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If a God exists, why has He manifested himself in so may other religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism? And why do Christians believe that their religion is the one and only and takes precedence over all the others?

The answer to both is rather simple: The ability to make choices=alternatives, while Truth is exclusive by nature.

1. The ability to make choices (vs. being a robot) is meaningless unless there are alternatives to choose btwn.

2. God thus allowed Lucifer to choose to try an "Occupy Movement," that of breaking into the administration building, I mean presuming,
"I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High," (Isaiah 14:13-14)

3. Being cast down ("for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted" - Luke 18:14) then as the Original Liberal/Communist, in his unending quest for power, he worked to seduce Eve via the victim entitlement mentality, essentially inferring that she was a victim of injustice due to God forbidding her to obtain godhood, and thus she was deceived into thinking she was justified in obtaining this status by an act of disobedience via shoplifting something that was attractive to the eyes, the flesh, and the ego. Adam however, knew what he was doing but choose to essentially made his wife as god for the moment.

4. Since there must be and are alternatives to choose btwn - and a devil to seduce souls with false gods - then there are many different created things to choose rather than the one True Creator of all that is good. But only an omniscient, omnipotent Being is worthy to be your God, which means whatever is your ultimate object of security, and allegiance, and spiritual affection, for all created things are finite, prone to faults, and will ultimately fail.

5. Since Truth is ultimately exclusive by nature, even though sharing some commonalities, then only one a competing deities, earthly and heavenly can be the right one, thus only one basic faith can be the right one.

6. The purpose of this ability to choose and of competition is to manifest what each person will choose, as God seeks Truth in the inward part, and those who truly want what God is, comes to Christ, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. John 2:19-21; 14:6

7. When compared with others, Christianity stands far above all others in comprehensive ancient revelation in scope and depy, wisdom, moral depth and qualities, and experiential reality 8. What you do with the degree of Truth you have - while you have it - beginning with conscience, affects how much more you will receive, (John 12:35,36: Romans 2:7,8) while spurning and rejecting this grace will ultimately mean ending up deceived (Matthew 6:21-23) and in eternal darkness, (Matthew 8:12) and with eternal punishment relative to your accountability and iniquity. (Acts 20:11-15) in contrast to the Children of Light. (Ephesians 5:8)

(Note that Pluralism itself does not solve the problem of Truth is exclusive by nature, since that itself would be presuming to be the one true belief.)

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (John 3:18-21)

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