In the series Koukl demonstrates quickly and concisely why pluralism (the view that all religions are equally true and valid) defeats itself or, in his words, commits "suicide."
His reasoning is as follows:
1. If all religions are true, then Christianity is true and valid, yet an essential claim of Christianity is that all other religions are false, taken as a whole.
2. Either Christianity is true and others are false, or others are true and Christianity is false.
3. Either way, all religions can't be true.
Contradiction: All religions are true. All religions are not true.
So, the next time someone claims that all religions are equally true and/or valid, you'll be ready to demonstrate how this view defeats itself!
Courage and Godspeed,
Chad
Comments
He used the same example for the "Many paths up the same mountain" story. The only person that knows all paths lead to the top is the person on the top, so anyone claiming to have this knowledge is claiming to be on top of that mountain, a.k.a be God