is christianity the only way?

Is Christianity the only way?

#arrogant

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A right-wing extremist . . . • believes that there are inferior

races • believes that there are inferior

religions Joe Klein

‘All religions are basically

the same’

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are all religious beliefs valid?

are all religious practices valid?

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do all religions lead to the same ultimate reality?

do all religions even have the same view of what reality is?

FATHERSON

HOLY SPIRIT

‘All religions see parts of a bigger truth’

how do we know that there is a bigger truth?

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‘Religions are culturally

conditioned’

does a specific cultural background mean something

can’t be true?

isn’t this criticism a product of western secular culture?

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. . . if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs would have been quite different. . . .

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[But] the same goes for the pluralist. . . . If the pluralist had been born [in Morocco] he probably wouldn’t be a pluralist. Does it follow that . . . his pluralist beliefs are produced in him by an unreliable belief-producing process?

Alvin Plantinga

The problem of religion

religion leads to legalism

religion can lead to arrogance

all beliefs are exclusive

which set of exclusive beliefs is most inclusive?

Jesus is the answer

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why did Jesus have to die?

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God is more holy than we can imagine

we are more sinful than we like to think

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“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

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