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>>>When asked why he became Catholic and not Protestant, one such convert said that it was because CAtholicisim had statues, just like the Buddhists!<<<
I'm not so sure thats a good reason for choosing Catholicism over Protestantism.
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Originally posted by SamB:
I imagine him intoning from the minarets, "Esh'hado in'nal Maseeha Ib'nul'lah." (I witness that Christ is the Son of God). Saying what he said from the minaret, had he not lost his step, he might have even received the crown of martyrdom from his former co-religionists.
In IC XC
Samer[/B] "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, PROCLAIM UPON THE HOUSETOPS. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell." Matthew 10:26-28
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Originally posted by Columcille:
>>>When asked why he became Catholic and not Protestant, one such convert said that it was because CAtholicisim had statues, just like the Buddhists!<<<
I'm not so sure thats a good reason for choosing Catholicism over Protestantism.
Columcille I'm not sure it's a bad reason, though. Iconoclasm is a heresy (yes, I'm sure there's more to it than this).
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Dear Columcille, You are right. I think that it was also a matter of "feeling at home" with something that was already familiar to that person. But if it works for him, it works for me! Alex Originally posted by Columcille:
>>>When asked why he became Catholic and not Protestant, one such convert said that it was because CAtholicisim had statues, just like the Buddhists!<<<
I'm not so sure thats a good reason for choosing Catholicism over Protestantism.
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Dear Ignatius, As I believe that fellow is today a saint in Orthodoxy, your quote would be an excellent one for inclusion into an office in his honour! Alex Originally posted by Ignatius:
"So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, PROCLAIM UPON THE HOUSETOPS.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
Matthew 10:26-28
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Originally posted by Sharon Mech:
Joe,
I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Everyone knows that our chuch here in Columbus is "that mosque on Cleveland Avenue across from the Japanese steakhouse."
Buddhist indeed!
Sharon
Sharon Mech, SFO
Cantor & sinner
sharon@cmhc.com Hehehe, I got a great kick out of this one! We have a Russian Orthodox 'mosque' here in my town. Hehe, everytime I hear someone mention this, I ask if they noticed the Crosses atop the domes. Usually that gets them to realize that it's not a mosque at all. Just one of those things that makes me chuckle! In Christ, Mike (poor sinner)
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A component of my forthcoming book on Hesychasm deals with medieval dialogues
between Orthodox and Buddhists. Often it
was monks where pilgrims were put up in
a monastery for a night: Christian monks
staying in a Buddhist one and vice versa.
Central Asian digs at Turfan (an oasis
midst seven lost cities on the old Silk Route) have produced finds that suggest that the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, with its emphasis on compassion as the wisdom of a Buddha and as the Bodhisattva motivation to become a Buddha may stem from Christian influences acting on Central Asian Buddhism as early as the second century.
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Dear Professor, How happy you have made me! I want a copy of your book! I want a copy of your book! Criticize me if you will, call me a "Uniate" if you like, but do not leave me bereft of the insights of your research into this topic that fascinates me so! I will try to calm down now, Alex Originally posted by Thomas Mether:
A component of my forthcoming book on Hesychasm deals with medieval dialogues
between Orthodox and Buddhists. Often it
was monks where pilgrims were put up in
a monastery for a night: Christian monks
staying in a Buddhist one and vice versa.
Central Asian digs at Turfan (an oasis
midst seven lost cities on the old Silk Route) have produced finds that suggest that the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, with its emphasis on compassion as the wisdom of a Buddha and as the Bodhisattva motivation to become a Buddha may stem from Christian influences acting on Central Asian Buddhism as early as the second century.
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