Consider the following: The last paediatrician in Aleppo, Syria was blown up by a Bashar al-Assad regime airstrike in April this year. So killing doctors who help children get better is morally neutral? 

More than 80 revellers are mown down by a truck while enjoying a fireworks display. So killing families with young children is morally neutral?

Some might argue it’s a matter of perspective. What is evil for some is good for others. Can we really claim that events like this are not evil simply because of “perspective”? If this is true then it would be inconsistent to condemn the above examples.

Events such as these should also make us question statements like, “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are sincere” or even “All religions are basically the same”. While all religions have some things in common, they are not all the same. Some may be sincere, they could also be sincerely wrong. Some believe that they have the right to torture, kill and enslave. Some don’t. 

So if all faiths claim to be the right one, which is it really? This is where the seeker must do their homework. Here, we can admit that Christians have not always got it right, but the Bible does make two (of many) outrageous claims, firstly that God alone determines what is right or wrong. Secondly that Jesus is the only way to God. These claims also demand not just our time or money but our very lives (Luke 18:22). 

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