Will religion save you?

[pandafly]

in one word nope

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[peter0425]

I am Orthodox, and I believe that this religion is the only one

Same as Catholicism and all the religions out there that claiming to be the only one that can save them but the truth is financially motivated
Religion is just a trademark for each and everyone but our beliefs and how we follow the rules given to us is what matters here..respect is the key for understanding in this thread
But also we must consider others thoughts do views becaue we don’t know the  truth unless the right time comes to judge everyone one of us

[BADecker]

I am Orthodox, and I believe that this religion is the only one

Same as Catholicism and all the religions out there that claiming to be the only one that can save them but the truth is financially motivated
Religion is just a trademark for each and everyone but our beliefs and how we follow the rules given to us is what matters here..respect is the key for understanding in this thread
But also we must consider others thoughts do views becaue we don’t know the  truth unless the right time comes to judge everyone one of us

The right religion will always save you. The religion of faith in Jesus salvation is one religion. It will save you. There are many denominations of the Jesus salvation religion.

People who are non-religious aren't really. They simply have a religion of non-religion. It is based on money. They want to keep the money that they could use to advance the only saving religion, the Jesus-salvation religion. Their money won't save them or bring about salvation for other people, except if they use it to promote Jesus salvation.

However, to help others to be saved, we must respect their right to make their religion choice. This will keep peace between all the religions, and Jesus salvation will have a chance to get in where it wouldn't, otherwise.

[worldtraveller321]

I think religion is just something that someone made up long time ago to control the population using tactics of fear. By creating fictional characters.

Not trying to by anti anything here. just speaking the truth.

In general what will save people is knowing the truth. and following what is right.

Science is our friend.

[nastyagav]

I don't know, no one can know that.

[BADecker]

1 Corinthians 13:13:

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Here's how it works.

We have faith in God that He is going to make Jesus-salvation really work for us.

Because it is faith, we don't really know from the standpoint of actual, hands-on knowledge. But we have hope.

We focus on the hope strongly enough so that we are assured that God will do it. This causes us to love God for His great love for us, as shown by His salvation for us.

Love is the greatest because it holds our faith strong, which makes our hope even stronger, which increases our love.

As this cycle continues, our faith grows ever stronger, and our salvation is secured by our strong faith.

[LMBDA]

Not really.. religions are for personal beliefs, often about influence but we have our own minds we believe what we wanted to believe and if someone tells you to be something or someone and you obeyed that then you're an idiot.

[BADecker]

Not really.. religions are for personal beliefs, often about influence but we have our own minds we believe what we wanted to believe and if someone tells you to be something or someone and you obeyed that then you're an idiot.

My religion is, and I order you in the name of religion, to not get a gun and shoot yourself in the foot.

[lienfaye]

Well in a religion where I am belong before they said if you're member of their religion you're already save when the time the world comes to an end. So even a sinner as long as you're member of their religion you're still save.

IMO, religion cant save us but its a way to be close to god and have a strong belief.

If you're not a member of any religion but you believe in God and you have a good heart then I think you can still be save.

[Vod]

people who condemn and thinks other religion are wrong and theirs is right are degenerates.

Everyone needs faith in something, but it shouldn't close your mind to everything else.

My faith is evolution.  It hasn't been proven, but it's the one that makes observation and curiosity important.  

[BADecker]

people who condemn and thinks other religion are wrong and theirs is right are degenerates.

Everyone needs faith in something, but it shouldn't close your mind to everything else.

My faith is evolution.  It hasn't been proven, but it's the one that makes observation and curiosity important.  

The funny thing is, the evolution religion that you have won't save you. But, the Christian religion can, if you believe it right.

[SheriffEl]

There is no religion that can save you. Religion has a deeper meaning. People need to have faith, that after bad days or weeks there will always be good days etc. Religious gives a lot people strength to live their lives and inspire others. It is something you believe and count on. If you look at this as saving than the answer is yes.

[BADecker]

Essentially everything that we live in our lives is based on personal religion/philosophy. Our religion might be in line with the religion of many others, but our whole lives are still religion. They are religion because we only believe things about the future. If we actually knew anything about our future, people would know how to avoid death. But we don't. There are still car crashes that kill. We still die in plane crashes. We still die of food poisoning. All of this would be avoided if we knew a little of the future. But we don't. So, we live a life of hoping that we are right in our guesstimations of the future. This is what religion is. We are all immersed in living lives of religion all the time. Even when we say that we are non-religious, this is part of our personal religion.

God is the maker of everything. Peruse the whole "Scientific proof that God exists?" thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=737322.0 - to see the proof. Why is this important? So that we understand that the complexity of the universe is way beyond our understanding. And so that we understand that if we are saved at all, it is by God's doing.

Has God saved us? He has prepared salvation for us. This salvation is shown in the Bible, and particularly the New Testament. The salvation was done by Jesus, the Son of God. Being the Son of God, Jesus could overcome the complexity necessary to provide salvation for us. And He did it for His own reasons and purposes, although it cost Him much, including pain and death (He arose from death on the third day, because even death can't hold God down.)

