To those outside Christianity, a common and fair question, is what makes you right and all the other religions wrong. I hope to give some insight as to why Christianity is the Truth.
As we begin we must come to grips with two things:
1. It is possible, although unlikely, that all religion is false
2.It is not possible that all religions can be true.
Now that we have established that I think it is helpful to get a basic definition of the word god:
'A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe'.
Now that we have laid down the basic ground rules, lets start with the two basic divisions when it comes to the views of god, monothiest and polythiestic.
We can immediately throw out any and all polythiestic religions because many gods is ontologically impossible. Above we see that god by definition is omniscient and all powerful. It is impossible for two beings to be all powerful. Omnipotent and omniscient implies one.
Now, before we move on to the monothiestic religions we must take time to consider the possibility of panthiesm, or as I like to call in pan-everythingism. Simply put panthiesm states that everything is god. The trees, the chair I am sitting in and even the computer I am typing on. This idea has several problems. First, it gives no answer to the cosmological questions. Second, the logical question is when does the object become god, or cease to be god? For example if i smash this computer on the ground, does it cease to be god? Panthiesm leads you to a perpetual state of confusion, so we shall throw it out.
Now we have gotten to the three great monothiestic religions; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Of these three Islam is the youngest and Judaism the oldest. Although all three of these religions have one God, the Christian view is vastly different because it believes in a Trinitarian God. Although this is often over looked, but it is vital. For a strict monthiestic religion, God creates out of necessity. He is alone and creates man to enjoy. Also this God cannot truly be moral, because he has never had anyone to interact with to prove his morality. Finally without company, this God ceases to be personal. Only the Trinitarian God allows for all these key essentials.
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