Comments on: What religion do you think comes closest to the truth?

By: paparazzizoo

paparazzizoo — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:24:50 +0000

Religion is a theory not a truth. With millions to choose from some have a Jesus, some do not, some are waiting, ppl need religion because they are frightened. They need some meaning to life or they will drown in the abyss. God is a convenient patsy when life turns shi**y. It is easier to say ‘this is Gods will’ than to admit you were irresponsible and f**ked up. Ppl do not want to be accountable for their misery. God makes it easier to be apathetic and do nothing. Religion provides a justification for mankind being so completely irresponsible and creating a world that is slowly dying. Why should I admit I was a bad person when I can blame it on God.

By: Darb D

Darb D — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:03:44 +0000

Religion is the opposite of it….they all miss the mark by infinite

By: megabyte800

megabyte800 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:41:19 +0000

Some form of Pantheism, perhaps, such as William Blake’s conception of Christianity. Either that or some kind of Pagan natural religion.

By: geruhza

geruhza — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:58:24 +0000

Catholic, Christian Catholic Religion.

By: Inca Yebail - The 6th profit.

Inca Yebail - The 6th profit. — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:30:58 +0000

There may, one day, be a religion of truth. The human race has first to shake the chains of slavery and the burden of greed and lose the delusion that God comes from a book. The religion of truth is nowhere to be seen yet. We are not yet sufficiently evolved. We probably will never have such a religion. Blind faith in unprovable truths is hard to dispel. It is not in your heart or your mind, it is in your soul, and we no longer have the ability to communicate with our soul. We are unthinking, we do as we are told and little else. Free thought is suppressed, by chemicals and sounds (fluoride and ELF waves) as those with power continue to destroy freedom in all its forms.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:14 +0000

I think the additional comments of this question got it wrong. Defining qualities of man is not the “truth” of religion.

Religions are a collection of mythical symbolisms that serve as a portal to the universal mind (the transcendent spirit, if you will). Even the word “God’ is only a symbol that is merely a portal to “truth.” It is helpful to think of each religion as a different circuit, made of a unique alloy, each tapping into its own segment of the transcendent. So, each religion reveals some truth.

I believe that Christianity is the best circuit, made of the finest material, revealing the best part of the transcendent because the teachings of Christ tap into pure love through the high-grade alloy of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). I’ve seen no other religion that comes close.

By: xinio654

xinio654 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:23:54 +0000

In general, I would say there is no such thing as an absolute “truth”, because each person has their own personal interpretations to something and they may think their truth is the “absolute truth”.

In my opinion, there is no absolute truth because we never “prove” anything 100%. “Prove” is a very interesting word because how do we actually “prove” something is true? This all comes down again to what you think is “proof”.

I would say for you the religion that comes closest to the truth is the one you can “prove” comes closest to the “truth”. “Truth” is defined however you make it to be.

In my case I’m an agnostic deist. I’m agnostic because I don’t know whether there is a god or not, but I choose to believe in a god, and that is the god of deism. Deism is a religion that states god created the universe and left it on its own. In other words, the deist god is not the active god of the Abrahamic religions. You can pray to the deist god all you like, but for the most part he/she/it probably won’t help you. It seems the most logical to me. It’s not very comforting spiritually but it seems to make sense.

By: ayazali84

ayazali84 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:36:40 +0000

The second best question after why, how do i know what is right. Some wait for a sign, some ask who they think might know, some see and follow what most do, some follow what most don’t. Or in this case what is most correct (not right). But belief is strange inherent nature, not believing is also believing in that sense. If there is no absoulte it cannot be the belief of absolute which i belive to be GOD. The way if you ask is ‘Peace’ find it that is the aswer, that is way what else is ‘Peace’.

By: mark22059

mark22059 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:45:17 +0000

to answer your question…one would have to go back in time about 25,000 to 35,000 years….to see how it all began…as I like to think how any religion got started,…..{a Neanderthal came out of it’s cave a looked around ….he/she knottiest the trees, grass, the ground, felt the air blowing, the water that they used, and realized that there was a force that was bigger than they were, for all that they could see and touched was there for the taking…..so at that moment “paganism was born ….the worshiped many Gods…God of the wind, rain, the food they ate, God of the water they drank, the God of the ground that the plants came from ….and you can’t say the Christianity has any play in the fabric of things…it don’t……Christianity did not come in to play until the 1100′s, when the pope came up with the idea of {1} religion….Christanity….hundreds of thousands of people were kill if they did not convert…….even today, Christians go out into the streets and go door to door preaching and try to convert people, as well with the other religions……..

By: BeauxYeu

BeauxYeu — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:10:53 +0000

Carl Sagan once said that with respect to cosmology and physics, Hinduism is the closest. I’m not certain anymore, but if I recall correctly, Sagan was referring to the fact that Hinduism posits that the universe is on the order of billions of years old (the only main stream religion to be so close), and actually suggested that the universe exists in infinite cycles of death and rebirth, just like some modern physicists believe in a cyclical or ekpyrotic universe.

However, creation story aside, I personally think Buddhism is closest.