A few questions I keep stumbling over

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Ladynyx.

There are so many religions and people believe in many things just in order they might have a second life after death, hopefully better than their 1st life. Why humanity believed there is life beyond death although they believe in many different aspects of life after death.

Because that is the very basic need of humanity: to live forever!!! Which need a means to save some one from the death. This means is some kind of belief unto something that may give men what they need (a better life; eternal life).

Among them, Christianity is the only one religion that taught a belief which differ from all other religions. All other religions except Christianity taught that to earn life men must keep and follow some laws or rules from the god/gods they believe, in order to gain the god/gods favor and be awarded with what they seek (a better life; eternal life, etc).

All other religion that believed in a life after death and seek eternal life, are human based religion, a religion that is based on human efforts to gain a better life or eternal life as the reward from their god/gods for their obedience to the rules or laws of the god/gods which is made by man.

Christianity is a religion that comes from God, the Creator of heaven and earth, inspired writings that was given to men from a very long time span and compiled to one book at the end.

Christianity is a religion that taught humanity could do nothing from them selves to escape the death. Christianity is a religion that taught humanity could do nothing from them selves to get eternal life. Christianity is a religion that taught humanity was born to die. No hope and nothing they can do to change this, which is their fate: born to die.

Christianity is a religion that taught only God, the Creator of heaven and earth can save men and give them eternal life. This is an act part of God only, and nothing from human effort might add anything to what God had done in saving men from the death towards eternal life.

Christianity taught the highest standard of morality, because it taught men that they were created in the image and after the likeness of God, Creator of heaven and earth, a holy and mighty God. The only God alive and the Source of life, a God that has no beginning and no end that existed before there is anything that had been created.

Christianity is a religion that has the highest teaching standard of how men could be saved from death and has eternal life; which is through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God that went down from heaven and came to earth to redeem men from the death and saving them from their sin.

Christianity taught that salvation from death unto eternal life is the grace of God we received through faith in Jesus Christ. Unlike all other religions that taught salvation and eternal life is human effort through obedience to the law or rules of their god/gods.

Christianity is the only religion that taught; through Christ humanity might be recreated again in the image and after the likeness of God, which is the only condition of eternal life.

All other human based religion taught a lesser degree of holiness, in other way, teaching that sin will live forever, which means the human life towards eternity would be all the same as now and getting worst till a complete destruction fell upon them.

In His love

JDAS

 

[Reformationist]

I already answered this in a previous post, but perhaps not to your liking.

Or...perhaps...your explanation is just as nonsensical as your original post...

This is evidenced by the fact that the OP's response to your original response directly addresses the incongruity of the claim that a view that preceded Christianity is a copy of Christianity.

Hey, here's an idea, try not being so defensive or proprietary about your posts. If someone asks for clarification of a point you make, there is a possibility that they are actually just asking for clarification, rather than being argumentative, which you seem to presume about me.

 

[WickedServant]

Nice, Merlin. Very nice.

"I assumed to know nothing, except Christ crucified, and risen from the dead" -St.Paul

May you be blessed.

 

[LadyNyx]

Hello,
Imagine for a moment, (and this is only a story for illustration purposes) imagine you wish to
travel to Pleadeus-heaven. It is in a distant galaxy. You have no means of getting there on your
own.
The ruler of the land, Jehovah, builds a vehicle which is called Jesus-I in order for you to come.
Jesus-I is the only possible way to get there.

Many people in many lands and many languages will have different pronunciations of Jesus-I
and many spellings too, but there is only one vehicle to get you there.

Jehovah (the ruler of Pleadeus-heaven) has made reservations in your name, but you must get
on board the vehicle yourself.

Now, many other (travel agents) want to make money selling you a ticket. But unless that
ticket is for Jesus-I, you won’t arrive where you want to.
A ticket on trans-global airlines will deliver you to Hawaii, not Pleadeus-heaven.

Many travel agents [religions] (perhaps called Catholicus, or Baptismus) will truly give you a
ticket to Pleadeus-heaven. But some charge higher prices. Sure you get your ticket, but they
burden you with other baggage.

