Smorgasbord so called "spirituality" is very American. But can it be Christian? Not according to Jesus, who made it pretty plain when he said,
"... Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep." (John 10:7)
"Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw." (John 10:1) Heaven wouldn't be Heaven if you had to worry about thieves and outlaws. Now there WILL be FORMER thieves and outlaws.
Way before that, the Lord said, "You are to have no other gods but me." (Exodus 20:3)
Does God have other names? Well, there are the compound names for God and God lives in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but He doesn't have knick names. Just like, if you saw me and called out, "Hey Bobby" I would not answer you. But if you said, "ROEBUCK" I'd immediately turn around. (I DO have some knick names though) But God doesn't, so Using Buddha, or allah, etc and thinking you're reaching all the same person, doesn't cut it. "And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation." (Acts 4:12)
Hey, as an American, you're free to think that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and no one can get it down, if that's what you want. Call yourself a Frisbee-terian. Just don't confuse that or anything else with Christianity.
The illustration shows a sheepfold. The shepherd sleeps in the doorway at night, becoming the door and protecting the sheep from predators.
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