Orthodox Christians are against pagans and all other religions, in general. My question is: are the other Abrahamic religions against nonabrahamic religions?
I think it's like I'm related to them, like distant cousins.
I don't think the other religions are correct.
So I'm not "for' them.
But they were all baked in the cake from the beginning.
I could tolerate a bus ride with them.
I wouldn't want any harm to befall their individual members.
But I wouldn't be comfortable going to their house for supper.
I think Paul was saying that the Jews are blinded in part until the times of the gentiles are finished.
There's just not enough we have in common with one another.
"For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. - Romans 11:25
Orthodox Christians say all other religions are cults and fakes.
God told Solomon that all his foreign wives would cause him trouble, worshiping all their strange gods.
"The Lord did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so he had warned them not to marry anyone who was not from Israel. - 1 Kings 11-1
Look around at all the belief systems, you must know not everyone can be right.
When I look up on the screen and see "Pagan", it doesn't really compute in my mind.
It makes me think of a little kid.
It makes me smile.
Like bringing a Viking back to life and asking him about the weak or the strong force.
We're at the cutting edge right now, people are running to and fro, knowledge has been increased.
You can have the god Thor, I'll go with the God who made the thunder and the lightning.
"For he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. - Matthew 5:45
Everyone on the planet can trace their allegiance to one of the seven heads on the composite beast.
In my own opinion,
I'd rather not be wise about this. .