Blond Jesus from 1800s
Vijay shares a photograph:
Here is a link from within this forum in the photo section which I just uploaded....
I took this picture this summer at Hohen Schawngau Castle in Bavaria Germany. This castle was built or rebuilt around 1855. It clearly shows a 'Blond Jesus'. What is there for anyone to say. Jesus was a Jew so most likely a short man with black curly locks, but here the christians have created a Aryan baby Jesus. I took this picture because as soon as I saw this image, words of Rajiv Malhotra's Breaking India resonated in my ears.
Rajiv Malhotra's response:
"...I dont know when i will get around to publishing it [BI] in the full version because i have many other projects pending. One of the article I wrote (unpublished) was titled "How Jesus Became Blonde". All earlier art showed Jesus with Middle
Eastern features, and only in the past 200 years did Jesus start looking like a white man."
Ganesh shares a related link:
"....
Excerpt.
"LBI Institute says its version, Judith
Christ of Nazareth, The Gospels of the Bible, Corrected to Reflect that
Christ Was a Woman, Extracted from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, takes Thomas Jefferson's edited Gospel one step futher by "correcting" the gender of Christ and God."
Shaas follows up:
"The Church is like a chameleon. It changes features, philosophies, approaches with only one purpose: to defeat her "competitors", i.e. cultures, religions, etc.....
Different with Sanatan Dharm that is the expression of deepest natural law. Veda is knowledge and it will not and cannot be changed. Maybe expanded and brought in new words - but it is Natural Law, eternal. It deals systematically with the basis of life - consciousness - and as such is indispensable for any kind of educational system.
The past and present of Christianity are the clearest example how a religion, in absence of a real basis, can be again and again manipulated to be an instrument of power mongers."
Rajiv Malhotra makes an important point in his response:
"All religions change over time to respond to the needs of the context. We call this smritis. These are not fixed or else we would be frozen in time as often alleged. Even the aesthetics of how a deity is presented changes and is merely artist imagination. Not a single image of Krishna or Rama claims to be by an artist who saw the avatara at that time. There are no images surviving from that era assuming there were such images. So these are artist imaginations and such imaginations evolved over time".
August 31
Evangelical Christianity: Devils in high places
Rajiv Malhotra posts:
I dont know where this review appeared [found a link in DNA] but it shows that the British author (who was featured in this thread in the early days) supports Breaking India's thesis.
Evangelical Christianity:Devils in high places
By Yogesh Pawar
In his explosive new book The Armies Of God: A Study In Militant Christianity,British-born, Malaysia-based academic Iain Buchanan blows the lid off a subjectthat most scholars and journalists tend to shy away from: the rise of US evangelism as a force in global affairs.
His book looks at how some of the powerful evangelical outfits operate — often asUS government proxies — in countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, and ofcourse, India, and the disastrous effects this has had on the relationship between the Christian West and non-Christian cultures, religious communities and nations..."
Raj shares another interview:
"
NPR interview with Rachel Tabachnick (whose www.talk2action.org site
has plenty of info), discussing The New Apostolic Reformation ideology,
end-time, Tea Party policies and controlling all areas of society and
government. This group organized Rick Perry’s recent prayer rally, and
it is
connected to Sarah Palin’s church as well. Here is the intro, excerpts below:
The Evangelicals Engaged In Spiritual Warfare
An emerging Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and the return of Jesus, is becoming
more of a presence in American politics. The leaders are considered apostles and prophets, gifted by God for this role. ..."
September 4
IGNOU constitutes awards promoting Christian Bishops
Desh Kapoor shares a link:
Interesting, that a national body - IGNOU - is doing MOUs with
religious institutions to start special Chairs in the University! ...
September 4
Soccer Missionaries!!
Please read about Soccer Missionaries http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,578716,00.html This is in context to the friendly football match between... |
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Ramayanas Conference at SMU
There is a Ramayana conference at SMU (Southern Methodist
University) here in Dallas on Saturday, September 24: http://www.sarii.org/ramayanas.html  The...
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