The thing to be concerned with, is that Jesus-I only makes one trip, so you have to be on board
when it leaves.
If you get on board the wrong vehicle and miss the flight, it’s too late to belly-ache to your
travel agent.

Thanks for making an effort here. It’s really creative. I understand what you’re getting at here, I really do, but it doesn’t convince me. I’m not trying to be a pain in the rear either.

The thing about this illustrative story is it can be illustrative of other religion as well, just put in different names, words and places. It’s basically saying to ignore all other religions because Jesus is the only way to heaven. I understand that but it doesn’t give me genuine reasons to ignore all other religions. The reasons it gave me are biased by the Jehovah traveling agency.For all I know, the Jehovah traveling agency could be a fraud and the real one happened to be Baptismus.

I don’t know what kind of answer I’m looking for really.

But I really appreciate everyone’s responses!

 

[hungrytiger]

Thanks for making an effort here. It’s really creative. I understand what you’re getting at here, I really do, but it doesn’t convince me. I’m not trying to be a pain in the rear either.

The thing about this illustrative story is it can be illustrative of other religion as well, just put in different names, words and places. It’s basically saying to ignore all other religions because Jesus is the only way to heaven. I understand that but it doesn’t give me genuine reasons to ignore all other religions. The reasons it gave me are biased by the Jehovah traveling agency.For all I know, the Jehovah traveling agency could be a fraud and the real one happened to be Baptismus.

I don’t know what kind of answer I’m looking for really.

But I really appreciate everyone’s responses!

Even though you may not see that Christianity is the true religion, can you at least see that all religions can't be true at the same time? that if Christianity is true the others can't be?

I really appreciate your honest questions. I hope you keep asking them.

 

[philemon]

How can one religion be the ‘true’ religion when every religion around the world has valid reasons to be the ‘true’ religion?

What makes Christianity more important and more impressive than all other religions?

If you believe that Christianity is the only true religion, why did you decide that?

What are your feelings toward other religions that proclaim that their way is the only way and that your belief is wrong?

Firstly, there are many religions that suit every kind of need for the divine. But only Christianity makes such a bold claim about Jesus Christ being the Messiah and He Himself said that the only way to God is through Him.

So it is the claim by Jesus Christ that is the validating factor. Every "other religion" does not claim that Jesus is the Lamb of God, the ultimate atonement for mankind's sin. Christianity is unique in that respect.

When Jesus Christ convinces you that what He said is "The Truth," there is no doubt that all other religions lead to a dead end.

My own feelings towards other religions is that they blind people and misguide them about the only True reconciliation with God our Creator - which is through Jesus Christ.

There are not many paths to God - only One - Jesus Christ.

 

[philemon]

That didn’t help me because it’s my understanding that Zoroastrianism was actually the first monotheistic religion, which then influence Judaism and Christianity with the concepts of one supreme god, a dualistic conflict between good and evil (god and satan), heaven and hell, a savior and a final judgment day.

Zoroastrian did try to establish a monotheist religion, and it was dualistic (good vs evil), but he did not succeed and Persia returned to its polytheistic roots. Also, there is no "saviour" according to Zoroastrian beliefs.

 

[The Virginian]

First of all, I’m not against Christianity, nor am I against any religion, that said, I’m not here to bash anyone’s beliefs. I just have some questions that keep coming to my mind.

How can one religion be the ‘true’ religion when every religion around the world has valid reasons to be the ‘true’ religion?

What makes Christianity more important and more impressive than all other religions?

If you believe that Christianity is the only true religion, why did you decide that?

What are your feelings toward other religions that proclaim that their way is the only way and that your belief is wrong?

Like I said before, I mean no disrespect, I’m just really curious about those questions.

There's a method of argumentation in which the conclusion of an argument is false, if no more than one of the premises is false. It is a truth that theology cannot be the result of finite thinking, the above premise is true of theology, in which case we know it by another name, heresy.

