THE CORRUPTION OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION Christians have materialized their religion until there is very little spirituality left in it. They have no logical, no consistent background in support of their teachings, and without a scientific understanding of man’s place in nature and the relationship existing between the latter and the Supreme Deity, religion at best can be but a gross caricature of Truth. Many instances could be pointed out, but we will take the first one that presents itself to our mind. The name Christian is derived from the word Christ, and the latter word has been so corrupted in its meaning that Christians everywhere regard it as applicable to but one individual, whom they call Jesus of Nazareth. Yet, Christ is not the name of a man at all. It is the name of a Principle. Every human being has a spark of the Christ Principle in him, and by fanning this spark it will grow and expand into an all-enveloping Spiritual Flame that will ultimately so completely dominate the thoughts and feelings of the individual that such a fortunate one may well be regarded as a Christ, since his whole life will be a continuous expression of the Christ Principle. The names Christ and Buddha are synonymous. There are many people who believe that Buddha is the name of a single individual, otherwise known as Gautama Siddhartha. But this is an erroneous idea. There have been many Buddhas, just as there have been many Christs. Anyone can become a Christ, if he will strive unswervingly to live the Christ life, through many repeated incarnations. Learned in the ways of superstition and materialism, but abysmally ignorant regarding the most fundamental facts that underlie the spiritual aspects of life. It is a truism that no amount of subtle reasoning can transform falsehood into truth. Given false premises, the deductions therefrom must necessarily be false. What may well be regarded as the first and foremost prop, supporting and buttressing the system of thought erected by Christian Theology, is so weak and illogical that it cannot withstand the first barrage of a well-directed criticism. Ask the average Christian if God is an individual, a being, and he is almost certain to reply by saying, “Yes.” Ask him if God is infinite, and he will also say, “Yes,” never realizing that by so doing he has affirmed two opposing statements that mutually contradict each other. A being, of course, has a center and a circumference, and is distinguishable from other beings. But the Infinite has neither center nor circumference. It occupies every point in space, and is Space itself. Every being of every grade, from an atom to a sun, is a limited and conditioned expression of the Infinite. But each can express only so much of the Infinite as its capacity will permit, and no more. To assert that from the standpoint of human consciousness a part is equal to the whole is to convict one of being a syncretist; and Christians with few exceptions can be so classified, for they believe that the Infinite is limited, and that the limited is Infinite.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:24:45 +0000