Which religion is the one true religion?

[McBell]

The question to me is is like asking "What is the one true tool one should own?"

Religion is a tool, each designed for a different perspective. Truth is what religion is intended to bring, not what religion is.

With this I agree.
Which, in my mind, means that there is not a single universal "true religion".
Any "true religion" would be on a personal level.
And even more interesting, at least for me, is that "true religion" may not even be one of the many already established religions.

 

[Kfox]

Omnist or the perennial pholosophy is the belief that no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all.

Do they also realize truth is found outside religion as well? If each religion contains a measure of truth and a measure of falsehood, who decides which part of each religion is true, and which part is false?

 

[Sand Dancer]

None are perfect, being man made and all. There is good and bad in all of them.

 

[1213]

What is your answer to that question? Which religion is the one true religion according to you?

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 1:27

 

[SalixIncendium]

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 1:27

Is your name James?

If not, this is not your answer. It's just a copy/paste from what James had to say on the matter.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Religions often contradict each other.

Not to mention, themselves....

 

[1213]

Is your name James?

If not, this is not your answer. It's just a copy/paste from what James had to say on the matter.

I think it is the best answer. Do you think it was not good answer? Why?

 

[SalixIncendium]

I think it is the best answer. Do you think it was not good answer? Why?

Because it's not your answer; it's someone else's that you just plagiarized. The OP didn't ask for someone else's answer. It asked for yours.

 

[LuisDantas]

The idea that there might be a single true religion among the literal thousands (arguably far more) that exist is problematic if we also take for granted that every single other is "false" in some meaningful way.

The nature of those problems will, of course, depend on what is understood by "true" religion, but here are some reasonable possibilities.

1. "True" may simply not mean much when used as a qualifier for religion. It makes sense in a way. How "true" can be something when constrasted with "false" specimens if the difference is hardly ever clear for most of humanity?

2. As noted above by myself and others, "true" religion may need to be defined on an individual level for the distinction to be meaningful. For some perspectives this is my favored take, although I would still choose better words instead of "true".

3. "True religion" may be treated instead as an alternate form of acknowledging that the idea of religion is generally too ill-defined to have any clear meaning. However, for that purpose it is unnecessarily loaded and confrontational wording. It would be IMO far better to simply develop better, more specific terminology.

4. Or we could instead go the other way around and be selective, accepting that so-called religions are too varied in nature and purpose and decide that we want to accept some and not others as proper and valid according to some criteria. A fine approach, but it too comes at a diplomatic cost and it may make for some difficult mutual undestanding. All the same, this is one of the most constructive approaches.

 

[1213]

Because it's not your answer; it's someone else's that you just plagiarized. The OP didn't ask for someone else's answer. It asked for yours.

But it is also my answer, because I agree with it and think the same way.

 

[SalixIncendium]

But it is also my answer, because I agree with it and think the same way.

Then why not answer in your own words? Copy/pasting Bible verses or any other scripture is, in my opinion, a lazy way to respond and demonstrates that a person prefers not to think, but to let a book do their thinking for them.

 

[RestlessSoul]

The religions of all nations are derived from each nation’s different reception of the Poetic Genius, which is everywhere called the Spirit of Prophecy.

As all men are alike, tho infinitely various, so all religions. And as all similars have one source the True Man is the source, he is being the Poetic Genius.

- William Blake, All Religions are One

 

[RestlessSoul]

Do they also realize truth is found outside religion as well? If each religion contains a measure of truth and a measure of falsehood, who decides which part of each religion is true, and which part is false?

Spiritual truths can be weighed against the God Consciousness that is buried within us all, their value confirmed by the extent to which they chime, or harmonise, with our deepest inner vibration.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

My answer to that qestion:

I don't think a specific religion is one hundred percent true. I do not think one religion is the absolute true religion

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.

A more popular interpretation argues for universalism, the idea that all religions, underneath seeming differences, point to the same Truth. no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all

What is your answer to that question? Which religion is the one true religion according to you?

Southpark is the definitive authority on the subject. They say its the Mormons that got it right.

 

[Sargonski]

The religions given from the One God.

Regards Tony

Ahura Mazda ? is this the one God to which you refer ?

Regards Sarg

 

[Twilight Hue]

Southpark is the definitive authority on the subject. They say its the Mormons that got it right.

Their shunning of the elixir of the God's say different!

 

[Arnaud1221]

I would say that common or popular religion are an introduction. I think there is unknown religion.

 

[LuisDantas]

The question to me is is like asking "What is the one true tool one should own?"

Religion is a tool, each designed for a different perspective. Truth is what religion is intended to bring, not what religion is.

I quite agree.

Just as a person has the responsibility for choosing the proper tool for the task, whether a belief is true is not nearly as important a question as whether it is proper for constructive purposes. And the handyman has to accept the responsibility for that choice, even if it turns out that he has access to no other tool (which may happen).

 

[1213]

Then why not answer in your own words?

Because I think my words are not as good.

 

[osgart]

My answer to that qestion:

I don't think a specific religion is one hundred percent true. I do not think one religion is the absolute true religion

I believe in perennial philosophy, a perspective in philosophy and spirituality that views religious traditions as sharing a single, metaphysical truth or origin. The perennial philosophy states that at the heart of each authentic tradition lies one Universal, Timeless Truth that transcends all time and space.

A more popular interpretation argues for universalism, the idea that all religions, underneath seeming differences, point to the same Truth. no religion is the only truth, but that truth is found within them all

What is your answer to that question? Which religion is the one true religion according to you?

Truth in my definition is in accordance with virtue and in accordance with fact. The only true religions concords with this definition.

I see a lot of false religion out there. Other religions are philosophies, and methodologies for gaining insight into human purposes, human nature, and to reduce suffering while being on a path to personal fulfillment that harmonizes with other people on a path of flourishing and good conscience. This kind of religion is difficult to achieve.

I have distilled my religion down to virtues vs. vices. Virtues are positive character traits and values. Vices are damaging, harmful character traits. Once I define my virtues accurately and effectively I can apply them to the real world. Once I define the vices I see in the world, I can effectively determine who my opposition is going to be. The other part of my religion is that of cosmic purposes and imperatives. I have a strong conviction based on belief that there are purposes and imperatives to life that exist regardless of the brutal, and indifferent nature all life lives in. I believe we are born of impersonal non living intelligence; a platonic realm of nearly infinite possibilities. The quality of being alive is the root unconditioned foundational eternal reality. Anything beyond that would be unfounded speculation as to a living source of life on earth. My religion is that life is a meaningful mystery, and it can't be proven scientifically. It enters the realm of philosophy.