You can repeat 900 times "Our Father who art in heaven" when you pray. But you know that "Father" is a metaphor and "heaven" is a metaphor. God is not literally your Father, and God is not in heaven.
Now we are getting down to the nitty gritty. In order to convince us to accept your Babylonian confused syncretic idol, you first have to destroy, rip apart, tear down, and trample upon the principle truths of Scripture regarding Truth.
KJV Isaiah 44:8-20
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
You think Christians ought to give up all they believe in in favor of unity with those who are a lie and a deceiver? No. They, if they are true to the God they profess to love and serve... If they are true to the God that died and saved them...
will not do that.
You may misunderstand what I'm about to say, but it's true nevertheless. Christianity, true Christianity wherein the real follower of Christ (I say real because there are many charlatans and hypocrites) is the most intolerant of religions. It is narrow minded. It is straight. It does not condone nor does it compromise or mix truth with error. The stakes are too high to permit or even slightly relax the high standards of moral and intellectual reasoning that facilitate the inspiration of the Spirit of God that must accompany the study of truth. Darkness cannot ever be permitted to block out the light by interposing itself between truth and error, good and evil. Evil must be exposed wherever and whenever it is found. In Islam, in the occult, in secular government, in false religions, and yes, even in those areas where exists fake Christianity.
Christ commands,
KJV Revelation 18:4-5
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
KJV 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
That's why we shouldn't consider that a person is worshipping a false god, if they are producing the fruits of the Spirit, regardless of their religion. Do you agree?
Fruit can be temporary, and even a cover for sin.
There are secular people in the world who wouldn't dream of breaking God's commandments. While they might not keep them all, there are certainly some who would find utterly repugnant that they should cheat on their wife or husband, nor even consider looking upon any other to lust after them.
There are others who are meticulous in honesty, they would never lie , cheat on their taxes, nor steal from anyone.
There are others who are so content with their lives that covetousness may as well be a foreign language.
And there are still others who may do all of the above and also dote on their parents and love and care for them right up to the grave.
Yet none of this could be construed as fruit of the Spirit. Obedience maybe, but our righteousness is as filthy rags.
There are church-going people who sing hymns. Yet they then go home and beat their wives and watch pornography on television.
There are still others who 'religiously' attend church every week but live the rest of the week pursuing money, fame, and reputation at the expense of others. There are even some who attend church every week
because it benefits them to have the contacts for sales and business. Yet that couldn't be construed as fruit either. But those things do describe the majority in many religious institutions these days. Particularly those outside of Christ. But they show a fair face to the world, however, wise discernment reveals the true nature of things. Those fruit of the Spirit are not plural. It's all or nothing. They are all one fruit, and one sure result of knowing Christ and having Him in the heart, and having His commandments written on the mind.
KJV Galatians 5:22-24
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
