Can All Religions Be True?

Can all religions be true? Is it arrogant to claim that Christianity alone is true? What if someone is sincere but believes something different? These are some of the most common objections Christians face today, and they all hinge on one foundational question: can opposite truth claims both be true?

In this episode, we examine one of the most basic—but often overlooked—principles of rational thought: the Law of Non-Contradiction. This self-evident law states that opposite ideas cannot both be true at the same time and in the same sense. Without it, reason, science, history, and even everyday conversation become impossible.

We'll look at why truth must correspond to reality, why falsehood is the opposite of truth, and why religious pluralism ultimately collapses under the weight of contradictory claims. If one religion teaches there is one God while another teaches many gods, both cannot be true. If Jesus is God, as Christianity teaches, and not God, as other religions claim, both views cannot simultaneously correspond to reality.

The episode also addresses several common objections:

• "Isn't this view too narrow?"
• "What about sincere people in other religions?"
• "What about those who have never heard the Gospel?"
• "Don't all religions worship the same God?"

Along the way, we ground the discussion in both sound philosophy and biblical teaching, showing that Christianity does not ask people to abandon reason but instead provides the only worldview capable of making sense of truth itself.

Whether you're a believer wanting to defend your faith or a skeptic honestly wrestling with truth, this episode lays an essential philosophical foundation for evaluating every worldview—including Christianity.

Key Scriptures: Romans 1:18–23, Proverbs 14:12, James 2:19, John 14:6, John 8:24, John 3:18, Acts 4:12, 1 Timothy 2:5, Romans 3:10–23.

Recommended Reading:

• I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Chapter 2
• Norman Geisler, The Big Book of Christian Apologetics ("Pluralism, Religious," "Logic," and "First Principles")
• Norman Geisler, Christian Apologetics (2nd ed.), Chapter 8

