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Is there really such a thing out there as a true religion?

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    Since there is no evidence of any god, there is no evidence that any religion is true. Nevertheless, each and every religion claims to be the Truth.

  • Lan
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    You mean the first religion?

    When cavemen worship:

    Sun

    Sky

    Moon

    Fire

    Earth

    Ancestors

    Wind

    Water

    Lightning

    Thunder

    Earthquakes

    All things nature

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Yahweh says; 'I am the true God, the one without a beginning and the only way to me is through Jesus. There are many true Christians in many churches. Some denominations have false teachings however, so you have to know your Bible and pray about a subject. Still Jesus is judging according to individual deeds.'

    Judgment day is upon us so it behooves all to repent in sackcloth and ashes, which means to be dead on serious,..on bended knees, praying for Holy Spirit.

    Best wishes to you and yours, from Yahweh/Jehovah God, Jesus God, Moses the angel, and Christine Anne the prophetess.

  • 8 years ago

    Every one must find their own 'truth' when it come to beliefs. There are no true religions, but there are no false ones either. We must be true to ourselves first. No One Believes the Same, no matter what the established religions try to tell you. There are as many 'true religions' as there are people on earth in any given moment.

  • 8 years ago

    Religion is made by man to satisfy their need for power and greed.

    If you really search the scriptures, God did not start a religion. He gave us commandments and said that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments.

    The greatest of these commandments:

    Matthew 22:34-37 "But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with

    all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.

    And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

    On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

  • 8 years ago

    James calls it pure religion that is found in Christ Jesus. Yet one needs to define what you are classify as true according to whom and religion according to whom.

  • 8 years ago

    Actually there is. Religion is "TRUE" when it is used as a motivation to do good. Religion is "FALSE" when it is used to justify doing evil.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I don't think we need religion for a living

  • 8 years ago

    Yes. Since mans beginning there have always been some that have been affected for the best, by the god they served. They considered him in all of their dealings.

    How can a person know which religion is right?

    (1) On what are its teachings based? Are they from God, or are they largely from men? (2 Tim. 3:16; Mark 7:7) Ask, for example: Where does the Bible teach that God is a Trinity? Where does it say that the human soul is immortal?

    (2) Consider whether it is making known the name of God. Jesus said in prayer to God: “I have made your name manifest to the men you gave me out of the world.” (John 17:6) He declared: “It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.” (Matt. 4:10) Has your religion taught you that ‘it is Jehovah you must worship’? Have you come to know the Person identified by that name—his purposes, his activities, his qualities—so that you feel you can confidently draw close to him?

    (3) Is true faith in Jesus Christ being demonstrated? This involves appreciation of the value of the sacrifice of Jesus’ human life and of his position today as heavenly King. (John 3:36; Ps. 2:6-8) Such appreciation is shown by obeying Jesus—sharing personally and zealously in the work that he assigned to his followers. True religion has such faith that is accompanied by works.—Jas. 2:26.

    (4) Is it largely ritualistic, a formality, or is it a way of life? God strongly disapproves of religion that is merely a formalism. (Isa. 1:15-17) True religion upholds the Bible’s standard of morality and clean speech instead of weakly going along with popular trends. (1 Cor. 5:9-13; Eph. 5:3-5) Its members reflect the fruits of God’s spirit in their lives. (Gal. 5:22, 23) So, those who adhere to true worship can be identified because they sincerely endeavor to apply Bible standards in their lives not only at their places of meeting but in their family life, at their secular work, in school, and in recreation.

    (5) Do its members truly love one another? Jesus said: “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.” (John 13:35) Such love reaches across racial, social, and national boundaries, drawing people together in genuine brotherhood. So strong is this love that it sets them apart as being truly different. When the nations go to war, who have enough love for their Christian brothers in other lands that they refuse to take up arms and kill them? That is what early Christians did.

    (6) Is it truly separate from the world? Jesus said that his true followers would be “no part of the world.” (John 15:19) To worship God in a manner that he approves requires that we keep ourselves “without spot from the world.” (Jas. 1:27) Can that be said of those whose clergy and other members are involved in politics, or whose lives are largely built around materialistic and fleshly desires? —1 John 2:15-17.

    (7) Are its members active witnesses concerning God’s Kingdom? Jesus foretold: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” (Matt. 24:14) What religion is really proclaiming God’s Kingdom as the hope of mankind instead of encouraging people to look to human rulership to solve their problems? Has your religion equipped you to share in this activity, and to do it from house to house as Jesus taught his apostles to do?—Matt. 10:7, 11-13; Acts 5:42; 20:2

  • 8 years ago

    When a person espouses that what he says is 'true,' suggests that what he had previousy said was 'not true.'

    Beware of people who say, "The truth is"

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