Jesus a message for all religions?

I have just been sent a newspaper column from a newspaper in the Sunshine Coast near Brisbane.  The writer of the column was Father John Dobson - a catholic priest and Chancellor of the University of the Sunshine Coast.  He starts by referring to the ancient remains of long dead civilisations and their link to the emergence of Christianity...not disconnected!  He then goes on to argue that Jesus' focus was not on buildings and rituals but rather his obsession was that people love one another - being the prime avenue to God.

Fr Dobson considers it amusing - if not sad - to see Christians proclaiming loud and clear the primacy of Christianity (to other religions).  He sees the claim of Christianity to be the only true religion as wrongly putting down other religions - leading to conflict and violence.  His argument is that this line of thinking is claiming a monopoly and control over God - indicating that God can't act outside of their own narrow horizons.  He refers to Gahndi, who, he says, loved Jesus'teachings - but couldn't stand Christians - and implores Christians to be open to the movement of God in every Sphere of creation. 

Brave man in his position!  But good on him - the issue being that Jesus' core message transcends religions (and non religions) - about love and relationships - not about closed rituals and separateness teaching.  The theme continues that we are closer to each other than we may think - regardless of the religion that we espouse - and that Jesus has something for all - that conversion may not be about changing a creed or making a statement of belief, but committing to a life of love and positive relationships.