It's a misunderstanding to think that some people have beliefs, but others don't believe anything.
Everybody believes something.
Everybody has a view of reality - a belief system. So whether a person believes in a traditional religion, or a new religion, or just believes we got here by chance 'so let's eat, drink and be merry' because that is all there is, it is still a belief system. There may be very many worthy religions and creeds in existence.
However, the real issue is not believing in something, but finding the truth. Sincerity is not an end in itself. People can be sincerely wrong. Truth is the real issue.
It defies logic to say that every religion is right because they contradict each other at so many major points. This is not just true of Christianity with other religions, but any religion put side by side.
Christianity is unique. Jesus makes unique and exclusive claims which are not compatible with any other
religion, or with any alternative world view.
One simple way of seeing this contrast starkly is to notice that other religions set up a set of rules adherents must do to be right with God, whereas Christianity is all about what God has done. Other religions say DO.
Christianity says Jesus has DONE it all. He died to make us right with God. So the real issue is not whether you believe something, but whether you believe in what is true. God reveals the truth in the person of his Son, Jesus.
He is the only one who can make us right with God by forgiving us. We receive this forgiveness and become God's friends by turning to Jesus, asking for his forgiveness for ignoring him, and trusting in his death on our behalf. Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
By David Mansfield
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