Well, in scriptures, there are words which deny other religions. And there are also words which affirm other religions. When words of anger conflict with words of mercy, which should we take? I always take mercy ones.
anger < love
That's the principle I always follow. Moreover, when I am forced to make an ultimate choice between to love God and to love humans, I make it a rule to chose humans.
Love humans rather than God.
It comes from my personal experience. I devoted my love to God. I confessed that I loved God. But He turned down my love softly and said,
"I don't need your love. If you have time to love me, love humans."
I feel like having heard so in my spiritual ears. I was jilted by God. Love is God. My love belongs to God from the beginning. What does it mean for God to be given it back now? God gave me love not to make me love Himself but to make me love humans. Agape, with which God loves us, is love for nothing. It demands no return. God never wants humans to love Himself. Although humans forget God at all and think there is no God, if a human loves a human, if humans loves each other, that's OK. And He only hopes so. God is concerned just about humans' happiness. So if humans are happy, there is no need of religion. Even if people have never thought of God, that's OK if only they are happy. God, Buddha, thinks so. Why still scriptures tell humans to love God is to turn their love to God once and then hear,
"Love humans rather than me."
To say "God, God," without loving humans is notional pipe dream. God inhabits us humans, neighbors, even enemies. So, to be specific, to love God is to love humans and to love humans exactly means to love God. We cannot love God without loving humans. If one devotes one's love to God beyond humans saying, "I love You," He won't accept one's love like that.
anger < love
That's the principle I always follow. Moreover, when I am forced to make an ultimate choice between to love God and to love humans, I make it a rule to chose humans.
Love humans rather than God.
It comes from my personal experience. I devoted my love to God. I confessed that I loved God. But He turned down my love softly and said,
"I don't need your love. If you have time to love me, love humans."
I feel like having heard so in my spiritual ears. I was jilted by God. Love is God. My love belongs to God from the beginning. What does it mean for God to be given it back now? God gave me love not to make me love Himself but to make me love humans. Agape, with which God loves us, is love for nothing. It demands no return. God never wants humans to love Himself. Although humans forget God at all and think there is no God, if a human loves a human, if humans loves each other, that's OK. And He only hopes so. God is concerned just about humans' happiness. So if humans are happy, there is no need of religion. Even if people have never thought of God, that's OK if only they are happy. God, Buddha, thinks so. Why still scriptures tell humans to love God is to turn their love to God once and then hear,
"Love humans rather than me."
To say "God, God," without loving humans is notional pipe dream. God inhabits us humans, neighbors, even enemies. So, to be specific, to love God is to love humans and to love humans exactly means to love God. We cannot love God without loving humans. If one devotes one's love to God beyond humans saying, "I love You," He won't accept one's love like that.
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