Religion, God, The Bible, Higher Powers Options

[OriskybusinessO]

I have a question for all of you believers out there...

If there are so many different reilgions, then how do you know which is true (please dont answer with 'faith')? If there were some 'higher-power' that everybody knew was true why wouldnt the whole world become that religion, or believe in them?

I think that the whole Bible, God, Higher Power deal is fake. There was once this man who traveled to Africa (around the 1400's before any European had ever been there) and wrote a book about how there are people there that had faces in there chests, necks 5 feet tall, etc. Everybody believed it. How do you know the Bible deal isnt like this? I am pretty sure there is no proof that this stuff is real... so please explain it to me. And don't say faith because some people who dont believe, or have 'faith', dont think that there is a higher power and it is just a bunch of... fake stuff.

[darkphyre]

My two cents:

Believing in God is something I consider to be a blessing that not all people have. And I often pray that more people will eventually know God. It is something that once you actually do have, you can feel it's truth. I cant explain in words, and laugh at me if you want, but God is very real to me. Its so incredible how often God answers my prayers, just another reason that God is real to me.

If I may add to the previous post:

Religion is a blessing that not all people want to have. Please refrain from praying for me to know God. I am not interested, and I doubt I ever will be. I dislike religion because it often leads to people using the words "truth," "moral," and "real" as if they actually mean anything (see above for an example).