Which persons, or what evidence, convinced YOU that YOUR religion is the ONLY valid Pathway to the Happy Place?

All religion is manmade superstition, from the jewish cult all the way down to the fringe cults like the jehovah's witnesses.

It all depends on who brainwashed you first.

Of course, atheists are a threat to all religious leaders' bank accounts.

We're the bad guys for not falling into these cults and are blamed for those who flee these cults.

I am so thankful that I woke up just a few years ago.

My life has been so much better because of that.

I feel bad for the old people who have now realized they've wasted the bulk of their lives living a lie.

What a terrible waste.

"I know for a fact Christianity is a false religion because JC did not fulfill the criteria"

Finally, Yoel says something that is factual.  If the Bible is the supposed "proof of christ," then the OT makes it clear that christ is not the Messiah.  Christians enjoy the convenience of ignoring the fact that their own Bible proves christ isn't the son of god.

My personal study of the Bible.

From this study I realized that the Quran, the Book of Mormon, the writings of Hubbard and the Hindu beliefs are wrong.

From my many discussions with Muslims, Mormons and other beliefs, they have not been able to change my understanding or prove their beliefs over the Bible.

Such beliefs as:

God has a name, which is Jehovah.

The soul is mortal in that it dies.

To live again one must be resurrected.

Hell fire is a pagan teaching and not found in scripture.

The worship of multiple Gods, such as in trinities is wrong.

And the list goes on as to why I believe God's word the Bible over the other teachings.

I cannot deny that I have been influenced by others. However I have deeply studied Christianity and Islam and a number of other religions. Each religion has its story and beliefs. I am not compelled to believe in any of them or all of them. 

I know for a fact Christianity is a false religion because JC did not fulfill the criteria to be the Jewish Messiah. Islam changes the stories of the bible to accommodate Arabs and in my opinion the Quran has proven itself to be false in a number of ways such as science. Islam is also a religion that is destructive and not a religion about true fairness and seeks to surpress and oppress those who oppose their ideologies. Islam is a religion that keeps people ignorant and afraid. 

Buddhism is just an evolved version of hinduism. Hinduism has thousands of gods that even according to their scriptures must do something today. Nothing about hinduism has changed in over 5000 years only subtly. The paganism of Europe is all gone. Same with the middle east. Other religions have disappeared because they were conquered by other civilisations and the people converted to that religion. 

No other religion has prophecies like Judaism. Prophecies that have come true and still coming true.  No other people has had such an enormous impact on the world except the Jews. The world's greatest religions Islam and Christianity were influenced by Judaism. 

There can only be one true religion and I believe that to be Judaism. Judaism is fair and logical. Judaism has a path for God's Chosen People and the Noahide laws about morality and ethics that gentiles need to learn about and practice in their daily lives to make this world a dwelling place for God.

There is no Hell in Judaism but there is divine reward and punishment in this world or the next. God has a certain Law for all of humanity and He will not change! 

Atheism is really about doubt and rejection of religion. People who become atheist usually choose to be atheists because religion is repetitive, people don't always get their prayers answered or angry with God about their life or troubles in their life, goes against their lifestyle etc. Really, atheists are against RELIGION NOT GOD! They doubt God's existence and don't want to waste their time or life on invisible beings because they don't feel their life will be different whether they acknowledge and listen to God or not. Everything they want or can have is in this world so why pray if you can take with your bare hands? Again this is a their perception but they don't think for even a moment that God is in control and can punish them. They don't feel loyalty or the need to be selfless and live their life in a certain way in conformity to God's Laws. They'll make any and all decisions. 

Atheists are either A-theo/against God or they are A-theist/ against religion.  However you slice or dice it Atheists separate and reject anything that has to do with God/religion. Atheism is a cover to be selfish i.e. is this what I want? How do I benefit? and the exclusion of God in everything. Atheism is like an ideology that atheists must remove God out of their lives and live a life which is godless. There is no taking the good in religion and leaving the bad - atheists will go in any direction which suits them. If religion converts something to become sacred, atheists convert something to become profaned.

Jews are the opposite. We choose to be holy. Atheists choose to be unholy and impure. Just like you can't have light without darkness or darkness without light so too - separation of church and state not only decreases religion but increases atheism. If religion is the light then atheism is the darkness. Belief or disbelief. Ying or Yang. 

"Which persons convinced YOU that YOUR religion is the ONLY valid Pathway to the Happy Place?"

The ugly nuns kept repeating these words about 100 times: "The Catholic Church is the One True Religion."

These days I'm a hardcore atheist, anti-theist, and very anti-Catholic.

So I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart and wala la la la la la la la Jesus starts talking to me telling me stuff for the people to be blessed even in other languages Jesus convinced told me the Church

It is not about what one thinks about another's "pathway", rather it is about what God's word says to everyone, equally, Hebrews 4:12.

It was their own personal delusions/dreams that made it real for them. OH JOY!!