4-12 Eckankar -VS- Christianity - DEBATE

Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God, is a teaching founded by Paul Twitchell in 1965. These teachings are compared to Christian Teachings in Debate. With Sri Darwin Gross & John Ankerberg & Harold Klemp & Tal Brooke.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear Clearly, they both do not agree with each other and hence cannot lead to the belief in the same God, why? because they both cancel each other out due to there differing docternal beliefs. And as far as believing that all religions hold to the same spiritual truths, this however is also completly false, why? because truth itself is exclusive by definition.

[demondagger19]

@nyclear Both Islam and Christianity hold to the teaching that Jesus Christ was a prophet and a man, but in contrast, christianity holds to the view that Jesus Christ was not only a prophet and man, but that he was also divine as well.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear All religions do not lead to the same God nor believe or teach the samethings, why? because it's like I've mentioned before, according to every religion in regards to there core doctrines, every religion out there is exclusive within and of themselves, thus excluding every other belief in contrast, and If you don't believe me, then let's take a look into the beliefs of christianity and islam in regards to Jesus Christ as an example.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear So you don't live your life that way even though you hold to that philosophy, the same can also be said of certain religious beliefs as well.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear However the reality is that none of us actually thinks or there lives that way, and this conversation is proof of it, you believe just like I do that one of us is wrong, and that the other is right, thus indicating that we both don't believe that we are correct in our objections, in fact, that's why we have debates, discussions, disagreements, etc, everyone in one way or another believes that they are the only ones who are right, including yourself.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear And I understand where your coming from in regards to the idea that there are many other spiritual paths to God, this is what's called "Universalism", a common belief that's held by most who object to the view that there is only one way to God, or that there are other spiritual truths other then christianity.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear Anyone can easily say they that believe in a certain belief, philosophy or there own ideals, but if there's no reason as to why, then why exactly hold to that belief or ideals? Challenging the ideals and philosophies of others is not wrong, but very constructive, and we can learn allot from it as well as long as it's done in respect.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear But to be honest, I actually found this discussion to be very interesting, although it's a very time consuming process lol. I think it's good to have discussions like this because it provides an opprotunity for people to provide an explanation for why they believe what they believe.

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[demondagger19]

@nyclear Bottom line is this, the natural man isn't going to know the things of the spirit (such as the cross), because he does not posses the holy spirit in order to understand it's true meaning. And if you don't believe me, then ask any unbeliever if they actually understand the full significance or meaning for why Jesus died on the cross. Not one of them will provide a sufficiant response regarding it. 

[demondagger19]

Also, it's usually those who reject the gospel message that tend to already have a misunderstood, preconcieved biased notion against it to begin with, thus claiming that it has no validity to it at all. But this isn't a surprise because even the bible describes that the gospel is going to be foolishness to those who are perishing (1 Cor 1:18), why? because it is of a spiritual catagory (Chapter 2:14).

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