Jesus Christ proclaimed, “I am the Way, and the truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6). The Apostles echoed this claim, stating, “And there is salvation in no one else; there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). This doctrine is known as “Christian Particularism.”
Romans 10:9
Authorized (King James) Version
9 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Finally, a non-subjective argument.
So is Christian Particularism a good thing?
Maybe if you are a Jew. Because right away, everything will make sense. Christianity is rationality both reading the bible in a literal or figurative sense. At was actually both liberal and conservative at the same time in the Jewish context.
Pero for us non-Jew, it just turns it into blind faith. Unless we reach to an understanding of a universal truth (which is rejected by particularism) where we all meet. Then start from there.
Now, i say it is NOT the "only" way. There is also Nirvana and Moksha which is analogous to enlightenment and/or being "with the Father" in Christian terms. It could be argued that having that "father" figure is a social construct of importance only to judeo-christian beliefs.. or to put it in a more rational way, "you finally understand your father when you lose him, and become a father yourself". Which is a form enlightenment.
but on a deeper sense, it is just the same state that humans want to be as their destined path. And we get there through a certain type of wisdom that is inaccesible to so-called fools, the common man.
Of course, dahil christianity na rin lang ang kinagisnan natin, and more likely bininyagan ka din without your consent, to follow this belief, eto na yung EASIER path to enlightenment for us, Filipinos. Easier because you dont have to search for it, easier because it was handed to you on a plate, easier because you dont have to reconcile your mind and the teaching (because it is deemed wrong to do so anyway.) To certain type of people, including me, it also kinda takes away certain challenges that we are meant to experience.
Not that i do not like this path. It just that the awareness of other paths make us more humbled. More accepting. More inclusive. More representative of a religion of love.
Halimbawa, merong kang isang kaibigang pinatay na sobrang malapit sa buhay mo at sabihin nating namalagi pa yung kaluluwa nya sa mundo. What if magpakita siya sa'yo at gusto kang kausapin? Hindi mo ba siya kakausapin? What if ikaw ang pinagsabihan niya kung saan itinapon ang katawan niya ng mga pumatay sa kanya? What if sabihin niya sa'yo kung sino ang pumatay sa kanya? Hindi mo ba ito sasabihin sa pamilya nyang matagal ng naghahanap sa kanya? What if makita mo kung paano siya pinatay? Hindi ka ba maaawa sa malapit mong kaibigan? Huwag mo sanang pagdamutan ng anumang tulong na kaya mong ibigay sa kaibigan mong pinatay.
There are good and bad spirits. At merong mga spirits na nakikipagkaibigan din sa mga tao. What if merong isang good spirit na gustong makipagkaibigan sa'yo? Sabihin nating tinanggap mo ang pakikipagkaibigan nya sa'yo. And this spirit friend can save you when your life is in danger. May napanood akong ganyang balita sa TV Patrol, iniligtas yung batang babae na mag-isang naiwan mula sa nasusunog nilang bahay. Bukas ang third eye ng bata. Natupok ang buong bahay pero nung nakita siya sa mismong loob ng bahay nila, walang anumang galos o sunog ang kanyang balat. Sinabing prinotektahan daw yung bata ng mga spirit friends niya kaya hindi siya nasunog. Yan ang isang pwedeng ibigay nila sa'yo. Ang tulungang iligtas ang buhay mo sa mga panganib.
Three answers.
1- according to the bible, ang mga kaluluwa lang na may encounter mo ay mga espirito lang tlga ng diablo na nagpapanggap na mahal mo sa buhay. Dahil ang sabi nga, ang kaluluwa ay didiretso sa judgement, heaven or hell, no in between.
So "NO" on this area.
2-logical. according to your logic, kung hindi ako naniniwala sa existence ng spirits, hindi ko sila makikita. Hindi ko malalaman ang desires nila etc. So, verdict is "CAN'T".
3-Sa paniniwala ko, philosophically, ang katahimikan ay makukuha sa pag tanggap, at hindi sa pag control ng realidad. If we apply this on the scenario, I will be the person to help the family with their loss through acceptance by my condolonces, and not further make them suffer, "crying over spilled milk".
Kasi kung ako mamamatay, mas ikatatahimik ko, kung ang pamilya ko will go on and live their full lives with my legacy, which is my true spirit. Not the supernatural kind na magpapahaba lng nag pagluluksa ng namatayan. Technically, ganyan kasi ang "dying in vain". Dying with no meaning. So much so, that you desperately want to go back as a ghost.
So, "WON'T". Sorry.