"The tragedy of common sense
it that it is not
very common."
(Albert Einstein)

"Politically correct Christianity
is tolerated but despised.
Full Gospel Christianity is
respected but persecuted."
(Unknown)

"If you marry the Zeitgeist
you will soon become widow."
(Goethe)

"To reach the source of a river
you must swim upstreams."
(Stanislaw Jerzy Lec)

"I note that all those,
who are positive to abortion
already are born."
(Ronald Reagan)

Last modified: 2024 02 29 13:30

If there is a God,
why should it be the God of the Bible?

If someone, for different reasons, has been convinced that God exists, this person will immediately have to answer the next question; which or whom of all the millions of gods, all over the world, is the real, true God? Or perhaps several gods do exist simultaneously? There are many religions and many attempts to answer these questions — if there is an answer. In this section we will first discuss the relationships between the Christian faith and other religions. Then we will investigate the four great world religions; Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. I will not go into the African and American Indian religions, as I find it very unlikely that modern Man, seriously can believe that they are objectively true. Neither will I take up the old Norse mythology (Viking religion) with Thor, Odin etc. I guess that those, who today claim to belong to this religion (there are people in Sweden, although rather few, who worship the old Norse gods) does so for historical reasons. Much like there are rifle clubs with enthusiasts who use old black powder guns and dress themselves in 19th century cowboy style. That today's Norse mythology supporters really should believe that Odin and Thor right now are walking around in Asgaard (the home of the Norse gods), or that lightning and thunder is caused by Thor throwing his famous hammer Mjölner, while fighting giants, seems too unlikely to be taken seriously.

Generally it is today regarded as racism of the worst kind to examine and express criticism when it comes to other religions than the Christian faith (regarding the latter religion criticism is considered as positive, and the harder the criticism the better, according to the so called intellectual elite — which I use to call the intellectual dregs, to distinguish them from the real intellectual elite; great artists, painters, authors etc). "We must be nice and tolerant etc..." according to the general consensus. But, as I see it, the questions is not about intolerance or not. It is about what is true and what is not true. To argue that someone is wrong has nothing to do with racism or intolerance or disrespect. It is fully possible to say that someone is wrong and at the same time respect this person as a human being.

To you who read this, please do not read just one article and particularly please do read the last, summary article. To only read isolated parts of a chain of arguments is very unfair. So please, try to understand what I am trying to say before you get angry at me!


You can read more about the Christian faith in: Why should we pray?
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