Transcript

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Welcome to the Actual Answers Podcast. I'm your host, Matt Hazelwood, and here we tackle the questions that matter most. From the challenges of atheism and competing worldviews to the theological questions that Christians ask every day. Our goal is simple: to seek truth, provide clear biblical answers, and equip believers to think carefully, speak faithfully, and defend the Christian faith with confidence. So whether you're a skeptic looking for answers, a believer seeking understanding, or a Christian wanting to sharpen your ability to engage the culture, this podcast is for you. Because truth matters, questions matter, and Christianity has actual answers. Welcome to the Actual Answers Podcast. Let's get to the episode. And we get this from 1 Peter 3:15 as our anchor verse. It says, But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense, apologia, to anyone who asks you for a reason, logos, for the hope that is in you. Yet do it with gentleness and respect. And if you are just now joining us, we we are using Norman Geisler's 12 points that show Christianity is true as kind of the structure, the bones of how we're approaching Christian apologetics, where one of these points builds off of another and assumes nothing in the process, culminating, showing that Christianity indeed is true and that the Bible is the word of God and anything opposed to it is false. And so last time we looked at point one, which is truth about reality is knowable. And today we're going to look at point two, which is the opposite of true is false. And really, so far in the 12 points that show Christianity is true, we've been on the attack, if you would. Every good defense has a great offense. And Christian apologetics is no different. In 2 Corinthians 10, 5, we read, We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive to obey Christ. So we've been on the offense. We've been destroying arguments, and last time we had several worldviews that we have dealt with and defeated thus far. Mainly being scientism, which claims that all truth comes from science, denialism, which says that there is no truth, or agnosticism, which says that truth cannot be known, or skepticism, which says that we should be skeptical of all truth claims in postmodernism, relativism, and perspectivism. And so in order to deal with those, we use the first point of Norman Geisler's 12 points, which is truth about reality is knowable. And we answer the foundational questions of does truth exist? What is truth? Can truth be known? Is truth absolute? And we concluded that truth indeed does exist. You cannot deny truth without affirming truth. We did conclude that truth is that which corresponds to reality, because to deny that is to affirm that. We also concluded that truth indeed can be known, because in order to deny that truth can be known, you would have to know that truth cannot be known. And we concluded that truth indeed is absolute, not relative in any sense, because that itself is an absolute truth claim. So we were able to line up these worldviews, knock them down one by one. But today's contenders are pluralism, religious pluralism, and multiculturalism. And really, these are all the same. These are three in one, if you would, under the banner of what we could just simply call pluralism. Pluralism. But you might hear religious pluralism or multiculturalism, and these are really all just one in the same, or three in the same, if you would. And so to deal with today's contenders, we need to look at point two of the 12 points that show Christianity is true. And point two is that the opposite of true is false. Now, so we've got two big questions that we're going to consider today. And that is, number one, are all religions true? Are they all true? And the second question is, is there only one religion that is true? Which of course is what Christianity claims to be, the one true religion? So those are our two questions. Are all religions true? And is there only one religion that is true? But in order to answer those questions, we need to first kind of review and refresh our minds on the foundational questions of what is true and what is false. So what is truth? If you if you didn't join us last time, we talked about this quite a bit. But simply put, truth is that which corresponds to reality. In normal language, truth is telling it like it is. Truth matches reality, it matches it object. It is simply telling it like it is. This is what we would call the correspondence theory of truth, which means that truth corresponds to reality. And that if you wanted to deny this, you actually affirm this. So if you don't agree with the correspondence theory of truth, you actually have to use it in order to deny it. Because if you say the correspondence theory of truth is not true, you are saying that theory of truth does not correspond to reality. So any denial of the correspondence theory of truth is actually an affirmation of the correspondence theory of truth. So truth is that which corresponds to reality, and therefore false or falsity is the opposite of true, which means that it does not correspond to reality. Truth does not correspond to reality. Pretty, pretty simple. So now that we have kind of our basis refreshed, if you would, we need to consider why opposites can't be true, why two opposite claims cannot both be true. Right? We're going to apply this to religion specifically, but before we look at that specifically, let's just look at the idea of why opposites can't both be true generally speaking, before we specifically apply it to religious claims. Well, first and foremost, opposites cannot both be true because of the law of non-contradiction. You might hear some people call it the law of contradiction. They mean the same thing, but the law of non-contradiction, which is one of the basic laws of thought, one of the three laws of logic. And this law states that two opposite ideas cannot both be true and not true at the same time. That's important, and in the same sense. So let's let's just kind of make this practical. If you're in your room, the door cannot both be closed and opened at the same time and in the same sense. It can be closed and it can be open, but it can't be closed and open at the same time. You cannot be seated in a chair and standing up at the same time and in