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Is Jesus the only way to God?
If all religions lead to God, then they should agree on fundamental issues. In fact they do not. Some say God is a person; others that there are many gods; others that God is just an impersonal force. Some say we live once, and then are judged; others say that we come back for life after life. Some claim this world is real; others claim that "reality" is just an illusion. If all religions have an equal claim to be believed we're no wiser than when we first started, because they contradict each other.
If all religions lead to God, you would expect he would have made the signposts to find him clearer. What kind of God would allow this sort of confusion to continue? Hindus believe one thing, the Muslims another, Christians something else. They all disagree. Surely God would make it clear? He did. Jesus said that he came from God to show us what God is like.
Jesus claims to be unique. He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life, no-one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Is it intolerant to say that one religion is true? Truth by its very nature is exclusive: if one thing is true, then the opposite is not. If this statement is true it is not intolerant of Christians to say that Jesus is the only way to God.
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