The gospel according to Wolverine

Did you see Sunday's Parade magazine, featuring Hugh Jackman on the cover? He discusses his religious beliefs as follows: "The School of Practical Philosophy [the organization he follows] is non-confrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is true and will never change, whether it's in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It's about oneness. Its basic philosophy is that if the Buddha and Krishna and Jesus were all at a dinner table together, they wouldn't be arguing. There is an essential truth."

Where to start? Non-confrontational is a coward's way out--when there is evil, error or danger, one confronts it. Only the terminally, morally confused fail to deal with a problem. He goes on to say there are several Scriptures--duh! The catch is . . . they disagree with each other. You need to investigate them--find out who's the authority behind them, who wrote them, when were they written, are they coherent, do they describe the world the way it really is, etc. Is he equating all truths? So what if Shakespeare says something true about human nature--he has nothing to say to me about my eternal soul. I want to hear an expert talk about that since my future existence depends on it. Is it all about "oneness"? Or is it about finding the truth? Then there's the comment about the dinner table. Sigh . . . I guess he thinks, like so many today, that all religions lead to God. But there are huge differences between religions--Jesus is either the Messiah or he's not. There is either no God, one God, or a plurality of gods. All three possibilities can't be true at the same time. You either go to heaven/hell, get reincarnated, or cease to exist. But you don't do all three. Please Hugh, stick to X-Men fantasies. I hope you re-think your religious philosophy some day.