the same sense. So I either have to be seated or I have to be standing. I can't do both at the same time. So that's important, is this the timing of things? You can have uh somebody standing and you can have somebody seated, the same person, but not at the same time. You have to choose one or the other. But you can also use it in a different sense in order to avoid a contradiction as well, such as I can say the door is closed. And so I look at my office, and of course the door is currently closed. But I could use that word door in a different sense. I could say that the doors of opportunity have been closed to me. Well, that's a different kind of door, that's a different sense of the word door. So the law of non-contradiction says that two opposite ideas cannot both be true and not true in the same time and in the same sense, such as the earth is either flat or it's round. So you have flat earthers and round earthers, but it can't be both. Both of those cannot be true at the same time in the same sense, right? The earth is either flat or the earth is round. And again, at the same time or in the same sense, circles are round, such as a flat disk, that is round, and spheres are round, but they're round in a different sense. One is round in a two-dimensional sense, and the other is round in a three-dimensional sense. So the law of non-contradiction says that two opposite claims cannot both be true at the same time and in the same sense. This is a basic law of thought. So the question is, how do we know the law of non-contradiction is true? Now, this is great because to deny the law of non-contradiction, you must use the law of non-contradiction, which is what we would call self-defeating. Meaning, if somebody comes up to me and says, I don't believe in words, what did they do? Well, they used words in order to deny that they don't believe in words. Or if somebody says, I don't speak in English, well, they used English in order to deny that they don't speak any words in English. Or if they say, I don't believe in oxygen, well, they have to use oxygen, oxygen in order to deny oxygen. That's what it means to be self-defeating, because they have to use it in order to deny it. Well, the same is true of the law of non-contradiction. In order to deny the law of non-contradiction, you have to use the law of non-contradiction. So they somebody could simply say opposites can both be true. But what are they assuming when they say opposites can both be true? That the opposite of that statement cannot be true while they hold their view, which is opposites can both be true. And so we can we can expose this. We've been talking about Proverbs 26, 4 through 5, which says, answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. So use that with this statement. Opposites can both be true. Well, you could simply ask, is the opposite of that true? And so it is self-defeating. Now you might see this denial of the law of non-contradiction or it play out in some worldviews, such as Taoism. And Taoism is it it would say something like, the Tao is beyond all thought. And of course, that is self-defeating, because that's a thought that is beyond all thought. So in order to deny the Tao being beyond thought, or claim that the Tao is beyond all thought, they had to think that the Tao was beyond all thought. It's a thought beyond all thought, therefore, it is self-defeating. And somebody might say that as a Taoist tried to imagine one hand clapping. Well, that's just simply nonsense. And they would say, Well, you understand the Tao. What do you mean? I understand the Tao. I don't understand anything because that is ununderstandable. It's not possible to understand because it's unintelligible. It is contradictory by nature. It's supposedly a thought beyond all thought, which is just self-defeating. And if you don't think this has influenced our culture, remind yourself of Star Wars. When Luke Skywalker is fighting Darth Vader in the jungle where Yoda is training him, he ends up chopping off his head with the lightsaber and it starts rolling down. And as the head rolls, the mask breaks open. And what does he see when the mask breaks open? He sees himself. Right? This is implying that evil is good and good is evil. They're one in the same. The opposites are both true at the same time in the same sense. In fact, in Time magazine, when they interviewed the creator of Star Wars, he outrightly claimed that he was trying to teach people about Taoism, that opposites can both be true at the same time in the same sense. But unfortunately, according to the law of non-contradiction, that is a self-defeating claim. So opposites can't both be true and not true in the same time and in the same sense, because of the law of non-contradiction. So let's apply this to religion specifically. Why opposite religions can't both be true? Why can't they both be true? Well, this is where we kind of get into pluralism. And pluralism claims that all religions lead to the same God. You might have heard the saying, all roads lead to Rome. Or all religions are like a hiking trail of a mountain. So you have one mountain and God is at the top of the mountain. But just like a mountain has many different hiking trails to the top, so too are there many different ways to God. That's pluralism in a nutshell. This is what all roads lead to Rome, something that Willie Nelson claimed, where he said, quote, I believe all roads lead to the same place. We're taking different ways to get there, but we all end up in the same place. It's kind of like Kinky Friedman's statement: May the God of your choice bless you. That's the main thoughts that I have about life, end quote. All roads supposedly lead to the same place. That's pluralism, or Oprah Rymphries pluralism. She says, I am, quote, I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity. That's pluralism. You might have even seen the bumper sticker where it says coexist, but for each one of the letters and coexists, you have a different symbol, one for Islam and one for the Baha'i, and one for male and female, one for Judaism, one for paganism, one for Taoism, one for Christianity. And all of these symbols spell coexists. And the implied understanding is that we can coexist because really they're all leading to the same place, anyways. That's religious pluralism. The great parable of religious pluralism is that of the