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Posted on 02/08/2011 7:12:21 AM PST by Gamecock
HINDUS HAVE applauded Pope Benedict for including verse from ancient Hindu scripture Upanishads in the Good Friday Meditations and Prayers led by him at Roman Colosseum.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a remarkable gesture from Pope and invited him to study more ancient Hindu scriptures, which were very rich in philosophical thought. He or other Hindu scholars would gladly provide the help and resources in this regard, if asked, Zed added.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, also commended His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for inclusion of a verse from Indias Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagores Gitanjali and reference to peace icon Mahatma Gandhi in these prayers.
This years 'Way of the Cross at the Colesseum' Meditations and Prayers on Good Friday, led by Pope, included well-known verse from Brahadaranyakopanishad (Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality), line from Tagores Gitanjali (Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service) and reference to Mahatma Gandhi.
Rajan Zed stressed that all religions should work together for a just and peaceful world. Dialogue would bring us mutual enrichment, he added.
Pope Benedict heads the Roman Catholic Church, which is the largest of the Christian denominations. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
Thanks.
Done.
It all gets back to *Did God REALLY say...?*
The very first thing Satan did was attack God’s word. And they had only ONE VERSE in their *Bible*.
If anything, it shows the danger of relying on oral tradition.
Each one does what It says it does - ONLY The Power of The Word makes that possible.
Thank you. How did you know I needed that?
Psalm 19 is actually a very easy Psalm to memorize.
It’s nicely broken into three main parts.
Psalm 119 fits in very well with it.
Psalm 119 (especially verse 11)
9How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
10 With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
11I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
12Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes!
13With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
14In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
16I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
It’s all about His WORD.
Scripture.
Meditating on His Word that they are written on our hearts.....
I have stored up your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you.
I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
And how it is all possible by the way He made us. What an amazing Almighty God we serve by the Power of His Word.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
I love the Psalms, they are so muscular. By this I mean strong, forth right, and honest. I love that David never held back his heart from the Lord.
Some would think that Christ would abandon us until the Luther’s and Calvins come along.
I’d say those who believe that really don’t know God nor Christ as their personal Savior.
***The very first thing Satan did was attack Gods word. And they had only ONE VERSE in their *Bible*.***
And let’s not forget how the last Adam, our Lord and Savior, defended Himself against Satan’s attacks in the wilderness. He looked to tradition!
Oh, wait, of course He didn’t! He relied on God’s word!
“The very first thing Satan did was attack Gods word.”
...and Satan continued attacking God’s Word through the mindless personal vanity of Luther and Calvin. Satan enjoys Christians divided. There are dividers and their followers. What will be their reward?
“If anything, it shows the danger of relying on oral tradition.”
Their is no sole reliance on Tradition. The Word of God comes through Scripture and Tradition.
Yay! Thanks!!
I don't know of a single Proddy who would believe such an off-the-wall stinking pile of horse feathers.
GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A REMNANT . . . who TOOK HIM AT HIS
NOTHING ELSE is in the ballpark.
Nothing else is adequate.
Nothing else is Biblical.
Nothing else is of faith and thereby God pleasing.
All else is pharisaical, magicsterical, bureaucratic truth- mangling sheeple manipulation from hell.
And in the case of the
Vatican Alice In Wonderland School Of Theology, Reality Mangling, Chronic Professional Blaming, Wailing and Whining Institute,
It is ALSO a horrific pile of idolatry, blasphemy and gross heresy piled up in a growing pile that breeds on itself.
“For there is ONLY One Way, ONLY One Truth, ONLY One Life.
It’s ALL about JESUS, no one or nothing else.
JESUS is THE WORD for It Is Written.”
Some who say these things, do not understand them.
Some worship a book...not understanding that these Words... Jesus Christ’s Word existed before it was written.
BTW,
Christ never walks away from HIS OWN.
Rebellious, idolatrous, blasphemous folks walk away from God.
Human organizations have NEVER remained true to God, long term. NEVER.
Not in the Old Testament and not in the New Testament era.
It is unmitigated BRAZON ARROGANCE on the part of the
Vatican Alice In Wonderland School Of Theology, Reality Mangling, Chronic Professional Blaming, Wailing and Whining Institute CULT
to pretend it is somehow magically more enduringly saintly etc. even than the Jewish Kingdom of old . . . when, in fact, it’s the very opposite . . . to this very day.
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