Well I do believe in God, and I have found a web site that maybe, can explain better than I, just why?
Why throw the baby out with the bath water, rejecting the logical and reasonable science
of the transmigration of the soul because of preconceived ideas, Westernized traditional
church doctrines, or personal prejudice? If Jesus taught us to love our neighbors, and
our neighbors happen to be Jews, Hindus, Hare Krishnas, Muslims, and Buddhists, we
would only be helping ourselves by understanding the way others think about God in
their own way. It is only to our own advantage to study other religions and the many
different ways others perceive God. Like university professors, we can study other
scriptures and religions with the view of finding corrollaries as well as differences.
Because God is ONE, the underlying similarities of all religions outweigh the differences
in doctrines and protocals. Studying the religions of others helps us become better,
more enlightened Christians. We can truly 'Love one another' better by understanding
how others think. Enthusiasm without knowedge is simply fanaticism. And, knowledge
without passion is dry speculation. A perfect Christian will have both the enthusiastic
passion of his convictions tempered by the sword of knowledge and wisdom. Jesus
commanded his real followers to "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Pretend Christians
cannot love others who are different than themselves. In this regard, Jesus teaches, "If
you love only your own kind, then what is the profit? For do not the sinners and common
folk do the same?" In this manner, Jesus was encouraging us to grow to spiritual maturity
by embracing others who are different than themselves. We would all be surprised that
the internals of all religions are the same. God and service to God is the central,
underlying theme. The externals prevent us from considering others as our brothers and
sisters, who all have God as our common Father. Jesus taught this. If we are real
Christians we will do this. If we are spiritual frauds, then we will discard others, falsely
thinking ourselves superior in some way, against Jesus Christ's orders.
If the history books are true, and Jesus studied in several Krishna temples, then why not
try to understand these higher levels of spiritual understanding called Krishna
consciousness? Jesus himself stated: "There is more that I could tell you, but you cannot
bear to hear it at this time." This is a clear indication that when Jesus comes again, he
will further enlighten us as to the mysterious identity of God the Father, the nature of the
spiritual world, and the higher, invisible, and more subtle principles governing spiritual
life in general. We may protest that we already know God and are sufficiently educated
in spiritual matters, but Jesus does not teach this. Jesus states, "None hath seen the
Father, except the Son." He also states: "I have spoken these things in parables and
cryptic meanings, but the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures,
but shall tell you plainly of the Father."
http://www.hknet.org.nz/reincarnation4.html
This is the website, and I hope you check it out. But, I am sure that you can agree with me on one thing, we do have to start "loving our neighbor's" or we will all be fighting until the end of day's.

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