So the Christian account is superior because you say so. I will inform the billions of Hindus and Bhuddisst you have decreed their religion bogus.
-- my burden is merely to give God what He asks of me based on my understanding of His Word.
OK, this answers a lot.
I run into people like this before. They find out I go to church and want to know where, so I tell them and why I’ve chosen to go there. When I ask them where they go they tell me “Oh, I worship God in my own way.†So what we have here is just an extension of that. It might not be perfect in its description, but it’s really, really close.
What they believe for all practical purposes is that it doesn’t really matter how one comes to God, that everyone has their own path, and if your path is 180 degrees different from someone else’s path, that’s all right. If “Christianity†is your path that takes you to God, that’s OK. If “Judaism†is your path that takes you to God, that’s OK. If “Islam†is your path that takes you to God, that’s OK. If “Buddha†is your path that takes you to God, that’s OK. If “Shinto†is your path that takes you to God, that’s OK. If your path is something completely different than any of those, then that’s OK. IOW, one comes to God “based on my understanding,†whatever you’ve determined that understanding should be.
Like I said, there are variations on this concept, but that’s basically it.
No, not interested. In fact, that type of outlook isn’t really “religion,†and this is the Religion Forum, so it doesn't really belong here. I’m not even sure where to categorize that viewpoint, but the last designation which would be assigned to it would be that of “religion.â€
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