Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Hare Krishna Ashutosh, > To your point 6) It is to emphasize that god made man with his inherited sin, according to Christianity we are all sinners. God didn't make man sinful, it was and always is a question of free will. > One point I find also good is: Christianity teaches, that God send his son to save the humanity. Only doe to the sacrifice of his own son, Jesus, i.e. Accepting him as the only savior it is possible to get into heaven. A) What did happen with all the billions of people in the billions of years before Christ came after they died? It can be understood when we accept that the same person known as Jesus appeared many times before and was worshiped as Sankarshana in Vedic context, as Baal-Serapis in Egypt, as Asclepius-Dionysos in Greece, as Toba-Yahu in Israel, as Amitayus-Lokeshvara in Pure Land Buddhism, etc. (as per Bhakti Ananda Maharaja's research). "Only savior" means that He is the one who initiates into the spiritual process, the Adi-guru. After all, Krishna says in the Gita that He comes over and over again whenever dharma is declining. > B) A few years ago Pope John-Paul the 2nd decided that non Christians who never heard of the message of Christ, if they heard about it and did not get converted, then too bad they had it, but the others who did not hear about and lived a proper sinless live also can get into heaven. Obviously one who doesn't accept the mercy remains "on his own", paying for one's karma. > In short, the whole theology of Christianity is absurd. Look at it from a non brain washed distance, with an objective mind it can compete with the best comics books. Jesus is probably the most misinterpreted, misunderstood person ever walking the earth, and his teaching misused for power and tyranny for 2000 years. This discussion refers to misinterpretation and misbehavior of one group as if that one could reject its teachings this way. This kind of shallow argumentation is always used by secularists against theists. They want to divide and conquer that way. Why not to get to the essence? I always prefer to learn how to reconcile differences than to condemn and ridicule the unknown. I recommend you to do the same if you can. Your servant, Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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