Christian pluralism

[juvenissun]

Idolatry who said any thing about that Hindus don't worship statues instead they worship the God that it represents Hinduism is in fact monotheistic Buddhism for the most part has no divinity unless ur a Tibetan Buddhist I believe Christ manifest in many ways for many people

But you should NOT treat those manifestations as God. You should not worship those manifestations. You should worship only ONE God.

 

[juvenissun]

Don't force you're close minded views of God on me

It is logic, not a close-mind. Unless you do not want to be logic.

 

[Percivale]

A religion needs a god. So the gods of other religions are NOT ok to a Christian no matter how true and valuable are their doctrines.

The Christian God is not ok to those of other religions either. Whenever mutually exclusive claims are made both can't be true, and it's not fair to blame one party rather than the other for that fact. I believe in tolerance and respect, but not in nonsense. I will welcome the true and valuable things other religions offer, but where we disagree someone is wrong, and I will present the evidence for why I believe it is Christianity that is right, while respecting others' right to disagree.

I wrote this response thinking your quote above was by a non-Christian accusing us of intolerance. Just noticed you're actually coming at it from the other side, but i guess this makes my position equally clear either way.

 

[Percivale]

But you should NOT treat those manifestations as God. You should not worship those manifestations. You should worship only ONE God.

If Christ really did manifest in other religions, it would be right to worship him in those contexts, since he is divine. But the only case there seems to be any chance of that is if Krishna is based on a prehistoric appearance of Christ, the story of which has been distorted over time. That's just an unlikely chance too, not something one should use to justify worshipping Krishna.

 

[Willis Gravning]

in Christian I believe Jesus is God incarnate he died and rose again I believe the the bible is God's word but I also believe that other religions are also ok and that they all have inherit truth and value

I am a practicing Catholic too and I think pretty much along the same line. Religions which promote harmony among mankind (and nature) are okay in my book.

 

[bhsmte]

It is logic, not a close-mind. Unless you do not want to be logic.

It seems, he disagrees with your logic.

 

[GrowingSmaller]

I am more of a monist, theres one God and one proper way of pleasing him and going well, but the issue is that you then have various sects claiming THE WAY, and fighting one another with an idea of divine right. So I am monist, but tolerant of other ideas, which is what I think the spirit of pluralism stems from partially.

 

[juvenissun]

I am more of a monist, theres one God and one proper way of pleasing him and going well, but the issue is that you then have various sects claiming THE WAY, and fighting one another with an idea of divine right. So I am monist, but tolerant of other ideas, which is what I think the spirit of pluralism stems from partially.

I understand. But according to my understanding, ALL other ways of claiming THE WAY are only half-true. There ARE theological problems with any of the other WAYS. In comparison, the problems do not exist in Christianity.

Not prejudiced by Christianity, I am happy to discuss any of the non-Christian ways to obtain eternal happy life.

 

[Theatreguy18]

I am a practicing Catholic too and I think pretty much along the same line. Religions which promote harmony among mankind (and nature) are okay in my book.

I'm Catholic too !!!!!

 

[eartheart]

The bible is Cain, the brothers keeper, who used it to stone him, hence why Jesus claimed to be Gods son to end the man made Sabbath by being the bate, this dis change the world, the old testement had to much control over the people until Jesus was written in as their savor, jews today still freakishly worship the old testiment, while christians are called to learn the truth of this strange religion that is the message

 

[OrthodoxForever]

I'm an inclusivist, most if not all religions have some truth in them, but they can't all be equally valid because they disagree with each other. They teach different things and emphasize different parts of what they share. I appreciate the religious diversity on this planet and learn from other faiths as well as follow my own. Christ told us to find and seek after the good in this world wherever we found it.

 

[GrowingSmaller]

I'm an inclusivist, most if not all religions have some truth in them, but they can't all be equally valid because they disagree with each other. They teach different things and emphasize different parts of what they share. I appreciate the religious diversity on this planet and learn from other faiths as well as follow my own. Christ told us to find and seek after the good in this world wherever we found it.

Anekāntavāda (Sanskrit: अनेकान्तवाद "skepticism") is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism given by Mahavira, the last tirthankara. It refers to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, or vantage points, the notion that reality is perceived differently from diverse points of view, and that no single point of view is the complete truth, yet taken together they comprise the complete truth - Wikipedia.

 

[OrthodoxForever]

Anekāntavāda (Sanskrit: अनेकान्तवाद "skepticism") is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism given by Mahavira, the last tirthankara. It refers to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, or vantage points, the notion that reality is perceived differently from diverse points of view, and that no single point of view is the complete truth, yet taken together they comprise the complete truth - Wikipedia.

And the point of that as a reply to what I said would be?