People love saying “all religions lead to God” because it sounds polite, enlightened, and non confrontational, but the moment you slow down and actually think about what that claim means, it completely falls apart.
If all religions lead to the same God, then truth no longer matters, contradiction no longer matters, and doctrine is just aesthetic preference.
At that point, God is no longer Someone who has revealed Himself, but a vague spiritual concept you can project anything onto.
And then you have to ask the obvious question: if all paths are equal, are we really saying that a blue-skinned Hindu deity with multiple arms, a trident, and an entirely different cosmology is just another costume God put on?
Are we supposed to pretend this is just another “route” to the same destination, like choosing Waze instead of Google Maps? Because if that’s the case, then why not go further and say a Marvel-like character named Shiva leads me to God too?
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