As far as Christianity goes, there are several denominations which do teach the truth about the Son of God, and how one is to be proprely related to Almighty God. There are within these denominations
however, things which are plainly in the pages of Scripture, that they do not teach. This theological ommission gives rise to the saying of "one true religion", in that what is taught is the same as that which the apostles taught their disciples, and has subsequently been passed on to us in the form in which we have them today.

 

[wiggsfly]

Hello,
Imagine for a moment, (and this is only a story for illustration purposes) imagine you wish to
travel to Pleadeus-heaven. It is in a distant galaxy. You have no means of getting there on your
own.
The ruler of the land, Jehovah, builds a vehicle which is called Jesus-I in order for you to come.
Jesus-I is the only possible way to get there.

Many people in many lands and many languages will have different pronunciations of Jesus-I
and many spellings too, but there is only one vehicle to get you there.

Jehovah (the ruler of Pleadeus-heaven) has made reservations in your name, but you must get
on board the vehicle yourself.

Now, many other (travel agents) want to make money selling you a ticket. But unless that
ticket is for Jesus-I, you won’t arrive where you want to.
A ticket on trans-global airlines will deliver you to Hawaii, not Pleadeus-heaven.

Many travel agents [religions] (perhaps called Catholicus, or Baptismus) will truly give you a
ticket to Pleadeus-heaven. But some charge higher prices. Sure you get your ticket, but they
burden you with other baggage.

The thing to be concerned with, is that Jesus-I only makes one trip, so you have to be on board
when it leaves.
If you get on board the wrong vehicle and miss the flight, it’s too late to belly-ache to your
travel agent.

That was good

 

[wiggsfly]

This may sound like a cheap shot, but I have to make this point some where.

All other religions are a copy of Christianity. Just study them if you doubt my word.

All other religions are about what we have to do to be saved, in other words we have to do all the work of making ourselves righteous and holy.

Christ did all the work for us. He paid the price in full. All that is required of us is to believe in Him as Our Savior.

Now if we are to be saved by our own works as the other religions teach, who and what are we being saved from? If God, The Christian God, made the heavens and the earth why does He need some other religion for us to follow so's we can be saved and get to Him????? He doesn't! God provided the way, that way is Jesus.

All other god's are man made. Can they save you? If they could, how did man impart power to them and where did man get that power?

I'm sorry of that sounds like an over simple post or a poor explaination, but to answer your question I can think of no other way.

Now if you want to know more about Jesus just ask.

Now before I continue I must point out that I am Christian and believe in Jesus.

Your arguement is interesting except for the fact that many Christian ideals are taken from other religions, not the other way around.

 

[intricatic]

First of all, I’m not against Christianity, nor am I against any religion, that said, I’m not here to bash anyone’s beliefs. I just have some questions that keep coming to my mind.

Groovy, I'll try to answer as best I can.

How can one religion be the ‘true’ religion when every religion around the world has valid reasons to be the ‘true’ religion?

Perhaps the question you should ask is why any given form of legal standard is better than another. That's basically what you're asking here. Religion is the opposing side of spirituality. Like two sides of a coin, religion is merely the public face of a spiritual truth or falsehood.
But why I think that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and I think that this is the valid form of spirituality, is because no other spirituality has ever been fulfilling for me. No other spirituality has ever spoken to me, or made me feel something as strongly as Christianity has. Once that connection was made, and I in no way mean to imply that it can't be made through religion itself, it's not something I could further deny. I know you're probably looking for something more concrete, but that's the only answer I have for this question. Also, even though some religions have made claim that a god had presented themselves to the world in flesh and blood, it's a rarity, although not completely unheard of, for that god or deity to not come in some overt and godlike way. Jesus came as a man, no more, no less. At least, for all intents and purposes. The miracles he preformed are treated in scripture the same way I'm sure they would actually be treated in the human world. With scorn and mistrust. But His message was not one of selfish desire, He didn't want anyone's money, or power over anyone. That impressed me, and spoke to me to a huge degree.

