In the sacred Hindu text Bhagavad Gita, the god Krishna says, “In any way that men love me, in that same way they find my love: for many are the paths of men, but they all in the end come to me” (4:11). We’re familiar with various pictures or analogies to “prove” that religions are “basically the same.” Perhaps religions are like roads leading to the top of a mountain. Or maybe religions are like a mosaic or kaleidoscope, in which a number of differing beliefs make up a complete,
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