Re: Disproving Christianity easy as 1,2,3...
Namaste,
Although I sometimes find Christians as obtuse, hypocritical, awfully backwards in their line of thinking and use of reasoning in attacking other faiths while advocating their own, I am of the same mind as Yajvan about this. If I could even add to that of a quote from the Buddha: "If a man, on hearing of what is good, comes and creates a disturbance, you should hold your peace. You must not angrily upbraid him; then he who has come to curse you will merely harm himself."
It serves no purpose to be always picking at the beliefs of others. Are we really going to lower ourselves to the standards that some Bible-thumping Christians have done by picking apart other people's faith and laughing at what they believe in? We're engaging in the same childish squabbles that you might see in a schoolyard. I would hope that the majority of us here are of far higher upright calibre than that.
I have always had the deepest respect for Sanatana Dharma even in my Christian days when I only knew a little about Hinduism. Later when I became acquainted that a great many people from different faiths were well versed in the Bible and Christian philosophy from interest and awareness and not just from the demographic distribution of those ubiquitous Christians, it only deepened my respect for these people outside my religion and made Christians look even more ignorant about other faiths. Even looking at this board I have seen members use quotes from the Bible to sometimes back up a principle that seemed universally evident in any walk of life. I didn't just find that admirable. I found it inspiring and unifying.
"God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole." - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
It's something many Christians obviously haven't woken up to yet, but let's not forget it ourselves.
"Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
Om Gam Ganapataye namah
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु ।
Lokaah SamastaaH Sukhino Bhavantu
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