Well............this topic is interesting. As usual the Christians........... be they Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, 7th Day Adventist, Johovah's Witness, Baptisit, Greek Orthodox, etc.............all think that they are the only way to salvation. The Muslims believe everyone else is an infidel and they have the only true faith. The Buddhists think they know the true path..............the list goes on.
So who is right? Well everyone knows they are right and the rest are wrong and doomed to eternity in the firey pits of hell, despite no proof of any kind in any of the various camps. Not real tangible proof.
I see much too much paternizing print by the self-righteous and all knowing, smug in their personal certainty that they are a true believer, following the true divine path, and the rest are in need of salvation, or perhaps I should say conversion.
In case I am coming across as an athiest, such is not the case, I am not against God at all, I am against 'Religion'. The religious zealots and their unfailing belief that they must go forth and cram their religion down everyone elses throats is why the world is always in such a bloody mess.
The problems across the pond are serious ones and in danger of becoming something much larger. The issue is "you leave us alone and we leave you alone", for all of us to live our daily lives in peace and practice whatever Religion we feel we must follow................it is not an issue of conversion. That is a waste of everyones time and untold lives. The last 3000 years have not been enough time for the one true faith to emerge and the next 3000 years probably won't accomplish this either.
Gee, do I sound cynical?
