Posted on: 07 Dec 2021
1. How do You justify God's love to be unconditional in the context following verse from Bible?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, some questions in internet discussion forum are presented below. Please grace Your response to the same. At Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil
How do You justify God's love to be unconditional? John 3:16 " For God so loved the world that He gave His son, that WHOEVER BELIVES in HIM, shall not perish, but have everlasting life”. That is conditional! Please kindly elaborate the essence of these words.]
Swami replied: There is no space for the word ‘conditional’ because both God and His son are one and the same. God is the unimaginable God, Who on mediation with energetic body is Father of heaven and son of God is the Father of heaven mediated with the holy human being. Unconditional means only that His love does not depend on any conditions as in business devotion.
2. Do You think Jesus Christ knew when He was just a baby that He was the son of God?
Swami replied: He knew that He is the son of God even in the womb of His mother. But, He never expressed it.
3. Whether the Messiah (Son of God) is equal to the Word of God and equal to God?
Swami replied: Equality is possible but not oneness. The word of Messiah is the word of God.
4. What happened to Adam and Eve after they ate the apple?
Swami replied: Both lost divinity because God’s advice was not followed.
5. What was Jesus Christ’s mission or goal?
Swami replied: The goal is to establish the existence of omniscient and omnipotent God called Father of heaven.
6. Apart from Jesus and Muhammad, who will come back?
Swami replied: Both are one and the same and as per the need, God comes down.
7. How do sacraments in Christianity make us holy?
[How do sacraments (There are seven Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Matrimony, and Holy Orders) in Christianity make us holy?]
Swami replied: When the worldly life is explained on the basis of spiritual life, the human beings become holy by following such divine explantions.
8. Can You logically or theologically reconcile Hinduism with any of the Abrahamic religions?
Swami replied: All religions can be reconciled thoroughly provided one has no bias to any one religion.
9. Is it true that Westerners convert to Hinduism due to logical answers given in spiritual discussions?
[A Westerner gave the following reply, after I posted Your reply on the topic, westerners converting to Hinduism and Hindus converting to Christianity. “Well most westerners when I asked them why they chose Hinduism, the answers they gave me is that they never felt satisfied with Christianity and the Abrahamic scriptures…And whenever they would ask their priest for logical answers, they priest would just ignore their questions with anger and tell them not to question about the existence of God whereas in Hinduism, they always get best logical answers from the Swamis and Gurus…And they say it's more peaceful…”]
Swami replied: I think that all types of priests and saints exists in all religions just like both good and bad people exists in every region.