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Comment from UTT:

Jesus Christ proclaimed there is only one way that leads to heaven, that this was a narrow way and also that He was the narrow way (Matthew 7 - John 14). Now that we are living in the last days and the unfolding of a one word religion is underway, it should be no surprise that many who profess to be Christian would not believe what Jesus said.

In fact the time is coming when those who believe and proclaim what Jesus said will be persecuted for their narrow views. In other words, the gospel of Jesus Christ according to the scriptures will no longer be tolerated while the view that all religions worship the same God will be the only belief that will be accepted.

June 23 - Religious Americans: My Faith Isn't the Only Way

Article: Misc.

America remains a deeply religious nation, but a new survey finds most Americans don't believe their tradition is the only way to eternal life- even if the denomination's teachings say otherwise.

The findings, revealed Monday in a survey of 35,000 adults, can either be taken as a positive sign of growing religious tolerance, or disturbing evidence that Americans dismiss or don't know fundamental teachings of their own faiths.

Among the more startling numbers in the survey, conducted last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: 57 percent of evangelical church attenders said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life, in conflict with traditional evangelical teaching.

In all, 70 percent of Americans with a religious affiliation shared that view, and 68 percent said there is more than one true way to interpret the teachings of their own religion.

"There's a growing pluralistic impulse toward tolerance and that is having theological consequences," he said.

But deeper investigation found that more than one in four Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants and Orthodox Christians expressed some doubts about God's existence, as did six in ten Jews.

Nearly across the board, the majority of religious Americans believe many religions can lead to eternal life: mainline Protestants (83 percent), members of historic black Protestant churches (59 percent), Roman Catholics (79 percent), Jews (82 percent) and Muslims (56 percent).