Three blind men and an elephant.

There is a story used to describe how all religions lead to God; it is something like this:  There are three blind men who are trying to describe an elephant, one is holding its tail, one its trunk and one its leg.  The first man says that an elephant is like a rope, the second says it is like a snake and the third says that it is like a tree.  because they are all describing different parts of the same thing they are said to all be right.  Applied to religions, it is said that all religions are describing the same thing so all religions are right.

As Christians we can learn some things from this story.

1. An elephant is not a snake, a tree or a rope.  
2. No matter how sincerely each man believes that an elephant is a tree, a snake or a rope the elephant will not become any of those things.
3. All three of the men were wrong, although they believed that they were right.
4. People can never discover God through our own efforts.
5. Any effort to understand God apart from His revelation will result in sincerely held, but mistaken beliefs.  
6. Only someone who can see can correct the error of the blind men.