Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
Steve McSwain wrote an article in the Huffington Post titled 6 Things Christians Should Just Stop Saying. While I can think of plenty of things that Christians say that I disagree with or find annoying, I could ask: Why should Christians stop saying these things? Based on what authority? Even if I agreed with everything … Read More “Six Things Christians Say” »
One of the problems with Christianity is that Christians are so exclusivist. Christians think they have the only true way. Why can’t Christians be like the nice inclusivist Buddhists? You would never hear the Dalai Lama make an exclusivist claim! “Liberation in which ‘a mind that understands the sphere of reality annihilates all defilements in … Read More “Dalai Lama on Inclusivism” »
One of the problems with conservative Christians is that they are intolerant of other religions. The religious right insists that their beliefs are correct and all the other religions are wrong. In our pluralistic society, that is unacceptable. This makes Christianity dangerous and creates some anger on the part of Christianity’s critics. It is true … Read More “When It’s Wrong to Be Right: Other Religions” »
