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<blockquote data-quote="paul becke" data-source="post: 61072671" data-attributes="member: 9288"><p>Although Gandhi apparently denied it at one time, it is clear from the burden of his comments that Gandhi did believe in the divininity of Christ. In fact, I do believe he was a secret Christain and a great saint. His criticisms of formal Christianity, as evidenced in the West, imo, make him a very early precursor of Vatican II in the Catholic church. </p><p></p><p>Indeed, his distance from the Tridentine, indeed, the traditional Catholic Christian culture, overlaid as it became with distorted 'traditions of men' (as well as good ones), precluded his being able to resign himself to the former, in the way that we, Catholics, inevitably do to an appreciable extent. So, he sees with the pristine clarity of a child, if the mind of a spiritual genius. </p><p></p><p>It may be that his Hindu background made it easier for him to identify when 'grace buiding upon nature' has been used by the Christian church, not simply as an indispensably-wise insight into the truth of the temporal limitations of our human condition, but as an excuse for a hideous spiritual complacency, similar to that of the Synagogue in Christ's day. (Put no trust in delusive words like these: 'This is the sanctuary of the Lord, the sancturay of the Lord!' - Jeremiah 7).</p><p></p><p>How unrecognisable our political class would be, and how respected our political systems, if they reflected these insights of Gandhi:</p><p></p><p>"The seven blunders that human society commits and cause all the violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principles."</p><p></p><p>Here is a fascinating link to an article on Gandhi and Christianity:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://in.christiantoday.com/articledir/print.htm?id=2837" target="_blank">http://in.christiantoday.com/articledir/print.htm?id=2837</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paul becke, post: 61072671, member: 9288"] Although Gandhi apparently denied it at one time, it is clear from the burden of his comments that Gandhi did believe in the divininity of Christ. In fact, I do believe he was a secret Christain and a great saint. His criticisms of formal Christianity, as evidenced in the West, imo, make him a very early precursor of Vatican II in the Catholic church. Indeed, his distance from the Tridentine, indeed, the traditional Catholic Christian culture, overlaid as it became with distorted 'traditions of men' (as well as good ones), precluded his being able to resign himself to the former, in the way that we, Catholics, inevitably do to an appreciable extent. So, he sees with the pristine clarity of a child, if the mind of a spiritual genius. It may be that his Hindu background made it easier for him to identify when 'grace buiding upon nature' has been used by the Christian church, not simply as an indispensably-wise insight into the truth of the temporal limitations of our human condition, but as an excuse for a hideous spiritual complacency, similar to that of the Synagogue in Christ's day. (Put no trust in delusive words like these: 'This is the sanctuary of the Lord, the sancturay of the Lord!' - Jeremiah 7). How unrecognisable our political class would be, and how respected our political systems, if they reflected these insights of Gandhi: "The seven blunders that human society commits and cause all the violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principles." Here is a fascinating link to an article on Gandhi and Christianity: [url]http://in.christiantoday.com/articledir/print.htm?id=2837[/url] [/QUOTE]
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