Your argument against "many paths to God"

[cloudyday2]

I would ask them to demonstrate how all paths led to God when islam says there is only one God and only one way, budhism says there is no God, hinduism says everything is God.
I would also point out that Christianity is totaly different from all relidions in that instead of the Christian having to please or earn the right to be close to God. God in Christianity freely offers his love and salvation to all who will recieve it.

Islam says there is only one God, but it recognizes that fellow Abrahamic believers are on a valid path too. (Of course some Muslims ignore this idea.)

Hinduism is the main proponent of the "many paths to God" idea, so they have no problem with the Christian path.

Also, it seems that Christians do have practices they need to follow ("pick up your cross and follow me").

Not that I totally disagree with your points though.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Hinduism is the main proponent of the "many paths to God" idea, so they have no problem with the Christian path.

Oh?
I thought they have to reject it,
because the one true God rejects all the other paths including Hinduism as pagan and death.

 

[cloudyday2]

If I was trying to make a case that Christianity is the only or best path here are some ideas:

(1) Show that the metaphysical ideas are more plausible or internally consistent or something.

(2) Show that the practices are more effective - possibly by comparing the results obtained by ordinary people on different paths.

(3) Show that the saints are better. (Martyrdom might be an example of saintly faith for example. Then there are stories of amazing achievements by saints of various religions.)

(4) ??? (I've run out of ideas, but I'm sure there are more.)

 

[ToddNotTodd]

so seek Him, His Kingdom, His Way, Truth, Life = JESUS!
Christ Crucified ! and raised from the dead never to die again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tried it for a long time. It didn't stick...

 

[cloudyday2]

Oh?
I thought they have to reject it,
because the one true God rejects all the other paths including Hinduism as pagan and death.

I'm not sure what you mean. Hindus think Christians are worshiping the same God as the Hindus without realizing that fact. Most Christians think Hindus are not on the right path though.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I'm not sure what you mean. Hindus think Christians are worshiping the same God as the Hindus without realizing that fact. Most Christians think Hindus are not on the right path though.

Like all the pagan religions at ATHENS what Paul preached to,
the Hinduism is a pagan, false religion that all the Apostles, disciples and Scripture reject - Hinduism leads only to death and destruction.

Thus, Hinduism DOES NOT accept Scriptual True Christianity.

They are mutually and totally contradicting each other.

 

[cloudyday2]

Another approach might be this:

Hinduism and Islam both recognize the validity of Christianity, but Christianity does not recognize validity of them. Therefore a person should be a Christian, because a Christian is covered if any of those three religions is true.

Judaism and Christianity is a relationship I don't quite understand. I'm not certain if Judaism thinks that Christians are on a good path or not. Also Christianity seems to have adopted the attitude that Jews should be left alone because they are on their own path.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Tried it for a long time. It didn't stick...

Yet you still have the label "Seeker" ....

If you give up, if you gave up, you lose or lost....

A lot of people have "tried" any number of years and ways,
without ever even hearing the truth from anyone....

what chance have they ? < shrugs >

God's Promise if they truly seek the TRUTH, and keep seeking the TRUTH (willing to give up everything for this), they will find the TRUTH, and the TRUTH WILL SET THEM FREE !
No exceptions according to YHWH the ALMIGHTY CREATOR and SAVIOR...

 

[cloudyday2]

Like all the pagan religions at ATHENS what Paul preached to,
the Hinduism is a pagan, false religion that all the Apostles, disciples and Scripture reject - Hinduism leads only to death and destruction.

Thus, Hinduism DOES NOT accept Scriptual True Christianity.

They are mutually and totally contradicting each other.

That is true but Hindus don't feel that way about Christians. A "god" for a Hindu is a tool for relating to their supreme God. Hindus think the Christian God is a way of relating to the supreme Hindu God.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

That is true but Hindus don't feel that way about Christians. A "god" for a Hindu is a tool for relating to their supreme God. Hindus think the Christian God is a way of relating to the supreme Hindu God.

"That is true...."

So whatever the Hindus think or feel is killing them - destroying their lives, their family's lives, and their babies lives.

 

[ToddNotTodd]

Yet you still have the label "Seeker" ....

Too lazy to figure and and change it to "atheist"...

If you give up, if you gave up, you lose or lost....

