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Religion

DetlefK

(16,518 posts) Mon Oct 1, 2018, 09:48 AM Oct 2018

Do you have the correct religion? [View all]

How can you be sure that you have the right religion? Because you have faith that your faith is correct?

What if somebody else has faith that your faith is wrong? Who would win?

When you die, do you go to the heaven of your religion or to the hell of somebody else's religion?
When somebody else dies, do they go to their heaven or to your hell?

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Do you have the correct religion? [View all] DetlefK Oct 2018 OP

They can't all be right TlalocW Oct 2018 #1

I have the Right religion, atheism. Meadowoak Oct 2018 #2

Aw you Faux pas Oct 2018 #4

See, you can't know until you die, and then it's too late to switch. MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

although not every religion cares qazplm135 Oct 2018 #9

Hmm, I have no idea how such an entity might think or act. MineralMan Oct 2018 #12

who's fretting? qazplm135 Oct 2018 #13

What evidence do you have for that? uriel1972 Oct 2018 #18

what evidence qazplm135 Oct 2018 #19

Since it is a hypothetical entity, there is no way to confirm marylandblue Oct 2018 #22

Sounds like the No True Scotsman fallacy. Mariana Oct 2018 #24

As I said, not me. I don't fret about religion. MineralMan Oct 2018 #21

Well according to Catholic doctrine it cares a lot about that. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #14

not necessarily qazplm135 Oct 2018 #15

They still get punished. Did you miss that? Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #29

Most Catholics qazplm135 Oct 2018 #31

Sure. Not relevant. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #32

LMAO qazplm135 Oct 2018 #33

The fact that Catholics get punished for other sins Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #35

Actually, according to Mainstream Christian thought... uriel1972 Oct 2018 #17

define qazplm135 Oct 2018 #20

I guess Bretton Garcia Oct 2018 #26

How come nobody ever comes back to tell us their choice was right or wrong? rurallib Oct 2018 #27

It's not necessarily true that when you die, it's too late to switch. Mariana Oct 2018 #10

That's pretty clever of those Mormons, I think. MineralMan Oct 2018 #11

Ironically, that also works the other way around Hav Oct 2018 #28

I'm pretty sure the Mormons believe Mariana Oct 2018 #30

Yes and i also have the correct tooth fairy Corvo Bianco Oct 2018 #5

there is no correct religion... Thomas Hurt Oct 2018 #6

Hi DetlefK - thank you for posting this very interesting question. Pendrench Oct 2018 #7

I like Bishop Sheen, but does he really think he might end up in hell? marylandblue Oct 2018 #23

Hi marylandblue - thank you for your reply! Pendrench Oct 2018 #25

You raise the central question with your salient posts. MineralMan Oct 2018 #38

A nice answer. eom guillaumeb Oct 2018 #36

Thank you very much for your kinds words. Pendrench Oct 2018 #37

Peace to you also. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #39

oh yes indeed struggle4progress Oct 2018 #8

Great question, DetlefK.. Permanut Oct 2018 #16

Yes. Iggo Oct 2018 #34