Hinduism

Against the “Answer Bank” Theory of Religion

The world’s religions are more important for the questions they ask than for the answers they provide.
wheel of religious symbols with a question mark in the center
Monday, August 9, 2010

The world’s religions are often seen, by believers and nonbelievers alike, as repositories of eternal truths — answer banks for the big questions. Billboards and bumper stickers declare that “Jesus is the Answer,” and Christians have historically seen Jesus not only as the Way and the Life but also as the Truth. Given such claims, it is not surprising that atheists almost always attack Christianity on the basis of its doctrines: there is no God, Jesus was just a man, and no one was ever raised from the dead.

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