I too welcome the comparison atypican. I prefer to deal with specificities rather than generalizations, but I appreciate the effort RB is making nevertheless. Now that you've indicated your interest, your contribution is desirable as well.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:16 PM, atypican <[email protected]> wrote: > >that's good company to be put in with.... > > indeed! I like this topic comparing the JC Bible with The Bhagavad > Gita. > > I hope it gets the attention it deserves. > > On Mar 29, 7:42 pm, Redshirt Bluejacket <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mar 29, 2:45 pm, Steve Marriott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > RB, I'm just starting to take a peek at the link you posted. I noted > the > > > following text under the picture of Einstein and it reminded me that I > had > > > thought about you a few days ago when in the course of helping my > daughter > > > with her assignment to read Emerson and Thoreau, I learned a little > more > > > about Transcendentalism. Upon doing so, I thought to myself..."This > sounds > > > a lot like the stuff RB has been talking about!". This text seems to > > > confirm my suspicion. > > > > Well I can not complain, that's good company to be put in with.... > > > > > > > > > Read reflections and comments by various famous personalities on the > > > Bhagavad Gita. Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, > Albert > > > Schweitzer, Aurobindo, Carl Jung, Herman Hesse, Ralph Waldo Emerson, > Aldous > > > Huxley, and many others. > > > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Redshirt Bluejacket < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mar 29, 11:11 am, Steve Marriott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Perhaps you could provide some links; both to the 'profound > chapter' and > > > > to > > > > > the section of the Bible that you've selected to make your > comparison? > > > > > That'd be helpful. > > > > > > > > I noted that among the many tribes and peoples that it concerns, > it > > > > makes no > > > > > > mention, anywhere, of Hinduism or Buddhism or of nations like > China and > > > > > > Japan.... it disputes certain nonbiblical Gods but not these > systems, > > > > and > > > > > > does not deny the possibility that these systems are expressions > of a > > > > wider > > > > > > Universal truth, which it should if they are not... > > > > > > > The Bible has never held itself out to be a comprehensive history > book > > > > for > > > > > any people group other than the Israelites. You error to expect > > > > otherwise. > > > > > > Here is a link to the Bhagavad Gita --http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/-- > > > > please read it with an open mind, for there is no basis to doubt that > > > > it is as much a revelation of God as any other text set forth in the > > > > expanse of human history.... I have not compared it against any one > > > > specific part of the JC Bible, but against that text as a whole. Sure > > > > there was some wiggle room to say things didn't add up here and > there, > > > > but nothing pointedly that one could say there's an irreconcilable > > > > contradiction.... > > > > > > About the Bible being basically restricted to the history of the > > > > Israelites -- well, it's conceivable that everything from stem to > > > > stern therein is addressed only to the Israelites, isn't it? The > > > > Garden of Eden account may only reference the first man and woman in > > > > the Israelite line, not of all mankind.... Noah's flood may have been > > > > a localised event.... the laws passed to Moses were, explicitly as I > > > > recall, directed only to the Israelites, and not applicable against > > > > foreign nations in which they were guests.... and Jesus came from > > > > among the Israelites to deliver a message perhaps also directed only > > > > to them, just as it could be presumed that the message of the > > > > Mahabharata is directed to the indigenous of India, and the Popol Vuh > > > > to denizens of Mesoamerica, and perhaps the Qur'an is directed to > > > > Arabs.... I really see no reason why these texts, if understood as > > > > applying to the civilisation in which they were produced, should not > > > > be interpreted as applying to the civilisation in which they were > > > > produced.... > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > "A Civil Religious Debate" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]> > <a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]<ate%[email protected]> > > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en.- Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "A Civil Religious Debate" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<a-civil-religious-debate%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/a-civil-religious-debate?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "A Civil Religious Debate" group. 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