Ghandi on Christianity…
Hamo takes off on this post. He uses the following quote by Ghandi to ask some profound questions:
“It is my firm opinion that [the West] today represents not the spirit of God or Christianity but the spirit of Satan. And Satan’s successes are the greatest, when he appears with the name of God on his lips. [The West] today is only nominally Christian. In reality, it is worshipping Mammon. ‘It’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle that for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Thus really spoke Jesus Christ. His so-called followers measure their moral progress by their material possessions.â€
-Gandhi (Speeches & Writings of M. Gandhi: p.336, Feb. 14, 1916)
Then he poses some significant questions. I’d be interested in knowing what you think and how you feel this might apply to your own life.
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i’d say exactly right. however, that gives no excuse for his own disbelief, but rather brings light on his own knowledge of Scripture – head knowledge only. interesting the year 1916 – americans were not that different then either i guess.
The issue is not Ghandi’s belief or disbelief. He is dead and gone now; let God judge him. Who knows who has enough belief and who does not? GOD knows each heart. The world grows weary of just talk. Here is a touching quote by Ghandi:
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
The quotes that I have heard by Ghandi about Christianity have touched me and inspired me. They have caused me to take a long look at myself, and I have realized how short I have fallen from following Christ. The LORD bless you and keep you. Peace.
It is not fair to generalize. I know some very well off individuals who give much of their wealth to the less fortunate. I also know some who are greedy and manipulative. I think it is wise to follow the what the Bible says about money and debt. Unfortunatley, there are corrupt people in every religeon.
I beleive that Ghandi was a a teacher who sought to model principles to his country and the world. These principles were always there. He drew strength and wisdom from his heroes in history…one of his greatest heroes was Jesus Christ. He was a hero of the people, both his and the worlds. He proved many teachings of Christ to be true. What he was telling us when he made the statement above was no differnt than what Jesus had told the people of his day. He called the people of his day a corruped genneration and told them to save themselves from it. Ghandi was speaking of the spirit of the west. They Prophet Daniel wrote of the prince of pursia who was fighting againt the angel Gabrial to keep God’s answers to prayer from arriving to his people. Michael came and fought against the prince of purssia and won. These are examples of the Bible speaking in words to explain the state of events as the people saw it. Ghandi was simply calling us to be true disciples of Jesus in the west. Jesus said that unless we give up everything we have we can not be his disciples. That is a very difficult teaching for most people. I would take Ghandi a little more seriously. Just because he was not a member of the Christian Church of his day does not mean that God did not use him to inspire a nation, free them form tyranny and opression and defy the authories and powers of this world. Martin Luther King Jr. saw Ghandi as an example of inspiration. He saw in him an example of how to put to practice his convictions. Thank you for sharing this quote with us.
I belive this…Ghandi would not call himself a christian because of the atrocities in aparthied and racism that Ghandi saw “christians” demonstrate. By no means would I say that Ghandi didn’t believe he just didn’t identify. After the recent sermon of the AZ pastor who prayed for the death of President Obama I find it hard to identify myself. I believe the in the savior and resurrection, I have just seen to much evil done in the name of Christ from the Crusades to Slavery. Its a thin line.
Firstly, Kay, Ghandi way Hindu. Secondly, I wouls have to agree with Adam. I have recently heard a sermon from my pastor and he used the quote, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians…. ” It is unfortunate, there is a such disparity between the teacher and His disciples. Ghandi criticizes Christians for perverting Christianity and worshipping mammon. He studied Christianity to use it to further enhance the non-violent movement, yet found it lacking. Rather “bold”. Yes, He couldn’t find a use for Christianity or fit it in his design or plans of revolution so he cast it aside. Hmmm. So he was looking for a religion to sway the masses to his way of thinking? Wasn’t he condemning the Church for the same? Spirituality and religion or distinctly two seperate things.