Whatever your choice of religious belief, how are you sure it's the right choice?
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I believe in Christianity.  An excellent link follows that elaborates more on these 10 points.\n\n1. The Credibility Of Its Founder \n2. The Reliability Of Its Book \n3. Its Explanations For Life \n4. Its Continuity With The Past \n5. Its Foundational Claim \n6. Its Power To Change Lives \n7. Its Analysis Of Human Nature \n8. Its View Of Human Achievement \n9. Its Impact On Society \n10.Its Offer Of Salvation
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Because you are a human being, you have a right to believe what you choose to believe. If someone doesn't like it, that's their problem, not your's.
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Whenever you answer a question about whether something is morally correct or right, you have to identify the criteria you have for making moral judgments.  If it is just one person's opinion versus another opinion, then there is no right or wrong answer.  If we all make up our own rules as to what is right and what is wrong, then who is to say that my rules aren't as good as your rules?  If rules only apply to the one who makes them up, well then that makes it easy to be perfect.  I'll just make up whatever rules I want that make me look perfect and you look bad.\n\nI believe that we don't have the moral right to make up our own rules about what is right and what is wrong.  You are free to make up your own rules, but you will still be wrong.  Do I have the moral right to make up rules for you?  No, I do not.  But God has the right to make up the rules, or reveal to us what the rules are.  It is the only real standard of truth.  The rest is wishful thinking.  If you say that you do not believe in God, does that change anything?  No, it does not.  God is there, or he is not there, no matter what you think, feel, or believe.\n\nSo, to answer your question, God said that homosexual behavior was wrong.  It doesn't matter whether you think that is a good judgment or not.  There is absolutely no reason for anyone to accept the rules you make up as being valid for anyone.  You have to go outside of yourself to find the true standard.\n\nYes, I've had many conversations with those who practice homosexuality.  I do not believe God made them homosexuals.  They may have had a same sex attraction, but that is not the same thing as choosing to engage in homosexual acts or thoughts.
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No. I am not a really big religious person but i still believe that if someone is, that is a major life decision and they should believe in what they think is best. Not believe in something just because you do.
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Religion should be about more than picking from a bunch of choices off a list. You should not pick your faith based on "well this religion has a good dental plan, but that religion has Sundays off." \n\nJust because you think islam is the best of those three choices does not mean it is the right religion.
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Study different religions and choose one that makes sense to your mind and leads your heart to do good works and love of others.  Find a body of believers in that faith who are living it out and get to know them to see if it is good. Don't expect it to be perfect. Nothing with humans in it is perfect. But if it is good and you agree with the teachings and practices, you may have found a home.
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I dont think they can be right, especially those that refute the others.  I think a spiritual path with no fixed ideas about God, the form he takes, is best.  It allows athiests and believers to agree.
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I don't think there is any point where you can just *decide* to believe.  At least, I never found a way too.  Instead, I researched different religions, and tried to determine which ones would have positive effects on me.  Once I found a few that I thought might work, I put them into practice. When nothing clicked, I moved on to another.   After going through this several times, I realized that I DID have firm religious beliefs, but they didn't come from any one religion.  Mine come from Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Wicca, to name a few.\n\nI think calling mine a "path" is very accurate, because I am constantly searching for Truth, and I will follow it wherever it leads me.
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religion is a way of life\n\nwhich is a choice you only have to make if you DONT KNOW ANYTHING.  When you KNOW theres no more choice because you KNOW.  and your knowledge is a was of life\n\nread the BIBLE as a letter to you from JESUS
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No not at all....I'm thankful I have a religion a faith the opportunity to believe, and regardless of what religion a person may be someone is always going to put "their two cents" in on it...Believe in what's right for you...no one can do this for you....and I feel you shouldn't put others beliefs down either..Think about it my parents were raised catholic...so of course me and my siblings were all raised catholic...if they happened to be Mormon than we would be Mormon...like I said before believe in what's right for you as a person, to me God can tell the difference of people sincerity regardless of "what religion you may be" or "which religion you think is right"....
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Because they have the choice. Which is your God?
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My values based on my religious belief makes me say yes it is wrong. However i do not impose my beliefs on others.  So I will also mention that is is widely excepted.  I pose the question to you, if this is your decision how do you feel about it?
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I think you should be honest with them, it's your own life and you can make the choices you want.  If you choose not to believe and your parents have a problem with it then they will just have to deal with it.\n\nI also want to comment on the one person's answer saying that "You should. If it wasn't for him you wouldnt be here"  Well that's just all speculation, nobody knows for certain how human's were first created and that nobody know's for certain whether God exists or not.  The whole concept of religion and god are concepts of man.  It's purpose was to soley explain the unexplainable, and to that effect humans arent a creation of God, God is a creation of humans
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I believe it is whatever GOD puts in your heart--- verses the devil. It's up to you to CHOOSE which path you follow.\nno-one can persuade anyone---they choose
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Christianity is a pick and choose religion.
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Choice of religion is a personal thing between the person and God, it can't be forced. Unfortunately, some people don't realize the importance of making the "truthful" choice.\n\nA good book is "Thirsting For God in a Land of Shallow Wells" \nby Matthew Gallatin
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You never really know if you are making the right decision-just use ur common sense and follow ur heart and always be honest with urself-there will be times where life will throw a curve ball and believe me they can come out of no where but just believe in urself...