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Re: Was Jesus a Pure Devotee?
EJ>... said that according to the vedic scriptures, if one does not base his
religion on the vedas, that person is considered a nastik (atheist).
And people say "according to the bible, if you don't follow the bible, you're
going to hell".
Obviously such circular arguments are ridiculous.
Neither Jesus nor Krishna ever said that ANYTHING was needed other than faith
in or devotion to the one God.
Note that a criminal crucified next to Jesus said "Remember me when you come
into your kingdom" and Jesus replied "This day you will be with me in
paradise". This was before the bible was written. :-)
The tricky part of all this is that if one follows the devotional practices
of ISKCON or Evangelical Christianity or Fundamentalist Islam, they work
since God is only interested in the faith and love component, and doesn't
care about theological concepts, no matter whether they are true or false.
THUS, since the devotee receives real fruits from his devotion, he foolishly
believes that all his intolerant theological concepts are thereby validated
as true.
Ken
ken@macshasta.com
PS It would seem that Jesus' guru was John the Baptist.
