No Religions Are True

No Religions are True

The idea of "truth" in regards to religion is a very subjective one; simply because no religion provides hard evidence to validate itself universally. All religions are based upon faith, therefore, what one person calls truth, another calls nonsense. But who ever really knows which path leads to the truth?

However, some provide the answer to this dilemma by declaring that there is only one true religion, created by a transcendent source, leaving all others false and man-made. Yet, there are a few things which contradict this statement. First, if there was only one true religion, there would be solid, undeniable evidence confirming this truth universally, since this is not the case, it is safe to assume that this statement is invalid. Another major reason why this is false is that many religions have a common starting point, much like the very beginnings of man, first there was Pangaea, and the world's people were all in one place, eventually the continents formed and people spread, created their own cultures and diversified. Similarly, many religions are based upon the same central themes, with their own twists and interpretations; religions have borrowed from other religions.

Accepting the idea that no one religion is true, people tend to move towards the idea that there is one religion that is truest, while few others posses some truth. This statement is inconsistent, because saying that there is one religion that is truest, and others that posses partial truth, is essentially saying that all religions are true; that they all posses some degree of truth, but none posses the full truth, which is a very conflicting and complicated idea in itself. If all religions are partially true, then they are partially false as well, which makes them all false, yet true. It is less than logical to declare all religions partially true, but one religion as truest because that is simply too uncertain. Furthermore, Religions are not ranked by the varying degrees of truth they hold, because it's impossible for that to be determined. A religion is either true, or not true.

Some believe that all religions are true, that all paths lead to the same place, but this idea is such a contradictory one that it will never be proven true. There are simply too many religions that each have such diverse and conflicting beliefs that if this statement was true, the entire world would be one big paradox, unable to hold an ounce of solid truth. It's true that religions can coexist, but no one can fully believe in even just two religions without any conflicting or inconsistent ideas.

However this leads to the truest statement yet, that no religion is true, due to the fact that there are no facts which directly point to the indefinite truth or validity of any religion. Each religion contains historical facts, some of which are true, but most events are unaccountable,