six blind men and the elephant. And one of the blind men grabs a hold of the elephant's tusk and says, This is a spear. The second blind man grabs a hold of the elephant's uh trunk, and he says that this here is a snake. And another man grabs his leg and says, This is a tree trunk. And then another grabs the ear of the elephant and says, This is the fan. And another grabs the side of the elephant or feels the side of the elephant and says, This here is a wall. So each of the blind men represents the great religions of the world, and they all have their own perspective. They've all got their own idea. They they have some truth, but they don't have the truth. It it is really just all of this together, is really the same object, right? The same object is the elephant, but different views upon the same object. But the problem is that this parable of pluralism really teaches the opposite, because all of them are wrong. But when you grab a hold of the tail and say it's a snake, it's not a snake. When you grab a hold of the side and say it's a wall, it's not a wall. When you grab a hold of the ear and say it's a fan, or when you grab a hold of the leg and say it's a trunk or a tree trunk, those are all false. None of them are actually true. But there is one true view in this picture. And who is that? Well, it's you. It's you who are who is not blind because you can see clearly that this is really six blind men grabbing hold of an elephant. That is the true view. Not all of them are true. No, there is a true view, and it's the one who has sight to see this clearly. Therefore, this parable actually teaches the opposites. So all religions cannot be true because all religions teach opposites. And remember, opposite truth claims cannot both be true in the same time, in the same sense. Different religions teach opposites regarding the major topics of religion. So just take Christianity and Islam, right? On God, Christianity says that God is one God in three persons. Whereas Islam says that God is one God in one person. Those cannot both be true at the same time in the same sense. Christianity teaches that God, that the Son of God, is truly God and truly man. Whereas Islam says that Jesus is merely a prophet. So he's either merely a prophet or he's not. He's either the Son of God or he's not. See, Christianity claims that Jesus died on the cross, but Islam claims that Jesus did not die on the cross. They killed him not. They think that his body was exchanged for somebody like Judas, and God just assumed Jesus into heaven because he was such a good prophet. Well, those are opposite truth claims. He either died on the cross or he did not. Christianity teaches that we are saved by grace through faith. Whereas Islam teaches you are saved by faith and works earned through human effort. Christianity teaches that the Bible is inerrant and infallible and inspired by God, but Islam teaches that the Bible is corrupt, that it's been changed. These are opposite truth claims. Therefore, if Christianity is true, then Islam is false. But vice versa is also true. If Islam is true, what does that mean for Christianity? Well, that means that Christianity is false because they teach opposite truth claims. But somebody might say, well, but don't they don't they teach a lot of the same things? Aren't they basically the same? I mean, after all, Christianity and Islam, they both submit to God. Islam means submission to God, and Christians believe in submitting to God. And don't both of them pray as well? Don't they pray to God? And don't they both read scripture? Don't they both believe that there's just one God? And don't Islam and Christianity believe in compassion and charity? And don't they believe in living a moral life? Don't don't Christianity and Islam both teach that? And don't they both believe in heaven and hell? So aren't those basically the same at that point? Well, if you buy that logic, then you'll buy this logic. All cows have four legs, and all horses have four legs. Therefore, all cows are horses. Which, of course, you would not buy that. That is what that's a logical fallacy called the undistributed middle. And you don't need to know what that is, except that it is wrong. That is fallacious. And so if you believe that all cows have four legs and all horses have four legs, therefore all cows are horses, then I have oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you, as George Strait would say. Right? It's the differences that make a difference. Those are what we would call superficial differences, right? So you could have a fake $100 bill and a real $100 bill, and then you could just claim, hey, these are basically the same, right? Both are on paper, both are rectangular, both have the number 100 on them, both have Benjamin Franklin's face on there, both of them look real in appearance. Big problem. One is genuine and one is counterfeit. It's the differences that make the differences. And the difference in Christianity and Islam and Judaism and all the other major world religions is that they make opposite claims. So therefore, opposite claims, opposite religions cannot both be true at the same time in the same tense. Now, since these claims are opposite, since all religions cannot be true, that means all religions cannot be false as well. They cannot be false since they are teaching opposite claims. Right? Jesus either died on the cross or he did not die on the cross. So that means not only can they not both be true, but one of them has to be true because one of them is teaching the truth and one of them is teaching falsehood because they are opposite claims. He either died on the cross or he didn't. They both can't be true, but that means they both cannot be false either. So we've got we've got two claims here, two summaries here is that not all religions can be true because they teach opposites, but because they teach opposites, that means that not all religions can be false either. Which then begs the question: can one of these religions be true? Well, not only is that likely, it must be that way. Can one religion be true? Well, since opposites cannot both be true or both be false, then there is at least one religion that must be true. Now, see, something either being true or false is what we would call the law of excluded middle. This is another law of logic. And so our three laws of logic, our three basic