12.18.2008 2:52 am
USA TODAY asks - “Many beliefs, many paths to heaven?”
SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH
USA Today has a story out today (Thursday) analyzing results released today from the latest Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Here is how the story opens:
“Most American religious believers, including most Christians, say eternal life is not exclusively for those who accept Christ as their savior, a new survey finds.Of the 65% of people who held this open view of heaven’s gates, 80% named at least one non-Christian group — Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists or people with no religion at all — who may also be saved, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.”
The “including most Christians” part is a symptom of the rampant doctrinal confusion that abounds within Christianity today.
I suggest that the folks the article calls “most Christians”, the ones who believe that salvation outside of Christ is possible - they should at least be consistent and make a…

