Voicing Heaven in Earth's Language

 It is very fashionable today to adhere to some version of universalism. A very popular idea that I see many, if not most embracing is that the Christian God and the gods of other religions are all basically the same God. It is concerning to me that so many well-meaning and sincere Christians even embrace this idea. It's perhaps the quickest way to gloss over real differences and create a sense and very illusory sense of peace in the world between people of supposedly different belief systems. Let me assert a few points: Probably all belief systems, philosophies, ideologies and religions have partial truth as their primary assertions. Having studied different religions and philosophies, I believe that all of them hold some truths that we can learn from. I believe that enough experience and history will testify that Siddhartha Guatama (the Buddha) probably did experience some type of illumination and enlightenment. I think it's very likely that some of the miracles stories that

To summarize in nutshell my previous post: truth exists. What follows from that my provoke some people, but provocation must happen. We can only be in deep joy to the degree that we are in truth, so truth is worth anything, even driving some people to confront untruth. Is that surprising? If truth exists, so does what's false. People can be wrong about things. To purposely remain in untruth is a living hell that only ends in a literal and eternal hell. Why am I doing this? It's a combination of things that are culminating at the moment in my life: 1. I went through at least a decade season of experiencing the breadth and endless creativity that is possible within the confines of genuine Christianity. This experience allowed me to let my guard down and be very open-minded to many perspectives, some good and some bad. I still maintain the endless breadth and creativity of God in his character. There are many types of Christians and God will surprise us until the end of time with