Posted by
Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:33:16 PM
Americans of every religious stripe are considerably more tolerant of the beliefs of others than most of us might have assumed, according to a new poll released Monday. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life last year surveyed 35,000 American, and found that 70% of respondents agreed with the statement "Many religions can lead to eternal life." Even more remarkable was the fact that 57% of Evangelical Christians were willing to accept that theirs might not be the only path to salvation, since most Christians historically have embraced the words of Jesus, in the Gospel of John, that "no one comes to the Father except through me." Even as mainline churches had become more tolerant, the exclusivity of Christianity's path to heaven has long been one of the Evangelicals' fundamental tenets. The new poll suggests a major shift, at least in the pews.
(This is an outrage and shows that people aren't reading their Bibles and sadly even followers of Jesus aren't reading their Bibles. As my friend Cal Thomas pointed out in a radio commentary yesterday, these souls must think Jesus is a liar because through-out the Bible He said He was the only way to God. In John 14:6 Jesus said I am the way and the truth and no one comes to God the father but through me. If you got a problem with that don't get upset with me take it up with the one who said it. Read more on this story Christians: No One Path to Salvation and listen to the commentary Cal Thomas did Wednesday June 25, 2008.)
