Originally posted by bigred90gt :
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With all the talk of god (as he is represented in the bible) and Jesus, and how the bible is right in all accounts, where does that leave the other religions of the world? Islam, Budhism, so forth and so on? Are they all a bunch of bs, because they are not the word of your god? What about the gods of the Native Americans? Are they a bunch of crap too because they are not your god? If that is how you feel, I must say you are narrow minded and will hopefully one day see the truth for what it is. (Jim, thats not aimed directly at you, but, all those claiming that the bible is the only word to live by and that the god represented therein, is the one, the only almighty god).
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It may not be 'directly aimed at me' but I'll respond to it, all the same. How's that?
The Bible is God's Word and yes, you either accept it as such and thus, Christianity, or you do not. Jesus was either the Son of God and mankinds one and only savior - or a liar and a madman. He either died and was resurrected or it's all a big fat lie. You cannot half-heartedly 'accept' the bible, or God or Jesus Christ. It's all or nothing. God outlines this many times in scripture.
As for the religions you mention: yes, they are false. They all conflict mightily with both each other and Christianity. They can in no way all 'lead to God' as they make vastly different claims about God and other spiritual issues. That conflict renders them false, no matter how big their membership may be. Christians do see 'the truth': the bible, the Word of God. Not the Koran or some other 'sacred' book. We all make a choice: you can't subscribe to all the world's religions at one time. That's ridiculous if you have even the slightest knowledge about 'religion' and what they claim to be 'the truth'.
The habit of calling those who accept the bible as the Word of God and so, freely accept Jesus as the Son of God and, as He stated:
"The way, the truth and the life" (the ONLY way to God) as 'narrow-minded' is lame. Are Muslim's 'narrow-minded'? How about those Native Americans you mentioned who worshiped nature? Are they 'narrow-minded', too? Get real. All religions claim to be exclusive. I stand on the bible and in a broader sense, Christianity, based on Jesus Christ as savior - the ONLY savior for mankind given by God. That is my right and my choice to make, as we all do. To mock it as somehow too 'exclusive' (not including other religions as equal) simply demonstrates a lack of understanding the very faith you dismiss as 'narrow-minded'. You can believe what you want, of coures, but if you think every major religion is somehow equal, you obviously know very little about any of them and are simply speaking from ignorance here. It happens a lot when 'religion' comes up.