If there is only one God, then why are there so many religions?
471935
Peace on you...Allah does not force anyone to submit to Him. He has layed out a clear path and then made it known to them the two ways (Heaven or Hell). The person is always free to make his or her own choice. There is not complusion in the way of "Islam." Whoever choses to worship Allah without partners and is devoted to Him and is obeying His commands as much as possible, has grasped the firm handhold that will never break. Whoever denies God and choses some other way to worship or not to believe at all, for them there is an eternal punishment that is most horrible (Hell).\n\nAll religions originated with Allah and then people began to add or take away from the teachings so as to take control over each other. Man made religions are an abomination before the Lord and will never be accepted. He will only accept true submission, obedience and in purity and peace to His commandments.
348376
That means one God is true, but two isn't. That there's only one.\n\nBut I don't believe that. :(
699623
If there is more than one god, you are at least worshipping one.  If there is no god, you are merely wasting your own time worrying about it.  If there is one god, you are arguing about a name.  God is god.  Do you think addressing God by the "wrong name" is going to get God upset?  Or using the "wrong" rituals or prayers?  That kind of god is too petty and insecure to deserve respect.  I suspect God is more interested in your actions out in the world.  Do you try to make life better for people or do you try to make people more miserable?  Sure, we may disagree on many of the details, but essentially, we all know what's right or wrong, church teaching notwithstanding.  And ignorance cannot be sin.
813885
There are hundreds of religions, and most of them claim that all of the others are wrong.\n\nTake your pick.
665713
There is no one true religion.  I'm sure because there are so many religions that teach the same principles.  I'm right because I'm open minded, and think other people have the right to believe what they want to believe.
360369
different religions have , or have had different sets of gods and goddesses.\n\n Greek and Roman religions had a lot of Gods, also Norse and Pagan religions, There are numerous Hindu gods. Religions with only one all powerful god, such as Christianity and Islam are quite recent inovations.\n\nI think you would have to look up each religion somewhere to get a full list of all of its gods
503532
For the same reason there are many languages.  We have different ways of seeing the same thing.  There is no god but [fill in the blank].  The name is about language, not about God.\n\nBut then, I believe in many lesser gods, as well.  And goddesses.
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A good point. Religions are supposedly faith-based, but then tack on requirements to keep that particular label. Even an agnostic has to meet the requirement of believing there is no God, so I guess the answer is no religion meets the parameter of not requiring anything to be a part of it.
359964
Why does every body think that there is two different Gods for two differen religions of Islam and Christian?
433435
But all religions are not same. Christianity, or Islam, for example, are based on monotheism, where as hinduism, is polytheism. It's the political views. One's religion does not contribute as much to conflict as politics. Some people give some political issues the name of "religion" and cause much friction between 2 or more religions. That's what causes the conflicts. Because of so many years of believing that religion is the reason for controversies, now the people are actually starting to believe that the conflict is due to different religions and not politics, which is further complicating the relations of two different religions.
544329
There are so many because peole live their religion and make-up new ones.\n\nThere is no real religion. What makes a religion the one true one is Subjective itself.
1174993
It's not that Islam is the obvious solution to everyone's spiritual needs, it's that it's the obvious solution to all your spiritual needs. Why do you think there are so many religions?
492849
Right! Each religion says there is only one God, they just disagree on what this God's name is and how it/He should be worshipped. One thing all religions say though is that their god is LOVE and His message is love... nonetheless their most devout followers (are they one's with the most love?) go forth and kill each other in His name. Go figure huh! Incidentally Jesus was a prophet not a God. Read the Bible- he and his apostles are quite emphatic in making the point that Jesus was NOT God. Some christians have other ideas though. It's a power issue.\n\nIt would also be funny to see what happened if Jesus came back because he would NOT be a christian. Christianity was created in the decades/centuries after Christ based upon other folks interpretations of his rumoured teachings. So Christ was not preaching Christianity- it didn't exist at the time and christianity today does not actually conform to his teachings. He'd most likely be a Buddhist if anything.
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No. There is only one true and living God and He is the only ture God because He died and rose again to save us from our sins. The other gods, like allah and buddha are dead. They are worshipped because of their thoughts, not because of their deeds. Jesus Christ, the Son of God came to Earth to die for each and every human being. He sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven and one day He will return.
262201
No matter what you believe and what religion you are there is still only one. Many who claim to be but only one true God.
32477
of course i belive that there is only one god and no other.god is the one who created you and the whole universe,and gave you the help whenever you needed!and you must thank god everyday because god forgives and gives to everyone their actual needs\nAND YOU MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD,if you do that;god will also remember you whenever you need help so god is the one who gives and you must never forget that even into your soul!!!!!!!!
670859
i think to belive that we (as humans) are the only thing out there is a very naive thing to think. with that said  any answer given to you will only be excepted if it falls into your belief system. so on one hand you have your unwavering faith(not meaning that in a disrespectful way) and on the other you have the overwhelming proof that something other then humans live in space. So if such poof is true then these other beings would also have to have a belief system about there creation. and being that there is only one "GOD" no matter what name "GOD" is given or how many different sides"GOD" has, then if the poof of these other beings proves true Then yes "GOD" must have put them there. and you and the other beings would both agree to this, even if using different names for"GOD".