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I felt like I should post this here in young adults because the general Bible discussion forum is just packed. There are a lot of topics about "who goes to hell" and whatnot, but that isn't really what my post is about. If this gets bumped then let it get bumped.
There seems to me a rising popularity in the universalism belief... or at least I am just becoming aware of it! It seems like such a safe, non biased belief. Nice and comfortable. All religions lead to the one true God. We all be saved in the end. Hurray!
Ung... I just don't even know where to start. While I respect those who have different beliefs (as I hope they respect mine which is rarely the case let's be honest) I just can't accept the whole "all religions lead to God" because it just isn't true. God does not contradict Himself (many will use the excuse that He does as an excuse to diffuse your argument) so if all religions lead to God then why is there so much war and bloodshed? Why is everybody fighting, claiming their belief is the true one over another? If we all worshiped the same God then there wouldn't be a need for fighting.
I had a conversation with one of my dear friends. They were raised Catholic but consider themselves more Christian (yes, I know, some will argue that Catholics are/aren't "Christian" but let's put that aside for a moment). Yet they accept this whole view that God reveals Himself to people in different forms. While I can't deny that God will appear as He wishes to whomever He chooses that doesn't mean that He is really Buddha or Shiva in disguise to appeal to Eastern beliefs. That seems deceiving. I also can't say that there are some people who never knew Christ in some countries that won't be a part of God's kingdom but I can't tell if that is my own comfort level speaking over what is actually true. The Bible is pretty clear about who inherits God's kingdom. Is it possible that God makes exceptions depending on the person and what they did on Earth?
It's complicated when you start talking to people about this because they want to believe that nobody goes to hell or suffers the second death. I admit that I don't like that fact myself but that is what it is: A fact. It's pretty interesting what kind of alternatives we come up with to side step God's truth, which can seem hard at times but who are we to decide who goes where?
Also, after reading this post it makes me think about all of the disagreement WITHIN our own beliefs. There are so many different churches out there and while most of them have Jesus in common there are all kinds of different, man made doctrine and rituals. Some churches even blend religions from other counties and other churches blend evolutionism as well.
There seems to me a rising popularity in the universalism belief... or at least I am just becoming aware of it! It seems like such a safe, non biased belief. Nice and comfortable. All religions lead to the one true God. We all be saved in the end. Hurray!
Ung... I just don't even know where to start. While I respect those who have different beliefs (as I hope they respect mine which is rarely the case let's be honest) I just can't accept the whole "all religions lead to God" because it just isn't true. God does not contradict Himself (many will use the excuse that He does as an excuse to diffuse your argument) so if all religions lead to God then why is there so much war and bloodshed? Why is everybody fighting, claiming their belief is the true one over another? If we all worshiped the same God then there wouldn't be a need for fighting.
I had a conversation with one of my dear friends. They were raised Catholic but consider themselves more Christian (yes, I know, some will argue that Catholics are/aren't "Christian" but let's put that aside for a moment). Yet they accept this whole view that God reveals Himself to people in different forms. While I can't deny that God will appear as He wishes to whomever He chooses that doesn't mean that He is really Buddha or Shiva in disguise to appeal to Eastern beliefs. That seems deceiving. I also can't say that there are some people who never knew Christ in some countries that won't be a part of God's kingdom but I can't tell if that is my own comfort level speaking over what is actually true. The Bible is pretty clear about who inherits God's kingdom. Is it possible that God makes exceptions depending on the person and what they did on Earth?
It's complicated when you start talking to people about this because they want to believe that nobody goes to hell or suffers the second death. I admit that I don't like that fact myself but that is what it is: A fact. It's pretty interesting what kind of alternatives we come up with to side step God's truth, which can seem hard at times but who are we to decide who goes where?
Also, after reading this post it makes me think about all of the disagreement WITHIN our own beliefs. There are so many different churches out there and while most of them have Jesus in common there are all kinds of different, man made doctrine and rituals. Some churches even blend religions from other counties and other churches blend evolutionism as well.
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