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    Supports→Salvation is not possible only because of conditions or events described in any single true religion

    If the soteriological core (liberation from ego, union with the ultimate) is structurally identical across traditions, then no single exoteric formulation exclusively owns the salvific conditions.

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    Key Terms

    Exoteric formulation(as used in religious studies and philosophy of religion)
    An outer or public version of a teaching—the words and rules that are shared openly, as opposed to hidden inner meanings.
    Liberation from ego(as used in Eastern and mystical traditions)
    Freeing yourself from the sense that you're a separate, individual self with special importance; letting go of self-centered thinking.
    Salvific conditions(as used in theology and comparative religion)
    The specific requirements or circumstances that must be met in order to achieve salvation or spiritual liberation.
    Soteriological(describing inequality in access to salvation)
    Related to salvation or the path to spiritual salvation and redemption.
    Structurally identical

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    (as used in metaphysics)
    Having exactly the same arrangement, properties, and characteristics; being impossible to tell apart by any description or measurement.
    Union with the ultimate(as used in mystical and religious philosophy)
    A spiritual goal of merging or becoming one with the highest reality, God, or the deepest truth of existence.

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