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in my opinion all religions are cultural but this doesn't prevent a real religion from spreading inside this culture - and beyond.
I know of a friend who grew up in an entirely Muslim background and she claims to have had a dream from Jesus - now she is a Christian in Germany.
Here we don't agree. I said that a loving God should have given it a try to spread his stuff. I did not say anything about success.
no, I said it's both. Cultural influence + God. This is at least my opinion.So you agree that the religion you have, is totally depending on where you were born?
Neither did I ... I was referring to the alleged "authority of the many" which you seemed to reference by using the words "worldwide", "globalisation", etc.Here we don't agree. I said that a loving God should have given it a try to spread his stuff. I did not say anything about success.
There are many religions, there are many spirits...but... there is only ONE GOD...According to Dr Michael Shermer, there are a thousand gods around*. And many more non-theistic religions.
Here is an overview of the important ones: BBC - Religion: Religions
Atheists commonly say that it makes no sense to believe that one religion has it right and all the others fail in some sort.
But why don't you take into account those deist religions
- that are still active as opposed to Germanic religions or the Nordic ones...
- that promise an afterlife.
... and make a choice according to what they say?
Thomas
*see minute 7:40 of the video posted here LINK.
Men make mistakes.Ok, what does cultural influence have to do with it, if u say God is the true god?
Well these spirits you can´t drink...and if there are these spirits (and there are) then there is a spiritual realmThere are many religions, there are many spirits (though I don't drink alcohol), but gods... not a single one.
Men make mistakes.
GOD is GOD...HE remains constant, while men add additions to GOD and make HIM into whom they, in their own carnal mind, make HIM into...
But, again...there is only ONE GOD and ONE TRUTH...
So a child growing up in the home of a muslim or a hindu, is not influenced by their parents?Tnx for your comment, but what i mean is how come kids become christian in a christian society, but not in a hindu or muslim society?
If that was the case... should we shut down this boards and simply ignore all religions? Because "men make mistakes".Men make mistakes.
GOD is GOD...HE remains constant, while men add additions to GOD and make HIM into whom they, in their own carnal mind, make HIM into...
Again, there is no god.But, again...there is only ONE GOD and ONE TRUTH...
This is a CHRISTIAN forum, we are discussing GOD...and again, there is only ONE GOD and ONE TRUTH.If that was the case... should we shut down this boards and simply ignore all religions? Because "men make mistakes".
Which relates directly to the problem of the OP: how to sort out the "mistakes" from the "truth" (Pardon: THE TRUTH!)
Again, there is no god.
Isn't it fun to throw around baseless assertions?
So a child growing up in the home of a muslim or a hindu, is not influenced by their parents?
Yet a christian in a christian home is?
Children are children...
What you are suggesting is not a blanket statement...
Neither is true...a child MAY be influenced by his parents, or he MAY be influenced by others...
Again, it does not change the TRUTH that there is ONE GOD and ONE TRUTH...
Further, it still does not change the fact that what a child was in his youth, will not necessarily be what he will be in his adulthood...
And this too, does not change the TRUTH that there is only ONE GOD and ONE TRUTH...
And this is the Apologetics subforum. Defend your claim.This is a CHRISTIAN forum, we are discussing GOD...and again, there is only ONE GOD and ONE TRUTH.
This is a difficult thing to respond to...And this is the Apologetics subforum. Defend your claim.
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