On the Traditionalist/Perennialist School
At one point, I studied, absorbed, and even kind of believed the teachings of an early 20th century philosophy known as Perennialism , or The Traditionalist School . (The two are not the same, but they are interrelated, and for the purposes of this post, we will treat them the same. The basic tenet is that all of the major religious traditions, at their best, lead to or impart knowledge of the Transcendent, commonly known as "God", even if they disagree with each other, they do so because God set it up that way. Well the funny thing about the Traditionalist school is that it furthermore posits that to actually acquire the knowledge of that transcendent reality from the major traditions, you have to PICK ONE. You can't smorgasboard or cherry-pick or try to learn from all of them, but you have to pick one, enter into it, and forget the rest. Well, someone asked me if this is compatible with Christianity or not (Christianity is considered by that school as one of the maj