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    Why is Jesus any better than Krishna? is christianity just glorified hinduism?

    Why be derogatory? We only hate in others what we hate in ourselves. Walk in a man's shoes instead of demonizing them. "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." -- Buddha
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    Why is Jesus any better than Krishna? is christianity just glorified hinduism?

    Language like that is not helping your cause.
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    Why is Jesus any better than Krishna? is christianity just glorified hinduism?

    When goodness grows weak, When evil increases, I make myself a body. In every age I come back To deliver the holy, To destroy the sin of the sinner, To establish righteousness. -- Krishna, Bhagavad Gita
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    The Attributes of God

    “Even faith in God is only a stage on the way. Ultimately you abandon all, for you come to something so simple that there are no words to express it.” – Nisargadatta
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    The Attributes of God

    "God is endless above and below the universe. There is no place, or even the smallest particle that it does not permeate. God permeates all of the water, land, wood, and stone. Not a single being is without it. Just as water is in and around water animals, in the same way, this pure God is in...
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    What is sin according to the Bible?

    "The only sin in the world is ignorance." -- Thoreau “Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If...
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    What Kind Of Christian Sects Are Going To Heaven?

    God does not split hairs. He could care less. Your heart alone gets you to heaven. Mindless division will not.
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    Well, Flarebath, at least you did an in-depth study of these great men and have reached what you consider a rational decision. LOL
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    I realize you need to believe that no matter what I say. :cool:
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    I admire Buddha for his intelligence. "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." -- Buddha I admire Krishna for his straightforwardness. "When goodness grows weak, When evil increases, I make myself a body. In every age I come back To deliver the...
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    You seem rather devout. Imagine what it would take for you to change that devotion. For me, it took decades to free myself from that way of thinking.
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    Sometimes it makes sense to change directions. I used to be a devout Christian. On the wisest voices this earth has produced, and personal experience.
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    Ya, it kinda does. It's a non-comprehensible paradox. "God sleeps in the rocks, stirs in the plants, dreams in the animals, and finally awakens in man." -- Vedic Quote "God is real, the universe is unreal, God is the universe." -- Shankara
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    What is it within you that keeps you alive? "I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. -- Psalms 82:6
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    How can there be free will when there is universal will?

    "Seeing that our birth involves the blending of these two things--the body, on the one hand, that we share with animals, and, on the other hand, rationality and intelligence, that we share with the gods--most of us incline to this former relationship, wretched and dead though it is, while only a...
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