Do All Roads Lead to Heaven? John 14:6 (p.763) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

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Do All Roads Lead to Heaven? John 14:6 (p.763)

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” ~ John 14:6

One of the biggest and most common criticisms of Christianity is its _________. exclusivity

Three Popular Assertions 1. “All major religions are equally valid and basically teach the same thing.”

Three Popular Assertions 2. “Each religion sees part of spiritual truth, but none can see the whole truth.”

Three Popular Assertions 3. “Religious belief is too culturally and historically conditioned to be ‘truth.’”

The Top 10 Religions #10 Juche (“Self-Reliance”) #9 Sikhism #8 African Tradition Religion #7 Primal–Indigenous

The Top 10 Religions “Animism” – the spiritual belief that all creation has animation, or life, within it.

The Top 10 Religions #10 Juche (“Self-Reliance”) #9 Sikhism #8 African Tradition Religion #7 Primal–Indigenous

The Top 10 Religions #6 – Buddhism Followers = 376 million Founder = Siddhartha Guatama View of God = no view stressed Means to God = The 4 Noble Truths

The Top 10 Religions #5 – Chinese Traditional Religion Followers = 394 million Founders = Lao–Tse, Confucius View of God = no personal deity Means to God = none stressed

The Top 10 Religions #4 – Hinduism Followers = 900 million Founders = various tribal groups View of God = pantheism / the force Means to God = reincarnation View of Afterlife = Nirvana

The Top 10 Religions #3 – Secularism, Nonreligious, Agnostics, Atheists Followers = 1.1 billion Agnostics = “the truth about any deity is unknown or unknowable”

The Top 10 Religions #2 – Islam Followers = 1.3 billion Founder = Mohammed View of God = monotheism Means to God = 5 Pillars of Islam View of Afterlife = Paradise

The Top 10 Religions #1 – Christianity Followers = 2 billion Founder = Jesus Christ View of God = monotheism Means to God = atonement / substitution View of Afterlife = Heaven

Why Christianity can Effectively Save the World

The Big Q: Which fundamentals will lead their believers to be the most loving and receptive to those with whom they differ?