"Your belief is just as intolerant"

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I was lucky enough to catch Andrei Tarkovsky's film 'Andrei Rublev'

the other evening - a believer in the Orthodox Church, then under

threat from a totalitarian state. I respect his beliefs, forbearance

and admire his films.

 

There was a disturbing (i found) section in the film when a young

apprentice is commanded to read from 'The Scriptures'. The passage he

chooses describes things like all the reasons a woman must keep her

head covered, and all the reasons a man may leave his head uncovered,

because 'man is in the likeness of Diety but woman is from man', etc

and so forth. It sounded more like the Koran to me. How can people

accept this material? I find it astonishing that a huge proportion of

humanity will take this message on board - and i am not just talking

about the so-called 'Sister Faiths'.

 

The reader is interrupted by 'God's Fool', a medieval Russian term

for the mentally handicapped - it is a dumb woman who stands mutely

before the reader and stares at him: he is unable to go on with the

reading. Although Takovsky was a Christian in the Orthodox sense, I

feel certain this was his comment on such passages within 'The

Scriptures'.

 

It is a powerful film posing many deep and profound questions - as

all true art ought to. The post-Stalinist authorities suppressed it

for three years. Tarkovsky was eventually forced to flee his

homeland, and died in exile.

 

Namaste -

 

Krishna Das

 

 

 

, sankara menon <kochu1tz>

wrote:

> It is interesting to note that there are some firm christians here.

But I am confused as to why they are here!! Is it to disrupt this

group?

> Whatever, I think there has been too much name calling (including

by me) sorry. Lets stop as Mary Ann said.

> I do not think any true Hindu can be intolerant but a rue hindu who

is a shakta will also defend.

> So lets move on. Those who are unable to digest Shakta philosophy

can leave and be tolerant.

>

 

 

" I am a firm

> > believer of Christ being the ONLY way to God! Because

> > it is TRUE!"

[Guest guest]

Please, what are "Sister Faith"?

 

Alexandra

[Guest guest]

Alexandra:

 

In believe the reference is to the three Abrahamic religious

systems -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

 

, alexandra_108

<alexandra_108> wrote:

> Please, what are the "Sister Faiths"?

>

> Alexandra

[Guest guest]

, alexandra_108

<alexandra_108> wrote:

> Please, what are "Sister Faith"?

>

> Alexandra

 

Namaste,

 

The 'Sister Faiths' are Christianity, Judaism and Islam - because the

biblical Old Testament is a common source for them all.

 

Hope this helps?

 

Krishna Das