Bill Taylor’s Post – Comparing Christianity with Other Religions
Marriage Under Threat: Comparing Christianity with Other Religions
Bill Taylor
A “religion” is as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Religious or not, we act on what we believe, we base our actions on faith. We drive cars in faith that bridges won’t fall. Some people are wrong about that; faith can be misplaced so that people die when a bridge falls. Thus, “religion” means belief in one God or in many gods as the superhuman agency of creation. Secularism is the opposite of religion and holds that the entire universe and all its wonders came about purely through random chance.
Religions can be compared by asking 5 questions: TC or ID? IF or CG? B or Q? C or L? and GBI? What we believe determines what we do. The critical question is, are we free to do as we like or should we take God’s views into account? What we believe about God determines what we do. Do we follow our plan or do we base our lives on doing our best to follow His plan?
This post discusses these questions to show how Christianity differs from other religions based on its principles about the purpose of human existence, then shows how Christian principles should direct us in how we manage our marriages.
Comparing Christianity with Other Religions
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What is Religion? Dictionary.com tells us:
A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Notice the “especially” in the dictionary definition. Religious or not, we act on what we believe, we base our actions on faith in something. We drive cars in faith that bridges won’t fall. Some people are wrong about that; faith can be misplaced.
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