Do non-Christians really try to reduce the Christian faith?

[annem]

Hi. Some points that may be of interest:

About whether Buddhists try to convert Christians: perhaps the most well known Buddhist today, Thich Nhat Hanh, wrote a book titled “Living Buddha, Living Christ” in which he most assuredly did try to convert Christians. Hanh wrote that wondering about whether or not there is a God is a waste of energy, and that you and I are as unique as Christ, and that when you look deeply, you can find that the two religions are of the same essence.

These are very Buddhist statements, but no Christian could agree with them. I am as unique as the God of the universe? Pantheism and atheism are of the same essence as monotheism?

About Gandhi - in the book “Great Soul” by the Pulitzer prize winning author, the author finds proof that Gandhi was gay, that he deserted his wife at one point for a male lover, and also that he was a racist.

God bless, Annem

 

[meltzerboy]

Hi. Some points that may be of interest:

About whether Buddhists try to convert Christians: perhaps the most well known Buddhist today, Thich Nhat Hanh, wrote a book titled “Living Buddha, Living Christ” in which he most assuredly did try to convert Christians. Hanh wrote that wondering about whether or not there is a God is a waste of energy, and that you and I are as unique as Christ, and that when you look deeply, you can find that the two religions are of the same essence.

These are very Buddhist statements, but no Christian could agree with them. I am as unique as the God of the universe? Pantheism and atheism are of the same essence as monotheism?

About Gandhi - in the book “Great Soul” by the Pulitzer prize winning author, the author finds proof that Gandhi was gay, that he deserted his wife at one point for a male lover, and also that he was a racist.

God bless, Annem

That casual and shocking last statement about Gandhi surely deserves a separate thread, I would think!

 

[arthra]

After a discussion about Buddhism it occurred to me why would a non-Christian want to try to convert a Christian away from God? First and foremost I have to start with the point that as Christians we believe that God is love. So, for anyone to try to convert a Christian away from God would essentially be trying to convert them away from love. To further my point, consider someone who believed there was a god of love and god of water. It seems noteworthy that all you really would need is to believe in the god of love. Because it would only be love that would protect a person from water or create water for people to survive.

Back to the Buddhist, now here is a religion that does not believe in God so to deconvert a Christian would he try to reduce our faith into lack of faith…would he try to convince the Christian that God is not real and that love is not of God but something mortal and derived from flesh? It seems inconsiderate to reduce another person’s faith especially if the Buddhist doesn’t believe in God then it is of no consequence to him whether another person believes in God or not as long as they do good.

Let us pray that we may not reduce each other’s faith in God. God Bless!

If you are familiar with the term “Apophatic” I suggest it might have some meaning in this discussion…See the article:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophatic_theology

 

[SAVINGRACE]

Hi. Some points that may be of interest:

About Gandhi - in the book “Great Soul” by the Pulitzer prize winning author, the author finds proof that Gandhi was gay, that he deserted his wife at one point for a male lover, and also that he was a racist.

God bless, Annem

The Legislative Assembly of Gujarat, the lawmaking body of Gandhi’s home state voted unanimously on March 20, 2011 to ban Great Soul because of the controversy.

Lelyveld has stated that the gay interpretation of his work is a mistake. “The book does not say that Gandhi was bisexual or homosexual. It says that he was celibate and deeply attached to Kallenbach. This is not news.”

And yet…

Lelyveld’s inquiry includes quotes from a letter sent by Gandhi to Kallenbach from London in 1909: “Your portrait (the only one) stands on my mantelpiece in the bedroom. The mantelpiece is opposite to the bed… [The purpose of which] is to show to you and me how completely you have taken possession of my body. This is slavery with a vengeance.”