laws of logic is the law of identity. Things are what they are. A is a. This chair is a chair. Things are what they are. Then you have the law of excluded middle. They are either this or not. The door is either closed or the door is either open. There's no in between. It is either. It's an excluded middle. And then you also have the law of non-contradiction that opposites cannot both be true and false at the same time in the same sense. Opposites cannot both be true. So we have the law of identity, the law of excluded middle, either true or false, and the law of non-contradiction. Opposites cannot both be true and false at the same time in the same sense. So we want to have these three laws of logic in our mind because really what we're doing on this offensive side of Christian apologetics, really, they don't even meet the snuff test of just the basic laws of thought. Remember, 1 Peter 3:15, we are to give a logos, a reasonable defense, a logical defense for the hope within us. And of course, our culture largely has forgotten these. These are these are not these are not like college terms. Some people are are confused when they think that, hey, this is uh college-level uh information. Well, that's actually not true in the late 1700s and throughout the 1800s in American education, logic was introduced around sixth, seventh grade, right? Around 11, 12, 13 years old. Outside of the grammar stage, after you learned how to read, you then entered the logic stage before you went into the rhetoric stage. This has always been a common theme within our country's thought, within education generally speaking. And of course, we see the consequence of not emphasizing stuff like this because in our culture today, we don't know how to think. People don't have basic laws of logic guiding their thought, and we see real consequences. Just as much as somebody denies gravity, well, you can deny gravity, but if you teach people the opposite of this, well, you get consequences. You get people jumping off of buildings thinking that they can fly, because they think that the opposite of that is true. They believe that they can transgress this law. People who transgress the law or think that they can break the law will eventually be broken by the law. So now we've got boys who think that they are girls and girls that think that they are boys, knowing that no, the law of identity says you are what you are, regardless of what you think about it. A is A. The law of excluded middle. You're either this or you're not. There's no in between. You're either a boy, you're either a girl. And some believe that you can be pets. Nope. The laws of logic strictly demand that you are what you are regardless of what you think. So, so ideas have consequences. And so it's good to have the laws of logic in our pocket to make sure that we aren't making fallacious, illogical, unreasonable claims about reality. Now, of course, when you say this and you're applying this to opposite religions and addressing religious pluralism, you're gonna have some pushback. You're gonna have some objections, and you can bet your bottom dollar, the very first objection you're gonna have is that is a very narrow view. You mean to tell me that only Christianity is true, all of those other religions are false? What an audacious claim to say that only Christianity is true. That is narrow-minded. Now, here's the problem: people are so open-minded that they let their brains fall out, right? We want to be open to the truth, but once we have the truth, you want to latch on to that puppy and never let it go. You don't want to be so open-minded that your brain falls out. Because what this misses is that all truth, all truth claims, are narrow by the very nature of truth. All truth is narrow. So I would expect that a religion claiming to be true would be the only one that is true. I would expect it to be narrow because truth is narrow by its very nature. I'm in this room and I'm in no other room in existence. How many rooms are in existence? Billions, trillions, quadrillions? I have no idea. Lots of rooms are out there in the world, but I'm in this room and none of those rooms. That's really narrow. Two plus two equals four. Now, how many numbers are there? Well, there's an infinite amount of numbers. So you mean one versus infinity? Well, that's a pretty narrow view. Or what about just identity itself? I am who I am. I am me. Well, how many people are in existence? Well, billions, eight billion, nine billion, something, something of that nature, seven to nine billion. So you mean to me to tell me that I am me and not nine billion other people? Well, that's real narrow. That's one out of however many billions of people there are. Truth by its very nature is narrow. So Christians don't need to run or hide because they are they are accused of being narrow. Listen, truth by its very nature is narrow. And so that means truth claims about religion or reality are by its very nature narrow because truth is narrow. You also get the the objection of that's not fair. Unfair. Not everyone knows the true way to God. But Romans 1, 18 through 23 gives us a different story. In Romans 1, 18 through 23, we read, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Because that which is known about God is evident within them. Why? For God made it evident to them. Verse 20. For since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks, but they became futile, and their speculations and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man, and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. See, according to that verse, according to Romans 1, all men know God to some extent. Now that knowledge is not enough to save, but it is enough to condemn and to be without excuse. So another objection you're probably going to get is won't God save them if they are insincere? Listen, they're they mean well. They're doing their best over there in India, they're doing their best over in some other type of tribe in the world, and they are really, really sincere. And I'm reminded of the Joel Olsteen interview with Larry King back in 2005, where King said, What if you're Jewish or Muslim and you don't accept Christ at all? And Olstein says, You know, I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know. But King responds, if you believe, if you believe you have to believe in Christ, they're