r/AskReligion

I simply cannot comprehend the fact that there is no God. Whoever this God is, 'they' allowed whatever's happening in the world to happen.

I've been a Muslim for my whole life, so as far as I know, Islam makes the most sense out of all. There are just a few questionable rules.. and I hope to find my answers here.

Why do women have to wear the hijab?

Why is wlw and mlm forbidden?

& does the religion truly favor men in a way?

I'm a teenager figuring her stuff out. Now, tell me, aside from answering my other questions, what religion do YOU think is the truth, and why?

& if there is no God, how did we even come to exist? How does Atheism make sense?

Hey so I’ve been asking around a question that nobody really can answer or find people going around the question.

Question: a person who has good moral and values and does no harm but does not believe in a god vs a person who kills, steals, sins and has bad morales and values but in the end believes in god.

How does a “god” determine whether the one who is good can still go to hell vs the one who sins can go to heaven because he repents?

Christianity is hella strict that if you want to go to heaven you also have to believe in God

Maybe this is a wrong place to post but eh id say why not

There are a lot of religions and some claim to be the truth. Why havent we fact checked throughly all of them so to understand which one, if any, is the truth and which is false? Couldnt we apply the scientific method until we are only left with one? It seems to me like this is a incredibly important Matter and yet we simply shrug it off as fairytales

Non christian here and please forgive me if I offended anyone unintentionally.

Why do christians believe that Jesus was god(or son of god) and not a prophet like other religions from the same region believed?

The other two major religion also has a similar conception about god, but christianity seems to differ widely from that.

Is it possible that jesus was considered a human during his time but later he came to be associated as god?

I was born and raised in a Muslim household, and I’ve identified as Muslim my entire life. I never really questioned my faith before and used to pray because, honestly, it was simply what I was taught to believe. Now that I’m actually examining it for myself, I’m finding myself with a lot of questions that I never felt comfortable asking.
One thing I’ve been thinking about is how religious people, whether they’re Muslim scholars, Christian priests, Buddhist monks, etc., can become so convinced that what they’re doing is objectively right. In Islam especially, I sometimes feel like there’s a sense that Islam has the ultimate truth and that everything outside of it is somehow inferior. Even things like halal meat are explained through specific rules about how the animal is slaughtered, but I still struggle with the more fundamental question of whether eating animals at all is morally necessary.
Then there are much bigger questions. If God is truly omnipotent, omniscient and perfectly merciful, why would He create a world containing so much suffering, hatred and injustice? Why would slavery ever be permitted? Why would women be given restrictions on their freedom, clothing, travel, or behaviour because of men’s desires? Why would God allow people to suffer terribly and then punish them eternally for choices He already knew they would make?
And if everything is ultimately written by Allah, how does free will work? If God already knows exactly what I’m going to do, including every sin I’ll commit, why am I ultimately responsible for doing it?
I also struggle with the idea of God wanting to be worshipped. If God is perfect and doesn’t lack anything, why would He need human beings to praise or worship Him? Wouldn’t it be enough for Him to want us to be compassionate, honest and good to one another?
Another thing that bothers me is how much of life can become labelled haram. Singing, drawing, modelling, certain clothes, travelling without a man, showing certain parts of yourself, etc. Sometimes it feels like religion can become so restrictive that there isn’t much room left simply to live. And when I question these things, I’m often told, “It’s in the Qur’an.” But that’s exactly what I’m questioning. If I’m asking whether the Qur’an is divinely authoritative, quoting the Qur’an itself doesn’t really answer that question for me.
At the same time, I don’t want to pretend that I feel nothing toward Islam. I actually like praying. Prayer gives me comfort, and there’s a part of me that genuinely wants God to exist. But I also wonder whether that comfort is evidence of God, or simply something humans naturally experience through prayer and spirituality.
I also don’t think suffering proves that God doesn’t exist. I just don’t understand how suffering is compatible with a perfectly loving and merciful God. If God created love, hatred, free will and everything else, why create a world where hatred and suffering can become so extreme?
Maybe I’m approaching all of this completely wrong, and I’m genuinely open to hearing different perspectives. I’m not looking for people to simply tell me that “Allah knows best” or that I need to become more religious. I’m trying to understand the philosophical reasoning behind these things.
If you believe in God, how do you reconcile God’s supposed love and mercy with suffering, injustice, free will, punishment and the moral questions surrounding religion?
And if you’ve questioned the faith you were raised in, how did you approach that process?

If a god was truly all powerful and all knowing why shouldn't they just be blamed for everything? Because god like that, both has the knowledge of everything wrong in the world and also the power to stop it. Knowing everything also includes the future so any bad event about to happen can be fully prevented by them. Yet they choose not to. If you had the power to stop and event with zero effort and no catches shouldn't you be at least partially blamed for this event taking place?

This is true both under the assumption that god is above logic as well as being tied by the laws of logic.

If god is above logic then nothing, even conteadictions shouldnt be any problem for them.

But even if tied by the rules of logic god would still have immense power to stop most of the bad events in peoples lives.

