'Why are Christians always attacking people of other faith systems?'
It's a shame that some people see Christians in that way. I certainly don't want to be leave a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who is truly searching for answers. When I, as a Christian, try to discuss the differences between religious worldviews, I'm not trying to beat up on people who believe in something other than Christianity. I am, however, aware of the fact that all of us hold some view of the world, and this perspective informs the way we address life's most important questions. So I think it's important for us to examine all religious worldviews in an effort to find and live with the truth.
'Every faith system teaches basically the same thing; all of them teach something similar to the Golden Rule. Why can't we just focus on the common ground we share and try to get along?'
All 'theistic worldviews' do propose ideas about how we should live in this world, and it is true that many share moral truths that are similar to the 'Golden Rule'. But more importantly, each and every religious worldview makes a claim about the nature of humans and life in general. Are we simply material beings? Are we nothing more than 'molecules in motion'? Is there anything 'transcendent' about our nature? Is this life all there is? Do we live beyond the grave, and if we do, what are we required to do on this side of life? Religious worldviews don't agree on the answers to these important questions, and the difference between theistic worldviews is dramatic. While religions may agree on minor issues related to the 'here and now', they disagree on the issues of 'eternity'. We can certainly get along, but it's reasonable for each of us to seek the truth related to the nature of our lives and the future we face.
'Why are all you Christians so exclusive? Why are you so arrogant enough to think that you alone have the truth and everyone else is wrong?'
Christianity is not alone in the exclusive way that it claims to hold the truth. In fact, EVERY worldview makes a claim about reality and maintains that this claim is absolutely and exclusively true. Like it or not, that's simply the nature of truth; it is exclusive. So all of us who claim to be seeking truth, must eventually come to grips with the fact that we are seeking something that is exclusive by its very nature. Some of us will be right. Some of us will be wrong. I, as a Christian, may be completely mistaken about the true reality of our world and the universe in which we live; someone else may be right. But the person who holds the truth will be holding something that excludes all other views that are are in disagreement with the truth. Our website is simply a reflection of our pursuit of the truth and the evidence that brought us here.
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