beforHim

A high school student I was substituting yesterday said something like "I take all the good things from each religion. name a religion". A girl named Islam, and he admitted he didn't know much about Islam, then the bell rang.

Could we please dicuss why this view, "pot luck religion"- choose the good, leave out the bad (or in essence, choose what you want), is not the way to go about it. Thx a ton!

Housesitter

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.


Act 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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Boanerges

You cannot mix the truth with a lie and still have truth. Religion is man's effory to reach God. Christianity is God's effort to reach man and He prescribes only one way for a sinner to stand in His holy presence:

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Kevin

The whole drive behind new age religion is to accept all religions as equal and try and blend them all into one.

Kind of a "feel good" religion where all is peaceful and loving (got to find a tree to hug).

God has clearly shown us who we are to worship and how. If man changes the rules it means nothing, God does not change and He is in control not us mere little humans.

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Isa 9:6 For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be on His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Who am I

Christianity is a recipe that produces a perfect life for us in the end. Add anything to that recipe or take anything away and the end result is less than perfection. God won’t allow any of those other ingredients in heaven. We don’t get a grade in this life. It’s pass or fail and you’re not allowed to retake the test.

I choose to follow the one true recipe book.

Mmmmmm….. How sweet it is……..

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Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

dgc

Another post (That was interesting) is about the consiquences that occure from making a decision without reading the lable first. "Man's Religion" is the consiquence because we do not carefully read the lable/instructions God has given us within the bible.

Whirlwind

Sometimes I watch Family Guy on TV. The other night, the dad created his own church, The Church of the Fonz. It was silly. But there were people attending.

The way the sermons were led borrowed a lot from various religions. I thought about this thread when I saw it. Instead of Amen, they'd say "Aayyyy!" Like the Fonz.

Pick and choose from a potpourri of religions, and that's pretty much what you get, though. Traditions of man mixed in with a sprinkling of the Truth here and there.

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beforHim

Thx for al the replies! Anymore? Philosophical justifications/rebuttals would be good, not necessarily "church" answers.

Housesitter

We are not dealing with a philosophy but with a relationship with God therefore the only valid answers are what you call church answers. The philosophies of man will not lead to truth.

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Boanerges

Indeed.

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