"Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise." Sam Pascoe, American scholar.
Mother Teresa And Some Funny Scripture Author: NOVO

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If you are not comfortable with having your beliefs challenged you would probably not want to read this. If you wish, however, to expand your knowledge about Christianity and Jesus, then you are at the right place.
Mother Teresa is known to many around the world as a symbol of humanity. She was an Albanian born catholic nun who spent much of her life in India becoming Indian. Many had come to India and have become Indianized and it seems Mother Teresa's view of the world was also molded by India. She became an inclusive person like Hindus where as christianity is exclusive. Inclusive is the acceptance of all religions as paths to the same source. And in becoming more Hindu in her outlook she has become a symbol of all humanity and not just christianity.

However, there are some fundamental christians who find fault in her inclusiveness based on their knowledge of Jesus' teachings. Their knowledge is based in the much modified and much limited bible prescribed by Emperor Constantine, who never gave up being a Mithraist and had effectively merged the cult of Mithra to that of Christianity. Here you will find what Mother Teresa said and what fundamentalist Christians bring forth from the Bible.

Mother Teresa said, "He [God] is our father, He is father to us all whatever religion we are" (Meditations From A Simple Path, p. 6).

and,

"I've always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic" (ibid, p. 40).

 

Even though these are highly noble statements there are biblical scriptures that goes against her statements.

 

These quotes from the New Testament Bible show that christianity does not accept that all are the children of Jesus or God and that they will be saved. They show that only those who follow Jesus and Christianity will be saved. Mother Teresa is being non-christian when she makes her noble statements.

 

John 3
16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, [1] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 8:44

"Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father"

Acts 13:10 (Paul to Elymas)

"O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?"

 

John 14:6

"I (Jesus) am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;"

John 10:1-10

1

Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

2

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

3

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

4

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

5

and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

6

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

7

Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;

8

all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

9

I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

10

"The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.

Acts 4:12

"Neither is there salvation in any other [besides Jesus]: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved"

John 11

25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;

 

 

In the New testament in John 8:44 Jesus was talking to a group of Jews and calls them the sons of the devil and not his sons or God's. In Acts 13:10 Paul calls Elymas the son of the devil. Then in John 10:1-10, Jesus basically sets the exclusivity of his worship. He basically says that only his followers will be saved. More exclusive nature is demonstrated in John 3:16: salvation is offered to those who believe in Jesus. Again in John 14:6 again he reitterates the exclsuivity. He says that only through him lies salvation. It is further stated clearly in Acts 4:12.

These tell us of the exclusive nature of the Bible. There are many scripture references that say that only those who follow Jesus are the children of God and only they will be saved. So it is wonderful to see that Mother Teresa, a much celebrated Christian has risen above the Bible and religious intolerance. It is a hope for the world, many christians are becoming less closed minded and Mother Teresa is a bright example for all Christians. May her legacy bring more forth positive change in the Middle Eastern religions.

NOTE: The genealogies given in the gospels of Matthew and Luke disagree in the individuals and even the number of generations. Matthew says there were forty-one generations from Abraham to Jesus while Luke says there were fifty-six. But there is even a graver consequence of the genealogy. If Jesus is born of a virgin (some try to say virgin = young woman, but here it is literal since he was supposed to be conceived by the holy spirit and not any human) as the basic Christian belief claims, then he is not the biological son of Joseph, and thus he is not descended from David in fulfillment of the prophecy for Messiahship. So either he was born of virgin and not the Messiah or he was an illegitimate child with no miracle to his birth but was the Messiah. And then he was not son of God... which breaks down the trinity.

NOVO, June 21st, 2000

 

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