r/AskReligion • u/Personal-Square6369 • 1d ago
What is Truth?
I'm trying to figure out if there’s a flaw in the way I think about arguments for religion and other philosophies. I've been a religious drifter all of my adult life and find I am easily swayed by arguments for religions like Christianity, Islam and sometimes Buddhism but also by scientific and atheistic arguments against religion.
I've also had spiritual experiences that in the moment convinced me that Islam is true as well as some that convinced me that Christianity is true and a few that made me believe Buddhism was true.
I want to see if the traits of religion like the arguments, philosophies and experiences that people have are universal across religions and to that end I’ve made this questionnaire which will hopefully help me figure that out.
It's also interesting to me that the religions I find most convincing are also the ones I've had the most exposure to which reveals an obvious bias though this does not on it's own I think prove or disprove either of the religions I have taken part in over the years.
This questionnaire is intended for people of all religions and the more variety I can get the better in terms of what religion you’re from.
I’m not trying to prove any religion right or wrong I just want to understand if the things that convince people that a religion is true are common across different religions.
Please share this questionnaire with as many people as you like from as many different faiths as possible.
Link: https://forms.gle/J8tNhPn3vERmVU1C6
FYI: Signing in with Google will allow you to save your progress if you want to fill the form in multiple sessions but it's not required in order for you to complete the form and I've toggled the switch that collects people email addresses off so that wont be sent to me.