Featured Was the New Testament intended to be taken as Scripture?

[AgnosticBoy]

Buddhist, Baptist, Baháʼí, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Jew, Mormon, Native American “Great Spirit,” or any of the rest!

* and for bonus points does anyone know which of the ones I’ve listed is the monotheistic religion with the 3rd most followers?

Hinduism is definitely out.

From my research, these are monotheistic religions:
Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Baha'i.

I'm going to guess it's between Bahai and Judaism? And I'll go with Judaism since it's likely that a Abrahamic religion would have the bigger numbers, with Christianity and Islam being 1st and 2nd.

 

[Scooter]

Or I guess someone can try to be a good person according to their own best lights and help others where practicable.

So, I guess you are willing to gamble your eternity that there is no God. My life after this is too valuable for me to take such a risk. I'm trusting in the sure thing. Good luck with your wager.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

From my research, these are monotheistic religions:
Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Baha'i.

The answer is the Sikhs.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

So, I guess you are willing to gamble your eternity that there is no God.

Which of 10 or so “major” religions shall I assume is true?

And this is not even counting the many, many “minor” religions, plus the ones which no longer exist!

 

[Scooter]

Which of 10 or so “major” religions shall I assume is true?

Which one offers forgiveness of sin? Which one offers mankind a relationship with God, Himself? There is only one belief system in which God demonstrated His love for mankind by dying in our place. But hey, if you’re willing to take the chance that Im wrong and the Bible is just make believe good luck.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

Which of 10 or so “major” religions shall I assume is true?

Which one offers forgiveness of sin? Which one offers mankind a relationship with God, Himself? There is only one belief system in which God demonstrated His love for mankind by dying in our place. But hey, if you’re willing to take the chance that Im wrong and the Bible is just make believe good luck.

Sorry, but that's not convincing to me.

Every religion offers something. Some things may be unique to a religion and others are shared by many different religions. Selecting one or two things from your religion is no different than others selecting a few unique things to their religion. Other religions say you can become God, or that you are god.

 

[Scooter]

Sorry, but that's not convincing to me.

Every religion offers something. Some things may be unique to a religion and others are shared by many different religions. Selecting one or two things from your religion is no different than others selecting a few unique things to their religion. Other religions say you can become God, or that you are god.

What other religion(s) offer what Christianity can? What belief system offers forgiveness of sins and eternity with God in Heaven freely? Other religions require its adherence to do something to obtain favor from their gods. There is no other belief that even comes close in my opinion.

 

[AgnosticBoy]

What other religion(s) offer what Christianity can? What belief system offers forgiveness of sins and eternity with God in Heaven freely? Other religions require its adherence to do something to obtain favor from their gods. There is no other belief that even comes close in my opinion.

Let's say that that is unique to Christianity. But question still remains how can we know that it works. A lot of these workings are unseen, so in my view that's not reliable. I'd want something that i can test, showing how we get from point A to point B.

 

[Scooter]

I'd want something that i can test, showing how we get from point A to point B.

The only way to test Christianity is to be baptized into it. Standing on the outside asking for evidence won’t work. We walk by faith, not by sight.

 

[Multicolored Lemur]

What belief system offers forgiveness of sins and eternity with God in Heaven freely?

Doesn’t sound so “freely” to me.

Don’t you yourself believe that the vast majority of human beings alive today are “unsaved,” and therefore will go to hell not heaven?