U. G. Barad I suppoe you forget to read the topic sentence 'All Religions for
Human Integral Development'. You tired to confuse the readers by mixing it
with conversion and then you came with malicious contents to defame the
Christian Catholic. Just as Saffron colour is working in Indian Press, so also
some other colours work in New York Times and other Western Media. There
nothing called total holy or pure in spiritual life but one can one strive to
attain that holiness and purity through lot of mediation and scarify. Some
doctors and scientists think they know everything and so they have answers to
everything. I pity them, for life on earth is journey and you learn something
new till you die.
There are 10 books for the Rigveda. Ten mandalams. From first to nine
mandalams, in several places it is clearly said who is the real God, who is man
and why should man worship the God and how should he worship him. In the tenth
mandalam, besides this Lord Almighty, there is the mention about a man. The
first born and only son of the God. His name is Prajapathy (Praja means man and
Pathy means saviour), the son of the God comes to this world at the appropriate
time. U. G. Barad, you yourself had quoted Rig Veda (Vedic literature) in one
of your response yet you say you do not have Vedic literature. Kindly read
below text (they are written in Sanskrit not Greek) you will know what I tried
to explain you in previous mail.
Rigveda X:90:2
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद भूतं यच्च भव्यम |
उताम्र्तत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति ||
Purusha evedam sarvam
Yadbhutham yachabhavyam
Uthaamruthathwasya esaana
Ya daannenathirohathi
This man, the first born of the God is all that was, all that is and all that
has to be. And he comes to this world to give recompense to everybody as per
his deeds.
In the in the Holy Bible, book of Revelation, St.John 1:8 'The Lord God, who
is, who was and who is to come'. In John's Gospel 8th chapter 51st verse Jesus
says: I am telling you the truth. Whoever obeys my teaching will never die.
Rigveda X:90:5
तस्माद विराळ अजायत विराजो अधि पूरुषः |
स जातोत्यरिच्यत पश्चाद भूमिमथो पुरः ||
Thasmaad virraada jaayatha
viraajo adhi purusha:
Sjaatho athyarichyatha
Paschaad bhoomimadhopura
From that male the universe came into being. From that body of the universe
came the omnipresent male. That male thus became manifest,
adopted various forms and character and created the earth and other planets
along with the creatures to live in them.
In John 1:3 says, 'through him God made all things; not one thing in all
creation was made without him.
Rigveda X:90:7
तं यज्ञं बर्हिषि परौक्षन पुरुषं जातमग्रतः |
तेन देवा अयजन्त साध्या रषयश्च ये ||
Thaam yajnam barhishi proukshan
Purusham jaathamagratha
Thena deva ayajantha
Saadhya rushayaschaye
Devas of heaven and the ruling fraternity along with the hermits offered the
first born male in sacrifice by consecrating him as the animal of offering by
tying him on a wooden sacrificial post.
We read in all the four Gospels in the Holy Bible - Jesus was consigned to a
wooden cross by Pilate, the representative of the Roman Emperor, Herodes, the
Jew king (Ruler), and two priests named Annas and Caiaphas and their henchmen.
We are all children of God, God so loved us so much that he sent his only Son
to save us. In his death the whole mankind got salvation not just Christian
Catholic or Christian but all humans on earth irrespective of religion cast or
creed or one believes in God or not. The mission of Christian Catholics (with
the Pope as their leader) is to take the Good News (Birth, Death, Resurrection
of Jesus and Salvation of mankind) to the ends of the Earth. There might have
been wrong means but as I said men are weak right from Adam. The only
exception is Christ being God himself, who came in this world in the form of
Man. Sadly, the RSS and Saffron brigade in India don't refer these four Vedas,
the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda but only Mahabharata and
Ramayana, for they fear if they, they will find Prajapathy (Christ) and will no
longer be called Hindus but Christians. The Prajapathy from Rig Veda is none
other than Jesus Christ who came to this world to save mankind some 2000 years
back. Born in the central part of the Globe i.e., Bethlehem. Don't worry about
others, worry about yourself and your salvation. Meditate, read, search the
truth. You will find the truth. Hope this will enlighten you why all religions
are for integral development.
Peace be with you today and always!
Agnelo Pinheiro
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