More like I realized that what I thought were good reasons to believe in the Christian god weren't good reasons at all.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

...More like I realized that what I thought were good reasons to believe in the Christian god weren't good reasons at all.

Right,
and so, like all other religions, "there is a way that seems right to a man"
and thus they are destroyed.

Perhaps some other reasons than the ones you had, like for instance try seeking the truth,
would lead to the truth.... ?

That is what God's Promise is - not if you seek via your own reasons (man's reasons almost always lead to destruction, if not always)....

 

[cloudyday2]

"That is true...."

So whatever the Hindus think or feel is killing them - destroying their lives, their family's lives, and their babies lives.

You need to give reasons rather than simply declaring your beliefs. The question in the OP is how you would persuade a person who is open to the possibility of God's existence that the best or only path to seek God is through Christianity. Simply declaring your opinion doesn't persuade most people. You need to give some reasons.

 

[ToddNotTodd]

Right,
and so, like all other religions, "there is a way that seems right to a man"
and thus they are destroyed.

Perhaps some other reasons than the ones you had, like for instance try seeking the truth,
would lead to the truth.... ?

That is what God's Promise is - not if you seek via your own reasons (man's reasons almost always lead to destruction, if not always)....

I seek the truth using the only methods by which I can. Which come from me... a man...

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

You need to give reasons rather than simply declaring your beliefs. The question in the OP is how you would persuade a person who is open to the possibility of God's existence that the best or only path to seek God is through Christianity. Simply declaring your opinion doesn't persuade most people. You need to give some reasons.

"reasons" , perhaps, that you are seeking is a denial of the truth that you or they do not want to accept.

The only "reason" needed is faith in Jesus - believing Him.

"I AM THE WAY< the TRUTH< and the LIFE<
there
IS NO OTHER WAY TO THE FATHER ..."

That is enough, for anyone trusting Him, for anyone seeking the TRUTH.

In the Bible, there are what, hundreds more examples ?
all showing that idolatry and serving other [dead, never alive, any and all] gods results in condemnation continued.

"Without FAITH (in JESUS), it is impossible to please YHWH"

and so on and so on and so on, with no change at all ever in HIS TESTIMONY, HIS JUDGMENT, or HIS WORD.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I seek the truth using the only methods by which I can. Which come from me... a man...

Really?

If you were looking for gold , would you only look in your own basement/ yard/ house ?

 

[ToddNotTodd]

Really?

If you were looking for gold , would you only look in your own basement/ yard/ house ?

No, I'd expect to look where gold usual is.

And your point is?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

No, I'd expect to look where gold usual is.

And your point is?

GOOD!

"Where gold usually is" ...... or like those in the gold rush - only a few percent of those who looked "where the gold usually is" found gold.... right?

Yet God Promises better than gold.

"Where the TRUTH ONLY is" - His Word , Resting with God - no other religion nor way of mankind.

So, since MOST MANKIND rejects God, rejects TRUTH,
where then did you look ?

How would you have ANY IDEA where the truth usually is ? Who could ever tell you even ? No one you listened to...... so who ?

 

[ToddNotTodd]

GOOD!

"Where gold usually is" ...... or like those in the gold rush - only a few percent of those who looked "where the gold usually is" found gold.... right?

Yet God Promises better than gold.

"Where the TRUTH ONLY is" - His Word , Resting with God - no other religion nor way of mankind.

So, since MOST MANKIND rejects God, rejects TRUTH,
where then did you look ?

How would you have ANY IDEA where the truth usually is ? Who could ever tell you even ? No one you listened to...... so who ?

I listened to every argument for any god's existence and came to the conclusion that none of them held any water. I read all the major religious works, prayed, meditated, etc. etc.

When I was a Christian, I was a youth leader, a soul winner. If you had told me that I'd eventually become an atheist I would have never agreed that it could even be a possibility. I basically hit all the beats that a devoted Christian does.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I read all the major religious works, prayed, meditated, etc. etc.

Those are usually wrong, btw. For other threads if any.

When I was a Christian

Again, for other thread, if possible.

I basically hit all the beats that a devoted Christian does.

This has nothing necessarily to do with seeking the truth.

It is often found (in many )more like imitating others to gain some desired or imagined benefits (a lot of people want friends or other 'benefits' and find them more often by pretending to be a true Christian than any other way they know)...