“All Religions Are the Same...”

When people say all religions are the same, in that we all go to Heaven if we practice them sincerely, I cringe. If all religions are the same then how come the Bible clearly states Jesus is the only way to God? (John 14:6). And if He is God, as the Bible clearly states, then when what Jesus says contradicts what the other religions teach, how can both be right? Here, in Luke chapter 13, Jesus clearly states that if you don’t repent (because we are all sinners) you will perish. How does Islam deal with sin and salvation? How do Hindus? Buddhists? Do they even know what repentance is? Do they see themselves as sinners? If they do, how do they justify their current sin? The Bible makes it crystal clear. We are all sinners. We are doomed because of God’s justice being exercised on us. Without repentance and trusting in Jesus, there is no forgiveness. Clearly all religions are not the same. And clearly there is only one Way to God, and that is through Jesus the Christ.

1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” Luke 13:1-5