When man was still primitive and had no knowledge of God. God reveal Himself through religion and faith in God was born out of the knowledge revealed by God.
There are two road maps towards accepting a religion. One: is blind faith; where someone play on your emotions,which amounts to accepting doctrines that cannot understand. Which translate to; the followers living in sort of permanent state of darkness about what he or she believes in.
Two: the other roadmap presents its followers with sound reasoning, which in turn lead to faith. And perfect certainty. In this age there can only be one true faith in the world. God is one, mankind is now one global nation and therefore there is stand to reason that should be only one universal truth. Not that others religions were not true from the onset, but what I am saying here is that they become contaminated and out dated through time.
The purpose of religion should be clear in the mind of a seeker. That is the say: Religion should help man obtain deliverance from his passions and guide him in developing perfect relationship with Almighty God through certainty of faith in His existence and His perfect Attributes. Once this is realized the next step on the road map towards the Creator is for a seeker after the true faith (in order to recognize the true religion) it necessary to look at four matters.
One is: to see what this religion teaches about the God; concerning his Unity, Power, Knowledge, Perfection, Greatness, Wisdom Punishment, mercy and other Divine Attributes. Two: is the god presented to you by this or that religion perfect in all his attributes? Because if on one hand a religion is teaching that the god it believe in is the perfect Being whose creative power is perfect, but on the other hand it is saying that its god created a perfect angel who later turn out to be a devil against the will of its its creator, then you ought to turn away from such a religion. In this case we will be forced to say that this god made a mistake and weaknesses like humans. The Perfect Being who created this great universe cannot make mistakes. All God’s Attributes must be perfect; God can suffer from any weakness whatsoever; be it His Justice, Forgiveness, Power, Knowledge Wisdom etc. Three: take a good look at what this religion teaches concerning the relationship between the god it presents and the seeker after him. Do his creatures have direct access to him? They should. Does he speak to his worshiper? Does he answer the prayer of the supplicant when he calls on him?
Again: What is that religion teaches about one's self? That is to say: What are the teachings on man’s physical, moral and spiritual state? What is the soul, its origin, its relationship to the body, its separation from the body and its state in the afterlife.
What is its teachings pertaining to ones relationship, responsibilities and obligations with his fellow beings and the rest of creation?
Four: It is essential that the seeker be satisfy that the God presented by a religion should not be base on mere tales and stories which makes God look like a dead human being who could be beaten by his own creatures. That would amount to one accept a god out of one’s own good faith, which would amount to acceptance under obligation rather than a free conscience.
The religions that claim to be from God must show signs of being from God and should bear the seal of the Creator.
