Stephen Gaukroger says: ‘If we take the five most commonly thought of as the world’s major religions, a brief examination reveals mammoth differences between them. Hinduism believes in many gods; Islam is absolutely insistent there is only one. Buddhism is silent about the nature of God or even whether he exists; Judaism describes his character in detail. Christians believe that in this world there is only one life and one death for each individual; Buddhists believe that we keep returning to this world in a series of multiple reincarnations… Christians, in opposition to all the others, say salvation cannot be earned by doing anything; you receive it as a gift. – It’s only possible to believe that ‘all roads lead to God’ if we remain ignorant about these different religions and their views of God. All religions do not lead to the same point any more than all aeroplanes from Heathrow go to New York!’

Source: Stephen Gaukroger, 2003, It Makes Sense, Gold Hill: Scripture Union, p.33-34