Religion

Religion - Rules and rituals aimed at creating an experience which will produce and support a certain moral standard which is believed to win the approval of a higher being. (my definition)
It has long been my view that the one thing that set Christianity apart from other religions, apart from Christ, was the fact that every religion in practice today aims at persuading it's followers to follow a set of rules which will maintain civil peace and keep the status quo, while Christianity was focused on reconciling us with God and enabling us to live in relationships with God.

If the Church changes its focus towards a simple aim of moral living, then we have become no different from other religions. Then anyone who thinks that Christians are simply intolerant towards other religions will be 100% correct. If you view Christianity as Kingdom build on Christ with a different aim, namely establishing Christ’s Spiritual Rule in each person and through each person, the goal is no
longer the same as every other religion and the argument changes.

Many will tell you that there are many roads that lead to spiritual enlightenment and they will name moral pillars such as Gandhi. But the point of following Christ isn’t moral living but restoring the rule of God through people on earth. Adam was appointed ruler on earth by God, lost his authority through sin, which wasn’t so much a matter of eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge as it was a matter of
disobeying God. Christ came to restore this authority and reconcile us with God.

Yes many roads lead to moral living, but only one way leads to Christ’s (Spiritual) Kingdom, being established on earth. Christ is the Truth the Way and the Live.