What makes Christianity more important and more impressive than all other religions?

Well, for one thing, Grace. It can be argued that Buddhism and other Eastern religions have a message close to Grace, but it had never struck me as something meaningful in the full knowledge of existance. Perhaps, in retrospect, the reason I felt that way was because of how airy and subjective the religion itself was. The spiritual element was definitely there, but the standard to explain it didn't impress me in the least.

Christianity struck me as the best possible choice to be the single Truth because of Grace. It has specific teachings about this, and not some silly idea of a supernatural karma with a billion different stipulations to it. No, Christianity has but one law, the rest of the religion is composed of guidelines and parables. That law is to love one another, as Christ loves us. That's a really profound statement, imho, in contrast of who Christ claimed to be.

If you believe that Christianity is the only true religion, why did you decide that?

Ah, but one of my favorite questions in the world.

And not just because I'm long-winded and enjoy telling my own part in the story. Please forgive if this is a lengthy reply.

I had spent most of my teenage years seeking out reason and trying to justify my own existance through the sciences. To me, it never seemed enough to expound on the nature of how the world came to be the way it is, and why things happen in life the way they do, and I wasn't satisfied with simply being unconcerned with this problem.

I originally started exploring the occult, mostly through the channel of the First Church of Satan, because I knew a lot of people that I enjoyed talking to who were involved with this organization. Their philosophy was much too simplistic and dogmatic for my tastes, although I still enjoyed the people involved. I moved on to the other various areas of the occult, but wasn't satisfied with any of their perspective on the material world. Still, I enjoyed the people involved. Up to this point, I thought of Christians as smug, pompous and absolutely unbearable people who I could never imagine even talking to, as a sidenote. Because of that, I pretty much rejected the religion at face value, as I figured it couldn't possibly have any relevance to the spiritual reality that I was convinced had to exist, in some form or another.

So I moved on to Eastern religions. Hinduism, Buddhism, and some various forms of Pantheism. Like I said, I found most of them to be absolutely dry when it came to their legal form, but the spiritual side was definitely getting warmer. I could actually feel a draw to them, despite the fact that their public definition was totally unconvincing. The semantics didn't match what I was feeling, but I soon realized that I was trying to look at it in a way not befitting of the nature of the subject. I was trying to extrapolate meaning from words! Without understanding that spiritual side at all! That's got to be lunacy, if ever I've heard it. I knew that spiritual side existed, and I was close, but it never dawned on me that Christianity was an Eastern religion, as well.

Anyhow, it took a lot of years to get this far. I was getting frustrated and anxious, and felt like there was no end in sight of all the meaningless and airy religions and all the anticlimax the spiritual element seemed to bring. So I went my own way for a while. I was fed up with religion, and figured the only thing that was left was to "explore" that spiritual side on my own. So I did. I'd meditate, write out my thoughts, try to focus myself into a state of understanding... but it was all completely useless. Even that was anticlimax.

The "light at the end of the tunnel" came to me, though, at the point where I was so absolutely frustrated that I didn't think I could go on. At the time, there was a hurricane headed towards where I was staying and we [roomates and I] decided to evacuate to the West coast of Florida, to a friend of my dad's from way back when who lived there and offered to let us stay there.

While there, I remember watching in awe as the hurricane swept through the fields in front of his house. It was absolutely amazing to see so much force being unleashed, and it had an almost numinous presence to it. Like a great and terrible monster, clawing it's way across the land... but the grasses moved in a totally beautiful way, and the trees swayed in an almost graceful symmetry with them. Even the way the house shook, during those moments of silence before the next wave of air was hurled at the walls, there was a symmetry. So I watched this for a few hours, until I decided I should go outside to experience this terrible force more personally. Let me tell you, it's much more pleasant from behind a glass door.
But it was like I was a part of that symmetry. I remembered from Pantheism that they believe God to be an impersonal aspect of everything. He exists in the water, in the air, in the foods we drink, in the ground we walk on, in the trees on our front lawns, even in us. That did seem right at the time, but I felt there was something more to it that I wasn't seeing. I felt like the reason I was experiencing that numinous awe was so much more profound and personal than I had read into Pantheism. The function didn't match the form.
Now at this point, it's probably pretty easy to get lost. It's probably really easy to just toss this all aside as a imaginary reaction to a huge hurricane that was assaulting me with wind and rain. But it felt like there was something human about it, something almost tangible. So much more than just simply a raging storm, or the random pattern of wind blowing through some grass. That numinous motivation was an expectation of sorts, something that drew me in instead of simply existing.

