It shows the Old Testament God as wanting all the world to know Him. Postmoderns may be surprised to learn that historic but humble Christian faith affirms that other religions contain truth. Islam, for example, is true when it professes that God is one and greater than anything we can imagine. Jews speak truly when they confess that God is holy and demands conformity to His moral law. Pure Land Buddhists and bhakti Hindus teach truly when they explain that salvation comes not by human effort but divine grace.
Christians can also say that other religions teach similar moral principles.
They affirm the Buddha's precepts forbidding lying, stealing, murder and sexual sin. They see the Bible's ethical teachings echoed in the Koran. At the same time, however, Christians rightly say that Jesus Christ is unique. While the Buddha stated that he was no more than a man and said that we must be lamps unto ourselves, Jesus said that to see him was to see God, and that he is the light of the world. Christianity's central claim, that Jesus rose from the dead, is remarkably well-attested.