
Why Be A Christian? Why Not Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu? Part 1: Investigating The Claim Of Miracles
By RAYMOND J DE SOUZA In Singapore, Pope Francis stated rather matter-of-factly that all religions are pathways to God, or different languages about God. Let us investigate this question, which smacks of religious indifferentism. Everyone knows that there are many religions in the world today, all claiming to be true. Many were founded by individuals who claimed to be ‘prophets’ of God — or of the gods, depending. In this context, why should we be Christian at all? Why not be a Moslem, a Jew, a Buddhist, a Hindu, an animist or whatever sort? How could a man who founded a specific religion — or a woman, for that matter, and I am thinking of Mrs. Ellen White, who founded the Adventists of the Seventh Day, or Madam Blavatsky of Theosophy, for instance — how would such a person prove the authenticity of his or her message? One could use fire and sword and enslave people, like Mohammed, or present an attractive philosophy