So I went inside to think about the experience, once the winds had died down a bit. I was all covered in mud from sitting in the middle of the yard, like the dolt I am, so I changed and got cleaned up a bit. When I came back out, I sat down in the living room and simply looked out the window for a while. The guy's daughter, about the same age as me, came down and sat down across from me and started reading a book. I wasn't really paying attention, but I felt that I needed to take some time to get my subconscious to process all this new information, so I asked her what it was. She got all excited about it, and told me it was a book by an author I had never heard of - Madeline L'Engle. She ran up the stairs after telling me a bit about it, and my finding it mildly interesting, and brought down a few other books by the same author for me to thumb through. So I sat down and read The Time Quartet all the way through, from begining to end, in about eight hours. It had a dramatic impact on me. The book itself was wonderful, but the message in it was absolutely outrageous when it came to speaking to my own feelings at the time. I didn't have any idea what I was getting into, though, and found out a bit into the book that the author was a Christian, and not just that, but that she was a really profound writer of Christian Fiction / Science Fiction. She didn't seem like a Christian when I read some parts out of House Like a Lotus, so I decided to give it a shot regardless of what my impressions were about the Christian faith.

After finishing this book, to the absolute amazement of the girl who shall remain nameless, I asked her if she had a Bible laying around, because I wanted to go through it. Afterall, my initial impression of Christians had just been challeneged, and in a very powerful way, so I wanted to see what was writen in this tome.

Anyhow, to make a long story somewhat shorter than it could possibly be, because I could elaborate on the details of this all night long, that was the begining of my Christian walk. Now, if only the intricacies of the specific denominations of Christdom could actually make sense to me, I'd be absolutely set.

What are your feelings toward other religions that proclaim that their way is the only way and that your belief is wrong?

I haven't experienced such a thing, outside of Islam. As far as Islam goes, I think of it the same way I would think of a sect of Christianity that preaches the things they do. One cannot reconcile a loving God to such legalism. However, that's only my perspective. If you could give me specific examples of what other religions speak such a message, I would be more than happy to tell you how I feel about them.

Like I said before, I mean no disrespect, I’m just really curious about those questions.

Well, I hope this post was at least mildly entertaining, and not too incredibly long-winded. But you asked some very deep questions, even if they don't seem to be so deep on the surface. No disrespect taken! It's always good to petition other people about their perspectives.

Ha ha, I just previewed this post, and it must seem like reading a novel. Well, hey, you asked, I answered. Hopefully someone has the patience to at least skim through it, it'd be terrible if I just wrote all that out for nothing.

 

[visionary]

I was once in your position and asked such questions as you. I decided one day to challenge God to show Himself. I studied the bible with one intention, to learn what it is like to meet this God that those in the bible did. I used a concordance, to chase down any word and what the bible definition was on that word. I prayed "to that God in the bible" to show me the way to meet Him.

One day while studying on what to do, I was impressed to start repenting of the sins and prepare to meet God. So I confessed to all that I could think of... short list... then the Lord took over and the list went on and one, stopping if I could not see why it was sin. He would show me the depth, width and breath, and tenaciousness, and danger of sin. I was truly sorry for those sins for I could now see the horrendous devistation even the small sins do to those around us, let alone what it does in one's own life. I could not believe how sinful I was, it was like my entire life was passed before my eyes, and I was found not worthy. Then the Lord forgave me them all. Then God came to visit, and I now knew what Holy was. I was like Isaiah who cried out woe is me for I am unclean, even though I had just been forgiven.

