CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
POPE FRANCIS RECENTLY TOLD A GATHERING OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT “ALL RELIGIONS ARE A PATH TO GOD. I WILL USE AN ANALOGY: THEY ARE LIKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT EXPRESS THE DIVINE. BUT GOD IS FOR EVERYONE, AND THEREFORE, WE ARE ALL GOD’S CHILDREN.” THE POPE THEN ADDED TO THIS HERESY, CRITICIZING THOSE WHO SAY “MY GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOURS.” HE SAID: THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND RELIGIONS, LIKE LANGUAGES, (ARE) PATHS TO REACH GOD. SOME SIKH, SOME MUSLIM, SOME HINDU, SOME CHRISTIAN.”
WHERE TO BEGIN TO DECONSTRUCT THIS NONSENSE? FIRST, IF ALL FAITHS ARE EQUAL, WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE? HE COULD HAVE STAYED IN HEAVEN AND AVOIDED THE PAIN OF CRUCIFIXION AND REJECTION. SECOND, WE ARE NOT ALL GOD’S CHILDREN ANYMORE THAN YOU WHO ARE LISTENING ARE MY CHILDREN. I WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT YOU, WHICH IS WHAT GOD DID FOR US THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS.
THEN WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE CLAIM BY JESUS HIMSELF, WHICH SETS HIM APART FROM THE FALSE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD: “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME.”
HOW DOES THE POPE, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO BELIEVES IN UNIVERSAL SALVATION WITHOUT REPENTANCE AND WITHOUT CHRIST ANSWER THAT? I’LL STICK WITH REVEALED SCRIPTURE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
