Newsgroups: tor.general,torfree.religion.discussion,alt.messianic,alt.christnet,alt.religion.christianity,talk.religion.misc Path: kudonet.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.bellglobal.com!torfree!caitanya From: caitanya@torfree.net (Gary Stevason) Subject: Re: Catholics: The Chosen People? Message-ID: Followup-To: tor.general,torfree.religion.discussion,alt.messianic,alt.christnet,alt.religion.christianity,talk.religion.misc Organization: the Kingdom of God X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <970122.185430.4O2.rnr.w164w@mmalt.guild.org> <5cdsnj$8dv@gold.interlog.com> <32EAB917.183F@interlog.com> <970129.203444.9l4.rnr.w164w@mmalt.guild.org> <5cqngp$673@sjx-ixn7.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:22:19 GMT Lines: 43 Xref: kudonet.com tor.general:56465 alt.messianic:64378 alt.christnet:147463 talk.religion.misc:226382 Dan Sontup (eq251@ix.netcom.com) wrote: [...] : Question: Which religions, according to the Roman Catholic Church, : contain *all* truth? [...] Dan, quite frankly from a Hindu perspective, most Christians appear to worship the demigod, Brahma, who creates the entire material cosmos. They often speak of God being the creator of the world. However there are many Brahmas over time, who serve the primal Lord Krsna, who is also known as Govinda and Syamasundara, in this pastime of creating a playground for the living entities to exercise their desire to be lord - lords of the world. Only when they come back to their senses and realize that they are not the lords, but are eternally God's dependents, will they once again return to the Kingdom of God to be with Him. Granted there is very little information about God directly in the Bible - His pastimes, His dress, His appearance, His relationships, etc. But then, most Christians don't seem to be too concerned about who He really is, anyway. Suffice to refer to Him as the word dog spelled backwards, for all we care .... some sort of black box, a magic giver of bread. We really don't have the time; quite too busy enjoying this world. And so gives rise our tendency to use religion to meet our normal ego requirements - we are the greatest, we are superior, we are right, they are wrong, we shall deride them for we are superior, we are right, they are wrong, we can kill them because we are superior, we are right, they are wrong. The honest Christian is a Hindu and the honest Hindu is a Christian. Once one gets beyond the words, beyond the idiom, only He remains. May we all strive for that goal, for He is the only goal of life ... all else is inconsequential - teardrops in the ocean of eternity. Sorry to get all religious on you here, folks. Gary -- THE RADMAN . . . . Gary Stevason ..... http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2108 Caitanya@torfree.net "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." -- God, Bhagavad-gita