I have heard "because it says so in the bible". Yes it does. BUt so does the Muslems, Mormans, Catholics,and many others. They believe in their religions because their teachers tell them thats what is right? I have also heard that we need all these different religions. Then why would Paul tell us that if any one even himself or an angel from heaven were to preach anything other than the gospell that was all ready given then let him be accursed forever. False teaching started from the begining of time and continues.

But there can only be one truth!!!!

So how do you know what you believe in is right and true? I dont ask this to weaken your belief . I was once a strong NON believer. I thought people created this God just becasue they were afraid of death. I got sick and tired of the "so called Christians preaching" There were so many different beliefs it would make me laugh. And when I would ask a preacher why is his truth right and the others wrong. NOt one could give an answer without using their printed material. NOt one.

I remember on day thinking to myself that I would once and for all put and end to this God thing. So I went out to prove Science right. Come on these people are educated. They are teachers, Proffesors, and leading scientists. I knew they must have the answer.

Wow, was I wrong. I learned it took more faith to believe in what they did than to believe in a creator. But that still left me with WICH ONE. I figured if this creator was so smart to create all of us that he would surely leave enough information to prove not only his existance but his teachings, his word.

It was apparent that most religions began from the middle east so I started their. The Jews, The Muslems, Hinduism, Buhdism, Greek Mythology, Mormonism, Catholicism, and christianity. Yeah, a lot of reading. But it was worth it. So now I am wanting to hear others.

I have spoke with many leaders of different beliefs and have found one thing in common. They really did not know or nor could they back their beliefs up. There is somthing called circular reasoning. It goes somthing like this. Believe me because I said so. Sounds silly. But many people are betting their souls on it. MANY!!!!! So I ask you. Why do you believe what you do?

I know I hear FAITH!!!! But even the bible says faith without works is dead. Even God told us to test his word so that we may know the truth. Yes I know it also says blessed are those who do not see yet still believe. God left more than enough proof. Both in History, archeology, science to show is word his unbreakable and forever standing.

When someone comes to us and says "how do I know yours is the truth?" Most religions will tell that crying soul to pray, or ponder and you will know. The word told us to seek and we will find, knock and it will be answered. But so many of us expect these hungry souls to just believe because we tell them too. Well so does the devil.....does that make him right?

I will be glad to post my findings. They do match what the bible has been telling us all along. Just to let you know. I dont want anyone to think that I am trying to cause anyone to stumble. But we must be prepared to teach believers why to believe. Most believers believe because they heard a great speaker or because they grew up there. Thats not enough, and thats exactly why so many are led astray. This was not by accident. That is very clear.

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WOW!!!!! not one person can explain why they believe what they do?????
The question was," How do you know what you believe is right?", and NOT why we can't give an explanation on why we believe what we do.

I would like to address the question at hand.

I believe the best way approach this question is to compare religions to one another. Each exclusive religion, and cult claims to have the one true God, and true way of living, So, asking that question would not get a definite answer, based on the fact that all exclusive religions, and cults, claim to be the one true way to God.

As christians, our guideline is the word of God, and so we compare religions, and cults, based on the historical, and theological account of the word. We can also be neutral, and do a comparison with all the religions, and see which religion that we ourselves would join if we were not Christian.

I believe that God was telling the truth when he said,"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

I believe that when you follow that great wisdom, he will guide you directly to Christ Jesus, where it makes more sense to see that man is imperfect, and cannot pay for his own sins, and that he needs a savior.

God bless
To addresss the question,"Why do we believe what we believe?

Biblically speaking, It is the Lord that called me to repentance of sins. The word says in 1 John that I love him because he first loved me. I follow his commands, as proof of my love to him, because he loved me first. I would not be able to love him, or repent of my sins if the Lord had not loved me, or granted me repentance of sins.

Questions like these are awesome Philosophical questions that are not easy to answer, but they can be answered, and I hope I answered them in a way that would help my fellow Christians take it easy when faced with questions such as these.

We love, because he loved us, and we believe what we believe, because he called us. AMEN!
Thank you all for your answers. May God continue to Bless you. These answers that you gave me are not differtent from our Morman, Jewish, Muslems or any other faith based studies. My main point is if we say we believe what we believe just becuase our bible says then we offer the lost no better than any other religion.

I read a study once. It was started by the Catholics and later by many other churches. They wanted to show how educated their believers were. The poll was to see how many people have actually read their entire bible and how often. Here is what was crazy....less than 5% OF THE CHURCH HAVE COMPLETED THEIR BIBLE IN LESS THAN A YEAR. They were not the only ones. It seemed to be a universal truth.

There is only one truth and all of you are right. However, how do we prove our truth is the right one???? God know there would be many false ones pop up. He told us TEST HIS WORD. He left us more than enough proof. Our Bilbe is the only accurate work out there. It matches history perfectly. Acheology agrees, and even historical figures that were non believers have many, many accounts of backing the bible facts. Our Bible is the only work out there that has perfectly predicted 100% off all of its prophecies. 100%.

All the way to the release of the Gentile rule over Israel and when Israel would become its own nation. THis just happened in the last 70 years. The book of Daniel predicted it to the year. Their are scientific proof of a world wide flood. There is proof of Jesus in historical documents that have nothing to do with religion.

God provided us with tons of proof. Remember he said SEEK and you will find, ask and he will answer, knock and the door will be opened. He said all three not just one. If we do seek for the truth and proof that we have the right one , the answer is CLEAR. But if we are not armed with this knowledge we are not better than the false teachings out there saying beleive because our faith tells us so. We just get lucky because we are right.

I beg all of you reach out and get yourselves armed with why our truth is the right one. History, science, and even the bone diggers have shown we are right. Let me know and I will be glad to share my research with you.

We are right and it feels good!!!

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