everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables..."(Roman 14:2)The smoking gun is right there: Paul's concept of faith in the salvific natureof the cross, declaring the Torah obsolete and viewing the Vegetarianism of theapostles possibly as dietetic Fanatacism of nazarene jewish origin culturejustifies the eating of flesh. First at least in the back room: "...It is betternot to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause yourbrother to fall. (Roman 14:21) which later is reflected in Timothy:"... They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods,which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and whoknow the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to berejected if it is received with thanksgiving..." (1 Timothy 4:3-4)Consequently the teachings of the Apostles in Jerusalem (James, Peter which Paulsarcastically describes as "those Superapostles", "those reputed to be thePillars" etc., (there is a whole barrage on my file of abuse as far as theoriginal disciples is concerned) are not what Paul is overly concerned with. Andso he tells his followers: ".. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesusother than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from theone you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put upwith it easily enough. (2 Cor 11:4)Conclusion:All three movements, the original Jesus movement, James and Peter and the restin Jerusalem (who regressed partially into Judaism exactly like sentimental HareKrishna devotees who can't quite get over their Christian background and finallyPaul have left their definite imprint on the Gospels. And so you have actuallythree strata of teachings.This of course is the reason for all the confusion that brakes out if youseriously start comparing the Gospel accounts, and therefore, the Gospels acc toChristian teachings being divinely inspired, the holy spirit manages at times tospeak out of 4 sides of his mouth simultaneously, leaving the befuddled readerwith 4 totally different and often mutually excluding each other reports.Jerusalem fell in 70 AD and with it perished the Jerusalem church (whosesurvivors fled acc to Epiphanius to Pella and up to the forth century wereVegetarians, with their own Vegetarian Gospel, declaring the animal sacrificesof the temple being terminated by Jesus' teachings and ... condemning Paul asthe first Christian Apostate. They remained small and insignificant, a smallgroup of puritans, crying in the desert.Paul's party, being a success in the Greco-Roman world with its pagan element ofa savior God became the successor of the teachings of Jesus by default.Heresy became orthodoxy - Orthodoxy became Heresy."...Two thousand years passed, but you could not accept the instruction of LordJesus Christ. And you are all claiming that you are Christian. When did youaccept Christianity? That is my question. Because you have disobeyed the orderof Christ. So when did you accept? Two thousand years passed. Hmm? Who willanswer this question?..." (Srila Prabhupada / May 9/75 Perth)All Glories to His Divine Grace, who by his transcendental realization was ableto reach through 2000 years of history to see pepples of gold in the sand ofthat religion.ys pdaPS
The publication I am working on in this regard is conceived as a preaching tooltowards the outside world. It's also intended to help to devotees all over theworld to get rid of thein mental hung ups about Christianity. It will establishthe Vaishnava teachings as Supreme and will establish Jesus as a vaishnavapreacher.I am not so concerned with the Jesus went to India lore as this will just takéthe focus away from the thrust of the book as shown above.However I do have still some cards up my sleeve in this regard and promise somesurprise when all goes well with the return of a certain Tibetan Lama to Indiafrom Tibet/now China when all goes well this summer. The world may be in for asurprise, and sorry, no, I can't let anybody in on this right now.The Bhavishya Purana accounts I am not so sure about. We need a Bhavishya Puranaante-dating the arrival of the British to counter the insertion claims ofWestern scholars.But there IS one intriguing thing I have not seen in any of the "Jesus went toIndia" literature and which I came across only accidentally while studying theaccounts of the Churchfather Ireneaus in the Harvard University library:It says there, hold your breath:"Despite the heresy of it, the early church father, Irenaeus, testified toreports coming from those he trusted in Asia that Jesus had reached old agewhile still being a teacher."What a stunt of this servant of yours!PSI appreciate any input by all of you as already begun by Bhakta Jan Mares.>I have no idea.Thats what the karmis may say. I have seen that too in writing.We don't accept that.ys pdaST.ODRAN’S REPORT FROM BEYONDText by <strong>Suhotra</strong> SwamiNovember 15, <strong>1995</strong>There is a most interesting account of early Christian history involving twosaints, Odran and Columba. In AD 536, St Columba established a church at Iona.Desiring that the church be protected, Columba came up with the idea to performa human sacrifice (!). His associate St Odran volunteered to be the victim. Hewas buried alive by Columba's men. Later Columba had the grave opened, andOdran was found to be alive. He reported that he'd had a look into theafterlife, and saw "The saved are not forever happy, the damned are not foreverlost." St Columba, fearing that Odran was speaking heresy, ordered his men tobury him again.
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