Religion in general

[ThomasLighter]

My name is Tom Lighter, as a child, and until 14 i was a firm believer in the god of christianity. I went to church every sunday and never blasphemed. I then noticed that all major religions: Christianity, Buddism, Islam, etc all had flaws. i will not point any out as i believe any person here would have seen that. I then started forming a religion of my own, one that i could truly believe in. one that is spiritual and logical at the same time. my question to all of you is, how many of you have seen these flaws and have, either subtly or radically changed their faith to something they could believe?

 

[ContentInHim]

Not me. I had my own religion until I was born-again in 2001. Now I believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and am covered by the blood of Jesus, the Messiah. Why would I want to be saved by myself?

And welcome to CF.

 

[ThomasLighter]

I'll tell you why. It is obvious that humanity created religion, people need something to believe. However, people forget that they are not born to serve society. it is the other way around, society was created for the security and benifit of INDIVIDUALS. So, religion is much like society, instead of following others beliefs, I invented my own. You also have to remember, the true, and original purpose of religion is not to follow rules or believe in something someone in a white robe told you. the original idea of religion is simply the search for truth. Curiously, the enemy of some religions - science, is actually doing that which religion was built for, the search for truth.
Religion should not be about belief or a code of conduct, it should be the search for the underlying logic of the universe

 

[SpiritDriven]

Hello Thomaslighter.

If you truly search for truth, then God will do the revealing to you, because nobody can come to the son unless...Drawn.... by the Father who sent him.

The meaning of the word Drawn....to Drag.

The word that first proceeded out of the mouth of God clearly states that he will have all men be saved and come to the relisation of the truth.....this will come to pass in the fullness of Gods own time....not ours.

You are correct in noticing the lies spoken in Hypocrasy of Religion....this was also foretold by the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 4.

My freind one day God will reveal to you, that his truth is stranger and more Gloriouse...than the Church with her fables and her lies.


Grace and Peace to you

 

[ContentInHim]

I'll tell you why. It is obvious that humanity created religion, people need something to believe. However, people forget that they are not born to serve society. it is the other way around, society was created for the security and benifit of INDIVIDUALS. So, religion is much like society, instead of following others beliefs, I invented my own. You also have to remember, the true, and original purpose of religion is not to follow rules or believe in something someone in a white robe told you. the original idea of religion is simply the search for truth. Curiously, the enemy of some religions - science, is actually doing that which religion was built for, the search for truth.
Religion should not be about belief or a code of conduct, it should be the search for the underlying logic of the universe

Well, I disagree with YOUR premise that man created religion except in the sense that most of the world's religions today are man-made.

God told the Israelites how to relate to him. He then sent his son to teach them in person. I trust the Bible to instruct me as to how to relate to Him.

 

[Rick Otto]

My name is Tom Lighter, as a child, and until 14 i was a firm believer in the god of christianity. I went to church every sunday and never blasphemed. I then noticed that all major religions: Christianity, Buddism, Islam, etc all had flaws. i will not point any out as i believe any person here would have seen that. I then started forming a religion of my own, one that i could truly believe in. one that is spiritual and logical at the same time. my question to all of you is, how many of you have seen these flaws and have, either subtly or radically changed their faith to something they could believe?

I saw those flaws right away, long before my teens.
I have formed a religion of my own, too. I call it Christianity, but it differs in some major ways from what is popularly going by that same name.
I noticed that aside from the flaws, some things were right.

 

[MoNiCa4316]

my question to all of you is, how many of you have seen these flaws and have, either subtly or radically changed their faith to something they could believe?

Hi Tom,
I'm a person who has been there and back again. If you don't mind I want to share my experience with you

I was not raised in a Christian family. My parents did eventually become Christian and I was baptized...but we didn’t really go to church, and I didn’t take it seriously. God didn’t mean much to me at all. I started developing my own religion....it was pretty cool actually, I liked it...It had some interesting philosophical theories. I was really into "finding the truth" too, and I did not believe that any religion has it right.

But then, I started reading CS Lewis books for some reason...like "Mere Christianity", for example. And I realized that I didn’t really understand it before...I rejected Christianity without even knowing what it really is. I was suddenly seeing a totally different world...it was deeper and fuller than my religion....It was about actually knowing God and letting Him transform you. At that moment, I just felt God there..that He is real and is calling me to Himself. It was a very real experience...I knew it was not in my mind. I was hesitant to become a Christian...it required so much more of them than my own religion. But it was Christ who lead me to it...I just kept on thinking about Him, and I couldn’t get it out of head that Christianity is very different from all the other religions I’ve researched.

Ever since I began taking Christianity seriously, it has changed my life. It's not a belief or a code of conduct, it's just knowing and discovering God...letting Him influence your life, and having a relationship with Him. It's very real..if you let it be. I don't know how it was for you when you were a Christian, but I'm speaking from my experience my own religion did nothing for me. It was just some cool ideas..but my life did not change, I was still the person I was before. But when I met Christ, my whole life turned upside down. I mean there was a real change! So that's why I believe that the Bible is true when it tells us that Christ is the way to God..because I tried finding Him so many other ways, but couldn't. It's not like God made Christianity to lead us to Truth..it's more like Jesus is Truth, and "Christians" is just the name His followers usually go by.

The way I see it, is that religion in general is "man trying to find God"...but what if God could actually communicate to us?? I believe that is exactly what He did and is doing...the question is, which religion, if any, is He using for this purpose? It can't be all of them, because they contradict each other so much...but ever since I became a Christian, I've become convinced that my faith is 'the one'...I don't know the whole truth...and there is much that I don't yet understand...but all my experience is telling me that I'm on the right path.

You said that you see flaws in each religion. But these flaws you're talking about, are they flaws in people/history or in the actual ideas themselves? If the latter, how do you know they are flaws? Wouldn't you need to first know the whole truth to figure that out?

So that's just how it's been for me Keep on looking for the truth..best wishes to you.

peace

monica

 

[minister50]

I heard it said many years ago this way:

Religion is man's vain attempt to reach to a (false) god. Christianity is the One True Living God in Love reaching to man through the Lord Christ Jesus.