Reflections on God 3: The Other Cheek of Christianity
Posted on May 27, 2012 | 4 minutes | 738 words | Janani Dhinakaran
This is part of God Flux but split into smaller sections for an easier read.
The other cheek of Christianity
During my undergraduate course, I joined the choir and sang songs praising Jesus.
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'holy' books
A Sand Country Almanac
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity
absolute
abuse of children
academic study of Hinduism
agni
ahimsa
ailments
aldo leopold
almighty power
alter boys
anbe sivam
anger
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athma
atrocities
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auspicious days
back ache
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bad for the world
bahkti poetry
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bhooma devi
bible
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biological origin for belief in god
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blue
body and nimd
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brain
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buddhism
bylakuppe
C.S.Lewis
calm
carry mountains with one finger
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chakras
children
chinese
choir
Christianity
clothing
clouds
common mythical structure
communal violence
communities
comparitive mythology
compassion
concept
contradictions
conversation
conversions
Coorg
corruption of god
critical thinking
cultural diversity
Dalai Lama
dangers
deep commitment
deep ecology
deep experience
deep questioning
depression
describe
dialogues
distract
divine
Do you believe in god?
dream
Dreams
drowning
drugs
early vedic
earth
Edinburgh
environmental science
equilibrium
evolution
evolutionarily advantageous
excludes and condemns possibilities other than it's own
existence
exposure
external god literally
faith
faith can be dangerous
fascinating
festivals
fire
five senses
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forces of nature
forgive directly
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forgiveness
fritjof capra
gadgets
gandhi
gandhi philosophy
gandhian philosophy
geological integrity
gift from god
god
god and love
god is everything
god is mean
god is nothing
gods
gratitude
grow up
guidelines
happy
harmony
healing
heaven
hell
highest potentials
Himalayas
hindi lessons
hindu
hindu gods
hindu mythology
holy men
horrendous atrocities of the chinese
human capacity
human values
humans
humility
Illusion and other Realities
illusions
immaculate conception
infinite definitions
inherent biological feature
interconnectedness
interpretation
intrinsically linked with
irrational
irritable
jesus
jesus is a madman
jihad
joseph campbell
judgement
judo-christian
ka
kabir
Kamal
Kamal Hassan
killed
knowledge
Koran
krishna
Krishna lila
Krishnamurthi
krishnamurthi school
lakes
languages
laugh
laws of physics
layers of existence
leaves
letters from edinburgh
life forms
Light
Lord Krishna
love nature
love thy neighbour
loved by god
M.K. Gandhi
Mahabharatha
Mahatma Gandhi
material growth
materialistic
maya
maya jaal
meditating
meditation
meera bai
mental discipline
mercy
merge
metaphorical
mind and body
mindless sheep
mira bai
miracles
missionaries
moderate and tolerant views
moksha
mosques
mukthi
mukti
multiple headed snakes
myths to live by
nature
nature is sacred
Neuroscience
nirgun
nirvana
not follow spiritual teachers
nurturing
occident
oneness
only one
open
optimal use
organised religion
original
own path
papers
paradise
paramathma
peace
peaceful
perish
personal crisis
pettier
petty
Phantoms in the Brain
philosophies
philosophy
philosophy of yoga
plants
pluralism
poetry
political power play
poojas
power of love
power play
praise
praising jesus
protect nature
pure
question
radical atheism
radical atheist
ramayana
rational
read
reality
reason
reduce chronic pain
reflections
reiki
religion dangerous to humanity
rescue animals
respect
responsibility
reverent
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richard bach
richard dawkins
ritualism
rituals
rivers
roberto calasso
running from safety
sacred
sacred rivers
sacrifice
sagun
sam harris
samsara
Santa Clause
sarcastic
sargun
schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: The Inward Journey
science
sections
sending his son
sensitive
seventy two virgins
shiva
sinner
sins
sky
sneh shapat
solipsism
spiritual
spiritual experiences
spiritual growth
spiritual path
spiritual progress
spirituality
spoon fed
stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise
streams
strokes
strong religious identities
suffering
suicide bombings
Sun
swayed
sydney
symbolic
symbolism
tao of physics
temper
temples
temporal lobe lesions
think
Tibetan settlement
tibetans
tiny ants
tolerance
torture
touched
trauma
trees
turn the other cheek
undefinable
utilitarian value
V.S. Ramachandran
varuna
vayu
videos
violence
water
welfare of the environment
wendy doniger
western philosophy
whole universe in his mouth
wild animals
wind
women
worship
worship nature
yoga
Yoga class