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From: daveh@tekcrl.UUCP (Dave Hatcher)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: one more time... (becoming one with God)
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Date: Wed, 1-Oct-86 00:06:11 EDT
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>From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Subject: Re: one more time... (who claims to be God and Human?)



>Maybe we can now move on to more central issues. Like, is there really any
>hope of truly becoming one with God via any religion other than Christianity?

>OOO   __| ___      Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises

     The idea of becoming one with God is a very interesting question,
   and is the central point of all the contemporary religions. If you study
   them from the bottom line perspective of what their salvation is,
   you will find it is the same for all religions.  Including Christianity.
     To me it seems that the bottom line has two parts. The first part is a
   complete giving of one's self to God. And the second is that the way for
   an abandonment to God is through the medium of *LOVE*.
     Now if you want to argue which path is correct and which one isn't,
   somehow always ends up in an argument about *FORM*. And arguments 
   about *FORM* somehow has ways of dividing people from each other..and
   from..God. You just can not argue *FORM* and keep *LOVE* in your heart.
    
	Dave Hatcher