The way God offers salvation to us is through believing the fact of His providing salvation through Jesus. Why believing? Because we aren't able to understand enough of the complexity of how it all works to know that it is a fact. We have to believe, just like we believe everything else we do in life (See the first paragraph, above.).

So, it is God Who saves us through our religion of faith in His Son, Jesus the Christ. That's the only way religion saves us. It's God's way.

[Malsetid]

people who condemn and thinks other religion are wrong and theirs is right are degenerates.

Everyone needs faith in something, but it shouldn't close your mind to everything else.

My faith is evolution.  It hasn't been proven, but it's the one that makes observation and curiosity important.  

The funny thing is, the evolution religion that you have won't save you. But, the Christian religion can, if you believe it right.

Save him from what? Hell? Fire and torture after he's dead? The guy probably doesn't even believe there's going to be anything after we die. Evolution hasn't entirely been proven yet but that theory has come a long way from what we previously know. And funny thing is that majority of the religions today always talk about being saved after one dies. Nobody's even come back to tell us whether there's indeed a paradise or an eternal torture. Just a thought though 🙂

[BADecker]

people who condemn and thinks other religion are wrong and theirs is right are degenerates.

Everyone needs faith in something, but it shouldn't close your mind to everything else.

My faith is evolution.  It hasn't been proven, but it's the one that makes observation and curiosity important.  

The funny thing is, the evolution religion that you have won't save you. But, the Christian religion can, if you believe it right.

Save him from what? Hell? Fire and torture after he's dead? The guy probably doesn't even believe there's going to be anything after we die. Evolution hasn't entirely been proven yet but that theory has come a long way from what we previously know. And funny thing is that majority of the religions today always talk about being saved after one dies. Nobody's even come back to tell us whether there's indeed a paradise or an eternal torture. Just a thought though 🙂

The long way we have come regarding evolution, is to prove that evolution is impossible in any way we can imagine.

The Bible records kept by the scribes of Ancient Israel, show that when Israel obeyed God, they had success. But when they disobeyed God, they had failure. Since God raised Jesus, there will be resurrection... because it is predicted by God for there to be such a day.

Just a thought.

[HarHarHar9965]

No, I don’t believe religion will save anyone. Does that mean I don’t believe in God? Far from it. Religion is just the way used to describe how someone believes in God. There are literally thousands of religions. It is not the religion that saves but God decides who will be saved.

Being a Christian, and saying you are a Christian, are two different things. Many who claim to be Christian are exposed as false Christians by the way they live their lives. Going to Church does not make you a Christian any more than standing in you garage makes you an automobile.

[ashour]

One of the greatest lies that Satan has foisted on the human race is that religion can save you. By “religion,” I mean adherence to the beliefs and practices of a religion in the hope that your performance will gain you right standing with God. Whether it is Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, or even Christianity, there have always been millions who mistakenly thought that obedience to their religion would earn them eternal life.

[J9901]

Religion can be a driving force in society, but as a reactionary rather than in a radical way. Functionalism Functionalists believe that religion maintains social solidarity and value consensus amongst a society's population and this helps maintain the well-being of society

[paycum]

There is no religion that can save you. Religion has a deeper meaning. People need to have faith, that after bad days or weeks there will always be good days etc. Religious gives a lot people strength to live their lives and inspire others. It is something you believe and count on. If you look at this as saving than the answer is yes.

But people always want to make their religion superior and to achieve it they disrespect people from other religions which results in mob lynching etc
Silent believe in religion is good but excess showoff is dangerous

[BADecker]

The questions are this:
- What really is meant by religion?
- Saved from what, or to what?

James in the Bible tells us what pure religion is. Remember that James is talking to believers in Jesus, the Savior. James 1:27:

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

In other words, pure religion is to help the weak.

Why should we accept what James writes? Because we all need help from time to time. And we are all weak. So, the acceptance of help from someone who is stronger, makes us filled with gratitude towards our helper. And when we understand this, we start to feel gratitude towards God Who made us all, and everything for our enjoyment.

If we are Christian, this is what saves us. However, there is no other real salvation.

People who think that death is a passage to oblivion will be surprised by their own resurrection from the dead. Why wouldn't there be any resurrection? Think. The making of us in this life is essentially impossible according to anything that we know. So, why does anyone think that it won't happen again?

In our age of science we have been trained to listen to scientists and their proponents who suggest that they know that there isn't any God. But those same scientists don't understand how things work, and how we really came to be. They are setting themselves up in the place of God by doing this.

Oh sure. They say that they understand. But they prove that they don't by not knowing enough to extend their own lives. They still die, usually within 100 years, just like everyone else. They don't really have the answers. Their answers without God are purely guesses.

Being saved has to do with being on God's side in the resurrection, in favor of Him. Why be in vafor of God in the resurrection? So that He will save you to the new life He has planned for all who call on Him with a sincere heart. This can only be accomplished by believing what He says. And the best example of His sayings by far is the Bible. But you have to read the Bible to understand it.