Thoughts?
If this is a question for Christians, why do you think they would answer in anything but the affirmative?
Strange poll.
I actually want to see the number of voters for the third option.
Obvious bait thread is obvious.
There is no real reason for a believer of Christianity to argue that their faith is not true. Why would one follow any faith under the consideration that it is not the true religion?
Well,someone who was born in the US might think it's the true religion,an Arab might think it's Islam and some Indian might think Buddhism is the true one.
I don't see why it would be impossible for people from any religion to vote for the 3rd option?"It's just my religion" is always an option
Well,someone who was born in the US might think it's the true religion,an Arab might think it's Islam and some Indian might think Buddhism is the true one.
I don't see why it would be impossible for people from any religion to vote for the 3rd option?"It's just my religion" is always an option
That is the point though.
When one follows a faith there are several basic notions included in that following. One of those is the assumption of truth. It may be dogmatic and narrow-minded, but you create a bit of a dilemma if you suggest with any faith that it is not the true religion thus there could be an alternative.
You are right in what the consequence of this usually is, and it is an unavoidable consequence. Christianity (perhaps even all the splinters of) will claim their faith is true. Same thing of Islam. Same thing of Judaism. Etc. It is not that your 3rd option is impossible, but it stands to reason that when that option is selected you are talking about a follower of some faith that does not completely buy into all the tenets of that faith in totality.
You brought up Christianity. I would be interesting to see a Christian offer room for their religion to not be the true religion as the entire basis for Christianity is a "relationship with God based on trust and faith." Usually in the context of through Jesus. Why would that same person turn around and say "but we may not be right?" Christianity suggests that Jesus himself claims to be the only way that we can be right with God, use John 14:6. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (King James Version.) In that context, under Christianity, Jesus actually claims that he is the one in whom you must trust and who teaches the one true faith. A relationship with God through Jesus. There is little room in that interpretation for a Christian who holds those words as true to offer that there is no such thing as true religion. And all of this is just one example from one passage in a context.
It also stands to reason that Islam and Judaism have similar contexts for words they hold true only to suggest their faith is also true. Why would any of them who hold these texts as true offer that their religion is not the true religion?
Appreciate this argument coming from a non-believer, and agnostic but who has studied this.
I understand,this piece of info made it really clear.I honestly didn't know about it.
And yeap,I can't speak for Jews but Quran says all non-Muslims will basically burn in hell.Not all Muslims but some Muslims believe it's unfair since it wouldn't be possible for someone who was born into a non-Muslim family to explore Islam.
I understand,this piece of info made it really clear.I honestly didn't know about it.
And yeap,I can't speak for Jews but Quran says all non-Muslims will basically burn in hell.Not all Muslims but some Muslims believe it's unfair since it wouldn't be possible for someone who was born into a non-Muslim family to explore Islam.
Thoughts?
You know that Buddhists make up less than 1% of the population of India, don't you? Now, if you'd said Thailand...some Indian might think Buddhism is the true one.
Then why didn't you put that as an option in the poll?I don't see why it would be impossible for people from any religion to vote for the 3rd option. "It's just my religion" is always an option.
You know that Buddhists make up less than 1% of the population of India, don't you? Now, if you'd said Thailand...
Then why didn't you put that as an option in the poll?
I can't edit the poll :/
Thoughts?
Yes. I believe Christianity is the true religion.
Any Christian that answers otherwise is ignoring his own theology, as Christianity excludes all non-Christ-centered belief systems as false or at least inadequate.
Some like to think all paths lead up the same mountain, but that isn't particularly biblical.
It's just my religion" is always an option
Well,someone who was born in the US might think it's the true religion,an Arab might think it's Islam and some Indian might think Buddhism is the true one.
I don't see why it would be impossible for people from any religion to vote for the 3rd option?"It's just my religion" is always an option
I understand,this piece of info made it really clear.I honestly didn't know about it.
And yeap,I can't speak for Jews but Quran says all non-Muslims will basically burn in hell.Not all Muslims but some Muslims believe it's unfair since it wouldn't be possible for someone who was born into a non-Muslim family to explore Islam.