Originally Posted by waitingtables

Unfortunately, that is simply a belief on your part.

You mean FORTUNATELY that is a belief on my part!

Correct. All faiths require belief by definition.



There are definitely aspects of all religions that are perfectly capable of offering the same as Christianity.

That simply isn't true. No other faith offers the prospect of Eternal Life through Christ.



The problem with all of them is that their followers aren't actually following the "real" aspects of their faiths. It is as if it's all the frosting and no cake. Most of the esoteric teachings that lead to spiritual transformation or transcendence are not taught to the followers, because many of their leaders are themselves unaware of the "secret" teachings given to those who were deemed ready. What's left today is a shell of what the real teachings were.