Hinduism The article on Hinduism was fascinating. I wish I had read it prior to going to India – a lot of things would have made more sense. One idea that struck me was the balance that one must find to exit the cycle of reincarnation. I assumed reincarnation was a series of rewards and penalties that one undergoes as they progress to the good, exiting the cycle by enlightenment and goodness. Queguiner wrote, “It is not enough for the good to outweigh the evil, that is that ther be no further sanctions to be applied for previous actions, but there must be no further need for action deriving from former action,” (Queguiner 76). The pendulum needs to stop and remain motionless. At first, I thought this negation of action was something akin to God’s perfect action. God experiences no movement because he is the fullness of being; however, the Hindu notion of perfection is more like an expending of energy to become motionless. Further, it seemed odd that one should be obligated to experience, do, or incur evil in order to achieve the final stage. I can see how Buddhism is
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I was impressed by Pope John Paul II’s economic, yet concise and charitable answers to some very difficult questions. I think that, for many people, it is easier to launch into a frontal assault and try to destroy the other side; however, in truth, God wants all people, all of his sheep, so the truth has to be put forth charitably, always looking for what is in God’s interest, and not ours. Dr. Martin put this in a wonderfully eloquent phrase that I cannot recall exactly at the moment. He said that we are privileged to know the truth, but it bears a great responsibility. We did not achieve the gospel, we are the recipients of a great gift, and woe to us if we assume that our goodness earned us the gospel, and the evil of others lost it for them. Again, this is a bad paraphrase from a class I had years ago – it was said much better than my poor
I was impressed by Pope John Paul II’s economic, yet concise and charitable answers to some very difficult questions. I think that, for many people, it is easier to launch into a frontal assault and try to destroy the other side; however, in truth, God wants all people, all of his sheep, so the truth has to be put forth charitably, always looking for what is in God’s interest, and not ours. Dr. Martin put this in a wonderfully eloquent phrase that I cannot recall exactly at the moment. He said that we are privileged to know the truth, but it bears a great responsibility. We did not achieve the gospel, we are the recipients of a great gift, and woe to us if we assume that our goodness earned us the gospel, and the evil of others lost it for them. Again, this is a bad paraphrase from a class I had years ago – it was said much better than my poor