Is the COEXIST bumper sticker beautiful, or just theologically lazy? We think it's half right: we can live at peace with people of every religion, but we're not all climbing the same mountain.

Nate, Tony, and Canaan each bring a blind "artifact" (a clip, quote, or idea the others haven't seen) and react in real time.

In this episode:

• The blind men and the elephant: is every religion touching the same God?

• The Pope says "all religions are paths to God." Canaan isn't buying it.

• The fruit test: what if a Buddhist is more loving than a culture-warring Christian?

• Rainn Wilson, the Baha'i faith, and why Jesus didn't leave the "just a good teacher" option open

• Liar, lunatic, or Lord

• Tony explains the gospel with King Arthur (from Third Kings, obviously)

• Peacemaker vs. syncretist: how to coexist without pretending we all believe the same thing

Agree? Disagree? Let us know. Mean comments welcome.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold open: the fruit test

0:48 Welcome to The Easy Approach

1:04 The COEXIST bumper sticker

3:36 Tony: why "coexist" sounds so good

5:55 Canaan's gut reaction

8:39 Why Nate and Tony used to like it

12:21 Does every path lead to God?

14:05 The blind men and the elephant

15:14 Canaan: the values aren't the same

19:08 Someone feels this way about Christianity too

20:38 The Pope: "All religions are paths to God"

23:39 "I am the way" / Checkmate, atheist

26:46 Coexisting in peace vs. the same destination

31:48 What mountain is Christianity climbing?

34:50 "All truth is God's truth"

36:56 What about Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant?

38:25 The fruit test

40:38 Rainn Wilson and the scandal of particularity

45:05 Not a buffet: the fork in the road

48:40 Liar, lunatic, or Lord

50:37 Why the gospel is the difference

54:19 King Arthur explains the gospel

58:41 Peacemaker vs. syncretist

59:50 Canaan's final word: 1 Corinthians 10:27

1:00:54 Take it easy

HOSTS

Nate · Tony Zuma · Canaan Evans

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