The Spiritual Fornications of Simon Pimenta
Webpage by Lúcio Mascarenhas, Bombay.
http://www.geocities.com/livrant/spiritual-fornication-pimenta.html
"Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people. Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: And I will receive you. And will be a Father to you: and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty" — II Cor. vi. 14-18
"Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved" — Acts vi. 12
"Discussion On Convergence Of Faith"
"K. J. Somaiya's Bharatiya Sanskruti Peetham
Takes Initiative To Start An Inter-Faith Dialogue."
Report by Renuka Suryanarayan in the Community Speak column, Indian Express, Newsline supplement, Bombay edition, 27th February 2001.Keeping pace with advancing technology, there has been a growing convergence of Hindu and Christian faiths at the intellectual level. A special observer from the Vatican, priests from Italy, local priests and nuns led by the ["a"] Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Simon Pimenta, and the bishop of Bassein, Thomas Dabre, interacted with Hindu monks and thinkers at the fourth round of the Interfaith Dialogue held at the K. J. Somaiya's Bharatiya Sanskruti Peetham ["Indian Cultural Institute"], in Vidyavihar, Bombay, recently.
Simon "Blackguard" PimentaHe "fervently appeals to Christians to break the First Commandment and indulge in Spiritual Prostitution", otherwise called "Inter-religious dialog"!
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Dr. S. K. Somaiya, the moving spirit behind the work that is going on under the auspices of the Institute, plays down his role in the setting up of an institution like this which is meant to foster friendship and understanding between religions.
Four generations before, Dr. Somaiya's forefathers immigrated from Kutch and from humble beginnings, not only raised their own stature but also that of Bombay through their foundations for education, social and cultural betterment, etc. He describes his father, K. J. Somaiya, as a dreamer and creator who made his visions a reality. Dr. Somaiya runs the Somaiya Vidyavihar [Somaiya Religious School), the Somaiya Ayurvihar [Somaiya School of Hindu Medicine], Adivasi [Aborigines] welfare centers, Grihanvasi Pragati Mandal [House for Hilldwellers' Development], medical camps, the list is endless..
The International Seminar for Interfaith Dialogue on Mahakavyas in Hinduism and Christianity was jointly organised by the K.J. Somaiya Bharatiya Sanskriti Peetham, the Interfaith Dialogue Center of Sassari, Italy, the Interfaith Monastic Dialogue, the Department of Oriental Studies and ["of"?] the University of Florence, Italy.
Talking to Newsline, Dr. Somaiya, the vice-president of the Somaiya Vidyavihar, says, "The Bharatiya Sanskruti Peetham is housed by the Somaiya Vidyavihar of the Somaiya Trust. I have always felt that the fundamentals of religions are the same, only the perceptions are different. We all want to worship the creator, ethically we have the same thoughts, we just feel that we should encourage our faculties to understand these virtues. Once youngsters reach high school, their thoughts are quite firm, the formative years are critical. So we wanted to form a curriculum incorporating the thoughts of the Vedic religion."
He prefers the name 'Vedic religion' than Hindu religion, because, he feels, all the religions in India have their roots in the four Vedas, the oldest Hindu scriptures. "So we started a nine month program for teachers from different parts of Maharashtra to be trained to teach young students on this subject," he explains. He mentions that the theme of Shankaracharya's Advaita enables Christian participants to learn more about the Christian faith and the Hindus to discover points of convergence with Christian teachings.
"I wonder that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel. Which is not another: only there are some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, curse him! As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, curse him!" — Galatians i. 6-9
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PUBLISHED on the Internet: May 28, 2006.
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P U R P O S EWritten with the purpose of educating people in matters concerning the Catholic Resistance to the Modernist Apostasy, and based on the principles elucidated by the Church, that the truth is never afraid, and that the Church is never afraid of the Truth, and on the principles elucidated by Frs. Rumble & Carty and by Fulton Sheen in his essay, "The Art of Controversy". — Benedicamus Deus, Lúcio. |
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