A particularly annoying exchange: Apparently the Christian God now includes a...
July 22, 2014 at 10:36 am
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Well, the Bahai believe in "all paths to God," they're pluralists where all religions are equally valid.
The inclusivists say "Well, Jesus is the only way to salvation by repenting to God... But you don't have to know about Jesus, as long as you accept the one true God and repent: surprise! You're secretly Christian!"
Judaism, like BenDavis mentioned, is only recently monotheistic. Know how there's a passage in Genesis commanding not to worship other Gods?
It's because originally, they accepted there were many different Gods, and they were the chosen people--by their specific tribal God, just as other tribes were "the chosen people" of their Gods.
The inclusivists say "Well, Jesus is the only way to salvation by repenting to God... But you don't have to know about Jesus, as long as you accept the one true God and repent: surprise! You're secretly Christian!"
Judaism, like BenDavis mentioned, is only recently monotheistic. Know how there's a passage in Genesis commanding not to worship other Gods?
It's because originally, they accepted there were many different Gods, and they were the chosen people--by their specific tribal God, just as other tribes were "the chosen people" of their Gods.