God and I talked about it all, for hours I asked questions that if ever given the chance "what would you ask God?" and was amazed by the scriptures coming alive in conversation with God. The Word of God was opened up to me in ways I can not descibe. It was no longer the closed book.

I would suggest that you do the same and meet with God, and let Him be your guide.

 

[tcampen]

The "validity" of a claim cannot be based on how we perceive truth or we end up with a pluralistic viewpoint. There is some measure of truth in many different religions. Godly behavior is not exclusive to any religious group. That said, truth is not relative. Something is either true, or it is not. Therefore, we have only three possibilities when it comes to determining whether something is "true":

1. View "A" is true and all others are false.
2. View "A" is false and some other view is true.
3. All of the views presented are false.

It is incongruous and illogical to claim that two views about something which are in opposition to each other are both true.

I think there is another options here. Remember, logic is based, ultimately, on our natural world and the rules we are all bound by according to that natural world. God, by definition, is supernatural, thereby transcending our rules of logic. As such, simple syllogisms cannot apply to the supernatural - otherwise it would fail to be supernatural. Christianity, Judiaism, Islam, etc., could all be equally true within the power of an omnipotent, supernatural God. Injecting logic is convenient because it helps us resolve issues about the supernatural, but ultimately is innapplicable by definition.

As such, we are left with personal faith and revelation. A billion+ Christians find truth in Jesus, ultimately through faith and biblical interpretation. As one well-known Catholic theologian puts it, "the opposite of certainty is faith."

 

[Reformationist]

I think there is another options here. Remember, logic is based, ultimately, on our natural world and the rules we are all bound by according to that natural world. God, by definition, is supernatural, thereby transcending our rules of logic. As such, simple syllogisms cannot apply to the supernatural - otherwise it would fail to be supernatural.

As these posts are not in response to the OP, they will likely be deleted but I'll go ahead and comment. God may be supernatural but He is not irrational. To claim that the Islamic faith, which contends that Jesus is neither the Son of God nor divine, is "equally as true" as a faith which purports that He is both is to espouse contradiction.

Christianity, Judiaism, Islam, etc., could all be equally true within the power of an omnipotent, supernatural God. Injecting logic is convenient because it helps us resolve issues about the supernatural, but ultimately is innapplicable by definition.

And this is the foundation for pluralism, a perspective that has no place in rational discussions about God's nature, for then God could be anything and all things. That makes wicca just as valid a worldview as orthodox Christianity (I am not referring to the orthodox denomination by the way). No, truth is not relative, though our knowledge surely is.

As such, we are left with personal faith and revelation. A billion+ Christians find truth in Jesus, ultimately through faith and biblical interpretation. As one well-known Catholic theologian puts it, "the opposite of certainty is faith."

Well, they would say something like that. In the meantime, it is fortunate that our salvation does not depend on our level of comprehension but, rather, on the efficacy of God's purpose in the atonement.

God bless

 

[tcampen]

Reformationist,

I appreciate your point. I'm not denying that god is a rational being, but simply god's nature and abilities do not necessarily conform to our sense of logic and reason. Just as the whole concept of the Trinity is mystery accepted on faith precisely because it cannot be reconciled logically, so can this issue. To say only one earthly religious belief is necessarily correct to the exclusion of any that disagree is to, utlimately, make one person on earth potentially right, and all others wrong. Even a cursory study of Christian denomonations, sects and independent churches quickly reveals a wide range of interpretation of God, Jesus and the bible. And this includes materials issues, such as salvation itself.

Thus, what we might agree would be irrational, may be perfectly rational within a supernatural realm where God has limitless power - in fact probably is just that. That is why I am referring to OP when I state matters relating to anything supernatural really come down to personal faith and revelation. Everything else flows from there.

