Why are you a Christian or other religion applied believer and not of other religion?

Why do you believe that your God is the right and the rest are wrong, or in other words, they don't exist, are unreal, just a myth.

Give your reasons to why have faith in your exact God and not in the others, what suggest you that the stories told in the other myths are false? Just because you've been educated in that?

Give your reasons to why you have this faith. Why are you atheist respect the rest of gods except the yours?

 

I've always been fascinated with how polytheism was around for quite a long time, but all of a sudden it's wrong, and those Gods are wrong, because now monotheistic religions are here and they've each got the right God.

 

Yeah, It is interesting, only Hinduism as major religion continues being politheist

 

Because people are born in a particular region.

"Truth" is dependent on geography.

 

Which religion you believe in has probably less to do with the region than with the family. I for example grew up in a mostly Catholic region, but I’m a Protestant believer because my family is Protestant. And a friend of mine who also grew up in a mostly Catholic region is Muslim because his family is Muslim and raised him accordingly. Had I been raised in his family I’d probably be Muslim now and if he’d been raised in mine he’d probably be a Protestant Christian.

We both agree to believe in the same God, only that we have different traditions and languages and ways of thought when thinking about this God. Or if we speak in the metaphors of the tale of the blind men touching the elephant: I may be holding the ear while he touches the trunk. There is no need to belittle another religions beliefs, it’s much preferable to engage in friendly discourse and to learn from each other’s viewpoint.

 

You are one of the few believers that admit that Allah and Christian God refer to same god with different mythologies surrounding them. What makes interesting a question, but it would go to another topic.

 

Actually there are probably more Christians and Muslims who believe to believe in the same God than you think there are.

Even the Pope basically says that. His entry in the guestbook of Hagia Sophia: "In our diversity, we find ourselves before the faith in the One God. May God enlighten us and make us find the path of love and peace." http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=22182

And on the Muslim side: http://www.acommonword.com/the-acw-document/

While this forum may give a different impression, respectful interreligious dialogue is not uncommon in the real world, not only between the Abrahamic but also between other religions.

 

True, however the religion of you and your family is largely dependent on geographical location.

 

I would claim that the example you provide could also be evidence to suggest that the "region" in this instance in the family household - still geography; just on a smaller scale. There also are plenty of examples of people being brought up in families that raised them in a certain religion and either turning from it or not absorbing it at all. I'll add that I don't think any two people actually share the same religious/spiritual views but rather subtle shades to which many eventually default to some broad lable or institution to provide them with some comfort in the illusion that they aren't alone in their beliefs or inherent existential struggle.

As long as we're having a civil discussion, I don't see any reason to keep telling ourselves that we are or should be.

I will also say that simply being offended by another person's viewpoint does not constitute an argument. It irritates me when people point to tolerance for their beliefs as if it helps their cause. I agree that it is preferable to learn from each others' viewpoint, but if someone's beliefs happened to be belittled in the process, I'll judge it on the merits of how well it is supported by evidence and logic; not by how nice or not nice it is.

 

Read Karen Armstrong
The History of God

Explains the difference between God/Gods and the creator.
You will find that most religions actually believe in the same creator.

 

but the 3 Abrahamic religions came out of the same region (Middle East)

Abraham brought Islam. Surrender to ONE God. The prophets all brought the same message. It was man who distorted the message.

 

In so far as for historic reasons certain regions are mainly populated by members of certain confessions and religions. Migration brings more diversity to a lot of regions though. Personally I quite like that. That my Protestant parents moved into a Catholic village and raised us there has done me a whole lot of good. I won't convert to Catholicism any time soon, but I'm certainly glad to have developed a better understanding of Catholics than my grandmother had.

 

I can tell you that I became a Christian (before eventually giving up on it and embracing atheism) because I was brainwashed into it from youth, and not just by my parents, who have never been over-the-top. In fact, my father seems to have gone about the same route I have since then. Religion is culturally instilled and cultivated, plus further taught and enforced by family, peers and institutions such as confirmation class, Sunday school and regular ol' church service and bible study.

The rest is lying to one's self, trying to keep the faith true no matter the evidence, due I suppose to a number of factors that include maintaining belief in an afterlife and avoiding the kind of conflict that comes from disagreeing with loved ones, friends and others over religion.

 

Pretty much. I became an ELS Lutheran in a family and state full of them. Imagine that

 

Your open-minded respect for people who hold other views regarding the divine than you do is heart-warming.

 

If Hinduism is polytheist, then so is Christianity.

Hindus believe that every deity in their pantheon is an aspect of Vishnu.

 

Sorry, but I have no respect left for religion. It's all lies and a symptom of human failings.

 

We are surrounded by human failings because human failings are a symptom of being human - religious or not.

Personally I seldom see reason to disrespect people and to describe them as next to insane just because their views on metaphysical questions differ from mine, but suit yourself. I shall put it down as a rather common human failing.

 

I am not expert of Hinduism, but I think that is not right. They have many gods that they can worship, and also they can have many sects of Hindusim that go from the politheist view to a non-theist view.