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Gandhi's admiration for Christianity......


Submitted by 194 on February 28 2002 09:01:29
In reply to Re: I Like That... submitted by Chris on February 26 2002 17:45:18

.....as well as his doubts about Christianity in practice are perhaps reflected in this passage:

'He had many Christian friends. When they asked him why he didn't become a Christian since he admired the Sermon on the Mount so much, he answered, "When you can convince me that Christians live by it, I will be the first to become a Christian."'

Taken from:

http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/gpapeace.html

I love Gandhi because for a man who never professed to be a Christian (although I am sure that he was, and I also think HE believed he was as well...).......

Perhaps there is a sense in which you are right, as Gandhi also said:

"My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith." (See click-through link below)


It could be taken that he supported Christianity in the sense that even though he wasn't a Christian himself, he would have supported a Christian becoming a "better follower of his own faith".


Perhaps this is the sense you had in mind?

Regards
194............
  • Gandhi's Peace Prayers.


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