 

[Reformationist]

Reformationist,

I appreciate your point. I'm not denying that god is a rational being, but simply god's nature and abilities do not necessarily conform to our sense of logic and reason. Just as the whole concept of the Trinity is mystery accepted on faith precisely because it cannot be reconciled logically, so can this issue. To say only one earthly religious belief is necessarily correct to the exclusion of any that disagree is to, utlimately, make one person on earth potentially right, and all others wrong. Even a cursory study of Christian denomonations, sects and independent churches quickly reveals a wide range of interpretation of God, Jesus and the bible. And this includes materials issues, such as salvation itself.

Thus, what we might agree would be irrational, may be perfectly rational within a supernatural realm where God has limitless power - in fact probably is just that. That is why I am referring to OP when I state matters relating to anything supernatural really come down to personal faith and revelation. Everything else flows from there.

I understand t, and I certainly don't mean to sound argumentative. I simply believe that God's revelation as given in the Judao-Christian Bible is purposed to be a rational revelation and if we try to claim that the rational revelation of God, as given in the Bible, is synonymous with a contradictory revelation of God, then everything we purport is mere speculation and truth becomes relative. The obvious, and unsettling, prospect at that point is that all views, no matter that they may contradict each other, have equal validity.

God bless

 

[mortsmune]

First of all, I’m not against Christianity, nor am I against any religion, that said, I’m not here to bash anyone’s beliefs. I just have some questions that keep coming to my mind.

How can one religion be the ‘true’ religion when every religion around the world has valid reasons to be the ‘true’ religion?

What makes Christianity more important and more impressive than all other religions?

If you believe that Christianity is the only true religion, why did you decide that?

What are your feelings toward other religions that proclaim that their way is the only way and that your belief is wrong?

Like I said before, I mean no disrespect, I’m just really curious about those questions.

I believe that faith in Christ is the only faith that leads to eternal life. Jesus Himself said it like this: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father unless he comes through Me."

Christianity is completely unique in the world. All of the world's religions require various works, rituals, good deeds (or karma) to attain whatever that religion considers as salvation. Christianity is the only faith that provides salvation in which all that must be done has already been for us. The only thing that is required of us is to believe in Christ. Our eternal salvation is based completely on the work done by Jesus Christ when He died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin, which we could only pay ourselves by spending eternity in hell. When we believe on Him, His blood erases our sin, and His righteousness covers us and in essence becomes our righteousness, not because we are by nature righteous, but because He is righteous.

Another exceedingly important thing that makes Christianity utterly unique in the world is the historical fact of the physical resurrection of Jesus from the dead. He is the only religious leader in history who rose from the dead. It is a historical fact. It is that resurrection that ensures our own hope of resurrection and our glorification with Him in eternity.

All of this is a gift given freely to us by God. We need not and cannot do anything to merit or earn our own salvation. We are utterly dependent upon His grace and His faithfulness; and His grace and faithfulness are more than enough.

 

[LadyNyx]

I believe that faith in Christ is the only faith that leads to eternal life. Jesus Himself said it like this: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father unless he comes through Me."

Christianity is completely unique in the world. All of the world's religions require various works, rituals, good deeds (or karma) to attain whatever that religion considers as salvation. Christianity is the only faith that provides salvation in which all that must be done has already been for us. The only thing that is required of us is to believe in Christ. Our eternal salvation is based completely on the work done by Jesus Christ when He died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin, which we could only pay ourselves by spending eternity in hell. When we believe on Him, His blood erases our sin, and His righteousness covers us and in essence becomes our righteousness, not because we are by nature righteous, but because He is righteous.

Another exceedingly important thing that makes Christianity utterly unique in the world is the historical fact of the physical resurrection of Jesus from the dead. He is the only religious leader in history who rose from the dead. It is a historical fact. It is that resurrection that ensures our own hope of resurrection and our glorification with Him in eternity.

All of this is a gift given freely to us by God. We need not and cannot do anything to merit or earn our own salvation. We are utterly dependent upon His grace and His faithfulness; and His grace and faithfulness are more than enough.

Thanks for the reply.

But where is the proof of what you call historical fact? If you've got a website or refrence to a book (besides the bible) I would love to read it.