This reminds me of an instance....

My friend and I went to the fair: ‘THE WORLD FAIR OF RELIGIONS’. Not a trade fair, a 'Religion Fair'. But the competition was as fierce, the propaganda was loud.

So we moved on to observe...

At the JEWISH Stall we were given handouts that said that - God was all-compassionate and the ‘Jews were his Chosen People’. The Jews only, No other people were as chosen as they.

At the MUSLIM Stall we learned that - God was all-merciful and ‘Mohammed is his only Prophet’.
Salvation comes only from listening to God's Prophet.

At the CHRISTIAN Stall we discovered that – ‘God is love’ and there is 'no salvation outside the Church'. Join the Church or risk eternal damnation and cannot be saved.

On the way out I asked my friend, "Who do you think of GOD?" He replied, "He is bigoted, fanatical, and cruel."

Back home, I said to God, "How do you put up with this sort of thing? Don't you see they have been giving you a bad name for all these centuries?"

GOD said, "It wasn't I who organized the fair. In fact, I'd be too ashamed to visit it."

- courtesy Fr. Anthony De Mello