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The prohibition against questioning other religious beliefs by religious pluralists is an absolute moral position.

Why shouldn’t we question religious beliefs? Would it be immoral to do so? And if so, by whose standard?

Unless pluralists can give concrete reasons for such a moral standard, why should we allow them to impose it on us?

And why are pluralists trying to impose that moral position on us anyway? That is not very “tolerant” of them.

The Bible also commands Christians to question religious beliefs.

Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. – 1 John 4:1

Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you. – Galatians 1:8

These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. – 2 Corinthians 11:13

Since Christians have the religious belief that they ought to question religious beliefs, then pluralists – according to their own standard – should accept this Christian belief as well.

Ironically, the pluralists – advocates of the new tolerance – are not really tolerant at all. They only “tolerate” those who already agree with them, which by anyone’s definition is not tolerance.

Finally, the pluralists’ claim that we ought not question religious beliefs is derived from the false cultural prohibition against making judgments.

The prohibition against judging is false because it is self-defeating: “you ought not judge” is itself a judgement. Everyone, regardless of their religion, makes judgments. The problem is not making judgments, but whether or not we make the right judgments.

While we should respect the rights of others to believe what they want, we are foolish and unloving to accept every religious belief as true.

Why is this unloving? Because if Christianity is true, then it would be unloving to suggest to anyone that their opposing religious beliefs are true as well.

This pluralistic ideology might lead people down the road of damnation.

Instead, if Christianity is true, we ought to kindly tell them the truth because only the truth can set them free.

Personal Reflection:

What does this vast plurality of religious beliefs tell us about truth in religion?