Cea mai mare tragedie a Bisericii este India!

By barzilaiendan on November 13, 2015 • ( 1 )

(dacă cineva ar binevoi să traducă pasajele din limba engleză ne-ar face un mare ajutor)

China – 1.357 billioane
‌India – 1.252 billioane –
Populația Indiei este 17.5% din totalul populației lumii
Statele Unite ale Americii – 316.5 millioane

Zilele trecute, englezi vorbeau despre tragedia pierderii Indiei. ,,În contextul în care secolul acesta se prefigurează să fie secolul Indiei“, spuneau ei, ,,este o tragedie că Anglia se găsește doar în poziția a noua în numărul țărilor care fac schimburi comerciale cu această țară.“

Ce trist!

Trist de două ori. Anglia a pierdut India din cauza egoismului cu care a exploatat-o economic și a disprețuit-o social în timpul colonialismului. Și Anglia a pierdut India din cauza ipocriziei, oferindu-se să o ,,civilizeze“ sub un creștinism de stat, devenit religie anglicană a oamenilor nenăscuți din nou. (,,Anglicanismul“ este un catolicism rupt de Roma din motive politice).

Este din ce în ce mai greu să evanghelizezi India. Misionarii sunt arșii de vii, bisericile sunt incendiate, școlile sunt închise. India s-a întors la hinduismul milioanelor de zei locali.

Ținând seama că l-au avut ca prim misionar pe Andrei încă în primul secol, eșecul creștinismului în India este cea mai mare tragedie a Bisericii. Sunt peste un miliard de oameni care au ales întunericul idolatriei refuzând un creștinism care n-a umblat în lumină. India a aruncat afară și a călcat în picioare ,,sarea care și-a pierdut gustul“.

Ce trist este și că Anglia nu regretă eșecul creștin, ci doar pe cel economic. Așa zișii creștini de stat, anglicanii, n-au înțeles nimic din greșeala lor, nu s-au pocăit și persistă în dorința de a mai stoarce din India ceva … capital. ,,Capitalul uman“ nu-i interesează. Capitalul etern este, în estimarea lor, … neglijabil.

Ce trist că și în România majoritatea oamenilor s-au întors nu la Dumnezeu, ci doar la un creștinism național, de stat (și la propriu și la figurat), la o ortodoxie înghețată într-o pojghiță subțire a tradițiilor și liturghiilor care nu duce oamenii la ,,nașterea din nou“, la schimbarea caracterului și a comportamentului, la umblarea practică cu Dumnezeu, la o relație personală cu Isus Christos și la o umplere sfințitoare cu Duhul Sfânt. Românii se mulțumesc cu o teorie stearpă, fără nici o traducere în practica vieții de zi cu zi.

N-ar fi rău să auzim iar avertismentul lui Gandhi:

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – ― Mahatma Gandhi

,,Îmi place Christos, dar nu-mi plac creștinii voștri. Creștinii voștrii nu sunt de loc ca și Christosul vostru“.

Maxima a fost completată mai târziu cu refuzul categoric: ,,Pe Chistos puteți să ni-l lăsați, dar voi (englezii) plecați la voi acasă“.

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O părere a lui E. Stanley Jones (The Christ of the Indian Road – published in 1925 by The Abington Press, New York City):

Dr. Jones says that the greatest hindrance to the Christian gospel in India is a dislike for western domination, western snobbery, the western theological system, western militarism and western race prejudice.

Gandhi, the great prophet of India, said, “I love your Christ, but I dislike your Christianity.” The embarrassing fact is that India judges us by our own professed standard. In reply to a question of Dr. Jones as to how it would be possible to bring India to Christ, Gandhi replied: First, I would suggest that all of you Christians live more like Jesus Christ.

Second, I would suggest that you practice your Christianity without adulterating it. The anomalous situation is that most of us would be equally shocked to see Christianity doubted or put into practice.

Third, I would suggest that you put more emphasis on love, for love is the soul and center of Christianity. Fourth, I would suggest that you study the non-Christian religions more sympathetically in order to find the good that is in them, so that you might have a more sympathetic approach to the people.

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De ce este rău să ai o religie ,,de stat“, o religie ,,națională“?

Vă propun să-l ascultați pe un alt indian. Iată câteva extrase dintr-un alt articol:

Hinduism is not the only religion that has been perverted by ideology. Christianity has used and misrepresented the name of Christ.

It also works the other way around – ideologies basically seek to become religions, Nazism, Communism, Fascism etc., are good examples. So far Materialism has found the most acceptance globally.

Christianity asks people to follow wise men in a hierarchy; Christ asks people to follow him in Spirit and in Truth. Christianity requires institutional membership; Christ has promised to be anywhere two or three gather in his name. Christianity binds individuals with ritual and tradition; Christ warns that tradition makes God’s Word void in people’s hearts. Christianity has blood on its hands, it is guilty of untold depravity; in John 8:46 Christ demands, “Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?”

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Because Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam etc., were each founded by one individual, it is assumed that Christianity falls in the same category. But Jesus was not its founder – it was legalized as Rome’s state religion in 317 by the emperor Constantine.

Down the ages with its violent history of power and politics, debauched clergy and widespread division, Christ has been consistently sullied and concealed by what the world accepts as “Christianity.” Often it displays no resemblance to the name it bears. It is man-made and not all Christians consider it authentic or desirable in its current institutional model.

Many are concluding that a choice must be made, and following Christ authentically and simply as he showed how, is the growing preference.

Even the uninitiated in their hearts know that Christ brings peace and unity, all else has been tried and found wanting.

I believe no one can induce people to believe it is Christ who waits at the end of man’s spiritual quest – there is enough evidence God uniquely dialogues with each one of us. It’s a mystery most people ignore or dismiss. Only a few accept the divine invitation for an incomparable, lifelong relational adventure.

Profound theological arguments may refute this, but anyone who has glimpsed the hope of eternal salvation is soon unimpressed by the knowledge and piety of man, clergy or otherwise.

When people surrender their hearts to Christ and discover sin’s grip can be broken, they will not settle for a lofty religion that complicates life and brings no deliverance. Freedom does not always come instantly without trials, but people know it surely comes to broken hearts longing for their “Maker.”

Alternatively some folks prefer to feel safe in the groupthink of organized belief, and uniformly follow something called Christianity or some other religion. One way demands death to pride, the other offers the standard feel-good-about-myself religious experience and self-gratification with group membership in a club of sorts.

The idea that the God of the universe can be bribed with good works, piety, rituals and traditions has widespread acceptance, and millions are shackled and controlled by the idea, which the clergy easily manipulates.

But the scriptures mysteriously indicate that it is God who chooses us, (John 15: 16), offering the free gift of himself. We don’t choose him. We can accept or reject him, but we cannot bribe our way to him using religion.

That pretty much describes authentic, divine, agape love.

So what is of greater worth – the truth that sets people free or the experience of being stuck in a lifelong religious rut?

(Frank Raj belongs to an extended Indian-American family; he is based in Indiaand the Middle East where he has lived for over three decades. He is the founding editor and publisher of ‘The International Indian’, (www.theinternationalindian.com) the oldest magazine of Gulf-Indian society and history since 1992. Frank is listed in Arabian Business magazine’s 100 most influential Indians in the Gulf and is co-author of the upcoming publication ‘Universal Book of the Scriptures,’ and author of ‘Desh Aur Diaspora.’ He blogs at http://www.no2christianity.com)

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India

Country in South Asia

India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia. In the north, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort complex, massive Jama Masjid mosque and Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges in Varanasi, and Rishikesh is a yoga center and base for Himalayan trekking.

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