Coexist Movement Vs. The Bible

~Brandon James Scott Scholl

For some time now I’ve seen numerous things from bumper stickers to t-shirts with the “Coexist” logo across it. They have the star of David, the cross, the Ying Yang, and the Islamic crescent mood. It’s a foundation and now a movement that is sweeping through America to create complete peace and tolerance between the Jews, Christians, and Muslims. This is a foundation with a goal of not only making sure the public are being educated on the traditions, beliefs, and practices of each religion, but also to create absolute harmony between the these three religions. Basically, what they're promoting is tolerance between these religions as well as everyone else to tolerate them as well.

Now, I will admit this does sound nice and means well but there's an issue with this: It's not biblical.

See, what they want is complete peace and tolerance so that there isn't any fighting. That we are all on the same page as far as understanding each other's religious practices and such and minding our own and staying out of anyone else's. The problem with Christians agreeing to this is the bible tells us otherwise.
In Mark 16:14-20, God commissions for his disciples to go out and preach the Gospel. If we’re to be quite and tolerate other religions practicing their religions, then we would have to simply get rid of the great commission from the Bible.
Next thing you should look at when seeing this is Matthew 7:13-14. When the bible is talking about the two different gates, it’s referring to going to the truth or going to lies. The wide path and the wide gate is the one that is going to have more people travel through it. That’s why it says that the end of that path is destruction and that many will enter through it. The small gate is what leads to life. That’s the one with the truth and the way to Christ.

A third scripture and a support for Matthew 7:14 is John 14:6. This scripture is Christ explaining that the only way to God is through Him. Guess what, God’s in heaven. That would mean that to be getting to heaven, you have to go through Christ. In other words, you’re going to have to go through that small gate that not many choose to be eternally saved from damnation. Hate to make is sound like Hellfire and Brimstone but that’s the best way to explain it.
John 8:24 is another instance of what happens to you if you don’t follow and believe in Christ. Unless you go through Christ, you will die in your sins. That’s pretty clear.

The thing is, there can’t be the type of coexistence that this foundation is attempting to create. These three religions are diverse and have different backgrounds, teachings, and beliefs on salvation. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be respectful to these types of people because we are to speak in love to them, not hate. That’s what it means in Matthew 5:44.

I, personally, get angry when I see those bumper stickers, shirts, signs, because the people that have those don’t know what they’re truly promoting them. What else is just as scary is that Christians are now jumping on board with this idea of coexistence and absolute tolerance. Just goes to show the level of education that Christians are receiving and giving themselves. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16 that it is the source of what we’re supposed to be learning, teaching, and following.