<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Christ says " I am the WAY, the TRUTH & the LIGHT... NO ONE goes to the FATHER except through ME". (not good works, not many prayers, not kharma or reincarnations, not Allah, not Zeus, not the waters or earth, etc).
Now, you can try to say that means everyone but it is very specific in this wording. If a person claims to be a Christian but denies this verse (and many others of similar teaching), then I think they may have misunderstandings of the Christian faith.
To say all faiths lead to heaven is to be a universalist & not a believer in the teachings of Christ that are in the Bible. There are some denominations who still claim to be Christian but REJECT the scriptures (or pick & choose). Honestly, I don't think we can pick & chose scripture based on our desires or whims.... we must basically reject it all b/c selective reading discredits it all (and is a rejection). I am speaking on basic core Christian teachings (and not how wet you get in a baptism, etc)
To believe all relegions lead to heaven is also poorly informed/poorly read in Scripture or brings the concept of heaven/peace to a earthly (& pitiful) level. Remember, not all relegions teach to serve each other, love the enemies, help the helpless, save the weak, surrender what is Ceasers unless it conflicts with what is God's, etc. Some relegions teach revenge, spite, cannibalism, rape, murder/sacrifice, abuse, no forgiveness, kill or cast out the widows, etc. Religions are not equal in teachings & will offer different heaven definitions.
You can't have it all & make them all fit. But Americans sure try....
This is not meant to be offensive or argumentative - just defining & explaining a view point that wasn't already posted. As for answering the OP & this concept, the Hindus who have rejected Christ will not enter into God's kingdom/heaven.
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Now, you can try to say that means everyone but it is very specific in this wording. If a person claims to be a Christian but denies this verse (and many others of similar teaching), then I think they may have misunderstandings of the Christian faith.
To say all faiths lead to heaven is to be a universalist & not a believer in the teachings of Christ that are in the Bible. There are some denominations who still claim to be Christian but REJECT the scriptures (or pick & choose). Honestly, I don't think we can pick & chose scripture based on our desires or whims.... we must basically reject it all b/c selective reading discredits it all (and is a rejection). I am speaking on basic core Christian teachings (and not how wet you get in a baptism, etc)
To believe all relegions lead to heaven is also poorly informed/poorly read in Scripture or brings the concept of heaven/peace to a earthly (& pitiful) level. Remember, not all relegions teach to serve each other, love the enemies, help the helpless, save the weak, surrender what is Ceasers unless it conflicts with what is God's, etc. Some relegions teach revenge, spite, cannibalism, rape, murder/sacrifice, abuse, no forgiveness, kill or cast out the widows, etc. Religions are not equal in teachings & will offer different heaven definitions.
You can't have it all & make them all fit. But Americans sure try....
This is not meant to be offensive or argumentative - just defining & explaining a view point that wasn't already posted. As for answering the OP & this concept, the Hindus who have rejected Christ will not enter into God's kingdom/heaven.
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