How do you proceed to gain a better understanding of Christianity if you don't study other religions?
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You don't learn more about how to work on cars by studying music theory.
What does the Truth have to do with a lie?
couldn't it show you what not to do?
Is the question literal or rhetorical or some of both? And when you say "gain a better understanding" are you talking about for the person who's already a believer?
The logic I'm using is - if Jesus is God, that would make Him literally God of all the religions.
The logic I'm using is - if Jesus is God, that would make Him literally God of all the religions.
(At least all monotheistic religions that trace its roots back to the patriarch Abraham)
Your logic is inherently flawed.
Do you suppose that someone else has perfect understanding?
What about this slant on it -
Presumably one wants others to convert to one's own (true) faith. In this vein we would like potential converts to have an open mind with respect to other faiths. Now it strikes me that one should never expect something in others that one doesn't have oneself, so one should have an open mind with respect to other faiths. Moreover one cannot expect others to be prepared to find their beliefs to be wrong unless one oneself is prepared to find one's own beliefs to be wrong.
So each of us should be open to studying other faiths if we expect others to study our own.
Also, it strikes me, that there is a certain pride and hubris present in one that never leaves open the possibility that they are wrong.