And i dont mean just the big thing, murder, rape ect. But event the small thing, the minor inconveniences. Shouldn't it all be blamed on god if they have the power to stop it and choose not to.

I have a few genuine questions for the devout religious folks here.

1. Why did you choose your religion?

2. Why do you believe your holy book and take it literally?

3. What benefits have you received since joining your religion?

4. Do you believe in an afterlife where there are only two options being eternal suffering (hell) or eternal paradise (heaven)?

17M, i dont fully believe there is a god, but if there was do you think people who ended their life would go to hell? I mean i feel like it would be kinda stupid if they did, becuase they made a big choice by ending all there pain, and as said god loves no matter what, i dont see how suicide would be a sin if your not meaningfully casting pain on anyone else, i guess yes people will miss you when your gone, but dosent this "god" love equally no matter what, suicide especially for ppl with bpd can now medically get killed so why if they take there own life its a sin? i don't understand why, its s stupid thing that shouldn't be a sin, they suffer in life then get to suffer in the afterlife?? i think thats plain wrong

If you could somehow put aside where you were born, how you were raised, what your family/community taught you, and everything you were originally told to believe. What personally convinces you that your understanding of God, spirituality, and reality is actually true? What evidence, reasoning, or experiences led you there, and how do you distinguish a genuine spiritual experience or divine guidance from coincidence, psychology, cultural conditioning, or your own mind interpreting things through beliefs you already have? If you had been born into a completely different religion and were just as convinced that it was the truth, what do you think could have led you independently to the beliefs you hold now? And most importantly, is there anything you could discover that would genuinely convince you that your current beliefs are wrong—and if not, how do you distinguish an unfalsifiable belief from something that is actually true?

hello! so my religion that I grew up with is Hinduism. I’m currently Hindu, but in the back of my mind, I still think about you know Jesus and then Christianity and converting to Christianity and I wanna convert you know I wanna become a Christian I wanna serve the Lord of Jesus Jesus Christ, but at the same time, I don’t really know I don’t know how to start or I’m gonna feel regretful for converting from Hinduism to Christianity. what do I do?

I am religious, but recently some questions arose and ive started to ponder on them.

In many religions, it says that your life has already been decided by God and that your death is confirmed, so does it mean that people who die from murder has been pre-decided as their cause of death by God?

Because there was this case, a young girl was abducted. Her parents prayed to God. Alot. And she was later found trashed after being gra*ed. I mean, why?

Don't get me wrong, I love my God and God has protected me all the time. Bur whenever I think about her, I cant help but think why?

I'm not sure any other way to ask it. But if you're literate how could you possibly believe in it and not be evil. There's literally never been a day in religious people's history where they have done anything positive for ALL mankind. Murder rape and pillaging is what the book calls for and that's exactly how it spread and the only way it spread.

Terrorism, including against selves, is an integral part of it.

Like how can you look your kids in the eyes at 12-14 years old and say someone/something should and is going to get them pregnant? That's when god got mary pregnant Why wouldn't boys follow same suit and be "godly"?

Would you torture your kid through crucifixion and off him when you had all the power in the world to save them and make a bad example out of the BAD guy who actually did it?

Do you look at your family when you read these things and say "YUP! I'd take all them out for "god" if so called upon".

Ive just come back from a night out and I feel dead inside. My best mate from school ditched my for a good time, and as drunk as I was, I heard him talking about it and i feel a bit betrayed. Am I wrong to block him and go a separate way. Because not only that but he's drug and drunk lifestyle was leading me away from a pathway away from Christ.

It could save a lot more people from going to Hell. If schools care about students's safety and have classes about it, why can't they teach about avoiding eternal suffering?

Abrahamuc teachings say that God doesn't burden the soul with more than it can handle, but many people out there actually think suffer more than they can handle and give up. They end up taking their own lives. So you mean to tell me, God burdened these people with all those problems (all good ad bad is from God), he doesn't help them and when they kill themselves, He doubles down by sentencing them to burn in hell for eternity. That is crazy. A while MERCIFUL UNDERSTANDING LOVING God to do that.

im an artist working on a project about the relationship between the Internet and religion, and as part of my research I'm looking for public input <3

note that i am not taking any sides, would just like to hear other peoples opinions

i have this question for christian’s and muslims, if a tribe who had absolutely no knowledge of god and religion doesn’t get punished for not following god, why do missionaries go out of their way to spread their religion? Now the people are obligated to follow the rules of religion or else they go to hell, wouldn’t it be better for them to just be as they are?

It is said throughout history that, be kind and good and not expect anything in return, to receive a position in heaven, but then no person who seeks heaven and does good can enter because they are seeking something in return. So then why would a truly good man even care about heaven, for to him doing good is much more valuable

Hey everyone, I’m trying to figure out what my religious beliefs would actually be called. I don’t really believe in God, and I’ve never really believed that there’s a literal man in the sky watching over us. However, I also don’t think anyone can ever know for 100% certain whether some kind of God or higher power exists.

So I’d say I mostly don’t believe in God, but I’m not completely certain that God doesn’t exist. There’s always that tiny possibility that we’re wrong.

Would this make me an atheist, agnostic, or something else?