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There are so many “isms” in the world. Which is which?

I found this description from The Christian Research Institute (www.equip.org) of the many different thoughts out there today.
  • New Atheism – a dogmatic declaration that there is no God or the supernatural, and all religion is harmful and must be eliminated from society.
  • Naturalism – everything is explainable in terms of physics and chemistry and God is irrelevant.
  • Pragmatism – truth is reducible to what works, and the ends justifies the means.
  • Relativism – there’s no such thing as absolute truth, so what’s true for you is not necessarily true for me.
  • Subjectivism – It’s the way I feel about it that makes it so.
  • Egoism – I am the center of my world and everyone else’s too.
  • Fundamentalism – unwarranted dogmatism and exclusivism, whether of a conservative or liberal variety.
  • Religious Pluralism – all religions lead to God and are equally viable.
  • Christian Inclusivism – Jesus is the only true Lord and Savior, but explicity faith in Jesus is not necessary for salvation because many religious paths lead to Jesus.
  • Cultism – pseudo-Christian organizations or movements that claim to be Christian but compromise, confuse or contradict essential historic orthodox Christian doctrine or practice.
Which one is right?  Jesusism.  It says:
  • There is one God.
  • There is one truth.  It's found in the 66 books of the Bible.
  • Man is selfish.
  • His works are sinful and break God's laws.
  • God loves us.
  • However, God separates himself from man because of man's sin.
  • Jesus is God.
  • Jesus came to earth to die for our sins, as a sacrifice, paying the price of our sinfulness.
  • Jesus rose again from the dead to prove he was God and to show he had the power over death.
  • We must accept what Jesus did in order for our sins to be forgiven and so we can have a relationship once again with God.
  • That relationship will extend throughout eternity.