what makes you so sure that "your" religion is right?

[IbnAbdulHakim]

Peace to all those who follow righteous guidance.


Lets have a civil discussion of our views and beliefs.
NO SLANDERING OR DISRESPECTING OF A PERSONS VIEWS WILL BE TOLERATED !

What makes you so sure that your faith is the correct one?



note: Keep in mind i strongly believe that those who are not of the islamic faith believing purely in One God and not associating partners with him, will end up in the hell-fire.

[AntiKarateKid]

Well, I had often posed this question to myself. When I decided to get more religious I toyed with the idea of other religions and went through a cycle of comparing them against Islam. I had

gone to a Catholic elementary and junior high school for a while and have been exposed to the Bible and bits of the Torah. The Jews who claim to be the chosen of Allah do not seem so to me. I

looked a tthe life of Isa and was convinced that the Jews made a mistake. Next Isa PBUH himself. I looked at the evidence and found a great Prophet but certainly not a god. The sheer number

of versions of the Bible and sects did not further me towards Christianity either. Finally the Quran, first I read it. I had it laying in a closet in my home ofr a long time and when I finally opened it

and read it, I was overcome with emotion. Before this when I heard of people being moved to tears by it, I thought they were exaggerating, but this was not so. The whole thing, not fettered

by scribes, revealed int he most beautiful way, and many of the prophetic and scientific signs I found in it convinced me that I was on the right path. Besides, the message of just Allah appealed

to me, it was very simple and natural. From then on, what I have read through debates has just reinforced my belief.

[Trumble]

Of those that made some sort of sense to me, Buddhism made by far the most sense. Two main reasons. First, it describes the world as experience shows it to be far better than any other religion. Secondly it describes a way of resolving life's most fundamental problem that is dependent solely on one's own efforts. To me that's just how it must be.

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^ Can I ask what about Buddhism made sense to you?

[mkh4JC]

I would say the biggest factor in my believing that my faith is the true faith would be in regards to the lifestyle that God has enabled me to live, in relation to my previous lifestyle. My life before I accpeted Christ was one of addiction and hardship, but when I prayed the sinner's prayer way back on August 1st of 2002 I have been completely free of that lifestyle and have been living completely sin free (yes completely) ever since. There are other things that just reinforce my faith, circumstances that happened to me as I was a child. Once a woman stood up during testimony service (a time when people can tell what God has personally done for them) and said these words: 'God is going to bless him, and he knows it too,' and as a child I did know, having said those exact same words in my mind many times, 'God is going to bless me.' But it's things like this that happened as I was growing up that just reinforce my faith.

[IbnAbdulHakim]

^ thanks for all the replies.


i was hoping a jew might come and reply at some point. Do we have any jews on this forum anymore?

[Trumble]

^ Can I ask what about Buddhism made sense to you?

I can't really expand much on what I said before without setting out a potted description of Buddhism, which I have already done here

Buddhism describes the human condition as I directly perceive it be. Life is dukka, "suffering" or dissatisfaction. We are never satisfied with life, despite our attempts to fool ourselves and suffering is inevitable. We grow old, we get sick and we die. We watch our loved ones go through the same. We cling to what we love, but must inevitably lose it and push away what we despise, but we must inevitably embrace it. Buddhism prescribes a solution, not by postulating a divine being that somehow will make everything all right as long as we behave ourselves, but by a programme we can achieve by our own effort. As I said, to me that's what it has to be like because my experience shows the world to be like that.

[snakelegs]

^ thanks for all the replies.


i was hoping a jew might come and reply at some point. Do we have any jews on this forum anymore?

no - unfortunately. :unhappy:

[AhlaamBella]

I think the main thing is proof. You can only rely on "faith" to a certain extent. SubhanAllah, Islam has many proofs that just stare you in the face. Don't get me wrong, faith is a big part of being a muslim, though Islam provides solid proofs and evidences which you can base your faith on.

[north_malaysian]

^ thanks for all the replies.


i was hoping a jew might come and reply at some point. Do we have any jews on this forum anymore?

The Jews of LI Islamic Forum are no longer available...don't worry it has nothing to do with cyber holocaust...

They're very good people... I've learnt alot about Judaism and its similarity with Islam in this forum.

[IbnAbdulHakim]

i hope this thread can have a few more replies

i think this is a very good question for reflection

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I think the main thing is proof. You can only rely on "faith" to a certain extent. SubhanAllah, Islam has many proofs that just stare you in the face. Don't get me wrong, faith is a big part of being a muslim, though Islam provides solid proofs and evidences which you can base your faith on.

