chosen the Bible because you can read about 40 authors who have encountered God and have written down their experiences over 2000 years in 66 books which all agree one with the other. The most important question anyone can ask is ‘how do I have eternal life?’ Christ was asked this question:- Luke 10:25-28 (KJV)
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
My friends, do this and you will live. Christ’s prophet. Certainty for eternity

You do not seem to even know a universal phenomenon of classification. Do you what classification is?

 

[miodrag]

Also Where does this idea come from that people of different places should have different religions?

From common sense.

How can you bring unity and peace in the World?

Peace!? You are talking about peace?
I-SLAM, Mu-SLIM, SELAM... - all these words have peace as their root.
Yet, Muslims are fighting each other from the very first century of their existence.
Peace!
A religion of peace!

Have you ever opened Bible?

Have you ever opened newspapers?

 

[Rapture Era]

Can you present a Biblical reference where it says that Bible cannot be corrupted or cannot have human interference?

Here are a couple;
Man does not have the authority to change the will of God on any subject. There are a lot of false teachings that are being passed off as the truth. We have been given severe warnings in the Bible concerning any changes we try to make to God’s word. As we have already seen in Galatians 1:6-9, if we pervert the gospel by changing it, we will be accursed.

Another such warning comes in the closing verses of the Bible. Revelation 22:18-19 says, "For I testify unto everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, and from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." Additions, subtractions, and substitutions to what God has commanded is disobedient and sinful. We have a standard today, and we are warned not to add to or take away from it. These are very stern warnings that should get our undivided attention.

 

[Rapture Era]

Best religion shows maturity of mankind. Religion also need an evolution as do other things.All religions are from God but it took time for religion to reach a stage where all religions were combined into one and that is Islam.

Sorry but where the heck did you get that from?

 

[miodrag]

Here are a couple;

I don´t see the relevance of these two examples. Otherwise, Christians would already be doomed for mischievousness like the long ending of Mark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_16 , adulterous woman addition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery or Comma Johanneum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_Johanneum. It is more likely that Paul is just trying to establish his own authority and that John warns about his own book only should not be altered.

 

[Rapture Era]

From common sense.

Peace!? You are talking about peace?
I-SLAM, Mu-SLIM, SELAM... - all these words have peace as their root.
Yet, Muslims are fighting each other from the very first century of their existence.
Peace!
A religion of peace!

Have you ever opened newspapers?

Again sorry, but I almost choked when I read your response I was so hard!
Can you imagine the peace in the world if everyone followed the commandments in the bible from Jesus to love your enemies and love your neighbor as yourself? Hard to imagine. We love ourselves a whole lot! I dont believe the Quran has the word LOVE anywhere in it! If I'm wrong please show me. I also am not aware of Allah showing LOVE to anyone. On the other hand for example, in the bible, God Himself became a human to die and pay the penalty for our sin just so that we could be with Him for ever in heaven! WOW! Thats LOVE! In the bible it says this; John 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." This is the LOVE of the God in the bible!

 

[Rapture Era]

I don´t see the relevance of these two examples. Otherwise, Christians would already be doomed for mischievousness like the long ending of Mark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_16 , adulterous woman addition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery or Comma Johanneum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_Johanneum. It is more likely that Paul is just trying to establish his own authority and that John warns about his own book only should not be altered.

I see your point. The question was; Can you present a Biblical reference where it says that Bible cannot be corrupted or cannot have human interference? Well no, I cannot give a biblical reference that says man cannot corrupt the scriptures in the bible, only a severe warning not to do so.

 

[Neglected Lighthouse]

Again sorry, but I almost choked when I read your response I was so hard!
Can you imagine the peace in the world if everyone followed the commandments in the bible from Jesus to love your enemies and love your neighbor as yourself? Hard to imagine. We love ourselves a whole lot! I dont believe the Quran has the word LOVE anywhere in it! If I'm wrong please show me. I also am not aware of Allah showing LOVE to anyone. On the other hand for example, in the bible, God Himself became a human to die and pay the penalty for our sin just so that we could be with Him for ever in heaven! WOW! Thats LOVE! In the bible it says this; John 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." This is the LOVE of the God in the bible!

In Quran’s Arabic the equivalent for “love” is the word “حب”, and yes Allah (swt) is very open in saying what he likes and what he does not like; in Sura Maeda, he even describes the qualities of a people he “loves” and they love him too!

But now that you have brought it up, allow me to introduce you to one of the words that does not exist in Quran and you are too familiar with: “MIND”! The Arabic for mind is “ذهن” and no derivatives of it exist in Quran, on the other hand there are four different words for “HEART” used in Quran, each representing a different layer of heart, explaining the differences is out of the scope now, suffice to say that each governs different levels of human function.

