Converting

[Drich]

It's just struck me that choosing a religion to convert to must be really difficult.

Think about it for a moment.

We have Christians and Muslims, in particular, through here all the time showing us the merits of their beliefs.

- The Qu'ran is 100% credible and has no contradictions.  Neither does the Bible.

the bible never makes that claim nor a claim of infallibility. it simple says it is the world of God and thus you can find God by it. that said after 20 years i can't find a contradiction. infallibility comes from the doctrine of sola scriptura a teach not found within the bible but in tradition which refutes the idea of need for a pope.

- The Qu'ran is scientifically correct and infallible.  So is the Bible.

again the bible can not make this claim because it was before science was.. meaning it's system of taxomomy and celestial identification was different than what we use now which means it will indeed contradict as the two foundations of study are not built on the same system of basic learning. for example the bible taxomologically identifies all flying creatures over the size of a med stone a bird. which includes insects mammals/bats and even fist along with most avians. but some smaller avians were considered incets.

The bible is right identifying these thing this way because when it was compiled these were the know forms of taxonomy, but compared to today's standard they would be wrong. just like all of your textbooks would be wrong if they decided to redivide the animal kingdom.

- The Qu'ran made predictions about events that are happening now.  So did the Bible.

actually no the bible made predictions about Christ and his time and the end of man's age. which could be now or 1000 more years from now.

And their believers are so willing, in some cases, to do whatever is necessary to prove their religion to be true.  Why would they do that if the beliefs aren't true?

the only people care enough to share are those who experience something most are middle of the road it works for me types.
if it isn't true then nothing happens. you live a good life tapped into good cosmic vibes that will literally see you through anything without the need of most forms of social structured help or support.

And we KNOW the above is all accurate because who, with God watching over them, would lie to promote their beliefs?  That would be a sin and potentially worthy of a hot trip southwards...

which is true for most religions and even some forms of Christianity. however if you seek the God of the bible there are no preist prophets or go betweens, the bible itself says you do not even need a teacher if you seek out the Holy Spirit first. As God himself will teach you one on one. NO OTHER RELIGION offers that. All other religions and even some forms of christianity filter your experience through priests or prophets.

So we know they're telling the truth.

you do if God is literally doing the teaching.

And then we get to the difficulty of choosing which sub group of the religion to belong to.  Should we become Shia or Sunni?  Catholic or Baptist?

made a video on that. In short all JESUS Christ centered form of religion can ensure salvation.
As the same grace and atonement that extends to you when you willfully sin, is also extended to you when you are trying your best and get it wrong.

With all of this, it's no surprise that atheists seem so stubborn.

Atheist 'seem stubborn because they start with their preferred conclusion "there is no Go or I hate God and work backwards from there.
So no matter how much they loose their arguments the final conclusion is always the same.

We just don't know which of these True Religions to choose from.

Ask and you will find, Seek and it will be revealed to you knock and the door shall be open unto you.