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Re: REQUEST : RISHIS
On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:07:53 GMT, shrao@nyx.net (Shrisha Rao) wrote:
>>But some say you have to surrender to Yahweh, Christ, Allah, etc. How can
>>there be One God and all these claim to be Him?
>
>I don't see what the problem is here. Even if there is only one God,
>there can be many claims that either oneself or some (hypothetical)
>someone is God. You are simply assuming that every claim (or even any
>claim) is necessarily right, and that is not logical.
So you are saying the other gods are no God, but the one you say is God is
God! Isn't that what all religions claim for their God?
>>>> Can one Surrender to Vishnu, Shiva, etc. instead of Krishna? What is the
>>>> difference?
>>>
>>>Yes! There is a big difference. Surrendering to Shiva will get you
>>>significant material benefits but can not releive you from the cycle of
>>>birth and death.
>>
>>So you are saying Shiva is not God. So there are more than One God. Some
>>lead you to Solvation (from cycle death and rebirth) and others do not.
>
>The Bhagavad Gita says that. As do many other types of scripture for
>many other faiths. But usually one does not find "some lead you to
>salvation," but One leads you to salvation, and the others do not.
Another religion who's followers are the only chosen ones. Gotch ya.
>Wherefrom does one arrive at the inference rule that _if_ there is an
>Omnipotent God, _then_ he/she/it is formless, etc.? Also note that I
>would object that such an entity, were it to exist, would have the
>flaws of not have a form or name, and thus, your "God" is postulated
>with two flaws inherent in his/her/its character.
>
>Regards,
>
>Shrisha Rao
These are not flaws. You chose to call them such. He is also Everything.
So He is indeed All Forms, Names, Shapes, etc. My God Has No Flaws:).
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