As for your take on God's love:

What you say is effectively this: God appeared as human (cause he can't become a real human and then turn back to God) and let himself appear to be crucified so he can forgive you for the sins you have not even committed? Or as you say pay the penalty,but pay the penalty to who? To himself?

 

[rusra02]

Can you present a Biblical reference where it says that Bible cannot be corrupted or cannot have human interference?

The two scriptures I quoted say as much. 2 Timothy 3:16,17 affirms that "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, so that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." Thus, I believe the Bible is sufficient as God's Word and needs nothing in addition to it. Surely the true God can keep his word pure. Any spurious verses added later have been discovered and are removed from accurate translations of the Bible.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

there has to be on God and one universal scripture to follow.

... why?

 

[Rapture Era]

As for your take on God's love:
What you say is effectively this: God appeared as human (cause he can't become a real human and then turn back to God) and let himself appear to be crucified so he can forgive you for the sins you have not even committed? Or as you say pay the penalty,but pay the penalty to who? To himself?

My take? No its not my take, its what God Himself says! Lets break this down. God appeared as human (cause he can't become a real human and then turn back to God)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
How could someone who is spirit, having lived for all eternity in the past, become human? Was Jesus a human being just like us? And when He was a human being, was He still God?
Jesus was prophesied to be “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). Jesus was a human being and He was also God. There was never a time when He ceased to be who He always was. His identity did not change. When He was in the womb of Mary, He was God. When He was a baby boy lying in the manger, He was God. When He was a youngster growing up in Nazareth, He was God. And when He was dying, He was God.
As a spirit being, prior to His human birth, He was infinite in knowledge, power and presence. As God He would know everything and have unlimited power to act on any object, anywhere. But if He was human, He could not do everything. He would be limited to the normal abilities any normal human being would have. He could not have been both infinite and finite simultaneously.
and let himself appear to be crucified so he can forgive you for the sins you have not even committed?
Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. He didnt "appear" to be crucified, He was! The written record is clear and undisputed fact.
Or as you say pay the penalty,but pay the penalty to who? To himself?
First, what is the penalty for sin? Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Not physical death because we are all going to die physically. He's talking about spiritual death, separation from God, or an eternity in hell. Thats why Christ came and died, to pay our penalty so that if we believe in who He is and what He did on the cross we will be saved, saved from an eternity in hell. When you say, "pay the penalty to who?" Its like being convicted of a crime and your penalty is $50,000. You go into court and the judge says, your penalty has been paid, you are free to go!
Christ paid the penalty of death (you having to go to hell for your sins) as a perfect sacrifice. No man ever waled the earth who was perfect and sinless except Jesus Christ. Now, all you have to do is, Romans 10:9 "If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Again, not my take or my opinion, its what God says. If He says it, we better listen do ya think?

 

[Jedster]

Do not assume things rather bring evidences.

I did not assume anything, here is what I posted which contains evidence that I have thoughts:
"I did think at one time that maybe Abraham met an Indian sage who worshipped Shri Rama.
His name was Avram(before it became Abraham); Av - Ram....Av means Father & Ram could refer to Rama.
I am not arguing the case , although it is possible (if Abraham existed)."

 

[Rapture Era]

From common sense.

Peace!? You are talking about peace?
I-SLAM, Mu-SLIM, SELAM... - all these words have peace as their root.
Yet, Muslims are fighting each other from the very first century of their existence.
Peace!
A religion of peace!

Have you ever opened newspapers?

ISLAM doesnt appear to be very peaceful to me.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

Christianity is not a universal religion so it does not qualify for the best religion. The best religion has to be universal and should address needs of all people of the world.

The ^ above ^ sounds as if quantity is a qualification for the best religion ?
Christians live all over the earth ( universal ) they comprise a ' spiritual nation ' that does Not have borders or boundaries found on any map - 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 2:5

What need is Not addressed by the ' Golden Rule ' - Matthew 7:12; Leviticus 19:18
What need is Not addressed by Jesus' NEW commandment to have self-sacrificing love for others at John 13:34-35 ?
What need is Not addressed by Jesus at Revelation 22:2 that all nations of Earth will be blessed with healing ?

 

[paarsurrey]

Can you present a Biblical reference where it says that Bible cannot be corrupted or cannot have human interference?

A very good question indeed.
There are verses in the OT and the NT that make it clear that both have gone under a massive corruption.
Regards

 

[paarsurrey]

Have you ever opened Bible?
Also Where does this idea come from that people of different places should have different religions?
How can you bring unity and peace in the World?

A pertinent question.
Regards

 

[paarsurrey]

But christianity is not a universal religion so it does not qualify.

Jesus was a Jew and founded no religion, he had come to refresh the teaching of Moses, so there is no question of "Christianity" being a separate religion, not to speak that it is Universal from Jesus.
Regards