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I have two articles' excerpts worthwhile reading, that is if you are as keen about religions and how it connects us to God, and to further understand better about religions. Hope that you'd enjoy it.

Vinegar tasters

[...]The three men are dipping their fingers in a vat of vinegar and tasting it; one man reacts with a sour expression, one reacts with a bitter expression, and one reacts with a sweet expression. The three men are Confucius, Buddha, and Laozi, respectively. Each man's expression represents the predominant attitude of his religion: Confucianism saw life as sour, in need of rules to correct the degeneration of people; Buddhism saw life as bitter, dominated by pain and suffering; and Taoism saw life as fundamentally good in its natural state. Another interpretation of the painting is that, since the three men are gathered around one vat of vinegar,"the three teachings are one". [...]


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vinegar_Tasters)


And here's another one:
The Christian Attitude towards Non-Christians1.Religious pluralism viewpoint: [...]Often the analogy is used of people taking different paths up the same mountain, but all arriving at the same summit. [...]

2. Christian inclusivism viewpoint: [...] In their opinion, though people of another religious conviction may be ignorant of Christ. [...] The analogy is sometimes used of a person who receives a gift, but is unaware of who the ultimate giver of the gift may be. [...]

3. Christian exclusivism viewpoint: This is the viewpoint traditionally held by the majority of those who accept the Bible as their authority in spiritual matters. [...]
(http://wri.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/non-xrel.html)


Kyrie eleison; Supplicanti parce, Deus.