Yeh Alhamdulillah, I completely agree.

[AvarAllahNoor]

It all makes sense to me. The Prophets of Sikhism If compared to others, are unique. Also, all other Religions have Scriptures written by men not the Prophets, Sikhism, is the ONLY Relgion where the Prohets themselves have written the Holy Book. This to me SEALS it!

[Umar001]

I'm am sure my faith is correct due to my research and reliance upon God. Islam stands all justified scrutiny, moreover, it also leaves perplexed the individuals who refuse to attribute its origins to Almighty God.

[SixTen]

For people, if their religion feels right - and that is enough in my honest opinion. If they find its values, its teachings, its message, to be of such perfection that it must be from God - nothing else matters, not even the millions of others who believe another religion is true.

[AntiKarateKid]

For people, if their religion feels right - and that is enough in my honest opinion. If they find its values, its teachings, its message, to be of such perfection that it must be from God - nothing else matters, not even the millions of others who believe another religion is true.

I disagree. It doesn't matter if people THINK it's right. There is truth and there is falsehood and I refuse to give any credence to false values because those lies have gotten much of humanity to become blind followers of corrupted or false religions.

I thank Allah that Islam has provided me with so many proofs, a beautiful way of life, and the clarity to see through the other religions. Everything leads to Allah, from the proofs in the bible, to the Prophet ( pbuh) in Hindu scriptures. I would be hard pressed to follow any other religion because I feel like they are just incomplete.

What I am trying to say is that our own opinions weigh nothing, the true religion of Allah is perfect. Try looking God in the face when you die and telling him, "in my opinion the other religion seemed better."

[SixTen]

I disagree. It doesn't matter if people THINK it's right. There is truth and there is falsehood and I refuse to give any credence to false values because those lies have gotten much of humanity to become blind followers of corrupted or false religions.

I thank Allah that Islam has provided me with so many proofs, a beautiful way of life, and the clarity to see through the other religions. Everything leads to Allah, from the proofs in the bible, to the Prophet ( pbuh) in Hindu scriptures. I would be hard pressed to follow any other religion because I feel like they are just incomplete.

What I am trying to say is that our own opinions weigh nothing, the true religion of Allah is perfect. Try looking God in the face when you die and telling him, "in my opinion the other religion seemed better."

The title of the thread is, "What makes you so sure "your" religion is right", and I gave what I believe an accurate reason why people may do so.

My post did not say "If you feel your religion is true, then it is definatly right", or anything like that.

[SixTen]

Also, avoid basing your belief in what I believe to be fabricated dawah - regarding prophesising in the Bible and the hindu scriptures - I have seen them being debated on an intellectual level and to be frank they are just not factual. Deedat/Naikh material, have been thouroughly refuted, so try find some more reliable dawah in future - because I fear one day you fill find what you believe now to be false later on - and it may affect your imaan - and you may even end up leaving Islam over it (Allah knows best).

I don't believe their is direct proof for a religion - if a proof existed - no one can dispute it.

Rather, I see religions to have evidence - and it is faith which you depend on to hold any specific belief. I know so many pious muslims, who struggle with imaan at certain points in their life - which is normal. This would not exist if their was direct proof - if direct proof existed - the whole test would become void.

[AntiKarateKid]

The title of the thread is, "What makes you so sure "your" religion is right", and I gave what I believe an accurate reason why people may do so.

My post did not say "If you feel your religion is true, then it is definatly right", or anything like that.

I'm sorry, but I have heard others say the same thing and they meant what I assumed in my above post. I naturally assumed you meant the same thing, apologies.

[Woodrow]

Each person is either a searcher or is convinced that their belief, or non-belief, is the truth.

I am assuming that the question is directed towards those of us who do follow a specific belief and sincerly believe it is the True Religion, and I will answer from that perspective.

Without making this a long drawn out story, life experiences have convinced me that there is a Supreme Being that has created all things. Over the years I came to the belief that the creation was not random, but was planned and with a purpose.

I would say that is the foundation upon which a religious belief system must meet, for me to accept it as being true. Islam meets that criteria. But, so do other religions. To me what seperates Islam from the others is it's trail of revelation that can be traced even through Judaism, Sabianism and Christianity. The submission to God(swt) is what the truth in religion is. There has been a long trail that explains the proper means of submission by specific people in various times. It is only logical that at some point it would culminate in a final means of submission for all people, which is what the Qur'an did.

Islam is the same truth that was revealed to the Jews, Sabians and Christians and was brought together for all people by the Qur'an through Muhammad(PBUH)