--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 4/21/05 5:14:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Recalling the millennium peace summit of 2000 in New York where 1100 > representatives from different faiths signed a document that there > should be no bloodshed in the name of religions as they were > different routes to one God, he said, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the > Pope Benedict XVI, held a press conference shortly thereafter at the > Vatican and released a 36 page doctrine 'Dominus Jesus'. > > "The doctrine objected to anyone trying to bring their religion at > par with the Roman Catholic Church and described it as crossing > limits of tolerance. It said non-Christians cannot get salvation as > they don't consider Jesus Christ as the son of God and even non- > Catholics would find it difficult to get salvation as they don't > consider the Pope as their head", > > > > So what's new here? Hasn't the Christian religion whether Catholic or > Protestant always said that Christianity is the only way to gain salvation? "No man > shall come to the Father except through the Son". You either believe it or > you don't. If you look at just about all religions you'll find they have their > exclusionary clauses as well.
*********** Nonsense. The Vedic tradition does not insist that anybody belong to any particular sect, but emphasizes that it is gaining unlimited awareness, which is the self of all, that is important, and that unboundedness has nothing to do with sectarian identification. Regarding what Jesus said, you have not understood this. The whole thing he said was "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." (John 14:6-7). Jesus is establishing His identity with God, but not saying that others could not have that status -- the disciples walked on the water along with Jesus, they healed the sick and raised the dead, too, so Jesus was saying that everybody could enjoy their Divine birthright, everybody was a much a son of God as He was: say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible for you." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
