" Don't all religions lead to the same God?" I have heard this statement, as i am sure you have heard it numerous times. Most of the time you will find out that the people making such a claim have not the foggiest idea about the other religions. This label is all about making sure that you the reader are educated when it comes to interacting with other faiths.
Why study World Religions?
Christians should study world religions, because they desire to be relevant in a pluralistic world. Now there are those people who claim that if you know the truth then you don't need all those religions that are false. I would say, yes and no. Yes, in the sense that by knowing the truth you no what is wrong with the other religions. On the other hand I would say no, because willful ignorance is not a virtue. It is my fear that most some people use this as a excuse to be intellectually lazy.
Christians should study other religions so that they might have the ability to effectively communicate the Gospel. A second reason is that to stay ignorant of the world that you live in is to be irresponsible with what God gave you.
One of the other major benefits of studing the world religions is that in doing so the beauty and the rationality of the Christian Faith. In my personal study on this subject, I have come to admire and even stand in awe of the exclusive nature of Christ. I have come to realize as I hope you do, that all the religions that we talk about under this label, can survive even if their founder had not existed. This is complete contray to christianity, because with out christ there is no Christianity.In our study of th ese differant religions i want to show the truth of this.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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