Pluralism
How does the world in general view pluralism? What is the accepted “politically correct” view?
Here’s a video that pretty well explains pluralism in modern and understandable terms: What Is Pluralsm?
Is Pluralism Misleading?
If you were paying attention to the diagram above in red and blue, then you would notice that the assumptions made about Majoritarianism and Tolerance are not always correct! In fact true Christians are often more tolerant of other belief systems than many other groups in society!
Speaking from personal experience at a public university, I can assure you that when a teacher begins speaking about pluralism, they usually are an outspoken “evangelist” for either “Humanism” or “Atheism” (which, by the way, are definitely religions). They speak of Christians as “binary thinkers”, believers in “black and white”, “right and wrong”, and other such “nonsense”!
True Christians, on the other hand, believe that the Bible is God’s Word! And they only accept truths that are clearly taught by the Bible! And the Bible clearly DOES TEACH that the world is “black and white”, “right and wrong”, “sinful and righteous”, and other ideas that many non Christians would consider to be very foolish! So who is correct?
Who you believe to be correct will depend on whether or not you believe that the Bible is the Word of God! But what you believe will not change reality! Jesus Christ will soon return to the Earth, no matter what you believe! The Earth will still be completely destroyed by the brightness of the glory of God, at the Second Coming! The righteous will still leave this Earth and go with God and the holy angels back to heaven!
So, now the only important question is if true Christians should endorse a “world view” that includes pluralism? Well, what does the Bible teach?
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me". John 14:6 KJV
Here we see that Jesus Himself says that He is “the only way” to God! He does not say that there might be another way to God! He says that He is the ONLY Way! How can I, someone who believes in the Bible as the Word of God, believe that pluralism is appropriate? I cannot do that! It leads a person in a way that is directly opposite to the correct way identified in God’s Word!
Unfortunately God’s Word also makes it very plain and clear that those who believe in some other religion, not based on the Bible, will fail to reach heaven because they have not used Jesus as the “door”! (see John 10)
Now, in those rare cases where a person dies without having any opportunity to ever see a Bible or to hear about Jesus, I believe that God judges them on the basis of what they did with the belief system they had. But those cases are very rare! And I have heard stories about people in that kind of situation who received dreams, visions, and in some cases saw an angel who told them the truth!
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