Religion of the World

Life of Pi generated the discussion during class whether or not God can be found in other Religions besides Christianity.  My initial reaction on this subject was, that’s absurd, of course God can’t be found anywhere else.  But then when I started to think about it a little harder, I realized that it is possible that someone could be brought close to the presence of God without ‘Christian” understanding.  A tribe member in Africa could look at the beauty of the Earth and realize that there is a God and go searching for Him, An interested teenager who hasn’t experienced religion yet can go into a mosque and realize there could be something greater out there.  But I when it comes down to it, the realization that there is a God doesn’t mean that they are saved.  They still have to find the true religion out of all of the religions out there, Christianity.  I believe that since all the religions do have a similar basis of God and heaven, one could actually gain an understanding of the real God while not actually believing in Him.  Because there is one obvious difference between Christianity and all the other religions in the world, and that is Jesus and what He did on the Cross.  And without realizing this and accepting it, no one can be saved. 

So, even when you’re not in holding all the Christian beliefs I believe you could still experience to some extent God, or at least realize that He exists, but if you don’t realize that God also sent His son down to earth to die for the sins of the world, your experience with God will be worthless