Many Ways Up The Same Mountain? More Like Many Ways Off The Same Cliff...

Have you ever heard this phrase? "All religions are different ways up the same mountain." How about the idea that "God is too great to be contained by one religion."? Somehow, this nonsensical idea is held by some. It's utterly absurd. Every religion is completely antithetical to all the others! That's like saying that every different color is all the same color. Honestly, it's not hard to see the logical problems with this theory. The motivation behind believing this is quite interesting though. If God is too great to be contained by any religion, why do I need religion? Why do I need God? Who has need for a God who is silent and useless? I have no idea what He wants me to do and I have no idea who He is. Bingo! Through pious trickery, they have effectively eliminated God. Isn't that convenient? Here's how: If all religions are equal, then they're all worthless. They can't ALL be right. Through some miracle, let's pretend that all religions do somehow capture a small piece of God. How would one tell truth from fiction? God would be an amalgam of impossible ideas! God would be unknowable. If God can't be known, we don't need to worry about him! This isn't the case though. God HAS revealed Himself. Jesus Christ is the full manifestation of God's revelation. God has spoken to us in the Bible. God requires us to do things. Jesus says that if we love him, we will keep his commandments. Boom. That's the end of it. You can't somehow find God by following anyone else. There is no other name given among men by which we can be saved! Because God has spoken to us and revealed Himself to us in Christ, we can know truth. This is possible because God is a a real and personal God. A God of creativity, communication, and order. He's so totally unlike any other god in any other religion. It's impossible to call Christianity the other side of the same coin because Christianity is at a fundamental dichotomy to every other religion on earth. Next time someone tries to pass this idea off on you, try to pin them down. Show them the implications of what they're saying. By God's grace, they will flee this absurd and yet incredibly dangerous philosophy!

God Bless,

Stanley