Monday, April 24, 2006

Some thoughts on religion - why religions that are inclusive in nature cannot be true

The main assumption i make here is that any religion that is a true religion has the entire truth with it. Religions that are exclusive in nature, cannot all be true. There can exist, however, one that is true and all the remaining hence must be false. What about religions that are inclusive in nature. If the included religions are exclusive in their claims,we have an inherent contradiction. If they arent, then each religion by itself is not self contained hence they cannot be individually true. On the other hand, an inclusive religion if true, should contain the truth that it is a religion that has the entire truth. But then any true inclusive religion, that makes no such claim, must make such a claim, resulting in a contradiction. It starts out by saying that no one religion has the truth but all religions have the truth with them, but ends up saying it has the truth with it. Hence any religion that is inclusive in nature cannot be true. Because we know that truth exists, it is only to be found in a religion that is exclusive in its claims.

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