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Jesus said "I and my Father are one and the same", and "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father", but in context we can see he was only speaking metaphorically as the following verses make clear that he wasn't God- Jesus said - "I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I"...

Firstly- the 'remnants' (as you call them) of Christians are a pretty big 'remnant', cue pie chart..:)- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- And secondly pictures like this of Buddhists running riot in the streets of the Far East were all over...

Such as who? I know a little bit about other religions too, and they leave me stone cold..

Call me a party-pooper but I'd have said to that emissary (whoever he is)- "Hey bub, the instant you picked that flower it began to die, so why the heck didn't you leave it growing in the ground where it belongs" (Charlton Heston and his two mates did the same thing early in Planet of the...

Waymarker quote- No disrespect to Buddha, but why on earth should we listen to him rather than the Son of God? Yup, I'm asking not just for myself but for the popcorn-munching audience who are following this thread with fascination. Now tell us why Buddhism is better than any other religion..:)

But Jesus was human too, and gave us some pointers from God that seem to work like it says on the tin, that's why we never see a jumpy, irritable fearful Christian, they don't exist..:)

As always, we have to take the Bible in context. Firstly in my post #4 above, Paul goes on and on about how women have helped him, and how they're equal to men ("male and female...you are all one in Christ"), so in context when he tells chatterboxes to clam up in the early churches, we know...

Originally Posted by Waymarker- Which of those Eastern traditions provide proof that it's the correct one? Hinduism lets the Caste System go on under its nose which holds that the low-born are not as equal as everybody else and that beggars must stay in the gutter.Sorry but I therefore see no...

Originally Posted by Waymarker- I personally wouldn't get aboard any coach (or religion) that didn't have Jesus in the drivers seat Who would you prefer in the driving seat, a David Koresh type or a Jim Jones type etc? If you join a Jones-type cult you'd better change your name to...

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio Bhaktajan mate, this discussion is going nowhere because you won't--or can't-- answer my simple brief questions with simple brief answers..:)

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio I personally enjoy good debate and discussion, it's a great way of learning about and comparing other faiths, nothing offends or upsets me and I hope people won't pull their punches with me..:)

I can't see it myself.. There have always been special women in the Bible such as Miriam who saved her baby brother Moses from death when she was just a child; Deborah, prophetess, judge and military leader; Huldah who taught at the college in Jerusalem.; Rahab the prostitute who sheltered the...

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio So what do you call yourselves?

Sorry you've lost me, you want to be a combat medic or what? PS- how do we look up peoples profiles in this forum to see their age, location, sex, background etc so we have some idea who we're talking to?

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio Waymarker quote- what do Hare Krishna devotees think of Jesus, was he the Son of God or what? Then what's so appealing about Hare Krishna that makes them prefer it to Christianity?

Fly in the ointment of that position is that a young carpenter blew peoples socks off with stuff not even David Blaine can do, and said- "I'll tell you things hidden since the creation of the world", so surely it's only logical to give him a hearing? Right Spock? "Affirmative, I'm all ears"

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio Yes, Jesus said the soul lives on after the death of the body, but what he certainly never said is that it 'reincarnates' into a new body. He said it goes on a one-way trip to heaven or hell and stays there...

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio Thanks, and what do Hare Krishna devotees think of Jesus, was he the Son of God or what?

Re: Soul of Christianity, Atman of Hinduism and Anatman of Buddhism -A Reconcilliatio I know I could google it, but I'd prefer hearing it from you (as I'm sure the popcorn-munching audience of this thread would), so could you remind us who Krishna was? I'm guessing he was God, so who exactly...

On the one hand, there are plenty of women vicars of Dibley around nowadays, yet sections of the male clergy are strongly opposed to women vicars, so I thought I'd open this thread for discussion. Are the christian male clergy being old fuddy-duddies or what? What do other faiths think of...