A Great Religious Lie

A common approach to religion I’ve seen is someone saying it doesn't really matter what you believe. They say if there is a God, He would be happy with our devotion no matter what religion we claim, as long as that religion doesn't hurt anyone else. That view is called Unitarian Universalism (UU) or just universalism, all focusing on the idea of unity.

The view basically says all religions are right. There are many ways to God and heaven. The official UU website says their congregations “Unitarian Universalists include people who identify as Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans, Atheists, Agnostics, Humanists, and others. As there is no official Unitarian Universalist creed, Unitarian Universalists are free to search for truth on many paths.”

But there's one major thing wrong with that philosophy. It contradicts itself.

All of the major religions say they are the only way to God. Catholics say you MUST take the sacraments, and religions that don't are wrong. Mormonism says you must do temple work to get to God, and religions that don't are wrong. Traditional Christianity says you must have complete faith in the grace of Christ and put your trust in Him, and religions that add to that are wrong. There are others, but you get the point. How can all of these be right if they all say they are the ONLY right way?

The list from the UU website includes the major religions of the world. Most of them believe in at least one god. Yet it also mentions atheism. If any of the world religions are true, then atheism is wrong. If atheism is right, then all religions that believe in a god are wrong.

This is not a ploy to get you to join a religion or read the bible, I'm just asking you to be philosophically realistic. Don't believe the lie that there are many roads to the truth, whatever it is. Search for yourself and find out which belief true.