One goal for this interspiritual Christian weblog is to make the case that one can be wholly Christian without having to be exclusive. It is my hope that there are interspiritual Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, etc. who are making the same case for their own faiths.
We now live in a time when the influences of exclusive religion on milatarist thinking poses an actual threat to the survivability of the human race. This is because religion needs to be leading the way towards peace instead of apocalypse.
For example, whatever case I hear being made for an exclusivist Christian faith or an exclusivist Islamic faith, I am absolutely certain that neither case is within the will of God, whether I address Him as Allah or Jehovah. Whatever name I use, He is still the All-Merciful, All-Compassionate One who seeks to save.
The Interspiritual Age we live in necessitates that every religion must re-examine itself and its Scriptures in the light of the present state of human affairs. See “On The Nature of Scripture” as an example.
I pray for prophets of peace within all religions–such as were found in Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.–to replace the prophets of apocalypse. No doubt such prophets will be persecuted, first and foremost by the religionists in their own faith. It is to be recalled that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu terrorist for seeking Hindu-Muslim unity.
There are serious obstacles to the interspiritual movement, and they must be faced with the overwhelming power of love. The unity of all religion is to be found in love. The tribalism of the past must be absorbed into love; tribalism always takes the relative view whereas love is universal.
God bless.
February 3, 2009 at 3:40 am |
You are no doubt well-meaning, ISC, but nevertheless a deceiver and deceived. God is who He knows Himself to be, not who you, in your vain imaginings, conceive Him to be–creating Him in your own image. How foolish. Admit that you believe in no god at all, for if He is whatever you deem Him to be, He is no god at all.
Please don’t misunderstand. Peace on earth is an admirable goal. Your peace you will find to be a nightmare, however, and your man of peace to be the most evil dictator the world has ever known. But you will “succeed.” You will get what you think you want. May you enjoy it for the little time it lasts.
Or better for you . . . ask God who He knows Himself to be. If you seek Him, He will reveal Himself to you. All find what they truly seek.
May God, the true God, bless you by opening your eyes to the truth.
Cindy
May 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm |
I continually ask God to reveal himself to me. Our vision is always affected by the color of the glass. As long as we are in a body, there are veils between us and God that need to be removed, and it is a lifelong process. Be careful what you read into the apocalyptic books of the Bible, as they were addressing specific circumstances in history.
God bless.