Pantheistic Worldview

In India, the common adage is "all religions are the same, for all religions lead us to the same God and these are but different roads to the same God." My Hindu friends say these all the time. I do get very disturbed hearing such sweeping statements, uttered without bothering to know whether the others, belonging to other religions also think like that or not. For them their view looks so very accommodating and inclusive, showing a largeness of heart. How could any one take offence of such a worldview? This has to be the view of every other religion too, they think. Why not? Doesn't it sound logical and all-comprising or all-compromising? 

The problem is, Christians and Muslims, the other major religions in India, definitely do not think like that. Especially for Christians, who worship the God, whom Jesus Christ called Father, the only way to the true and the only God is through Jesus Christ. Jesus himself famously said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. So this view that all religions are leading to the same God is not acceptable to a Christian. To be frank, I resent it when my Hindu friends so casually make such a statement. 

The main objection to the exclusive claim of a Christian, that Jesus is the only Way to God, is that Christians are so narrow in their approach to God and are not magnanimous, but are restrictive. They are seen sometimes as even arrogant, trying to arrogate such exclusivity to themselves. Is it so? Let us think about it. If all gods are the same, as a Hindu claims, then why object to conversion to Christianity? After all it is the same God, so a person who was on the road of Hinduism so long, has now decided to take another road, Christianity, to reach the same God. Why object? So come to think of it, finally, if you go deeper, no one is willing to give up his or her own God for another. If this is not exclusivity, then what is it? Come to think of it, every religion is exclusive in its claims and will fight tooth and nail before giving up such claims to another. In such a scenario, is it not eyewash or hypocrisy to say all gods are the same and in the same breath deny the right to conversion to another religion from his/her own? Is n't this self-contradictory? Is this living in peace? Or may be a smooth talk to get over a difficult patch during an argument, but holding onto ones own view inside, a double-talk? 

Whatever it may be, I would request my Hindu friends to think rationally of this worldview of them, that all gods are the same. Imposing my view that Jesus is the Only Way to God on others seems arrogance, what do you call the imposing of the majority view that all gods are the same on me and the minority? Is n't it arrogance? Is n't it a form of conversion practice? 

Another view point of such a philosophy or religion is, God is every where and in all things.  The inanimate and animate forms in the world are invaded by Brahman (the impersonal God of a Hindu) himself, and even a tree or stone is worthy of worship. When truth is not acknowledged and any and every object is worshiped as god, then people are groping in the dark. When truth shines like light, then darkness vanishes. And there cannot be many truths on any one subject, but only one can be the Truth. If so, logically nothing else can be the truth, but only false. 

Ponder over these, my friends, and we can have friendly debate over these points. I expect more discussions and convincing each other in a friendly manner.