Aren’t All Religions The Same?

Aren’t all religions the same?

One of the world’s most effective arguments against Christianity is the argument that all of the world’s religions “are the same,” and thus it just doesn’t matter what you believe.

In this age of great tolerance, the one thing we don’t tolerate is the the possiblity that one belief trumps another.

How can truth be grey?

Go on the Internet and you’ll find rankings of everything – doctors, schools, books, and businesses. Restuarnats are voted on, movies are given thumbs up, and neighborhoods are ranked.

But we seem to shy away from belief.
To say that one idea is true and the others false is anathema.
we evaluate doctors, schools, political ideas, movies, food, books, business, art – everything else. But the idea of actually saying that “I’ve seriously evaluated the options and have come to the conclusion that _______ is the one true faith” pretty much makes you a crazy person. Perhaps it’s because we live under the threat of radical Islam. Most people don’t commit violence over evaluating a piece of art; but religion? We’re scared to death of offending someone. But the truth is, what could be more important than coming to terms with the biggest questions? Who am I? Where did I come from? Why am I here? Is there a God out there?

Plus, I’m tired of the lame idea that being confident that you’re right, means you hold everyone else in contempt. Once again, we don’t feel that way when we express our opinions about anything else.

That’s why I think it’s time for a serious, honest, and civil discussion about religious faith.

So let’s do this: Ask your Facebook friends, re-tweet, and blog the question. Then do the same with your answer. (No one-word answers. We want to know why you believe what you do.) Let’s start a global conversation that points out the hypocrisy of expressing everything but our true feelings about faith.

Let’s see what happens…