Re: Just to let you know Mark was all clear Andrew...

From: Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (andrew_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:59:31 -0400

Mozz wrote:
>
> >Christ teaches from John 11:25-26
> >
> >"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live,
> >even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never
> >die."
>
> Of course, the religious text quoted above - like nearly all such
> texts - is speaking symbolically and not literally. That is where
> your interpretation is in error.

Sorry you disagree with Him (shrug).

> >God created buddha and not the other way around.
>
> That is your erroneous judgement.

It is what I and everyone (including buddha) knows.
 
> >Christ teaches about buddha (and others like buddha) through John 10:
> >
> >7Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for
> >the sheep.
> >8All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep
> >did not
> >listen to them. 9I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be
> >saved. He
> >will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to
> >steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and
> >have it to the full.
> >11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for
> >the sheep.
> >12The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he
> >sees the
> >wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf
> >attacks the
> >flock and scatters it. 13The man runs away because he is a hired hand
> >and cares
> >nothing for the sheep.
> >
> >14"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--
> >15just as
> >the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for
> >the
> >sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must
> >bring them
> >also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock
> >and one
> >shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my
> >life--only to
> >take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my
> >own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it
> >up again. This command I received from my Father."
>
> Again, the symbolic language of poetry. The much older Hindu Vedas and
> Buddhist Pali Canon, Jewish Kabbalah and Egyptian/Babylonian epics all
> speak in the very same language and make the very same dramatic points
> at various junctures.

Did any of your idols lay down their lives for us and then pick it back
up again?
 
> You are merely projecting your own beliefs onto open template.

It seems you are unable to distinguish me (a mere servant) from my
Master. This does not bode well for either your dharma or your kharma.
 

> Have you ever tried to learn any theological comparative study Andrew?

I have learned what He has taught me during my continuing walk with Him.

> You might find it helps to pull you out of your cul-de-sac blind spot
> you seem to be stuck in.

God's gift of truth discernment did not come from a comparative study of
various world religions.
 
> May the buddha dharma bless you and all sentient beings.

May God touch you in a very special way so that you will know Him, in
Christ's Holy name.
 

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew 

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