wrong, aren't they? Olstein, the most famous pastor at this time, says, Well, I don't know if I believe they're wrong. I believe here's what the Bible teaches, and from the Christian faith, this is what I believe. But I just think that only God will judge a person's heart. See, I spent a lot of time in India with my father. I don't know all about their religion, but I know they love God. And as Steve Lawson rightly pointed out, no, they don't. They hate God. Joel Losing says, I don't know. I've seen their sincerity. So I don't know. The most famous pastor in America at this time, pressed with a very obvious truth claim by Larry King, says, if you believe that you believe, you have to believe in Christ, they're wrong, aren't they? And he has the audacity to proclaim to be a Christian to say, I don't know. I don't know that they're wrong. I have seen their sincerity. You see, folks, you can be sincere and you can be sincerely wrong. Proverbs 14 12 clearly says that there is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. You can be sincere, but you can be sincerely wrong. You might hear the objection, but other religions believe that God exists. Well, that doesn't do anybody any good whatsoever. Who cares? What follows from that? James 2.19 says, You believe that God is one, you do well. The demons also believe and they shudder. Just because you believe in God, that doesn't mean you get to go to heaven. That only qualifies you to be a demon. John 14, 6 says, Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. You see, if pluralism is right, then Jesus can't even be a way, let alone the way, because he claims to be the way and the truth and the life, and no one comes to the Father except through him. And if he's wrong about that, and there are multiple ways to God, then Christianity is not even a way, let alone the way, which is of course what Jesus claims. John 8 24 says, I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins. John 3.18, whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. This is why Christians should be bold in sharing their faith. Listen, you can't mess it up. John 3.18 clearly says that they're already condemned. What? Just because you don't know the right answers, you don't have the right words, maybe you're terrible of at apologetics, maybe you're terrible at evangelism. Listen, the the world is already condemned. You're not going to send them more to hell. They're already on their way. Get out there. Share the Christ that you know. They're already condemned. He's the only way. Acts 4.12 says, And there is no salvation and no one else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. It's their only hope. That's why 1 Timothy 2.5 says, For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, the man, Christ Jesus. There is one way. And if there are multiple ways, which there aren't, because they make opposite claims, and opposites cannot both be true at the same time or in the same sense. But if there is, and we're wrong, that means Jesus is not even a way, because he claims exclusivity, which is exactly what we should expect, because truth is narrow by its very nature. But of course you're gonna say, what about the innocent man in the deepest, darkest jungle who's never heard of Jesus? Is he going to hell? How would how could you say such a thing? Well, I've got good news. The innocent man in the deepest, darkest jungle who's never heard of Christ will go to heaven. But I've got bad news too. There is no such man in existence. There are no innocent men anywhere. We don't accept the question. Remember, answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him. I don't accept the premise of that question. What about that innocent man? There are no innocent men anywhere, and that is clearly what the Bible teaches. We can't give up the truth of the Bible while trying to defend the truth of the Bible. Romans 3:10 through 18 says, as it is written, there is none righteous, not even one. There is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God. All have turned aside. Together they have become useless. There is none who does good. There is not even one. Their throat is an open grave, their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of asps is under their lips, whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, their feet are swift to shed blood, destruction and misery are in their paths, and the path of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes. There are no innocent men anywhere. Which is why, just a few verses later, in the same chapter in Romans 3.23, he concludes, For all have sinned and all fall short of the glory of God. That's why we send missionaries. Because there are no innocent men out there. They're already condemned. That's why we send missionaries. If otherwise you were condemned simply because you deny Christ, well, the worst thing you could do to the man in the deepest, darkest jungle is send a missionary because then he has the opportunity to deny Christ. Now, the denial of Christ is, of course, the crowning jewel of sin, but he is already a sinner. He's already condemned to go into hell. The worst thing you could do is send a missionary if that's not true. You should you should send a wall building committee, so he doesn't have the opportunity to deny Christ. But that's exactly why we send missionaries. There are no innocent men, and the punishment for sin is eternal damnation. Therefore, we go tell them about the only lifeline that they have available. That's why Mark 16, 15 says that we should proclaim the gospel to all nations. And that's why Philippians 1.16 says we should be ready to defend the gospel. And that's exactly what we're trying to do in this course in Christian Apologetics. I'm Matt Hazewood. I'll see you next time. Hey, thanks for spending this time with me on the Actual Answers podcast. My prayer is that these conversations help you know God more deeply, trust his word more confidently, and engage the world more faithfully. Hey, if this episode was helpful, be sure to subscribe, share it with others, and send in your questions or rebuttals for future episodes at questions at actual answerspodcast.com. Until the next time, keep asking these questions, keep seeking the truth. And remember, Christianity doesn't hear questions, it provides actual answers. Like my hands will, and I'll see you next time.