tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316897584122675857.post3824286500424421303..comments2009-07-19T13:03:31.954+01:00Comments on Curate's Chronicles: The Cross and other religionsTim V-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214478302093350970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316897584122675857.post-49614873573676689232007-11-05T12:17:00.000+00:002007-11-05T12:17:00.000+00:00I'm a bit hesitant to answer without knowing in wh...I'm a bit hesitant to answer without knowing in what ways Christ is seen in other religious texts - otherwise my reply might miss the mark!<BR/><BR/>When God speaks, he only says one thing: "Jesus". But he says it so loudly that it echoes around creation. The fact that the whole creation was made in, through and for Christ, i.e. that it is "Christ-soaked" suggests to me that we will find Christ-echoes in all sorts of places. Everything from seed having to "die" and be buried before new life can come - pointing to Jesus' death and resurrection - through to the fact that much literature is comedy, i.e. there is a situation which gets bad before a final resolution (happy ending). Almost every chick-flick follows this pattern, and we could say that this is an echo of the patterns of creation--fall--redemption. So in this sense we might "see" Christ in creation or in films, or indeed in other religious texts. <BR/><BR/>Another example - if in some religious text a god leaves heaven and comes among humanity, that is an echo of the incarnation, just as many peoples have flood-myths in their background, while the original true story can be found in Genesis.<BR/><BR/>But do these other texts take us to Jesus of Nazareth? Do they encourage us to trust in God the Son for our justification? I rather think not. If they lead elsewhere, though they are echoes of truth, they are ultimately forgeries that will disappoint.Tim V-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214478302093350970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316897584122675857.post-38273986408611561182007-10-25T02:45:00.000+01:002007-10-25T02:45:00.000+01:00Interesting post Tim, I am at the moment reading t...Interesting post Tim, I am at the moment reading the autobiography of Bede Griffith- Born and brought up in England but lived for many years not very far from where my parents live in India. He does argue that it is possible to see Christ in other religious texts, especially Hindu texts. He takes the line along with other Indian theologians such as Samartha that 'although Christianity belongs to Christ; Christ does not belong to Christianity (exclusively). I wonder what you make of it?Lancaster Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429466647365379294noreply@blogger.com