[Vision2020] More than one path to salvation

[Scott Dredge]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1817217,00.html

Americans of every religious stripe are considerably more tolerant of
the beliefs of others than most of us might have assumed, according to
a new poll released Monday. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
last year surveyed 35,000 American, and found that 70% of respondents
agreed with the statement "Many religions can lead to eternal life."
Even more remarkable was the fact that 57% of Evangelical Christians
were willing to accept that theirs might not be the only path to
salvation, since most Christians historically have embraced the words
of Jesus, in the Gospel of John, that "no one comes to the Father
except through me." Even as mainline churches had become more tolerant,
the exclusivity of Christianity's path to heaven has long been one of
the Evangelicals' fundamental tenets. The new poll suggests a major
shift, at least in the pews.