When a church makes “our” way God’s way, and then claim that it is the “only” way, it not only tries to manipulate and force God into its way of thinking, it makes God look as narcissistic and manipulative as most men are. We have a tendency to “not to see things as they are, but to see things as we are.” We constantly project our fears and egoism onto God. Dualistic religion leans more to fashion God in our image than more inclusive approaches.
Because religion is such a potent force in the world, the future of our planet hinges upon humankind’s capacity to grow up spiritually, to recognize the divisiveness and destructiveness of dualistic religion, and embrace a more inclusive gospel that really is “good news.”
