Do All Religions Lead to God? — Here’s Where Pluralism Falls Apart
Tim Barnett argues that religious pluralism–the idea that all religions are equally valid—fails because, even if religions share moral principles, these shared values do not eliminate the deeper contradictions between them.
This video is from a talk called “Is One Way the Only Way?” Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU77A6kVVes
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😂😂😂😂 European white god vs middle eastern god vs indian God 😂😂
The Hindu elephant story is simply insulting to blind people none of whom would judge that way without much more exploration and intellect. Compare to Jesus' parables which have great depth and surprising revelation.
This video is best example why bigots shouldn’t run government .
Would it not be beneficial for this discussion if STR made a video responding to more philosophically sophisticated theories of religious pluralism? John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis, for example, could be defended rather efficiently against any of the objections raised in this video. To deepen the discussion perhaps this could be a way forward? Only a suggestion 🙂
Jesus is the son of God ( just like we all are the sons of God)
*Christian ✅
Allah is the one and only god. We are still his sons.(we come from Allah)
*Islam.✅
Buddha has methods to relieve suffering and samsara.
Follow if it speaks to you.
Good is irrelevant because it's pure speculation.
*Buddhism ✅
Brahman (god) is the ultimate reality of which we all burst forth from and go back to.
*Hinduism ✅
… And so on it goes
Ultimately they are saying the same thing.. you have failed to debunk anything in my humble opinion.
What ever path you are on move forward with love and enthusiasm.. seek and you shall find!
Don't waste time trying to prove anyone wrong!
Much love.
Could you turn the volume up in the video?
Are all religions legitimate roads to God? The God of Scripture has always been narrow. Matthew 7:13 says, "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it." Salvation is through Jesus Christ alone.
Here are some additional resources to help you answer our question:
The Trouble with the Elephant
https://rsn.pub/3Sydwg0
All Religions Cannot Be True
https://rsn.pub/429hA9s
Religious Stew
https://rsn.pub/49oiaCT
Was Jesus a Religious Pluralist?
https://rsn.pub/48T6x6l
The God of Scripture Has Always Been Narrow
https://rsn.pub/3S8DYve
Im a pluralist and I don't claim it see the whole truth
Jesus of nazareth !!! That is the one who said that you only come to the father through him . Pardon me but I will take the word of Jesus over yours . God bless .
This is terrible reasoning. The religion of Christianity should not be conflated with "Truth." Also, God can't be reduced to our "concept" of God. This presentation is saturated with too many straw man fallacies. For one, Buddhism does NOT claim to be a path to God. Stop trying to "be right" and love people. That's how people can be identified as true Christians – by their Love.
This is precisely why we have less religious tolerance. He is speaking on so many assumptions and biases. If you watch closely, he fails to even name other religions and repeats Muslim twice. Just shows how much EXPLORATION he has done into Religion.
This video wasnt what I thought it would be about. The elephant metaphor shows that God is a larger lie that can't be understood without understanding as many religions as possible. The more you know about different religions and the indoctrination and programming they create, the more clear the God lie becomes. As they say, study one religion it'll take you a life time. Study two and it'll take you five minutes.
And it's super ironic that he's accusing others of thinking that Christians don't believe because they are ignorant and if they just knew………because that is literally Christians modus operandi. As if the world hasn't heard the story of redemption at least two thousand times in their life.
Good video. Religious pluralism is silly.
There is NO ONLY ONE TRUE FAITH. Each religion CLAIMS its own religion to be true based on its subjective presuppositions. Each religion is equally wrong.
Many ways to debate this discussion. We can't see the big picture because many faiths are about practice. Unless you practice all other faiths to the end how can you say you understand the faith? You may think you understand it from an intellectual perspective but there is also the experience that each faith provides.
Religious pluralism is not everyone being right. Religious pluralism is not formally recognizing one religion over another. Try to find a successful society with a religious government. lmfao.
Thanks for helping reaffirm my faith in Religious pleurisy.
I would wager my life saving that I am more well read amongst religion than the speaker (at least in the context ALL religion and not Chirstianituy only).
Why do the exact doctrines of Islam and Christianity have to align perfectly for them to both be viable paths of serving the same God? The exact remembrance of the "myths" are irrelevant and change with time, translation, understanding.
When Muslims pray to Allah, they are praying to the God of Isreal, the same GOD of the Bible. Why would a merciful and loving God forsake someone for worshipping him but getting some historical details a little mixed up. It's just pure divisiveness and evil to think that way
I think if you were to reread the words of Jesus without
The car metaphor falls apart because it assumes that at least one person actually owns and has seen the whole car and can therefore correct everyone else.
4:27 – Hey … How about the ATHEISTS ? They did NOT take the word of a blind person to present what an elephant is, ever ! There are people who do not take anything on faith … And these people have NO say in your story ? Why …
Oh, boy … This person builds theories on false premise . Faith cannot be defeated because it is SELF-EVIDENCED . No one here could "disprove that in my basement lives a pink Monster that is more powerful than mythical jesus . No one can do that … A christian cannot seriously claim he has the correct deity vs the 4200 other deities on planet Earth of 2022 . That would be pure arrogance .
My pink Monster is real … As real as jesus of Nazareth . Anyone trying to debunk my pink Monster … I will use all the same arguments against trippy jesus .
Just open the eyes of your heart and there the truth awaits you.
India 🇮🇳 is motherland of many religions
You're probably an idiot , but hey , there is no law that enforces the incarceration of idiots so let me tell you something :- every religion is valid in the sense that we won't persecute against you for following it (that's pluralism by the way) – provided you won't be so proud as to "explode of piety" yes I'm talking about islam obviously – however , if it comes to saying that all religions somehow lead to the same god that wouldn't only be inconsiderate but downright offensive , I'm a pagan ex-muslim , I don't want to worship the same god worshipped by my muslim ancestors (or christian and jew ancestors I don't know and I don't care who my ancestors worshipped) so claiming that I'm worshipping the same god also invalidates the point made by all evangelicals around the world (why the hell would I need someone to "take some time to talk about my so-called savior" ?
Please , by all means , grow. Some. Brain.
Terrible arguments.
You are arrogant. You completely missed the point he was making with the elephant. The story is told from that point of view to fit a particular culture, so it is not to say the Rajah has the truth, it can also be changed to fit yours had the bible not been misinterpreted… We only communicate through metaphors as creatures, so very little is what it is, so we use myths. God is the most misunderstood metaphor
What you are assuming is that religious pluralism means that all religions are right, not equally right. Most of these contradictions can be explained either by the idea that neither belief is right or that one side may be right but the other may be right in a different field. (In the car example for instance the second person was right about how the car was white and the other person was right about how the car was a utility vehicle)
He has limited God to single idea! The omnipresent divine being has been boxed into a single book/single religion/single way/ single faith. Wouldn't want to touch this man's idea of faith with a 10 foot pole. Completely hilarious!!!!