Subala108

According to the Bible, Jesus says "I am the the way, the light and the truth. No one cometh to the father but by me" This verse is in my opinion one of the most dangerous verses in christian literature. This verse has been instrumental in the many christian genocides inflicted on the non-christian world, because this verse seems to imply that Jesus is the only way to God. All other paths are null and void. I often ask christians if the above verse is an absolute or realative truth. They always say that is it is absolute truth meaning that this verse is applicable at all times, places and circumstances. But unfortunately this is flawed thinking for the reasons outlined below: 1. God by definition is second to none otherwise He would not be God. 2. Christians believe in Satan who appears to be God's competitor 3. According to christian thinking only those surrendered to Jesus will go to heaven to be with God and all others will go to Hell to be with Satan. 4. There are 5 billion people, give or take a few million, on this planet of which only 1 billion are christian. 4 billion, including myself, are non christian. 5. If we except that Jesus is the only way as the above verse suggests then it follows that only 1 billion people go to God when they die and 4 billion, including me, will go to hell when they die. 6. This means that God gets only 1 billion souls and Satan gets 4 billion souls, which makes Satan more powerful than God. 7. This means that Satan must be God. So if we are to accept the above verse as an absolute truth then Satan becomes God! Obviously the above verse is a realative truth. There are other paths to God. This argument usually shocks christians, but as a great acarya once said a religion without philosophy is just sentimentalism. A non christian Subala Sakha dasa

According to the Bible, Jesus says "I am the the way, the light and the truth. No one cometh to the father but by me" This verse is in my opinion one of the most dangerous verses in christian literature. This verse has been instrumental in the many christian genocides inflicted on the non-christian world, because this verse seems to imply that Jesus is the only way to God. All other paths are null and void. I often ask christians if the above verse is an absolute or realative truth. They always say that is it is absolute truth meaning that this verse is applicable at all times, places and circumstances. But unfortunately this is flawed thinking for the reasons outlined below: 1. God by definition is second to none otherwise He would not be God. 2. Christians believe in Satan who appears to be God's competitor 3. According to christian thinking only those surrendered to Jesus will go to heaven to be with God and all others will go to Hell to be with Satan. 4. There are 5 billion people, give or take a few million, on this planet of which only 1 billion are christian. 4 billion, including myself, are non christian. 5. If we except that Jesus is the only way as the above verse suggests then it follows that only 1 billion people go to God when they die and 4 billion, including me, will go to hell when they die. 6. This means that God gets only 1 billion souls and Satan gets 4 billion souls, which makes Satan more powerful than God. 7. This means that Satan must be God. So if we are to accept the above verse as an absolute truth then Satan becomes God! Obviously the above verse is a realtive truth. There are other paths to God. This argument usually shocks christians, but as a great acarya once said a religion without philosophy is just sentimentalism. A non christian Subala Sakha dasa