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To: little jeremiah

You will, I hope observe, that nowhere did I indict Hinduism for polytheism. As an Orthodox Christian, I view the fundamental defect of paganism as the confounding of the created with the Uncreated.

I am fond of pointing out to atheists that theism is not one-god-paganism, by which I mean that the radically transcendant God is in no way like any created thing, whereas the gods of paganism (and even God as misconceived by some materialistically-minded Christians) are very much like created things.

Since you are a devote of Vedic religion, we must simply agree to disagree, but doubtless just as I find something defective in the temporal eternity of cyclic Hindu cosmology, you see something wrong with the atemporal eternity Christians attribute to the Uncreated God.


45 posted on 06/05/2005 4:54:52 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (Christ is Risen! Christos Anesti! Khristos Voskrese! Al-Masih Qam! Hristos a Inviat!)
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To: The_Reader_David

Hmmm - I'm not sure what your disagreement is with the Hindu cyclical creation of the material universes. The Vedas state clearly that beyond the creation there is the eternal Kingdom of God - one name in Sanskrit is Para Vyoma, the Supreme Sky. It is stated that the eternal sky, or eternal Kingdom of God, is changeless, is never created, never destroyed, and is actually the reality, of which this world is just like a shadow.

This world exists, but it is temporary, and its purpose is like a reformatory. This realm only is subject to repeated creation and destruction, but the time scale is exceedingly long. The creation and destruction of the material universes have nothing to do with the eternal existence of God's Kingdom, which is in no way affected.

I think we may agree more than you might guess. Atemporarl eternity sounds exactly correct, and God is described as being uncreated, the source of everything, eternally existant.


46 posted on 06/05/2005 6:02:39 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Resisting evil is our duty or we are as responsible as those promoting it.)
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